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November 2014
MAMMA M I A !
Saturday, November 1
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(2008)
Cast: Meryl Streep,
Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot
serves as a background for a wealth of
ABBA songs. A young woman about
to be married discovers that any one
of three men could be her father. She
invites all three to the wedding without
telling her mother, Donna, who was
once the lead singer of Donna and the
Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has
invited her backup singers, Rosie and
Tanya.
AWAKEN I NGS
Sunday, November 2
at 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.
(1999)
Cast: Robert DeNiro,
Robin Williams, Julie Kavner
A new doctor finds himself with a ward
full of catatonic patients. He is disturbed
by them and the fact that they have been
catatonic for decades with no hope of
any cure. When he finds a possible
chemical cure he gets permission to try
it on one of them. When the first patient
awakes, he is now an adult having
gone into a catatonic state in his early
teens. The film then delights in the new
awareness of the patients and then on
the reactions of their relatives to the
changes in the newly awakened.
T HE GR EAT E SCAP E
Saturday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m.
&
Sunday, November 2 at 6:30 p.m.
(1963)
Cast: Steve McQueen,
James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Based on a true story, a group of allied
escape artist-type prisoners-of-war
(
POW’s) are all put in an ‘escape proof’
camp. Their leader decides to try to take
out several hundred all at once. The first
half of the film is played for comedy as
the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers
to dig the escape tunnel. The second half
is high adventure as they use boats and
trains and planes to get out of occupied
Europe.
MAVE R I CK
Saturday, November 8
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(1994)
Cast: Mel Gibson,
Jodie Foster, James Garner
Maverick is a gambler who would rather
con someone than fight them. He needs
an additional three thousand dollars in
order to enter a Winner Take All poker
game that begins in a few days. He
tries to win some, tries to collect a few
debts, and recover a little loot for the
reward, all with a light hearted air. He
joins forces with a woman gambler with
a marvelous, though fake, southern
accent as the two both try and enter the
game.
UNF I N I SHED SONG
Sunday, November 9
at 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.
(2012)
Cast: Terence Stamp,
Gemma Arterton, Vanessa Redgrave
Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors
his recently deceased wife’s passion
for performing by joining the
unconventional local choir to which she
used to belong, a process that helps him
build bridges with his estranged son,
James.
A F AR EWE L L TO ARMS
Saturday, November 8 at 6:00 p.m.
&
Sunday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m.
(1944)
Cast: Charles Boyer,
Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton
A tale of the love between ambulance
driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine
Barkley during World War I. The action
takes place in Italy and the two fall in
love during the war and will stop at
nothing to be together. The film also
analyses Lt. Henry’s feelings on war
and the purpose of fighting.
R ED 2
Saturday, November 15
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(2013)
Cast: Bruce Willis,
Helen Mirren, John Malkovich
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses
reunites his unlikely team of elite
operatives for a global quest to track
down a missing portable nuclear device.
DE F I N I T E LY, MAYBE
Sunday, November 16
at 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.
(2008)
Cast: Ryan Reynolds,
Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin
10-
year-old Maya grills her divorcing
dad, Will Hayes, about her conception.
That night, he fills her in, changing the
names of the women who were in his
life then to keep her guessing which
is her mom. In demanding the story,
Maya’s motivation is clear: to get her
dad to fall in love again with her mom.
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