Events for April, 2009
2009 Oscar Nominated Shorts
2008. NR.
Fri, Mar 27 thru Thu, Apr 2 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
Come see the live action and animated shorts that were nominated for the 2009 Academy Awards. All of the shorts will be screened on DVD. The ANIMATED SHORTS will be shown on Friday at 7:30PM; Tuesday at 7:30PM; and Thursday at 7:30PM. The LIVE ACTION SHORTS will be shown on Monday at 6:30PM; and on Wednesday at 2PM and 7:30PM. More»
Point Entertainment presents Gaelic Storm
- Fri, Apr 3, 8:00 pm
First seen in the film "Titanic," celtic rockers Gaelic Storm have made their name as one of most unique and exciting celtic/world music bands touring today! This show is SOLD OUT. However, RUSH TICKETS, the remaining seats in the upper balcony, go on sale after the performance has started. More»
Invaders from Mars
Directed by William Cameron Menzies. US. 1953. Ages 8+. 78 min.
Sponsored by Philadelphia MomsLikeMe.com
- Sat, Apr 4, 2:00 pm
“Slick sci-fi tale about a young boy who witnesses an alien craft land and tries to convince those around him that it really exists – those not already possessed by the other-worldly visitors, that is. Lots of fun, and a heck of a sight better than the 1986 remake.” (TLA Film & Video Guide).
Invaders from Mars will be preceded by an episode of the CAPTAIN MARVEL (1941) serial.
Point Entertainment presents Leo Kottke
- Sat, Apr 4, 8:00 pm
"Amazing" and "incredible", two words often used to describe a Leo Kottke show. Internationally recognized as a master of both the 6 and 12 string guitar, he's known for his innovative finger-picking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies. This show is SOLD OUT. However, RUSH TICKETS, the remaining seats in the upper balcony, go on sale after the performance has started. More»
The Lavender Hill Mob
Directed by Charles Crichton. UK. 1951. NR. 81 min.
- Sun, Apr 5, 2:00 pm
Yet another of the Ealing Studios greats, this mischievous comedy features a stand-up performance by Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank employee who dreams up what he thinks is a foolproof plan to steal one million British pounds in gold from the Bank of England. Winner of a Best Screenplay Oscar, this zany comedy climaxes with a madcap chase and features Audrey Hepburn in a bit part. (TLA Film & Video Guide)
This film will be screened on DVD.
Spring Break: Grease
Directed by Randal Kleiser. US. 1978. 12+. 110 min.
- Sun, Apr 5, 4:30 pm
We're celebrating Spring Break with a slew of older films that celebrate high school angst, spring fever, and the thrill of sticking it to the man (or your parents, or teachers, or nemesis – you get the idea). More»
Spring Break: Sixteen Candles
Directed by John Hughes. US. 1984. 14+. 93 min.
- Sun, Apr 5, 7:00 pm
"This funny, unpretentious film marked writer John Hughes's first time out as a director. More»
Spring Break: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Directed by John Hughes. US. 1986. 14+. 103 min.
- Mon, Apr 6, 6:30 pm
Hilarious Hughes teen comedy with Matthew Broderick in great form as a high school student whose charm and ingenuity are able to get him into – and out of – any situation of his choosing. The story follows Bueller and his friends playing hooky and visiting downtown Chicago. (TLA Film & Video Guide)
Spring Break: Home Alone
Directed by Chris Columbus. US. 1990. 8+. 103 min.
- Tue, Apr 7, 2:00 pm
"Forget old-fashioned sweetness and light. Here is the story of a large suburban family that accidentally leaves its youngest child behind when it flies off to Paris for Christmas. More»
Spring Break: Bend It Like Beckham
Directed by Gurinder Chadha. UK. 2002. PG-13. 112 min.
- Tue, Apr 7, 7:30 pm
"Culture and sports never have clashed as winningly as in Bend It Like Beckham. A coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Indian community in London and amid the world of women's' amateur soccer, Beckham is a rare amalgam of funny, sweet, action-packed and inspiring." More»
Spring Break: E.T.
