Alas, I went back to Roanoke last weekend. It is actually 'dumping buckets' in both Virginia and North Carolina today, which is ironic because both states (as well as Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia....) have been in a major drought.
This latest offering from Wes Anderson ("Rushmore") is a road movie that goes through India. "People" magazine panned this film, so that means it has to be worth while!
The Grandin Theatre, which opened in the 1930s, is along with the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, one of the oldest operating cinemas in the Old Dominion. I believe the Grandin is also hosting a midnight screening of the 1982 film "Poltergeist" this weekend for Halloween.
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Into the Wild
INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life. Rated R - RunTime: 2:20 min. | ||||||
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The Darjeeling Limited
Beloved director Wes Anderson, who has brought you such classics as BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS and THE LIFE AQUATIC; teams up with Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola for THE DARJEELING LIMITED. Written and produced by the three, the film follows three brothers played by Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman on a life-altering trip to India. Expect gorgeous photography, surprising humor and well sketched characters. And if initial reviews are any indication - expect to love it. Rated R - RunTime: 1:31 min. | ||||||
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Across the Universe
An original musical film, Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by The Beatles that defined the time. Rated PG-13 - RunTime: 2:14 . | ||||||
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Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton (GEORGE CLOONEY) is an in- house fixer at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (SYDNEY POLLACK). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (TILDA SWINTON) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (TOM WILKINSON) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life Rated R - RunTime: 2:00. | ||||||
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