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= AVERAGE = GOOD = GREAT = PERFECT THE NATURAL (1984) Friday, October 20 | 1:30 pm Saturday, October 21 | 6:30 pm Sunday, October 22 | 6:30 pm Cast: Robert Redford, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, Barbara Hershey On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs is shot by the unstable Harriet Bird. After 16 years, Hobbs returns to pro baseball as a rookie for the last-place New York Knights. Despite early arguments with his manager, Pop Fisher, Hobbs becomes one of the best players in the league, and the Knights start winning. But this upsets the Judge, their owner, who wants Hobbs to lose games, not win. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE (2008) Saturday, October 21 | 10:00 am & 1:30 pm Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Viola Davis, Christoper Meloni When Adrienne Willis arrives at the coastal town of Rodanthe, N.C., her life is in chaos. There, she hopes to sort through the trouble surrounding her, while tending a friend’s inn for the weekend. The only guest at the inn is Dr. Paul Flanner, a man tormented by a crisis of conscience. As a storm approaches the coast, Paul and Adrienne find comfort and a life-changing ro- mance. THE PHANTOMOF THE OPERA (2004) Sunday, October 22 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver From his hideout beneath a 19th century Paris opera house, the brooding Phantom schemes to get closer to vocalist Christine Daae. The Phantom, wearing a mask to hide a congenital dis- figurement, strong-arms management into giving the budding starlet key roles, but Christine instead falls for arts benefactor Raoul. Terrified at the notion of her absence, the Phantom enacts a plan to keep Christine by his side, while Raoul tries to foil the scheme. SEVENDAYS INMAY (1964) Friday, October 27 | 1:30 pm Saturday, October 28 | 6:30 pm Sunday, October 29 | 6:30 pm Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner U.S. President Jordan Lyman hopes to bring an end to the Cold War by signing a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviets, much to the displeasure of the hawkish General James Scott, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. When Scott’s aide, Martin “Jiggs” Casey stumbles on shattering evidence that the General is plotting a coup to overthrow Lyman in seven days, “Jiggs” alerts the President, setting off a dangerous race to thwart the takeover. THE LAST SAMURAI (2003) Saturday, October 28 | 1 0:00 am & 1:30 pm Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki Capt. Nathan Algren is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country’s first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the an- cient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds. THE KING’S SPEECH (2010) Sunday, October 29 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce England’s Prince Albert must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Eliza- beth hires Lionel Logue, anAustralian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extraordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. The Pinecone | October 2023 • 11 • KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM