Flicks for the Long Weekend, at CinemaSalem

If you aren't planning a big getaway for the long weekend, and are looking for something to do around here, perhaps checking out some of the latest movie releases might be up your alley.  Here is CinemaSalem's e-newsletter for your review.

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you will already know that I love CinemaSalem for its very reasonable ticket and concession pricing, real-butter popcorn, interesting tea selection, Fresca, and terrific community spirit.  I hope you will support them.

Here is the newsletter:

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Assuming you're as busy as we are, we'll keep this nice and short this week.

Just one quick reminder that next week is the first Thursday of the month, which means it's time for French Film Night at CinemaSalem, this week feature the French language version of The Red Violin, one of my favorite movies of all time. The charge is $10 and the time is 7:30, and it's sponsored by the Club Richelieu de Salem.

Now, on to the films!

Now Playing: Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D (PG13); Cars 2 (G); Green Lantern (PG13); and Bride Flight (R)!

I didn't think I'd love Super 8 as much as I did, so I'm also looking forward to another Spielberg produced blockbuster, Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D. Film.com already loves it: "Easily the best Transformers of the series, Dark of the Moon is everything that's boisterous and lively about our big studio cinema." And guess what? It opens today! It will screen today and tomorrow at (12:20), (3:30) and 6:45; Friday and Saturday at (12:20), (3:30), 6:45 and 9:45; and Sunday-Thursday at (12:20), (3:30) and 6:45. And it's in gorgeous 3D at CinemaSalem.

Also new this week is Bride Flight which I'll let the Seattle Times describe: "For anyone who shrugs at today's movies and thinks "they don't make 'em like they used to," here's a classy, good-looking chick flick in the old-school tradition." The Newark Star-Tribune chimes in with another in the 80+% positive rating on RottenTomatoes.com: "What's truly moving here are the characters, who all feel real enough to make you want to shout an occasional warning, like a fan in a horror movie. Except this time it's not 'Don't go in the basement!" but "Don't marry him!'"

Bride Flight will screen starting Friday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:20 and 9:50; Sunday-Wednesday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30) and 7:20; and Thursday at (11:30 AM), (2:00) and (4:30).
Back for more is the awesome Cars 2 (G) which the Los Angeles Times adores: "Cars 2 teaches gentle kid-friendly lessons about the importance of friendship and being yourself and introduces some great new characters in its parallel spy drama and auto racing plots." Salon.com has another great take on the flick: "Cars 2 might be a better James Bond film than five or six of the actual Bond films, and the fact that its hero is a bucktoothed, redneck tow truck without a hood does nothing to detract from its appeal.=
Cars 2 will screen Friday and Saturday at (12:00), (2:20), (4:50), 7:15 and 9:40; and Sunday-Thursday at (12:00), (2:20), (4:50) and 7:15.

Finally, Green Lantern has won its share of praise, like this blurb from CinemaDope: "... a shame this fantasy-adventure arrives in a summer swamped by superheroes. It's the best of the batch so far, but it's in danger of being snubbed by the seen-one-seen-'em-all contingent."
Green Lantern will screen Friday and Saturday at (11:45 AM), (2:45), (5:10), 7:30 and 10:00; and Sunday-Thursday at (11:45 AM), (2:45), (5:10) and 7:30.

Scene from Bride Flight

Thanks for supporting CinemaSalem!
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I hope to see you here (or there!)

Juli