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Inglourious Basterds (R)
7:00, 10:00
Ponyo (PG)
1:00, 4:00 (Fri, Mon-Thu)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3D (PG)
1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50
Couples Retreat (PG-13)
1:20, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30
Endgame (NR)
1:15, 7:00 (Fri, Sat, Tue, Thu)
The Fourth Kind (PG-13)
1:00, 3:20, 5:30, 7:45, 9:45
Kidtoons (G)
Sat-Sun only 1:00
The Men Who Stare at Goats (R)
1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55
Michael Jackson: This Is It (PG)
1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40
Saw VI (R)
1:00, 1:30, 3:15, 3:45, 5:30, 5:55, 7:45, 8:15, 10:00
The Stepfather (PG-13)
1:45 (no 1:45 show Sat-Sun), 4:25, 7:10, 9:40
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
Whip It (PG-13)
1:15 (no 1:15 show Fri, Sat, Tue, Thu), 4:30, 7:00 (no 7:00 show Fri, Sat, Tue, Thu), 9:30
Amelia (PG)
11:40, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 (Sofa Cinema showing)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (R)
11:55, 7:00 (Sofa Cinema showing)
The Box (PG-13)
11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:20
A Christmas Carol 3-D (PG)
11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40
A Christmas Carol 2-D (PG)
12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20
Couples Retreat (PG-13)
12:05, 3:15 (no 3:15 show Sun), 7:55, 10:35 (no 7:55 or 10:35 show Sat)
It Might Get Loud (PG)
3:20, 10:10 (Sofa Cinema showing)
Law Abiding Citizen (R)
12:45, 3:30, 7:20, 9:55 (Sofa Cinema showing)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (R)
11:30, 1:50, 4:05, 7:30, 9:50
Michael Jackson: This Is It (PG)
11:50, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40
Paranormal Activity (R)
12:05, 2:15, 4:40 (no 12:05, 2:15, 4:40 shows on Sat), 7:50, 10:00
Paris (R)
12:50, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10
Thirst (R)
12:20, 3:45, 7:10, 10:15
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 (Sofa Cinema showing)
A Christmas Carol (PG)
11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55
Law Abiding Citizen (R)
11:00, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15
The Men Who Stare at Goats (R)
11:20, 1:45, 4:25, 7:30, 10:00
Michael Jackson’s This Is It (PG)
11:15, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
11:25, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45
The Box (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00
Amelia (PG)
2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40
The Box (PG-13)
2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
A Christmas Carol 3-D (PG)
2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25
A Christmas Carol 2-D (PG)
2:30, 5:05, 7:20, 9:45
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (PG-13)
4:25, 10:00
Couples Retreat (PG-13)
2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55
The Fourth Kind (PG-13)
2:45, 5:15, 7:35, 10:10
Law Abiding Citizen (R)
2:35, 5:15, 8:00
The Men Who Stare at Goats (R)
2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40
Michael Jackson’s This Is It (PG)
2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50
Paranormal Activity (R)
2:25, 4:40, 7:00, 9:10
Saw VI (R)
4:45, 10:05
The Stepfather (PG-13)
2:25, 7:40
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
2:10, 7:00
Amelia (PG)
1:20, 4:20, 7:20 (no 7:20 show Thu, Nov. 12), Late show Fri-Sat only 9:40
Coco Before Chanel (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat only 9:20
Bright Star (PG)
1:00 (Sat, Wed), 4:00, 7:00
The Box (PG-13)
9:45 (Sat-Sun only), 12:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05
A Christmas Carol 3-D (PG)
9:20 (Sat-Sun only), 11:15, 11:45, 1:40, 2:10, 4:05, 4:35, 6:30, 7:00, 8:55, 9:25
A Christmas Carol 2-D (PG)
9:50 (Sat-Sun only), 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55
Law Abiding Citizen (R)
10:00 (Sat-Sun only), 12:45, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00
Paranormal Activity (R)
9:30 (Sat-Sun only), 11:40, 1:50, 4:00, 7:40, 10:15
Zombieland (R)
9:40 (Sat-Sun only), 11:50, 2:00, 4:20, 7:50, 10:10
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: When did you first fall in love with the movies?
