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The Screening Room is Kingston's alternative
cinema
showing art, Canadian, foreign, and indie
films
Playing Friday,
July 19 - Thursday, July 25
About a Boy (pg) 9:20
Enigma (pg) 7:00
The Importance of Being Earnest (pg)
7:00 & 9:25
Sat & Sun Matinees
Enigma 2:00
The Importance of Being Earnest
3:00
About a Boy 4:15
About a Boy (2002)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Runtime: 101 minutes
Country: UK / USA / France
Language: English
Directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
Writing credits:
Nick Hornby (novel)
Peter Hedges (screenplay)
Based on Nick Hornby's best-selling novel,
About A Boy is the story of a cynical, immature young man who is taught
how to act like a grown-up by a little boy
Starring:
Hugh Grant .... Will
Toni Collette .... Fiona
Rachel Weisz .... Rachel
Sharon Small .... Christine
Critic Reviews:
"Grant carries the day with impeccable
comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"An honest movie about childhood that
avoids sappiness and sentiment and goes in unexpected directions."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Hugh Grant, who has a good line in charm,
has never been more charming than in About a Boy."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Official web site: http://www.about-a-boy.com/
Enigma (2002)
Genre: Romance/Thriller
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: Germany / UK / USA
Language: English / German
Directed by: Michael Apted
Writing credits:Robert Harris (II)
(novel) Tom Stoppard (screenplay)
A young genius frantically races against
time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman
he loves.
Starring:
Dougray Scott .... Tom Jericho
Kate Winslet .... Hester Wallace
Jeremy Northam .... Wigram
Saffron Burrows .... Claire Romilly
Critic Reviews:
"Enigma is anything but enigmatic about
affairs of the heart, and is well worth seeing for its elective affinities
alone."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Offers a pleasant, challenging and quirky
puzzle well worth working out."
-- Tom Sander, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"The combined talents of Apted, Stoppard
and the stellar cast make Enigma a puzzle worth solving."
-- Jennie Punter, GLOBE AND MAIL
Official Web Site: http://www.enigma-themovie.com/
The Importance of Being Earnest
(2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
Runtime: 97 minutes
Country: USA/UK
Language: English
Directing and Writing Credits: Oliver Parker
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England
use the same pseudonym ("Earnest") on the sly, which is fine until they
both fall in love with women using that name...
Starring:
Rupert Everett .... Algy
Colin Firth .... Jack
Frances O'Connor (II) .... Gwendolen
Reese Witherspoon .... Cecily
Judi Dench .... Lady Bracknell
Critic Reviews:
"The Importance of Being Earnest resonates
and inspires rapid-fire bouts of laughter, perhaps even a few giggles from
the author himself, whom posterity has rewarded the last laugh."
-- Robert K. Elder, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"A witty screen adaptation of this classic
comedy of manners with its generous supply of snappy one-liners."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY
AND HEALTH
"Oliver Parker brings the wit's [Oscar
Wilde] work to the screen in a solidly rendered creation."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
Official Web Site: http://www.miramax.com/theimportanceofbeingearnest/index.html
see you at the movies!
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