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CREATION (PG13)
March
5 - March 11
Creation is the powerful and true-life tale of Charles
Darwin and the most explosive idea in history. A
world-renowned scientist, and a dedicated family man
struggling to accept his daughter’s death, Darwin (Paul
Bettany) is torn between his love for his deeply religious
wife (Jennifer Connelly) and his own growing belief in a world
where God has no place. He finds himself caught in a battle
between faith and reason, love and truth. This is the
extraordinary story of Charles Darwin and how his masterwork
The Origin of Species came to light. It tells of a
global revolution played out in the confines of a small
English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most
provocative idea in history—evolution; and a theory saved from
extinction by the logic of a child. John Collee wrote the
screen adaptation, based on the book Annie's Box by
Randal Keynes, the great, great-grandson of Charles Darwin.
Described by director Jon Amiel as part ghost story, part
psychological thriller, part heart-wrenching love story, the
film promises a Charles Darwin as you've never seen him
before.
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FROZEN (R)
March
5 - March 11
A typical day on the slopes
turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when
they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As
the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize
with growing panic that they’ve been left behind dangling high
off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until
the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already
setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to
escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they
make their move, they discover with horror that they have much
more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat
unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to
survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die.
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44 INCH CHEST
(R)
March 12 - March 18
From
the writers of Sexy Beast comes a powerful drama of a
wronged husband trying to regain his self respect, in this
spectacularly foul-mouthed acting tour de force. Colin (Ray
Winstone) lies sobbing in a wrecked room, his wife of 21
years, Liz (played with Mirren-like sensuality by Joanne
Whalley) has left him. He calls his mate, Archie (Tom
Wilkinson), who’s just settling in on the sofa with his aged
mum, to gather up the rest of the sometime-gang: Old Man
Peanut (John Hurt), Meredith (Ian McShane), and Mal (Stephen
Dillane). The motley crew of old friends rallies to his aid,
though their plot to kidnap the lover and push Colin into
taking revenge is misguided in conception and inept in
execution. Hurt is hilarious as the old con telling the story
of Samson and Delilah, complete with clips from the Victor
Mature film. A provocative and darkly funny study of
masculinity at its most troubling, it gives the actors full
rein to explore the male ego pushed to its limits, and this
wonderful ensemble certainly rises to the task.
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THE LITTLE TRAITOR
(PG)
Coming
in March
Many
movies begin as a book. “The Little Traitor” was born of a
short novel, Panther in the Basement, by the brilliant Israeli
author Amos Oz. It is a lyrical story of a young boy growing
up in Jerusalem during the British Mandate, when Israel (then
still Palestine) lived under occupation. This boy, the son of
Holocaust survivors, shares the passionate longing of his
parents and Jews everywhere: for Israel to become its own
state. One day he is befriended by the warm and avuncular
British Sergeant Dunlop, and as their friendship evolves, the
boy finds himself caught between his hatred of “the
British”—whom he dreams of destroying—and his growing
affection for a member of the detested enemy.
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