Feature Films:
The Lovely Bones
Directed by Peter Jackson. US. 2009. PG-13. Running time: 121 min.
“The Lovely Bones, adapted from Alice Sebold’s 2002 bestseller, concerns the rape and murder of Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl. Her family — dad (Mark Wahlberg), mom (Rachel Weisz), grandma (Susan Sarandon), sister (Rose McIver), brother (Christian Thomas Ashdale) — is devastated. So is Susie, which brings Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens back to fantasy. Caught between death and heaven, Susie watches as her family tries to cope and the killer (an indelibly creepy Stanley Tucci) goes undetected.”
Showing:
- Mon, Mar 22, 6:30 pm
- Tue, Mar 23, 7:30 pm
- Wed, Mar 24, 2:00 pm
- Wed, Mar 24, 7:30 pm
- Thu, Mar 25, 7:30 pm
Mon, Mar 22 thru Thu, Mar 25 Next show:
Mon, Mar 22, 6:30 pm
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Young Audiences:
Billy Kelly
Age 4+. Running time: Approx. 60 min.
Billy Kelly is a guy with a guitar and shoes and a nose and a new CD called “Thank You for Joining the Happy Club” and a couch and other stuff. His songs are humorous as well as funny. Speaking of his songs, his song “People Really Like Milk” went to #1 on the SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio channel “Kids Place Live”! (Please don’t mention this to his other songs.) National Public Radio said that Billy has “an endearingly oddball since of humor,” but sadly they did not say anything about his sense of smell, which is pretty good too. Billy Kelly’s live performances feature sing-alongs, dance-alongs, yell-alongs, and snowman-alongs, among other types of ‘alongs’ too numerous to enumerate here.
Showing:
Sat, Mar 27, 2:00 pm
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Classic Films:
From Here to Eternity
Directed by Fred Zinneman. US. 1953. NR. Running time: 118 min.
Yes, this is the film that saved Frank Sinatra’s career (though, to our knowledge, no horse’s heads actually found their way into the producer’s bed.) And yes, this is the film with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr wrestling on the beach as the waves roll in. But it is also one of the finest films made during the 1950s, garnering Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra, of course, as a feisty little scrapper who won’t give up), and Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed, as a dance-hall “hostess” no less!)
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Concerts & Events:
Silent Film! Tillie’s Punctured Romance
Directed by Mack Sennet. US. 1914. NR. Running time: 82 min.
Mack Sennett directs this museum piece slapstick comedy with the Keystone Kops and Charlie Chaplin that spoofs a gold-digger. It’s the first feature-length comedy film ever made.
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Presented by TOSDV
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