Dear Reel friends,
Here is the next schedule that runs Jan 18 through Feb 7th. We hope something entices you to get out during these long (but getting slowly shorter) nights.
Tomorrow we begin our Senior matinee series for the winter; if you know an elderly person who would like to get out and socialize with his or her peers. Shows will begin at 1:30 on Thursdays until life gets busier. This week's film is THE GOLDEN COMPASS.
One item that didn't make it onto the printed schedule is a Benefit for our friend and neighbor Cas Dowden on Sunday Jan 27th.
"Please help Cas get back on her feet. Cas Dowden, cook, caterer, exercise leader, volunteer, friend, has donated food, time, energy and love to this community. There are few of us who have not benefited from Cas¹ generosity. A giving person, she is now in need. Walking with two bags of groceries, Cas slipped on the ice and broke her leg in two places. A broken leg, surgery, hospital stay, therapy and no health insurance."
We will be screening her favorite movie, Babette's Feast, at 2pm (doors open at 1:30) Entry donation $5.
Special food (and reel pizza) will be available. All proceeds will be given to Cas to help with her medical expenses.
What a winter! Don't get blown away! See you soon.
-Lisa and Chris
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Fri Jan 18 - Mon Jan 21
THE WATER HORSE (PG) 111min
This magical, fantastic adventure is based on a book by Dick King-Smith (Babe), produced by Walden Media (Because of Winn Dixie, Holes), features special effects from Weta (Lord of the Rings) and is directed by Jay Russell (My Dog Skip, Tuck Everlasting). Young Angus (Alex Etel, Millions) is a lonely Scottish boy who finds a mysterious rock, which hatches into an equally mysterious, as well as mischievous, creature that grows up to be the legendary Loch Ness monster. This is a thoughtful, intelligent and exciting film the whole family can enjoy.
Tues Jan 22 - Thurs Jan 24
OUTSOURCED (PG-13) 98min
This modern day, cross-cultural romantic comedy is a smart, affectionate look at the effect of cultural differences on work, friendship and love. Todd is the manager of a customer call center for American novelty products whose entire department has just been outsourced to India. To add insult to injury, he must travel to Bombay to train his replacement team. Hoping to get this over with as soon as possible, he quickly realizes he won't be home soon, when he tells his new team they are selling "kitsch to redneck schmucks" and has to define all three words. Besides, they call him Mr. Toad. But he eventually discovers that being outsourced might be the best thing that has ever happened to him.
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Fri Jan 25 - Mon Jan 28
GONE BABY GONE (R) 114min
Oscar-winning screenwriter (Good Will Hunting) and Boston native Ben Affleck makes an auspicious directing debut with his adaptation of the Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel. His moody noir mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young girl in Dorchester is authentic and mesmerizing with his insider's sense of place. Amy Ryan gives a widely lauded and compelling performance as the missing girl's drug-addicted mother. Casey Affleck is also excellent as a reluctant private detective hired by the girl's aunt to dig for information when the local cops (Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman) come up empty-handed.
Tues Jan 29 - Thurs Jan 31
MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (R) 93min
Writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) has made another daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration and dissection of a dysfunctional family. Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Georgia) is a free-spirited single mom about to marry her boyfriend, a good-hearted loser (Jack Black). When her hypercritical, estranged sister Margot (Nicole Kidman), who creates chaos where ever she goes, shows up for the festivities with her teenaged son, she immediately begins to plant seeds of doubt about the union. Past and present conflicts explode as alliances shift, and the two sisters find themselves at the precipice of an unexpected transformation.
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Fri Feb 1 - Mon Feb 4
WALK HARD (R) 98 min
The ups and downs in the life of legendary, fictional country rocker Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) become this latest musical biography, a funny spoof from co-writers Judd Apatow (Talladega Nights, Knocked Up) who also produces, and Jake Kasdan (The TV Set) who also directs. This very silly, exuberant parody features double entendre laden songs, many written by Marshall Crenshaw, as it follows Dewey's rollercoaster career, from his 1950's teen-aged years, through his hippie era, into the variety show and disco years, through his downfall and eventual comeback.
