April 09, 2009

Movie trailers  04/09/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye Leaving in first run are “Watchmen” and “Beauty in Trouble”  Second run “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” will play at the Byrd Late-night fun The martial-arts film “The Last Dragon” will show at midnight tomorrow at the Byrd, while this week’s Insomnia Theater at the Movieland is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,“ showing at midnight tomorrow and Saturday.  Sleeps with the fishes “The Godfather” will be the Movies and Mimosas feature at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Movieland.  James River Film Fest “Body of War,“ a documentary about war today, is directed by former Richmonder Ellen Spiro and talk show-legend Phil Donahue. It will show at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Byrd (admission is $6) and kick off the weeklong James River Film Festival. Spiro will be available for a Q&A session after the screening. For a full schedule, visit http://www.rmicweb.org.  New theater coming Westchester Commons Stadium 16 in Midlothian officially opens April 17. But the theater will hold preview events Monday-Wednesday featuring $1 movies, $1 popcorn and $1 soft drinks with proceeds benefiting local charities. Details at http://www.REGmovies.com/grand-openings.—Melissa Ruggieri


April 02, 2009

Movie trailers  04/02/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “The Class” leaves town in first run today, and “The One Lamb” leaves Saturday.  Second run “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Reader” will play at the Byrd Late-night fun The lighthearted horror film “Gremlins” will show at midnight tomorrow at the Byrd, while this week’s Insomnia Theater at the Movieland is “RoboCop,“ showing at 11:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday.  Take the cannoli “The Godfather” will be the Movies and Mimosas feature at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Movieland.  Weekly Western Yvonne DeCarlo and Rod Cameron star in “Frontier Gal” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Humorous hypotenuse A romantic triangle is at the heart of the Korean romantic comedy “Woman on the Beach,“ which will be shown in Korean with English subtitles at 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Jepson Hall, Room 118, on the University of Richmond campus. Free.  Locally made film “The Memoirs of Frank White,“ an urban crime drama set (and shot) on the mean streets of Richmond, is the story of a streetwise man who returns home to find his father’s killer. It will be shown at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Byrd. $10, including an after-screening party at the Lucky Buddha.—Daniel Neman


March 26, 2009

Movie trailers  03/26/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “Altered Course” (leaves Saturday), “Confessions of a Shopaholic,“ “Coraline,“ “Defiance,“ “Doubt,“ “Fired Up,“ “Gran Torino,“ “He’s Just Not That Into You,“ “Hotel for Dogs,“ “I’ve Loved You So Long,“ “Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience,“ “Miss March,“ “Push,“ “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li” and “The Uninvited” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Slumdog Millionaire” will play at the Byrd, beginning Saturday.  Don’t dream it/I got rhythm This week’s Insomnia Theater at the Movieland is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,“ showing at 11:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Movies and Mimosas feature will be “An American in Paris.“  Open captions “Race to Witch Mountain” will show with open captions at Southpark, and “Duplicity” will be at Virginia Center.  Weekly Western Gene Autry stars in “Trail to San Antone,“ which will be shown with Chapters 14 and 15 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman,“ at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  A Bangladeshi woman in London “Brick Lane” tells of an immigrant from Bangladesh living unhappily in an arranged marriage in England; she is interested in a more appropriate young man. It also shows the effects the attacks on Sept. 11 had on Muslims in non-Muslim countries. It will be shown in English at 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Jepson Hall, Room 118, on the University of Richmond campus. Free.—Daniel Neman


March 19, 2009

Trailers  03/19/09 12:01 AM

Movie trailers       Bye-bye “Bad for Business,“ “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,“ “Fanboys,“ “Friday the 13th,“ “The Pink Panther 2” and “The Reader” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Doubt” and “Yes Man” will play at the Byrd, beginning Saturday.  Movieland extras This week’s Insomnia Theater at the Movieland is “The Shining,“ showing at 11:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Movies and Mimosas feature will be “Casablanca.“  More at the Byrd The classic Buster Keaton silent comedy “The General” will be shown with live organ accompaniment by Jack Moelmann at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Byrd. Admission is $15. At midnight tomorrow, the Byrd will show “The Dark Knight.“ Admission is $5.  Open captions “The Last House on the Left” will show with open captions at Southpark, and “Slumdog Millionaire” will be at Virginia Center.  Weekly Western Gene Autry stars in “Bells of Capistrano,“ which will be shown with Chapters 12 and 13 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman,“ at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Turkish film noir “Three Monkeys,“ from Turkey, tells a dark story of guilt, false imprisonment and the far-reaching consequences of unsavory actions. It will be shown in Turkish with English subtitles at 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Jepson Hall, Room 118, on the University of Richmond campus. Free.  Black Maria time The Black Maria Film Festival returns to town at 8 p.m. tomorrow, bringing short art films ranging from the amusingly named “Davy Crockett in Outer Space” to the 35-minute work “Nora.“ The Grace Theater, 934 W. Grace St.—Daniel Neman


March 12, 2009

Trailers  03/12/09 12:01 AM

Movie trailers       Bye-bye “All Along,“ “The International,“ “Milk” and “The Velveteen Rabbit” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Marley & Me” and “Seven Pounds” will play at the Byrd, beginning Saturday.  Movieland extras This week’s Insomnia Theater at the Movieland is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,“ which will be time warping at 11:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Movies and Mimosas feature will be the Humphrey Bogart (and Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) classic “The Maltese Falcon.“ It’s the stuff dreams are made of.  Open captions “The Watchmen” will show with open captions at Southpark and Virginia Center.  Weekly Western The stars at night are big and bright in the 1942 Western “Deep in the Heart of Texas,“ starring Johnny Mack Brown as a Civil War veteran whose efforts to combat lawless carpetbaggers lead to trouble. Tex Ritter and Jennifer Holt co-star in the film, which will be shown with Chapters 10 and 11 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman,“ at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free. —Daniel Neman


March 05, 2009

Trailers  03/05/09 1:01 AM

Movie trailers       Bye-bye “Frost/Nixon,“ “Rachel Getting Married” and “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Bolt” and “Valkyrie” will play at the Byrd.  Weekly Western Andy Devine and Leo Carrillo look into sabotage among lumberjacks in the 1942 film “Timber!“ It will be shown with Chapters 8 and 9 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free. —Daniel Neman


February 26, 2009

Trailers  02/26/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “Defiance,“ “My Bloody Valentine,“ “Not Easily Broken” and “Revolutionary Road” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Bolt” and “Valkyrie” will play at the Byrd.  Weekly Western Andy Devine and Leo Carrillo look into sabotage among lumberjacks in the 1942 film “Timber!“ It will be shown with Chapters 8 and 9 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Leaves of glass Glass blower Dale Chihuly is featured creating intricate chandeliers in the documentary “Chihuly Over Venice,“ which will be shown for free at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W. Main St.  A better film than I am One of the all-time beloved adventure films, 1939’s “Gunga Din,“ starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Victor McLaglen as British soldiers in colonial India, will be shown at 2 p.m. today at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free. —Daniel Neman


February 19, 2009

Trailers  02/19/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “Bride Wars,“ “Last Chance Harvey,“ “New In Town” and “Notorious” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Twilight” will play at the Byrd.  We love the Yangtze As part of ChinaFest, the University of Richmond International Film Festival will show “Up the Yangtze,“ a documentary about poor Chinese workers serving wealthy tourists on a cruise ship while their villages are endangered by dams to the river on which they serve. It will be shown in Mandarin, with English subtitles. Free. 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jepson Hall, Room 118, on the UR campus.  Weekly Western Bob Steele stars in “The Man From Hell’s Edges,“ a 1932 tale of a man who willingly goes to jail to find out who killed his father. It will be shown with Chapters 6 and 75 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  More ChinaFest “Song of Tibet,“ a symbolic story about the history of Tibet in the 1960s and’70s as told through a woman who loved and lost three men representing authority, courage and intelligence, will be shown in Tibetan at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Byrd. Then, “Letter From an Unknown Woman,“ the story of a woman who loves one man too much, will be shown in Mandarin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Byrd. $3 apiece.  Wedding belle “Sweet Land—A Love Story,“ the story of a Norwegian farmer in Minnesota whose German bride is not accepted by the community until she proves herself, will be shown at 2 p.m. today at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free. —Daniel Neman


February 12, 2009

Trailers  02/12/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “Defiance,“ “Inkheart” and “Milk” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Twilight” will play at the Byrd.  Sissako Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako who is considered in the top tier of world filmmakers, shot “Bamako,“ a political satire about putting the International Monetary Fund on trial. It will be shown in Bambara and French, with English subtitles at the University of Richmond International Film Festival. Free. 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Room 118, Jepson Hall on the UR campus.  Weekly Western Jack Randall stars in “The Mexicali Kid,“ a 1938 tale of a hero looking for his brother’s killer who teams up with an outlaw to bring the killers to justice. It will be shown with Chapters 4 and 5 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Indian film “Arundhati,“ a thriller about a ghost trying to fight a villain, will play in Telugu with English subtitles Sunday afternoon at the Byrd.  Hundred million miracles “Flower Drum Song,“ the 1961 film of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, including the prefeminist hit “I Enjoy Being a Girl,“ will be shown at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free.


February 05, 2009

Trailers  02/05/09 12:01 AM

Bye-bye “The Unborn” leaves town in first run today.  Second run “Quantum of Solace” will play at the Byrd.  Not another Bosnian satire “Fuse (Gori Vatra),“ a Bosnian satire about a small town transforming itself from a home to weapons and brothels to Quaintville for a visit by President Bill Clinton, will show in Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles at the University of Richmond International Film Festival. Free. 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Room 118, Jepson Hall on the UR campus.  Weekly Western The great Tom Mix (along with Tony the Horse) stars in “The Texas Bad Man,“ a 1932 tale of a Texas Ranger who pretends to be a criminal to stop evil cattle rustlers. It will be shown with Chapters 2 and 3 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Immigrants “Hester Street,“ the 1975 film starring Carol Kane as a Jewish immigrant trying to adjust to life in New York in the 1890s, will be shown at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free. —Daniel Neman


January 29, 2009

Trailers  01/29/09 12:01 AM

Bye bye “Bedtime Stories,“ “Rachel Getting Married,“ “Twilight” and “Valkyrie” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and “Role Models” will play at the Byrd.  Open captions Virginia Center will show “Gran Torino,“ and Southpark will show “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” with open captions this week.  Soulless corporations “Heartbeat Detector,“ a French psychological thriller about the questionable mental fitness of a petrochemical company CEO, will show in French with English subtitles at the University of Richmond International Film Festival. Free. 3 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Room 118, Jepson Hall on the UR campus.  Weekly Western Russell Hayden stars in “The Lone Prairie,“ a 1942 tale of evil ranchers, cattle rustlers and music by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. It will be shown with Chapter 1 of the serial “Son of the Guardsman” Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. Free.  Can’t find my way home “My Way Home,“ an autobiographical film from Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas, tells the story of a young man who leaves a children’s home and goes to Egypt with the Royal Air Force. It will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg. Free. —Daniel Neman


January 22, 2009

Trailers  01/22/09 12:01 AM

Bye bye “Seven Pounds” and “The Tale of Despereaux” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still” will play at the Byrd.  Open captions Virginia Center will show “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” with open captions this week.  Funny Jellyfish “Jellyfish,“ an Israeli comedy about three women alternating absurdity with tedium, will show in Hebrew with English subtitles at the University of Richmond International Film Festival. Free. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Room 118, Jepson Hall on the UR campus.—Daniel Neman


January 15, 2009

Trailers  01/15/09 12:01 AM

Bye bye “Bolt,“ “Four Christmases,“ “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and “The Spirit” leave town in first run today.  Second run “Vicky Christina Barcelona” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” (above) will play at the Byrd.  Open captions Southpark will show “Bedtime Stories” and Virginia Center will show “Marley & Me” with open captions this week.  Civil rights films Monday is Martin Luther King Day, and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site celebrates with free films about civil rights: “Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War” (10 a.m.), a documentary about Reconstruction and Jim Crow; “Scottsboro: An American Tragedy” (noon), a documentary about the racially charged trial of the Scottsboro Boys; and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (2 p.m.), the story of a woman born into slavery and living into the civil rights era, featuring a stunning performance by Cicely Tyson.—Daniel Neman


January 08, 2009

Trailers  01/08/09 12:01 AM

Bye bye “Australia” and “Quantum of Solace” (above) leave town in first run today.  Second run “The Changeling” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” will play through Tuesday at the Byrd.


December 25, 2008

Trailers  12/25/08 12:01 AM

Second run “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and “Pineapple Express” will play through Tuesday at the Byrd.  Bye-bye “Cadillac Records,“ “Nothing Like the Holidays,“ “Role Models” and “Transporter 3” leave town in first run tonight.  Zuzu’s petals! The irresistible Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” will play at 7:15 and 9:45 tonight at the Byrd.  Open captions “The Day the Earth Stood Still” will be shown at Southpark.—Daniel Neman

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