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,

Join us tonight, Thursday, October 17th for 1982’s POLTERGEIST!  We have never shown this film as a classic before at the Vine, so I figured it was time this year!  It plays at 7pm, and tickets are on sale now.

Synopsis:  Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver Robins), and five-year-old Carol Ann (Heather O'Rourke) -- when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist for help.

Tomorrow we are proud to get back to our roots with a smaller indie film from the A24 studio – WE LIVE IN TIME.  This romance/drama has excellent reviews and features two wonderful, young stars: Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.  WE LIVE IN TIME opened in five theatres in NY & LA last weekend, and it was a huge hit!

Synopsis:  Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together -- falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family -- a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation.  As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley's decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

We had a nice turnout last weekend for SATURDAY NIGHT, the new movie based off of the first ever episode of Saturday Night Live, almost 50 years ago!  No one had ever heard of the names Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, John Belushi, and Laraine Newman when Saturday Night Live first aired on October 11th, 1975.  This group of young comedians and writers and all that followed them, changed television and the culture over the next 50 years!  SATURDAY NIGHT is the story of how it all began.

Synopsis:  Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened in the 90 minutes prior to the October 11, 1975 debut of Saturday Night Live.  Tensions run high as producer Lorne Michaels and a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers prepare for the first and what was almost the last broadcast of "Saturday Night Live.”

Hopefully coming to the Vine on October 25th is CONCLAVE starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellina.  At 93% on on RottenTomatoes, many are considering this religious thriller a lock to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture!

Synopsis:  CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events - selecting the new Pope.  Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.  Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.

Tickets are now on sale for the super-star duo of films that open on November 22nd – WICKED and GLADIATOR 2.

TED NEELEY will be coming to the Vine Cinema for a screening of Jesus Christ Superstar on Tuesday, December 3rd!  We are over-the-moon to host TED for the THIRD time at the Vine, and that we chose us to be the FIRST leg of his farewell tour! 

Tickets are now on sale for the December 3rd screen of Jesus Christ Superstar.  Mr. Neeley will speak before the screening, and will sign autographs after the film.  He is VERY generous with his time, so if you come to this screening, you will be able to meet him if you want to!

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