hi everyone~
Happy Solstice! Our time away was fabulous, southern Utah is an amazing place with lots to explore; we'd be glad to tell you about it if you are interested. We are getting ready to "bring back the light," spiffing things up and making some repairs, and will be reopening "for the season" on Wednesday December 26th. We are still selling gift certificates and big tickets for you last minute shoppers. I will be here Friday 8-3:30, Sunday 10-1 and Monday 10-1. Side door, upstairs...
We have our film schedule for the next three weeks (mostly) confirmed....here you go. Yes, the Hobbit and Lincoln will both be coming in January, just not sure exactly when.....will confirm up dates after the holidays. We are looking forward to getting back in to the groove. Have a great, happy (less than a) week and we will see you all soon!
-Lisa and Chris
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12/26 - 12/31
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (PG) 97min 5:30 and
7:45 12/26 - 1/3
SKYFALL (PG-13) 143min 5:00 and
8:00
1/1 - 1/3
BREAKING DAWN Pt. 2 (PG-13) 116min 5:30 and
8:15
1/4 - 1/10
FLIGHT (R) 138min 5:30 and
8:15
1/4 - 1/7
PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG-13) 103min 6:00 and
8:30 1/8 - 1/10
SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (PG-13) 85min 6:00 and
8:00
1/11 - 14
THE SESSIONS (R) 98min 1/15 - 1/17
A ROYAL AFFAIR (R) 137min [in Danish with subtitles] **********************
Fri Dec 26 - Mon Dec 31
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (PG) 97min 5:30 and
7:45 This exhilarating and original animation, based on Oscar-winning author William Joyce’s THE GUARDIANS OF CHILDHOOD series, is an adventurous, magical family film. (Joyce co-created last year’s Oscar-winning short animation The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.) Adapted by Pulitzer-prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Robots), the enchanting story follows a team of mythical heroes who are guardians of childhood – Santa, Easter Bunny, Sandman, Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost - protecting children from the evil of Pitch (as in black), the boogeyman who brings nightmares. Voice work is by Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Chris Pine and Jude Law. Fri Dec 26 - Thurs Jan 3
SKYFALL (PG-13) 143min 5:00 and
8:00 Daniel Craig returns for a third time as Bond, James Bond, in this chilling, thrilling and most entertaining new episode. Sam Mendes (American Beauty) directs the twenty-third entry, however, it may be the end for both Bond and M, as a new chairman believes these two have outlived their usefulness and should be retired. Javier Bardem is at his most evil as an exceptionally deranged bad guy who has gotten his hands on a hard drive containing the names of current secret agents. Judi Dench returns for her seventh round as M, the head of British intelligence, and under whose watch this drive disappeared. Tues Jan 1 - Thurs Jan 3
BREAKING DAWN Pt. 2 (PG-13) 116min 5:30 and
8:15 In this funny and exciting and entertaining final installment, directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) of the über-popular vampire romance series, Bella (Kristen Stewart) has been saved from death in childbirth by her vampire husband Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson) and is now a member of the eternal undead. She is also a new mom of a half-human half-vampire daughter (Mackenzie Foy), upon whom her friend, werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) has imprinted, for life. Also her daughter has attracted the unwelcome attention of the vampire authorities, the Volturi, and the Cullen family is going to have to fight them for their lives. **********************
Fri Jan 4 - Thurs Jan 10
FLIGHT (R) 138min 5:30 and
8:15 Denzel Washington gives a fully grounded performance as a flawed regional airline pilot whose demons catch up with him. After a mid-flight mechanical failure that appears to doom the craft and passengers, he makes a miraculous landing and is hailed as a hero. As the ensuing investigation into the crash proceeds, his heroics are questioned as details of his physical state at the time are discovered. In his first live-action film in a dozen year, director Robert Zembeckis (Cast Away) has made a taut, thoughtful and action-packed character study. Fri Jan 4 - Mon Jan 7
PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG-13) 103min 6:00 and
8:30 High school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a loner with a troubled past who is taunted by his classmates. But his life changes when he befriends an outgoing, offbeat senior (Ezra Miller) in his shop class, and develops a crush on his sensitive sister (Emma Watson, moving on from Harry Potter). This touching, witty and moving story captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. Author Stephen Chbosky adapted and directed his own semi-autobiographical novel to high acclaim. Tues Jan 8 - Thurs Jan 10
SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (PG-13) 85min 6:00 and
