Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

= AVERAGE = GOOD = GREAT = PERFECT YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) Saturday, December 18 | 10:00 am & 2:00 pm Cast: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly hates Joe Fox, the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other’s true identity. Eventually Joe learns that the enchanting woman he’s involved with is actually his business rival. He must now struggle to reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he’s come to feel. CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (2004) Sunday, December 19 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Tim Allen, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh Finally alone for the holidays, Luther and Nora Krank plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Ca- ribbean instead. This doesn’t sit well with their Christmas-ob- sessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer and Walt Scheel, who are determined to win the annual “best decorated street” compe- tition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984) Friday, December 17 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 18 | 6:00 pm Sunday, December 19 | 6:30 pm Cast: George C. Scott, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Roger Rees The unscrupulous businessman Scrooge doesn’t think much of Christian charity; but then the ghost of his deceased busi- ness partner appears to him, trying to get him to change his mind; Scrooge should learn to open his heart. THE CHRISTMAS CARD (2006) Saturday, December 25 | 10:00 am & 2:00 pm Cast: Alice Evans, Ed Asner, John Newton, Lois Nettleton Asoldier serving inAfghanistan is deeply touched by an anon- ymous Christmas card sent by a woman in California. Upon completion of his tour of duty, he returns to the United States on a romantic mission to find the woman who wrote the card. SERENDIPITY (2001) Sunday, December 26 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, John Corbett On a magical night when they are in in their 20s, Jonathan meets Sara. He finds it love at first sight, but Sara believes in destiny. After 10 years the two -- with 3,000 miles between them -- must decide if fate wants them to be together again. When love feels like magic, it is called destiny; when destiny has a sense of humor, it is serendipity. WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) Friday, December 24 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 25 | 6:00 pm Sunday, December 26 | 6:30 pm Cast: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen Singers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis join sister act Betty and Judy Haynes to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly, the boys’ commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what’s the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that’s sure to put Waverly and his business in the black! The Pinecone | December 2021 • 11 • KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM