Sunday, May 19, 2013
Opening this week
Esmeralda: Live from the Bolshoi Ballet (NR)
Poet Gringoire, sentenced to be hanged, is saved by beautiful Esmeralda who agrees to marry him. Archdeacon Frollo, torn between his love for God and his and his obsession for the gypsy girl, sends his henchman Quasimodo to capture her.
Chapel Hills 15
Ghostbusters (PG)
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based paranormal investigators. When their government grants run out, the former three go into business as The Ghostbusters, later hiring Hudson on.
Tinseltown
Higher Ground (R)
See our full review here.
Kimball's Peak Three
The Ides of March (R)
See our full review here.
Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown
LA Phil Live: Dudamel Conducts Mendelssohn (NR)
This all-Mendelssohn program features three of the beloved composer's most evocative and romantic works. The vividly descriptive Hebrides Overture and the dashing "Scottish Symphony" are musical souvenirs of Mendelssohn's 1829 vacation in Scotland and the Hebrides islands.
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
The Pool Boys (R)
The story of Alex Sperling, Harvard-bound valedictorian, who loses his summer internship and heads to Los Angeles to work for his charming and successful cousin Roger. Unfortunately, Roger isn't quite the accomplished businessman he's made himself out to be.
Chapel Hills 15
Real Steel (PG-13)
A film set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2,000-pound, eight-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring.
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Cinemark 16 IMAX, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown
Other film events
American Experience: The Orphan Trains (NR)
A screening of this film about the system for handling homeless or orphaned children between 1854 and 1929, in which trains of children were sent throughout the country to relocate them to new homes.
Free, Saturday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m., Cheyenne Mountain Library (1785 S. Eighth St., #100, ppld.org)
Cinemaholics
A film screening determined (and shown) each Tuesday night.
Free, 9 p.m., Shuga's (702 S. Cascade Ave., shugasblog.com)
Deaf Jam (NR)
Two screenings of this film about a group of deaf teens who put together a series of poetry slams using American Sign Language.
Free, Thursday, Oct. 6, 6 and 8 p.m., CC's Cornerstone Arts Center (825 N. Cascade Ave., ifsoc.org)
Free Minds Film Festival
An inaugural fest for films that promote "the ideas of a free society," with screenings and speakers. Hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Chapter.
Free, Oct. 7-9, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy., freemindsfilmfestival.com)
Hour of the Wolf (NR)
A Swedish horror film from the legendary Ingmar Bergman, about an artist haunted by nightmares.
Free, Friday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m., Manitou Springs Public Library (701 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, manitousprings.colibraries.org)
Related Films
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Ballet in Cinema: Bolshoi Ballet's "Esmeralda"
- Rated NR - Musical, Program
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Ghostbusters
- Rated PG - Comedy, SciFi/Fantasy
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Higher Ground
- Rated R - Drama
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The Ides of March
- Rated R - Drama
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LA Phil Live: Dudamel Conducts Mendelssohn
- Rated NR - Musical, Program
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The Pool Boys
- Rated R - Comedy
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Real Steel
- Rated PG-13 - Action/Adventure, Drama
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Real Steel: The IMAX Experience
- Rated PG-13 - Action/Adventure, Drama
The Pool Boys
89 min. | Rated R
89 min. | Rated R
Director: James B. Rogers
Writer: Julie O'Hora and Justin Ware
Producer: Jerry Daigle, Steve Markoff, Bruce McNall and Warren Zide
Cast: Efren Ramirez, Matthew Lillard, Brett Davern, Rachelle Lefevre, Robert Davi, Tom Arnold, George Takei, Jay Thomas, Rhoda Griffis and Simona Fusco
Writer: Julie O'Hora and Justin Ware
Producer: Jerry Daigle, Steve Markoff, Bruce McNall and Warren Zide
Cast: Efren Ramirez, Matthew Lillard, Brett Davern, Rachelle Lefevre, Robert Davi, Tom Arnold, George Takei, Jay Thomas, Rhoda Griffis and Simona Fusco
Real Steel
127 min. | Rated PG-13
127 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.steelgetsreal.com
Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: John Gatins and Richard Mathis
Producer: Shawn Levy, Susan Montford, Don Murphy and Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand and Anthony Mackie
Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: John Gatins and Richard Mathis
Producer: Shawn Levy, Susan Montford, Don Murphy and Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand and Anthony Mackie
Real Steel: The IMAX Experience
127 min. | Rated PG-13
127 min. | Rated PG-13
Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: John Gatins and Richard Mathis
Producer: Shawn Levy, Susan Montford, Don Murphy and Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand and Anthony Mackie
Writer: John Gatins and Richard Mathis
Producer: Shawn Levy, Susan Montford, Don Murphy and Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand and Anthony Mackie
The Ides of March
102 min. | Rated R
102 min. | Rated R
Official Site: www.idesofmarch-movie.com
Director: George Clooney
Writer: George Clooney
Producer: Grant Heslov, George Clooney and Brian Oliver
Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Max Minghella, Jeffrey Wright and Ewan Bourne
Director: George Clooney
Writer: George Clooney
Producer: Grant Heslov, George Clooney and Brian Oliver
Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Max Minghella, Jeffrey Wright and Ewan Bourne
Higher Ground
109 min. | Rated R
109 min. | Rated R
Official Site: www.sonyclassics.com/higherground
Director: Vera Farmiga
Writer: Carolyn Briggs and Tim Metcalfe
Producer: Claude Dal Farra, Renn Hawkey, Carly Hugo, Matthew Parker and Jon Rubinstein
Cast: Donna Murphy, Vera Farmiga, John Hawkes, Dagmara Dominczyk, Bill Irwin, Joshua Leonard, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael Chernus and Boyd Holbrook
Director: Vera Farmiga
Writer: Carolyn Briggs and Tim Metcalfe
Producer: Claude Dal Farra, Renn Hawkey, Carly Hugo, Matthew Parker and Jon Rubinstein
Cast: Donna Murphy, Vera Farmiga, John Hawkes, Dagmara Dominczyk, Bill Irwin, Joshua Leonard, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael Chernus and Boyd Holbrook
Ghostbusters
107 min. | Rated PG
107 min. | Rated PG
Official Site: www.sonypictures.ca/english/movies/ghostbusters
Director: Ivan Reitman
Writer: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis
Director: Ivan Reitman
Writer: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis
Ballet in Cinema: Bolshoi Ballet's "Esmeralda"
213 min. | Rated NR
213 min. | Rated NR
Director: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev
Cast: Maria Alexandrova, Denis Savin and Ruslan Skvortsov
Cast: Maria Alexandrova, Denis Savin and Ruslan Skvortsov
