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BARBIE (2023) Sunday, December 1 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the color- ful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947) Friday, December 6 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 7 | 6:30 pm Sunday, December 8 | 6:30 pm Cast: Victor Moore, Charlie Ruggles, Don DeFore, Gale Storm While rich businessman Mike O'Connor resides in Virginia, his luxury townhouse in NewYork City appears vacant. However, in reality, drifter Aloysius "Mac" McKeever has been staying there. Mac invites Jim, an unemployed veteran who has just been evict- ed from a building owned by O'Connor, to stay at the house with- out revealing he's squatting. When O'Connor's daughter, Trudy, shows up as well, she falls for Jim and tries to help him. HOWTHE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) Saturday, December 7 | 1:30 pm Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. THE SHACK (2017) Sunday, December 8 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: SamWothington, Octavia Spencer, TimMcGraw, Aviv Alush After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression that causes him to question his innermost be- liefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urg- ing him to an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness. De- spite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever. ALL MINE TO GIVE (1957) Friday, December 13 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 14 | 6:30 pm Sunday, December 15 | 6:30 pm Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Glynis Johns, Patty McCormack, Rex Thompson In this fact-based drama set in the 1850s, the Eunsons move from Scotland to the American Midwest, where they live happily and run a successful business -- until the untimely deaths of both the father and the mother of the family. Now orphaned, the six Eun- son kids must fend for themselves. Robbie, the oldest, does his best to care for his siblings while he searches for foster parents kind enough to accept such a large family into their home. HOME ALONE (1990) Saturday, December 14 | 1:30 pm Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Danier Stern, Catherine O'Hara When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night be- fore a family trip to Paris, his mother makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home. ELF (2003) Sunday, December 15 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, the adult Buddy travels to NewYork, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs, a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results. • 10 • The Pinecone | December 2024