Flashback Cinema
INCEPTION
2010 • Rated PG-13
Sunday, September 14, Wednesday, September 17
Your mind is the scene of the crime in this fast-paced heist film (and science fiction thriller) from visionary writer/director Christopher Nolan. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a thief whose brand of corporate espionage involves infiltrating people's dreams to learn their secrets. A mind-bending and visually stunning thrill ride from one of Hollywood's most original filmmakers. ("Dreams…feel real while we're in them, right?")
HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE
2001 • Rated PG
Sunday, September 21, Wednesday, September 24
Experience the MAGIC of Harry Potter's first adventure! Daniel Radcliffe stars as an 11-year-old orphan who learns his true identity ("You're a wizard, Harry!") and is enrolled at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft & Wizardry ("Keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change.") Co-starring Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's new friends Ron & Hermione. ("She needs to sort out her priorities!")
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
1974 • Rated PG
Sunday, September 28, Wednesday, October 1
Mel Brooks comedy starring Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, struggling with the legacy of his infamous mad-scientist grandfather ("That's FRONKensteen!") Strong supporting cast includes Marty Feldman as Igor ("It's pronounced Eye-gor"), Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, Terri Garr ("Roll, roll, roll in ze hay,") and Cloris Leachman as the late baron's mysterious housekeeper Frau Blucher ("Yes, yes, say it…he vas my boyfriend!")
CASPER (30TH ANNIVERSARY)
1995 • Rated PG
Sunday, October 5, Wednesday, October 8
Beloved cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost makes his big-screen appearance in this live-action comedy from director Brad Silberling and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Paranormal expert Bill Pullman and his teenage daughter Christina Ricci move into a haunted mansion where Casper’s malevolent ghost-uncles complicate his efforts to make friends. (“Can I keep you?”)
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE (20TH ANNIVERSARY)
2005 • Rated PG
Sunday, October 12, Wednesday, October 15
Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) uses stop-motion animation to tell the tale of a young man who mistakenly weds a corpse and needs the help of his real-life bride-to-be to set things right. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson and Albert Finney lend their voices to this warmhearted musical fantasy, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. (“You may kiss the bride.”)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
2004 • Rated PG-13
Sunday, October 19, Wednesday, October 22
“Let your soul take you where you long to be” with this big-screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster stage musical. With all the romance (“Love me…that’s all I ask of you”), the spectacle (“Masquerade! Paper faces on parade!”) and the unforgettable score that made this one of the grandest and most popular shows of our time. (“Help me make the music of the night…”)
HALLOWEEN
1978 • Rated R
Sunday, October 26, Wednesday, October 29
Director John Carpenter’s ORIGINAL horror classic. Escaped maniac Michael Myers returns home 15 years after committing a grisly murder…and just in time for Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her film debut, plays a babysitter who is stalked by Myers. A sleeper hit at the box office, this thriller inspired a whole series of “slasher movies” featuring teenagers in peril. (“You can’t kill the boogeyman.”)