Directed by Steven Spielberg. US. 1982. 6+. 115 min.
- Wed, Apr 8, 2:00 pm
"One of the all-time great family films, E.T.'s portrait of a broken yet functional family has none of the contrivances of similar films. This family must cope and grow and move on. Spielberg manages warmth and wonder without painting too brightly. He allows rough edges and a real threat and fear without demonizing the scientists seeking E.T. — few family films suggest opposition is anything short of evil. When E.T. must leave, the emotions you feel are earned, not manufactured. Most spectacularly, nothing about the film seems childish or pandering. This is a director in top form." (Mike Harring, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide).
Spring Break: Roll Bounce
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. US. 2005. PG-13. 112 min.
- Wed, Apr 8, 7:30 pm
"Set in Chicago in the summer of 1978 and featuring a credits-to-credits soundtrack of '70s songs, the roller-skating comedy Roll Bounce could almost pass for a product of the era it depicts if it weren't for all the contemporary faces. It also works a formula that's at least three decades old—following star Bow Wow and friends as they train all summer long for a big roller-skating competition—but familiarity can be a virtue, especially when it takes a back seat to winning characters, heartfelt emotions, and kick-ass roller-skating sequences that play out in split-screen to the accompaniment of Sister Sledge's "He's The Greatest Dancer." More»
Spring Break: School of Rock
Directed by Richard Linklater. US. 2003. 12+. 108 min.
- Thu, Apr 9, 7:30 pm
"The new comedy School of Rock is uncut bliss: It had me buzzing, bopping up and down in my seat, practically pogoing out of the theater playing air guitar. I scribbled superlatives in my notebook; I heard myself tell a colleague, "Dude, that movie rocked." I wonder, now that the ecstasy has dissipated a bit (but only a bit), how a formulaic farce-heart-warmer about a fake teacher and a bunch of 10-year-olds could be such a mystical experience—one of the biggest highs I've had at the movies in years." More»
The Class
Directed by Laurent Cantet. France. 2008. PG-13. 128 min.
Fri, Apr 10 thru Thu, Apr 22 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
"When François Bégaudeau, the co-writer and star of Laurent Cantet's The Class, strides confidently into an ethnically mixed middle-school classroom–where he'll spend most of the film's 128 minutes–audiences can be forgiven for expecting him to work miracles. The movies have trained us to believe that an inspirational teacher can turn inner-city thugs into rapping scholars and disaffected private-school kids into barbaric yawpers, so surely a man of Bégaudeau's talents can stir up this melting pot, no? Well, not exactly. The beauty of The Class is that it puts the lie to the one-teacher-can-make-a-difference myth propagated by so many other films; Bégaudeau may well have an impact on his students, but he and the film have the wisdom to understand that some kids can't be reached, and teachers often find that cultural or bureaucratic conditions leave their hands tied." More»
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. US. 2008. R. 98 min.
- Fri, Apr 10, 10:10 pm
Please note the date for this film is Apr 10. "In its bid for that kind of midnight-movie infamy, Repo! The Genetic Opera piles on the glam-rock spectacle and coal-black comedy at such a brusque pace that it often seems in danger of rattling off the rails entirely. The film unfolds in a dystopic, surgery-obsessed future where organs are custom-engineered by the omniscient corporation GeneCo for a steep price. Those who default on payments can expect a visit from the repo men—and unlike in Alex Cox's movie, their job doesn't involve punk rock and aliens so much as violently ripped-open chest cavities. More»
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Directed by Steven Spielberg. US. 1981. Ages 8+. 115 min.
Sponsored by Philadelphia MomsLikeMe.com and The Phoenixville Rotary Club
- Sat, Apr 11, 12:00 pm
“From the first moments, when the star-circled mountain in the Paramount Pictures logo fades into a similarly shaped, fog-shrouded Andean peak, where who knows what awful things are about to happen, Raiders of the Lost Ark is off and running at a breakneck pace that simply won't stop until the final shot, an ironic epilogue that recalls nothing less than Citizen Kane. More»
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Directed by Steven Spielberg. US. 1984. Ages 10+. 118 min.
