Kenny's Korner

Each Thursday for the past decade, I have put out a commentary on the week's films, Vine happenings and fun information in the form of Kenny's Korner.  This has been in our weekly email newsletter.  Please sign up for this newsletter to get my commentary, and the best information about the Vine.  Below is this week's Kenny Korner - enjoy!

 

Hello all,

COMEDY RULES this week at the Vine Cinema!  We have the classic Ferris Buller tonight at 7pm, we open THE ROSES this weekend, and continue with THE NAKED GUN!  Plus, we are bringing back the Cat Video Fest for encore screenings for even more laughter!

Join us tonight, August 28th as we end the summer with an all-time classic comedy – FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF!  We try to play this film every 2-3 years as it is one of the most requested classic comedies every year.  This John Hughes masterpiece from 1986 has so many memorable lines.  One of the most iconic, “BUELLER, BUELLER” is from the Econ teacher Ben Stein, and has been ripped off in countless commercials over the years.

Synopsis:  Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it.  Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris' trail is high school principal Rooney, determined to catch him in the act.

We are excited to be opening THE ROSES this weekend.  Starring Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg & Allison Janey, this reimagining of the 1989 classic, “War of the Roses” looks very funny and has received a few glowing reviews.

Synopsis:  Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids.  But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing -- as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

We continue on our second screen with THE NAKED GUN, and bring back CAT VIDEO FEST 2025 to play once daily as well.

Tickets are selling very fast for HAMILTON, which plays for one ween only, from September 4-11.  Originally shot for the big screen, this is the version that wowed audiences during the pandemic on Disney+.  They have added 10 minutes of bonus content – a Q&A with the stars of the musical!  Tickets are now on sale for HAMILTON!

Synopsis:  The original Broadway production of the award-winning musical tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, blending hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway styles, filmed from the Richard Rogers Theater in New York.

Also, tickets are selling VERY WELL for our 60th Anniversary screenings of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!  Playing the week of September 12-17, this is a Fathom classics event.

Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale opens at the Vine Cinema on Thursday, September 11th.  Tickets are on sale now for the first week of this film.  We expect this to be very popular, so we have added extra screenings to work around Sound of Music, which also plays that week.

Finally, we have just put MAMMA MIA SING-ALONG tickets on sale!  Last year this screening sold out, and had to turn people away at the door.  Do not let this happen to you this year – get those tickets early!  Mamma Mia, along with Grease are the two most popular and most fun sing-along screenings every year.  Whether you are dancing in the aisles when “Dancing Queen” plays, or gently humming along to “Mamma Mia” the Vine is the perfect place to watch a sing-along with all of your friends.  Mamma Mia Sing-Along plays Thursday, September 25th at 7pm.

We hope that you will continue to spread the word that the Vine Cinema & Alehouse is the valley’s only movie theatre showing independent films and classics, while serving beer, wine and food.

Kenny