The Senior Matinees are history till next winter, the tulips in the planter boxes are getting ready to bloom and time is marching towards the start of summer, as
We do have open positions in the front/counter starting now, so if you are interested in part- or full-time, thru the summer, into the fall, or year-round, in a fun, fast-paced environment, come by weekday (M - Th) afternoons/evenings, or by appt, and talk to Chris.
We will be bringing the new AVENGERS movie likely during the next schedule as well as the start of another season of ImproVision and our Sierra Club Summer Film Series, but in the meanwhile there are many different choices of films to choose from in the next few weeks. Wacky Comedy, Science Fiction, Animation, Rock-n-Roll, Romance, Based-on-a-True-Story, and Mindless Entertainment! It's all here, just for you. Watch the trailers to find something you might like; we look forward to welcoming you to a show.
Happy Spring!!
-Lisa and Chris
HOME (PG) 93min
This goofy, kooky animated adventure features a lonely, wimpy alien who finds himself on Earth and on the run from his own people. He forms an unlikely bond with a spunky girl who is on a quest of her own. On their comic misadventures they learn that being different and making mistakes are only part of growing up. Based on the book The True Meaning of Smekday, and with excellent voicework by actor Jim Parsons (TVs Big Bang Theory), popstar Rihanna, and funny guy Steve Martin, Tim Johnson (Antz, Over the Hedge) directs this silly and sweet story. trailer
Tues May 5 - Thurs May 7
WILD TALES (R) 115min [in Spanish with subtitles]
This Oscar-nominated Argentinian film is an outrageous and darkly comic anthology of six unrelated vignettes that all revolve around a theme of revenge. In each story, vulnerable people succumb to stress, become explosively unpredictable, and lose control. Surprising, audacious, slightly deranged and mostly all hysterically funny, these short films from writer-director Damián Szifrón show his great skill in filmmaking that emulates the wackiness of the films of Pedro Almadóvar, a producer. trailer
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FURIOUS 7 (PG-13) 140min
The unlikely film series featuring preposterous car stunts continues, increasingly so, in this latest entry. The late Paul Walker, in his final F&F film, returns - and in the end is sent off in style - with co-stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris Bridges and Tyrese Gibson who join forces to take down two bad guys (played by Jason Statham and Djimon Hounsou) with epic action sequences filmed in Azerbaijan, Abu Dhabi and at home in Los Angeles as they protect their own. It is purely mindless, exciting entertainment. trailer
Tues May 12 - Thurs May 14
KUMIKO: The Treasure Hunter (NR) 105min [partly in Japanese with subtitles]
In this deadpan comedy, Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) plays a quiet lonely office worker whose job is to serve tea to her boss. She becomes obsessed with the Coen brother's movie Fargo, and because it says in the film's opening credits "this is a true story," she believes it to be so. She sets off from Tokyo on a quixotic search to North Dakota in winter to recover the buried suitcase of cash, which takes her on an increasingly dangerous adventure. This strangely touching, alternately whimsical and heartbreaking story is from Texas independent filmmaking brothers David and Nathan Zellner. trailer
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Fri May 15 - Mon May 18
WOMAN IN GOLD (PG-13) 110min
Based on a true story, this remarkable film tells the story of one woman's battle to reclaim her heritage. Helen Mirren stars as Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish woman who as a bride escaped from Europe to America on the eve of WW2, though her parents weren't so lucky. Now the last remaining family member living, she cajoles a young lawyer (Ryan Reynolds), grandson of an old family friend, to help her get back some family possessions that were stolen. A painting that hung in her family's house of her beloved Aunt Adele, painted by famous Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, was seized by the Nazis and eventually placed on public display in Vienna. Her journey takes her to the Supreme Court and the top of the Austrian government while forcing her to confront her history. trailer
Tues May 19 - Thurs May 21
THE WRECKING CREW (PG) 95min
You may not be surprised to learn that the music played on recordings by The Monkees, Sonny and Cher or Captain and Tenille were studio musicians, but you might be more astonished to learn that group also included The Byrds, The Beach Boys, all the bands that made up Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Elvis, Simon and Garfunkle, and more. Behind nearly every hit in the heyday of Top Forty music out of Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as many well-known TV theme songs – Bonanza, Mission Impossible, Pink Panther - was this same group of jazz musicians who played without credit even though they were the best in the business. Few escaped anonymity, so be prepared to discover the talents of Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Carol Kaye, Plas Johnson, and Tommy Tedesco, whose son Daniel made this documentary that took ten years to get the rights to all the songs. trailer
Coming for a week on our Second Screen?
DANNY COLLINS (R) 106min
Al Pacino gives an excellent performance in this charming story of redemption. He plays a hard-partying, aging pop-star who hasn't done anything new in years. When his manager (Christopher Plummer) finds a letter written to him decades ago from John Lennon telling to stay true to himself, he is spurred to write new music, find age-appropriate love, perhaps with the resistant suburban chain motel manager (Annette Bening) where he moves as he tries to connect with his long-estranged son (Bobby Canavale) and family. This feature debut of screenwriter Dan Fogelman (Crazy Stupid Love, Tangled) is a clever, heart-warming comedy with a soundtrack of Lennon's songs. trailer
TRUE STORY (R) 100min
Based on real events as told in the memoir of disgraced former NYTimes columnist Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill), True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, this film tells a bizarre story that starts with his being fired for fabricating an article. He is unable to find further employment and his life is a mess, which only gets weirder when he receives a phone call asking for his opinion, as a man (James Franco) just arrested in Mexico, who allegedly murdered his wife and two children, had been using the name and identity of Michael Finkel. This riveting, unsettling character-driven drama is about two liars, and Finkel's relentless pursuit of the true story. trailer
THE AGE OF ADALINE (PG-13) 109min
This delightful, captivating romantic fantasy tells the story of Adaline (Blake Lively) a beautiful woman who in her late twenties suffered an accident and unlikely rescue that left her unable to age. Her daughter (Ellen Burstyn) is the only person in whom she can confide, and she has lived the past eighty years alone, unwilling to get close to anyone for fear of revealing her secret. But when she meets a charismatic philanthropist (Michael Huisman) her passion for life is reignited, only to have a weekend with his parents (Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker) threaten to uncover the truth. Adaline must make a decision that will change her life forever. trailer
EX MACHINA (R) 108min
In his directing debut, screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine) has made a stylish, tense and twisty thriller with strong performances from the cast and a fascinating story. Domhnall Gleeson is Caleb, a computer coder for the world's most successful search engine company who wins a competition to spend a week at the reclusive CEO's (Oscar Isaac) remote, private estate. He discovers that he is the human component to evaluate his boss's latest experiment in artificial intelligence, which is a breath-taking robot named Ava, more emotionally intelligent and deceptive than either man imagines. trailer
MAD MAX: Fury Road (R) ~120min
Director George Miller, the originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, returns to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy). Haunted by his turbulent past he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless he becomes swept up with a rebel group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by a mysterious woman, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). They are escaping from a Warlord from whom something irreplaceable has been taken; he has mobilized all his gangs to pursue the rebels ruthlessly while she is trying to cross the desert to return to her childhood home. trailer
AVENGERS: Age of Ultron
THE WATER DIVINER
5 TO 7
TOMORROWLAND
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
5 FLIGHTS UP
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
IMPROVISION!!!
Sierra Club Summer Matinee Series!!!
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