Ken Hanke | 11/06/2009 | 7 Comment(s)
I realize that this is a presumptuous question that supposes that the reader did fall in love with the movies in the first place. Still, I’m assuming for argument’s sake that such a condition probably has something to do with the reason you’re reading this column in the first place. The question in my mind is whether this was a cumulative thing for people or if there’s some outstanding defining moment that brought this about.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Favorite horror movie deaths for Halloween
Ken Hanke and Justin Souther | 10/30/2009 | 22 Comment(s)
It’s become a tradition that Justin Souther and I undertake some kind of Halloween treat for this column. Well, it’s a treat for us, no matter what anyone else thinks about it. This year we opted to go to perhaps the very core of the horror film—death.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Seeing a lot of Saw
Ken Hanke | 10/23/2009 | 30 Comment(s)
I happened to be in the position yesterday to look in on the Saw marathon—you know, that less than stellar idea that it would be great to allow people to work their way through all five Saw movies with the big finish being the unveiling of Saw VI at midnight.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Seven movies, five days, culture shock
Ken Hanke | 10/16/2009 | 21 Comment(s)
As those of you who read these columns reguarly know, I was in Florida last week—in large part to bring a long-lost (well, sort of) friend who hadn’t seen a new movie since probably the early 1990s into the 21st century of films. I discussed the choices—and potential choices—a column back, so it seems only reasonable to bring everyone up to date and how the experiment went.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Intergalactic imbeciles and other shoddy plans
Justin Souther | 10/09/2009 | 11 Comment(s)
With Ken gallivanting around sunny Florida this week, the duty of producing a Screening Room has fallen into my well-manicured hands. For those of you looking for the usual Hanke wit and wisdom, do not be disappointed, because I give you something better, the most important, insightful bit of film criticism you will read in the next five to seven minutes, an article on how movie aliens are stupid.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: A crash course for the 21st century in film
Ken Hanke | 10/02/2009 | 43 Comment(s)
I have a friend who hasn’t actually seen a movie made after 1995. He’s of course heard things about the state of modern film, and what he’s heard hasn’t enticed him to venture into it. Naturally, I’ve taken it upon myself—with his seemingly enthusiastic permission—to bring him into the 21st century of movies. The trick is I have five—maybe six—days in which to do this. The question then is how to do this?
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Rob Zombie and the fan as filmmaker
Ken Hanke | 09/25/2009 | 9 Comment(s)
When Rob Zombie first appeared on the filmmaking scene with House of 1000 Corpses in 2003, I wrote that he was ” just a fan who’s made a film and is not actually a filmmaker.” While there’s a core of truth in that statement, it’s not one I would make today. Four Zombie movies later and a lot of revisiting and rethinking Corpses, I’m convinced that Zombie is a fan who is also a filmmaker.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Four star forgettables
Ken Hanke | 09/18/2009 | 100 Comment(s)
A few days ago I happened to see a picture of LBJ on TV. For whatever reason, the image called to mind a dialogue exchange between John (Bruce Greenwood) and Bobby (Stephen Culp) Kennedy in Roger Donaldson’s Thirteen Days (2001). There’s no great significance in this—except that it’s the only thing I clearly remember from the film. I also remembered that I’d reviewed it, been favorably impressed and gave it four stars. Did it deserve those four stars?
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: The Fab Four on film
Ken Hanke | 09/11/2009 | 21 Comment(s)
This is the week that the newly remastered, remonkeyed, repackaged and generally rejiggered Beatles box set hits record stores (and my CD player), but of course that’s not really a movie topic—or is it? In one sense, it very obviously isn’t, but in another sense modern film owes a debt to the Beatles just as much as music does.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: The cinematic sword of Damocles
Ken Hanke | 09/04/2009 | 26 Comment(s)
I’d been planning on doing something on this topic for some time—at least as far back as last night when the stars aligned and brought an eventuality into being. In this case, the celestial line-up consisted of Orbit DVD offering a sale, me pointing this fact out to co-critic Justin Souther and Justin attending said sale.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: What offends you?
Ken Hanke | 08/28/2009 | 111 Comment(s)
I was talking to an old friend about movie ratings. He mentioned that on military bases movies were rated in pre-MPAA rating days—something with which I was unfamiliar. I don’t recall the rating system, but I was interested to note that one of the “forbidden” movies was David Swift’s Under the Yum Yum Tree. What slightly surprised me was my immediate response, “And so it ought to have been,” and the realization that I find this movie offensive.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Best vs. Favorite
Ken Hanke | 08/21/2009 | 67 Comment(s)
For reasons I can’t begin to fathom certain members of my family have been stricken with list-o-mania (as distinct from Lisztomania). It started innocently enough with lists of favorite books and favorite movies and other such things. This I understood because lists are fun, but then they moved from the safety of “favorites” into the realm of “bests,” which strikes me as definitely risky and possibly unnecessary.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: What became of star power?
Ken Hanke | 08/14/2009 | 84 Comment(s)
This is an evening (Thursday) I wouldn’t normally be at home, but owing to the onslaught of this ague, here I am in the company of Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place (1950) on TCM. It’s not a favorite of mine, but it’s not an inapt choice simply because if anyone ever had star power Bogie qualifies, and star power is what I’m thinking about today. The question in my mind is whether or not it actually still exists—at least in anything like the form it once did.