Tues Feb 5 - Thurs Feb 7
I'M NOT THERE (R) 135min
Multi-layered and impressionistic, this new film from director Todd Haynes (Safe, Far From Heaven) explores the many sides of the elusive and mercurial persona who is Bob Dylan. Six different actors represent different phases and various aspects of his life from the late 1950's to the early 1980's. Marcus Carl Franklin is the hobo troubadour riding the rails; Christian Bale is the political folkie in Greenwich Village, as well as the older born-again Christian; Heath Ledger dramatizes the years of his marriage and break-up; Cate Blanchette channels Dylan when he goes electric at Newport; Ben Wishaw represents the rogue visionary poet; and Richard Gere becomes the reclusive outlaw. Taken together, this unconventional film weaves a rich and colorful portrait of this revered American icon.
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CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (R) 102min
Director Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage, Primary Colors) and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) have made late CBS producer George Criles bestselling non-fiction book into a clever, fast-paced and entertaining film. This screwball political satire tells the true story of how a playboy Democratic congressman from Texas (Tom Hanks), a beautiful, wealthy, right-wing Houston socialite (Julia Roberts) and an oddball, renegade CIA agent (Philip Seymour Hoffman) joined forces to covertly provide missiles to the Afghan freedom fighters who were trying to repel their Soviet invaders. Traveling the world, these three form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, lawmakers, arms dealers, and a bellydancer.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (R) 122min
Joel and Ethan Coen, in their first literary adaptation (of the Cormac McCarthy novel), have made a universally critically acclaimed film. Set in West Texas in 1980, the evocative cinematography of Roger Deakins enhances the captivating performances which sustain this tense crime drama- chase film spattered with their signature dark humor. Josh Brolin is a Vietnam vet who stumbles upon and steals $2 million in drug money; Javier Bardem is indelible as a freakish psychopath on the trail of the money; Tommy Lee Jones is the local sheriff trying to intercept and prevent the unavoidable confrontation.
SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (R) 120min
Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton join forces for a sixth time in this gloriously macabre adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller (with the composer/lyricist's blessing). Depp is the title character, a talented young barber unjustly sent to prison by evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman); escaping after years of incarceration, he vows revenge not only for the cruel punishment he received, but also for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. Helena Bonham Carter co-stars as his eager, amorous accomplice; Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat) is a flamboyant, rival barber. Full of black humor, impeccable production design, and gorgeous music, sung by the stars, this is a mesmerizing, gothic masterpiece.
JUNO (PG-13) 91min
This extraordinary, quirky comedy about a spunky teen (a sensational Ellen Page) confronting an unplanned pregnancy with her friend and classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera, Superbad) is an uncomonly smart, funny and charming film directed by Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking). Its refreshingly unique voice is the screenwriting debut of cult blogger Diablo Cody. With the help of her best friend Leah, Juno tries to decide what to do about her situation, maybe an abortion, maybe finding her unborn child a perfect set of parents, like an affluent suburban couple longing to adopt (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) who took out an ad in the local pennysaver flyer. But nothing is that easy in this full-of-life portrait.
THE GREAT DEBATERS (PG-13) 127min
Inspirational and intelligent, this powerful, heart-felt film recreates the victory of a debate team at a small black college in east Texas over the white, Ivy League national champions in a time (mid-1930's) ruled by segregating Jim Crow laws and the New Deal. In Denzel Washington's second, directing effort (Antwone Fisher), he stars as the debate team coach Melvin Tolson who was also a renowned poet and moonlighted as an organizing activist. Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) plays the college's president, a local preacher who is father to one of the team. The young actors portraying the debate team members all give charismatic, believable performances.
COMING NEXT SCHEDULE?
There Will Be Blood
The Bucket List
Persepolis
Atonement
For the Bible Tells Me So
King Corn
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
OSCAR NIGHT 2008
and more...
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