Here is the update for the week Jan 15 - 21. Again we are "off the schedule" with our weeklong film, although I don't think that is an indication that you won't want to see it, just that we didn't guess right back in December. And, the next schedule taking us into February will be coming to you shortly. See you soon!
-Lisa
1/15 - 21
1/15 - 18
1/19 - 21
Fri Jan 15 - Thurs Jan 21
THE BLIND SIDE (PG-13) 128min 5:30 and 8:00
This extraordinary, uplifting film from director John Lee Hooker (The Rookie) is based on the true story of Baltimore Raven's rookie tackle Michael Oher. Sandra Bullock gives a career best performance as a strong-willed, upper-class, Christian mother who takes a homeless, failing African-American teen (Quinton Aaron) with a football scholarship to a prestigious Memphis highschool into her family's home. Despite being faced with an entirely different set of challenges from his new environment, he is helped by his new mom to fulfill his potential, while his presence in their lives leads the family to insightful self-discoveries.
Fri Jan 15 - Mon Jan 18
PIRATE RADIO (R) 115min 6:00 and 8:30
Radio Caroline was broadcast in the mid-1960's from a ship moored just outside of British territorial waters, playing rock'n'roll music in defiance of a government ban. Richard Curtis' (Love Actually) new comedy and its soundtrack of great songs of the era (including Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, The Who, The Stones, and more) exuberantly capture the spirit of the times. The station owner (Bill Nighy) and his DJs (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost and Rhys Ifans) party on while they battle wits against the government (Kenneth Branaugh) who are set to shut them down and restore high culture to the airwaves.
Tues Jan 19 - Thurs Jan 21
PARIS (R) 130min [in FRENCH with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
Although Paris is a sprawling metropolitan area, it is also a very intimate. Director Cédric Klapsich (When the Cat's Away, L'Auberge Espagnole) makes many connections in his delightful episodic ensemble film. Juliette Binoche is a single mom with three kids who comes to stay with her ailing brother (Romain Duris) who is on a waiting list for a heart transplant. He watches the city and its inhabitants as he contemplates his future. A famous historian (Fabrice Luchini) has become obsessed with a pretty young student (Melanie Laurent) and anonymously is sending her romantic text messages that he watches her read. Yet he is scornful of his younger brother (François Cluzet) who is about to become a father. This small, richly textured film perfectly captures the magic that is Paris.
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