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 Everyone, 

Watch the biggest game of the early NFL season this Sunday night at the Vine!  The undefeated 49ers take on the Cowboys at 5:20 on Sunday night, and we invite you to come down to view it on our 30’ screen in HD!  Admission is free like all sporting events, and it is first come first served.  Doors open at 4:45 for this fun night out!

We are excited to announce some upcoming Halloween themed classics for the month of October, starting TONIGHT!  First up is LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the director’s cut, playing tonight, Thursday, October 5th at 7pm.  Believe it or not, we have never playing this film as a classics night!  Starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Ellen Greene and Jim Belushi, this cult classic musical/horror film has a following, and is a fun time out at the movies for (most) of the whole family!  (Hint hint, there is no school tomorrow in Livermore!)

Little Shop of Horrors synopsis:  Meek flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) pines for co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene).  During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood.  The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store.  After Seymour feeds Audrey's boyfriend, Orin (Steve Martin), to the plant after Orin's accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant.

THE LOST BOYS is another film that we have never played as a classic!  Did you know that The Lost Boys was filmed on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk?  Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest & Jamie Gertz, THE LOST BOYS is the definition of an 80’s cult classic!  It plays Thursday, October 12th at 7pm.  “Sleep all day, party all night, never grow old and never die – it’s fun to be a vampire!”

The Lost Boys synopsis:  Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California.  While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star (Jami Gertz) - who turns out to be in thrall to David (Kiefer Sutherland), leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead.

We are also bringing back BEETLEJUICE after a one year hiatus!  It plays Thursday, October 26th at 7pm.

Finally, we are very, VERY excited to be offering a “Classic Universal Monsters” movie week October 26th – November 2nd.  Movies like Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Mummy and The Creature from the Black Lagoon will all be playing MULTIPLE showings that entire week!  Tickets go on sale for these showings on Monday, and special ticket in-person deals are available to readers of this newsletter.  “Watch 2 movies for just $2 more” will be available to you at the box office for these Universal classics.

DUMB MONEY was liked by most of my patrons last week!  This film is at 85 and 86% on RottenTomatoes, so it is liked by both critics and patrons alike!  And it could be an Oscar player, as Best Picture and Screenplay are being talked about.  It reminds me a lot of THE BIG SHORT from 2015, which was a wildly successful Oscar film that was such an audience pleaser.

Dumb Money Synopsis:  Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company.  In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it.  When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him.  As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich -  until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

We are excited to bring in GOLDA, starring Helen Mirren this week for one showing a day!  Golda has a stellar audience rating of 91% on RottenTomatoes.

GOLDA synopsis:  Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.  Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance.  Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.

We are so proud to be opening KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON on October 20th!  This Martin Scorsese film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, John Lithgow, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser and many, many others.  Tickets are now on sale for this amazing film, and we would be so honored if you chose to see it at the Vine!

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