Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

= AVERAGE = GOOD = GREAT = PERFECT OCTOBER SKY (1999) Friday, January 19 | 1:30 pm Saturday, January 20 | 6:30 pm Sunday, January 21 | 6:30 pm Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen John Hickam is a West Virginia coal miner who loves his job and expects his sons, Jim and Homer, to follow in his footsteps. But Jim gets a football scholarship, and Homer becomes interested in rocket science after seeing Sputnik 1 crossing the sky. John disapproves of his son’s new mania, but Homer begins building rockets with the help of friends and a sympathetic teacher. Rocketry, he hopes, will prove his ticket to a better life. SECONDHAND LIONS (2003) Saturday, January 20 | 10:00 am & 1:30 pm Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall A shy adolescent boy, Walter, is taken by his greedy mother to spend the summer with his two hard-boiled great-uncles, Hub and Garth, who are rumored to possess a great fortune. At first, the two old men, both set in their ways, find Walter’s presence a nuisance, but they eventually warm up to the boy and regale him with tall tales from their past. In return, Walter helps reawaken their youthful spirit. WAITING FOR ANYA (2020) Sunday, January 21 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Noah Schnapp, Tomas Lemarquis, Thomas Kretschmann, Anjelica Huston During the horrors of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd, along with the help of the widow, Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish chil- dren across the border from Southern France into Spain. ROAD TOUTOPIA (1945) Friday, January 26 | 1:30 pm Saturday, January 27 | 6:30 pm Sunday, January 28 | 6:30 pm Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Benchley During the Alaskan gold rush, beautiful young Sal travels to Alaska on the trail of the pair of thugs who murdered her father and stole the map to his gold mine. Meanwhile, ge- nial con men Chester and Duke unwittingly steal the wanted men’s identities and get involved in an escalating series of mistaken identities and double-crosses involving Sal, the real thieves and avaricious bar owner Ace. THE LOCKET (2003) Saturday, January 27 | 1 0:00 am & 1:30 pm Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Chad Willett, Lourdes Benedicto, Marguerite Moreaul A bereaved man takes a job at a health care centre, where he befriends an elderly and embittered woman, and as time pass- es, he becomes obsessed with reuniting her with her long-lost true love. ALL ABOUT STEVE (2009) Sunday, January 28 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong After a lovely blind date, crossword-puzzle creator Mary Horowitz falls head over heels in love with Steve, a news cameraman. Mary is convinced that she and Steve are soul mates, and with the encouragement of a reporter, follows Steve around the country in a bid to win his love. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for who she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey. The Pinecone | January 2024 • 11 • KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM