“Tim’s Vermeer” Rated PG-13, 80 minutes. Documentary. A decade-long journey that even includes Buckingham Palace centering around the famous painting “Girl With A Pearl Earring” by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. How did he paint it so lifelike?? Interviews with Martin Mull, Penn Jillette and David Hockney. Distributed by Sony Classics.
Friday & Saturday @ 1pm, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40 & 9:45
Sunday to Thursday @ 1pm, 3:15, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30
“In Secret” Rated R, 1 hour 47 minutes. 1860s Paris is the backdrop for this tale of a loveless marriage that leads to secrets. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange and Oscar Isaac. Distributed by Roadside Attractions.
Friday & Saturday @ 1pm & 9:45
Sunday to Thursday @ 1pm & 9:30
“American Hustle” Rated R, 2 hours 13 minutes. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Christian Bale), Best Supporting Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Amy Adams), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Director (David O. Russell) and Best Original Screenplay. Co-starring Jeremy Renner and Robert De Niro. Distributed by Sony Classics.
Friday & Saturday @ 4pm, 7pm & 9:45
Sunday to Thursday @ 4pm, 7pm & 9:35
“The Wolf Of Wall Street” Rated R, 3 hours long! Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actor for Jonah Hill. But let’s not forget Martin Scorsese for Best Director and rounding out the 5 nominations with Best Adapted Screenplay. New York stockbroker goes from penny stocks to a bad case of greed. Co-starring Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin and Robert Clohessy. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Friday to Thursday @ 1pm, 5pm & 8:15
“Philomena” Rated PG-13, 1 hour 35 minutes. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards. Starring Judi Dench (nominated for Best Actress). A 2009 BBC investigative book is brought to the screen. When she was very young, Philomena had a child out of wedlock and her Irish-Catholic family forced her to put him up for adoption and the baby was sent to the United States. Years later, after moving on with her life, she meets up with a BBC reporter and tells him her story. Amazingly it remains #1 at our Cinema even after all this time! Distributed by the Weinstein Company.
Friday & Saturday @ 1pm, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40 & 9:45
Sunday to Thursday @ 1pm, 3:15, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30
“Nebraska” Rated R, 1 hour 55 minutes. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards. One of my favorite Directors after Frank Capra is Alexander Payne (nominated for Best Director) who brought us “The Descendants” & “Sideways” and this time chose his home state to work in. Bruce Dern (nominated for Best Actor) stars as an elderly man on the brink of dementia who receives a sweepstakes letter in the mail informing him that he won one million dollars. He then sets out, walking at first, to a neighboring state to collect his winnings. Will Forte (of “SNL” fame), June Squibb (nominated for Best Supporting Actress) and Stacy Keach are his co-stars. Shot in black & white (nomination for Best Cinematography) and after a few minutes you don’t even notice it anymore. Distributed by Paramount Vantage Pictures.
Friday to Thursday @ 2pm, 4:30 & 7pm
We have the honor at our Malverne Cinema of being the only theatre selected on Long Island to participate in the new New York Film Critics Series. Trailers and posters are up and running at the Cinema to fill you in or you can log onto http://www.nyfilmcriticsseries.com/Locations.html for further information. Tickets are $18 dollars each for this once a month series. These films will all be shown only once and all will not have been shown to the public anywhere prior to this event. If you have cell phones, the simulcast does accept questions tweeted to them as long as it is a live simulcast. Advance ticket sales will go on sale beginning the Friday before the next screening. Please visit the website to learn more.
The next screening – “Breathe In” – is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18th. Log onto http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999987/ for more info about this new film.
Coming Soon to the Malverne Cinema:
3/7 – “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” from IFC
3/21 – “The Grand Budapest Hotel” from Fox Searchlight (check out its cast!)
3/28 – “Le Week-End” from Music Box Films
3/28 – “The Lunchbox” from Sony Classics
4/11 – “Jodorowsky’s Dune” also from Sony Classics
“One Chance” has now been moved to September. The rest of the above dates may also change.
At our Bellmore Movies this week we continue to have 2 films:
“Frozen Sing-Along” Rated PG, 1 hour 48 minutes. Latest animation from Disney, which is also nominated this year for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. This is so much fun when nearly the entire audience all starts singing!
Friday @ 6pm
Saturday @ 1:15 & 6pm
Sunday @ 4:30
Monday to Thursday @ 6pm
“12 Years A Slave” Rated R, 2 hours 14 minutes. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture. A tense drama based on a true story of a free New Yorker kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1800s. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (nominated for Best Actor) in the starring role and co-starring Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Alfre Woodard, Michael Fassbender (nominated for Best Supporting Actor) and Sarah Paulson. Distributed by Fox Searchlight.
Friday & Saturday @ 3:25 & 8:10
Sunday @ 7pm
Monday to Thursday @ 3:25 & 8:10
On Friday, March 28th “The Grand Budapest Hotel” checks into our Bellmore!
On Saturday, March 1st @ 11am, follow the yellow brick road and come see “The Wizard Of Oz” – an enchanting live play for the whole family to enjoy brought to us by Plaza Theatrical Productions. Additional shows on the next several Saturdays.
On our Main Stage at our Bellmore beginning March 9th @ 2pm comes the beloved classic story “Little Women” also brought to us by Plaza Theatrical Productions. Tickets can be obtained by calling 516-599-6870 or log onto www.plazatheatrical.com.
Psychic Medium Robert Hansen will be back at our Malverne Cinema on Tuesday, April 22 & at our Bellmore Movies a little earlier on Thursday, April 10th. Doors open @ 7pm and his readings begin @ 7:30. Tickets now on sale at our box offices. Admission is $30 per person. Tissues not included.
Have a great Oscar week!!
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