Sponsored by Philadelphia MomsLikeMe.com and The Phoenixville Rotary Club
- Sat, Apr 11, 2:15 pm
“This movie is one of the most relentlessly nonstop action pictures ever made, with a virtuoso series of climactic sequences that must last an hour and never stop for a second. It's a roller-coaster ride, a visual extravaganza, a technical triumph, and a whole lot of fun. More»
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Directed by Steven Spielberg. US. 1989. Ages 10+. 127 min.
Sponsored by Philadelphia MomsLikeMe.com
- Sat, Apr 18, 12:00 pm
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade both recovers Raiders' spirit and adds a layer of human warmth. Trotting from Utah to Venice to Berlin to the Middle East in search of the Holy Grail, Ford is forced to team up with estranged father Sean Connery. More»
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Directed by Steven Spielberg. US. 2008. Ages 10+. 122 min.
Sponsored by Philadelphia MomsLikeMe.com
- Sat, Apr 18, 2:30 pm
“Some things about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are nearly irrefutable. First, Cate Blanchett does a fantastic Greta Garbo. Second, swarms of deadly ants are possibly scarier than tombs full of venomous asps. But most important is this: the audience opened their hearts and expectations to this film because “they” (Hollywood) in fact doesn’t make them like they used to. More»
The Man in the White Suit
Directed by Alexander McKendrick. UK. 1952. NR. 84 min.
- Sun, Apr 19, 2:00 pm
Another one of Alec Guinness’ peerless 50’s comedies. Here he stars as an unassuming lab assistant who invents a miracle fabric that can be woven into indestructible cloth. The potential catastrophe that this poses for clothing manufacturers pits Guinness against the industry in a Chaplinesque battle which serves as a witty and incisive chastisement against the greed of capitalism.” (TLA Film & Video Guide)
Click here to watch the trailer with commentary by writer Howard Rodman on www.trailersfromhell.com, a great site that we just discovered.
This film will be screened on DVD.
Point Entertainment presents Enter the Haggis
Tickets: $19.50 - $27.50.
- Thu, Apr 23, 8:00 pm
A high energy collision of celtic, rock and bluegrass, with elements of latin & world music, thick four-part harmonies and a seriously kicking rhythm section. Opening for Enter the Haggis are Burning Bridget Cleary. Recently featured on WXPN’s Folk Show with Gene Shay! More»
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt. US. 2008. R. 80 min.
Fri, Apr 24 thru Thu, Apr 30 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
"At the beginning of Kelly Reichardt's deeply affecting Wendy And Lucy, a young woman, en route to Alaska in hopes of getting a job, stalls out in small-town Oregon. Soon enough, it becomes clear that she's little more than a busted timing belt away from utter ruin. Without putting too fine a point on it, Reichardt subtly underscores the predicament of a person living without any margin for error, which in these desperate economic times has become tragically epidemic." More»
Point Entertainment presents Pink Floyd Tribute – Brain Damage with Meeting in the Aisle
Tickets: $20.
- Sat, Apr 25, 7:30 pm
Brain Damage is a tribute to the music and visuals of one of the most popular bands in rock history. Complete with lighting, projections and video, classic Pink Floyd animations and mind-bending visual effects. Faithfully capturing the legendary live Pink Floyd experience. Meeting in the Aisle passionately recreates the music of Radiohead, with meticulous accuracy and extraordinary attention to musical detail. More»
The Ladykillers
Directed by Alexander McKendrick. UK. 1955. NR. 91 min.
- Sun, Apr 26, 2:00 pm
Alec Guinness leads a group of maladroit thieves whose plans are undone by a sweetly obtuse old lady (superbly portrayed by Katie Johnson). The other members of this bumbling gang of hoods are played by an impressive and well-seasoned cast [including Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom]. (TLA Film & Video Guide)
This film will be screened on DVD.