Movies

Friday Films at Marblehead Little Theatre are featuring a series of Dragon films in February and March. This theme also happens to celebrate 2012 as the year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar. If you were born in a year of the Dragon – 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, 1940, 1928 or 1916 – you should have partners, friends, coworkers who are Monkeys or Rats but not Dogs! In Chinese astrology Dragon people excel.

crouching dragon hidden tigerFriday February 10 the exciting, award winning “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” will be shown. This 2000 film directed by Ang Lee is rated PG-13 and runs for 120 minutes. The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The film won 4 Oscars and was nominated for 6 others!

The Never Ending Story Movie PosterFriday February 17 bring your kids to see the PG film “The NeverEnding Story”, the 1984 German fantasy film. Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a bookshop where the old proprietor reveals an ancient storybook to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

The film is rated PG and runs for 102 minutes. Bring your children!

The-Girl-with-the-Dragon-Tattoo 2009 POSTERFriday February 24 come see the original Swedish version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. The film has English subtitles and is rated R due to violent content including rape!

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

A record audience for a showing of "Cinema Paradiso"

Friday Films in the Firehouse Theatre start promptly at 7 PM with doors opening at 6:30.

Tickets remain $5 at the door with a transferable, never expiring $40 "Ten Pass" also available. Seating is open and the 92-seat theater offers a good view of the 10' high by 15' wide screen from every seat. The theater is fully handicap accessible.

We encourage you to stop by one of the six restaurants all within minutes of the theater for an early supper. Be sure and tell them you are headed for the movies at 7 pm! Or drop in for an after-the-flick libation.