8:00 Back in the early 1970s, Detroit-based singer-songwriter Rodriguez, the son of Mexican immigrants, cut two albums. Released with high expectations, and although his soulful songs were well-reviewed, they did not sell and Rodriguez faded quickly into obscurity. A few years later, copies of his albums made their way to Capetown, South Africa, where they were bootlegged and shared, and their songs of protest became the anthems of white anti-Apartheid youth. Known only by these two records, the mysterious Rodriguez became widely revered; the music was a phenomenon, while the singer was reportedly dead. Recently, two longtime fans started searching for any knowledge of this icon, with extraordinary results. Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul chronicled their search into a fascinating story; this is the frontrunner for Best Documentary Oscar this year. **********************
Fri Jan 11 - Mon Jan 14
THE SESSIONS (R) 98min Journalist and poet Mark O’Brien (in a remarkable performance by versatile actor John Hawkes in a totally different role from either his previous Winter’s Bone or Martha Marcy May Marlene), suffers from polio and has spent his life since he was six confined to an iron lung. Still a virgin at aged 38 he is determined (before he passes his sell-by date) to discover an inherently human experience, consensual sex. After receiving the (quite funny) blessing of his priest (William H Macy), he engages the services of a professional and forthright sex therapist (Helen Hunt) who has dealt with disabled people before, but none like Mark. Based on a published article by the real Mr. O’Brien in 1990, writer-director and polio sufferer Ben Lewin has made an honest, uplifting and unforgettable film. Tues Jan 15 - Thurs Jan 17
A ROYAL AFFAIR (R) 137min [in Danish with subtitles] This sumptuous historical costume drama tells the fascinating true story of Denmark’s unlikely transition from a feudal state run by nobles clinging to their religion into an Enlightened country in the 18 th century. Writer-director Nikolaj Arcel, who wrote the Swedish Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, brings this story to vibrant, intelligent life. British Princess Caroline (Alicia Vikander, Anna Karenina) is married off to her cousin, King Christian of Denmark (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) sight unseen; it doesn’t take long for her to realize he is juvenile and possibly insane. When the king brings German physician Johann Struensee into their lives, both their worlds change. **********************
Coming on our Second Screen?
ARGO (R) 120min With a story you’d think they’d only come up with in the movies, actor-director Ben Affleck’s third time directing is a solid, unexpectedly suspenseful and fully entertaining film. It is also based on true events, long kept secret but declassified by President Clinton in 1997. Affleck plays Tony Mendez, a CIA specialist in “exfiltration” who was instrumental in concocting and implementing a far-fetched, in fact preposterous, scheme to rescue six Americans who managed to escape unnoticed when Iranians stormed the American Embassy in 1979 taking 52 hostages. These six found hiding in the home of the Canadian ambassador, but were trapped there, threatening themselves, the other hostages, and the Canadians. LINCOLN (PG-13) 149min Taking its inspiration from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals director Stephen Spielberg, screenwriter Tony Kushner (Munich, Angels in America), and actor Daniel Day-Lewis collaborate on this dramatic and powerful historical drama. Set during the final four months of the Civil War, of Lincoln’s presidency and his life, it brings to life the president’s determination at the tumultuous beginning of his second term to pass the thirteenth amendment (abolishing slavery) before the end of the war, so as to make this change permanent in the country. Tommy Lee Jones gives a memorable performance as abolitionist and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. LIFE OF PI (PG) 127min This spellbinding, epic survival tale from director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) begins with a middle-aged Canadian man (Irrfan Khan) telling his immigration story to a writer. As a youth in Pondicherry, India, Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma), a spiritual boy who lives with his secular family and their small zoo of exotic animals. Moving to Canada with his family and their animals, the ship goes down; Pi survives, with only a Royal Bengal tiger as his companion in a lifeboat. The visually splendid, emotionally satisfying, altogether amazing adventure story, based on the novel by Yann Martel, tells of his 227 days spent with a carnivorous tiger at sea. THE HOBBIT (PG-13) 169min Director Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth, adapting JRR Tolkien’s prequel to the Lord of the Rings, and making the first remarkable and entrancing part of what will become a trilogy of films. Here we are introduced to a young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) a sedentary hobbit with no sense of adventure who is cajoled by wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen reprising his LOTR role) and thirteen dwarves to leave his comfortable hobbit hole and participate in a burgling of a vicious dragon who long ago took over the elves’ mountain home and its treasure. On the journey fraught with peril he wins a certain ring from a curious creature he meets, Gollum (Andy Serkis, also reprising). **********************
Coming Next Schedule? Hitchcock
A Late Quartet
Silver Linings Playbook
Wreck It Ralph
Oscar Nominated Short Films
Seven Psychopaths
Anna Karenina
Nanook with live accompaniment 1/26 -- more on this soon!
