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Florence Foster Jenkins dreams
of becoming a great opera singer.
Unfortunately, her ambition far exceeds
her talent. The voice Florence hears in
her head is beautiful, but to everyone
else it is quite lousy. Her husband St.
Clair goes to extreme lengths to make
sure his wife never finds out how awful
she truly is. When Florence announces
her plans for a concert at Carnegie Hall,
St. Clair soon realizes that he’s facing
his greatest challenge yet.
FOR ME AND MY GA L
Saturday, January 28 at 6:00 pm &
Sunday, January 29 at 6:30 pm
(1942) Cast: Judy Garland,
George Murphy, Gene Kelly
Jo Hayden and Harry Palmer are a
struggling vaudeville act with hopes
of making it big. When success seems
right around the corner, Palmer is
drafted into the army at the advent of
World War I. Thinking quickly, Palmer
injures his hand to avoid being called to
duty, but Hayden -- whose brother died
in the war -- finds his action cowardly
and breaks up the duo. Now, Palmer
must figure out a way to bring them
back together, even if it means going to
war.
BAND OF ANGE L S
Saturday, Januray 14 at 6:00 pm
& Sunday, January 15 at 6:30 pm
(1957) Cast: Clark Gable,
Yvonne DeCarlo, Sidney Poitier
Mantha Starr grows up as a privileged
southern Belle in the ante-bellum South
but after her father dies broke, her
world is destroyed when she discovers
her mother was actually a slave and
her father’s mistress. When she and the
plantation are sold to pay off the debts,
she realizes where her future actually
lies.
T HE L EGEND OF TARZAN
Saturday, January 21
at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm
(2016) Cast: Alexander Skarsgard,
Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz
It has been years since the man once
known as Tarzan left the jungles of
Africa behind for a gentrified life as
John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke,
with his beloved wife, Jane at his side.
Now, he has been invited back to the
Congo to serve as a trade emissary of
Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn
in a deadly convergence of greed and
revenge, masterminded by the Belgian,
Captain Leon Rom. But those behind
the murderous plot have no idea what
they are about to unleash.
MR . CHURCH
Sunday, January 22
at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm
(2016) Cast: Eddie Murphy,
Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone
When a young girl and her dying
mother are joined by a black male cook
who comes to live with them, little do
they know that their lives are about to
change forever.
MY F AVOR I T E S PY
Saturday, January 21 at 6:00 pm &
Sunday, January 22 at 6:30 pm
(1951) Cast: Bob Hope,
Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan
Comedian Peanuts White is certainly
not a spy -- he just happens to look like
one. Nabbed by FBI agents at an airport,
he’s mistaken for Eric Augustine, an
actual international spy. Peanuts clears
his name but is convinced to visit Africa
and impersonate Eric in order to steal an
important piece of microfilm. He meets
up with Lily Dalbray, Eric’s lovely
girlfriend, but it turns out she is also
on the hunt for the microfilm, further
complicating the situation.
SU L LY
Saturday, January 28
at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm
(2016) Cast: Tom Hanks,
Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an
American pilot who became a hero
after landing his damaged plane on
the Hudson River in order to save the
flight’s passengers and crew.
F LOR ENCE FOS T E R J ENK I NS
Sunday, January 29
at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm
(2016) Cast: Meryl Streep,
Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg
In the 1940s, New York socialite
KIRBY PINES MOVIE
RATING SYSTEM
The Pinecone
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January 2017 • 11 •
= AVERAGE
= GOOD
= EXCELLENT
= OUTSTANDING