Sunday, September 22, 2013

October movies

All movies start at 2pm unless otherwise noted.

Monday, October 7:  The Impossible, rated PG-13, 114 minutes:  Maria, Henry, and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise.  But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth.  As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds towards her.  This film is the unforgettable account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.  Naomi Watts receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.

Monday, October 14:  Now You See Me:  rated PG-13, 115 minutes:  FBI agents track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.  Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, and Michael Caine star.

Monday, October 21:  The Europa Report, rated PG-13, 90 minutes:  Director Sebastian Cordero follows a team of intrepid space explorers to one of Jupiter's moons on a mission to investigate evidence of a subterranean ocean that could contain single-celled life in the amibitious sci-fi thriller produced in collaboration with NASA.

Monday, October 28:  Star Trek:  Into Darkness, rated PG-13, 132 minutes:  After the crew of the Enterprise finds an unstoppable force of terror form within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.