Teen Audiences
Our films, concerts and events that may be of interest to teens. Have an idea for a film you’d like to see at the Colonial? Email kirsten AT thecolonialtheatre DOT com.
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MST3K: Time Chasers
Directed by David Giancola. US. 1994. PG-13. 89 min. Rhino. DVD.
- Fri, Feb 17, 9:45 pm
If you studied the greatest time travel tales in history, Time Chasers would surely be the weakest. It’s got a guy and some other guy in it. They use a biplane to fly back in time and do stuff. If it all sounds like so much enchantment – it isn’t. It does, however, setup up our intrepid movie riffing trio (Mike, Crow and Servo) with a veritable feast on which to heap scorn! Join us once again for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowd experience unlike most others!
Turtles Can Fly
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi. Iran. 2005. 12+. 98 min. IFC Films. DVD.
- Sat, Feb 25, 2:00 pm
“In the makeshift refugee villages of northern Iraq shortly before 2003′s U.S.-led invasion, parentless children spend their days collecting landmines and awaiting information on the impending war. With no responsible adults to guide or shelter them, the kids—led by a precocious boy named Satellite (Soran Ebrahim), whose skill with technology makes him a vital member of the temporary community—toil and suffer in quiet, resigned to their bleak fate as dispossessed orphans in a land bereft of familial and national unity, and Turtles Can Fly focuses its even-keeled gaze on these lost, physically and emotionally crippled youngsters with understated sympathy. More»
Looney Tunes
6+. Approx. 75 min. 35mm.
- Sat, Mar 10, 2:00 pm
Selected cartoons from the Warner Brothers catalog featuring Bugs Bunny.
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Directed by Stephen Herek. US. 1989. PG. 90 min. MGM. 35mm.
- Fri, Mar 16, 9:45 pm
“Just stupid enough to be endearing.” (Rob Thomas, Capital Times)
“The boys are back in town – and back in the telephone-booth time machine. As these high school goofballs travel back in time to score some heavy dudes like Napoleon, Socrates, and Billy the Kid for their history presentation, they wrote themselves into the teen-movie pantheon. Everything Reeves has done since always has the whiff of “Ted” about it. Party on, dudes.” (Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle)
Superman
Directed by Richard Donner. US. 1978. PG. 143 min. WB. 35mm.
- Sat, Mar 24, 2:00 pm
“Superman was an extraordinarily expensive film, and on the whole the money was well spent. Perfect casting and stunning special effects combine to relate the origins of the famous DC Comics here. More»
Stand By Me
Directed by Rob Reiner. US. 1986. 12+. 89 min. Sony. 35mm.
- Sat, Apr 7, 2:00 pm
“The line between sappy and sweet is a razor-thin one. We’ve all been held hostage by coming-of-age stories that shamelessly cudgel us into sniffling submission. And while they might succeed in making us reach for the Kleenex, we rarely feel good about it afterward. Then there’s a movie like Stand by Me, which gets your tear ducts working honestly. More»
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Directed by Mel Stuart. US. 1971. 8+. 98 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
- Sat, Apr 14, 2:00 pm
Audiences young and old enjoy this larkish musical/fantasy featuring precocious children and childlike adults. Gene Wilder stars as the eccentric candy maker searching for the child who will inherit his fantastic factory. For a contrarian, but not completely off base, review check out Chuck Bowen’s on SlantMagazine.com.
The Princess Bride
Directed by Rob Reiner. US. 1987. 8+. 98 min. Fox. Blu ray.
- Sat, Apr 21, 2:00 pm
“Writer William Goldman’s love story of a farm boy-turned-swashbuckling hero, the princess he rescues from an arranged marriage, and the friendships and revenges the two encounter along the way recreates the high-flying milieu of a Fairbanks or Flynn adventure yarn, placing it within the narrative frame of a grandfather reading a storybook to his sick grandson. More»