SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31*
Director John Carpenter’s ORIGINAL horror classic. Escaped maniac Michael Myers returns home 15 years after committing a grisly murder…and just in time for Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her film debut, plays a babysitter who is stalked by Myers. A sleeper hit at the box office, this thriller inspired a whole series of “slasher movies” featuring teenagers in peril. (“You can’t kill the boogeyman.”)
1978
Rated R
STARTING OCTOBER 31 (CHECK THEATRE FOR DAYS & SHOWTIMES)
Time-travel comedy adventure from Steven Spielberg & Robert Zemeckis. 80’s teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) teams up with mad scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). (“Doc, are you telling me you built a time machine … out of a DeLorean?”) Marty is transported to the year 1955 and must find a way to get “back to the future.” (“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”)
1985
Rated PG
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 & WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Delightful romcom starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. She’s a magazine writer whose assignment is to date a man, drive him crazy, then write an article telling women what NOT to do. He’s a hotshot advertising executive trying to win a bet with his boss in order to land an important account. Both have ulterior motives, complicated by an undeniable attraction. (“True or False? All’s fair in love and war.”)
2003
Rated PG-13
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15*, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 & WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
“The hills are alive” with the sound of the most popular musical of all time, winner of the Academy Award® for Best Picture. Julie Andrews stars as governess to the seven lively children of Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). Shot on location in Austria, the majestic Alps look awesome on the big screen and the score by Rodgers & Hammerstein is full of favorite tunes. (“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...”)
1965
Rated G
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22*, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 & WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
“All aboard!” On Christmas Eve a boy takes a mysterious train bound for the North Pole, in this adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. The performance-capture animation used by director Robert Zemeckis made it possible for Tom Hanks to play six roles, including the conductor (“Tickets, please!”) and Santa Claus. (“The true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.”)
2004
Rated G
Stylish thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense. Cary Grant plays an advertising executive who is being pursued by villains and doesn’t know why. Filmed in wide-screen Vista-Vision, the scene where Grant, alone on a rural highway, is chased by a crop-dusting plane is a classic. Eva Marie Saint co-stars as a mysterious woman who Grant encounters on a train. (“How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?”)
1959
Not Rated
Comical fantasy based on the beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Matilda (Mara Wilson) is a resourceful 6-year-old who loves to read and must rely on her psychic powers to overcome the challenge of living with her neglectful parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman.) (“Why would you want to read when you have a television set sitting right in front of you?”)
1996
Rated PG
Rousing sequel to the 1999 blockbuster finds adventurers Rick & Evelyn O’Connell (Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz) once again exploring ancient Egyptian ruins and digging up trouble, this time with their 8- year-old son. Featuring Dwayne (“The Rock”) Johnson in his movie debut as the Scorpion King and full of action, humor and, of course, scores of menacing mummies (“Not these guys again!”)
2001
Rated PG-13
Much-loved adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel. In an era of arranged marriages, Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) is determined to marry for love. To her amazement she finds the one person she cannot stand is the one man she may not be able to resist. With Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench and Matthew Macfadyen as the proud and equally amazed Mr. Darcy. (“You have bewitched me, body and soul.”)
2005
Rated PG
