The big news this week is Alice in Wonderland starting Friday, March 5. The movie is really a sequel, not a remake of the original. Alice comes back eight years later in a retelling of the poem Jabberwocky and the movie is brilliant. It's in 2-D at our humble little cinema, but the truth is 2-D is way better. Or at the very least just as good. The 3-D effects in this movie are just not that many or spectacular. See it here and save money.
We're also bringing in the Martin Scorcese-Leonardo di Caprio thriller from the Mystic River novelist Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island, or should we say, Shudder Island. Creepy, chilling, atmospheric and good, with a terrific convoluted ending you could never imagine. Great scenery of the New England coast in winter and frightening landscapes of the human psyche.
And Crazy Heart, easily one of the top five movies of the year, starring Jeff Bridges, the year’s top actor, continues for another week. Percy Jackson, and Dear John file out on Thursday, March 4.
Sunday night, March 7 is Oscar Night. We'll have the glittering event up on our bigger than life lobby screen if any of you want to drop by, brave the paparazzi and walk our red carpet. Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansen promised they would be there. The event is free and starts at five. Limited valet parking for your limousine.
We'll show movies for spare change. Your-very-own-always-on-the-edge-of-disaster neighborhood movie theater has been having it rough of late, trying to stay alive and knock down that pesky debt which keeps hanging around like a 20-megaton mosquito ready to smite us. We're like Channel 9, always asking for money. So. In case you just can't figure out what to do with your spare change or your Lotto winnings and want to help the cinema. We'll soon have a HELP THE CINEMA button on our website. Be sure to look.
And that's it. See you at the movies—at least one a month.
No new news to report this week. So see you at the movies.
Paul Doyle
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
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Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
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A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.
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Cinema 1
Alice in Wonderland
PG 109 minutes
Fri-Sat 2:30 4:45 7:00 9:15
Sun-Thur 2:30 4:45 7:00
Cinema 2
(Wheelchair Accessible)
Shutter Island
R 138 minutes
Daily 2:00 4: 45 7:30
Cinema 3
(Wheelchair Accessible)
Crazy Heart
R 108 minutes
Fri-Sat 2:45 5:00 7:15 9:30
Sun-Thur 2:45 5:00 7:15
Cry Baby Tuesdays All shows before 6 PM on Tuesdays
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Columbia City Cinema
4816 Rainier Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98118
206-721-3156 | Directions
Parking available in Diamond lot across the street ($3), free parking (after 6:30pm on weekdays and all day on weekends) at the Hasegawa Building (across the street and to the north of diamond lot), at Burdick's (4700 Rainier Ave) and Seeds of Life (4728 Rainier Ave).
$8 General Admission
$6 12 & Under and Seniors
$6 Matinee
Extraordinary Measures
105 Minutes - Rated PG
A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.
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The Lovely Bones
135 Minutes - Rated PG-13
Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
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Edge of Darkness
117 Minutes - Rated R
As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
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