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SPECTRUM
8 THEATRES
290 Delaware Ave., Albany, NY
Winner
of the Best Movie Theatre Award in the
Albany Times Union, Metroland, and Capital Region Living Magazine!
website: www.spectrum8.com
Film Information: (518) 449-8995
Visit
our Café!
Mon - Thurs .........8 am - 10 pm
Fri ......................8 am - 11 pm
Sat ....................10 am - 11 pm
Sun....................10 am - 10 pm
Next to the Spectrum 8 Theatres
Café: (518) 434-0333
Wednesday
is student night at the Spectrum! Students with a valid ID receive a
discounted ticket price as well as a discount at the Ultraviolet Café.
Now
Showing: 11/21 - 11/25
A Christmas
Tale (Not Rated) 12:15, 4:10, 7:40
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (PG13) 1:00, 4:00,
7:00, 9:20
What Just Happened (R) 4:05, 7:05, 9:35
Happy Go Lucky (R) 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:25
Trouble the Water (Not Rated) 1:10 ends tues
Rachel Getting Married (R) 12:55, 3:35, 6:55, 9:40
Changeling (R) 12:30, 3:30, 6:25, 9:30
Zack & Miri Make a Porno (R) 1:05, 9:45 ends tues. Please
note that on Sat 11/22 and Sun 11/23 there will be no 1:05 showing of
Zack & Miri.
The Secret Life of Bees (PG13) 12:50, 6:50. Please note that
on Mon 11/24 there will be no 6:50 showing of The Secret Life of
Bees.
W. (PG13) 3:40, 6:40
The Duchess (PG13) 3:50, 9:15. Please note that on Monday, 11/24
there will be no 9:15 showing of The Duchess.
Romeo and Juliet
From the Salzburg Festival, an Opera in 5 Acts (3 hours).
Sunday, November 23 at 12:00pm
Monday, November 24 at 6:30pm
A Christmas
Tale (Not Rated)
Times: 12:15, 4:10, 7:40
Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly),
and Chiara Mastroianni star in this bittersweet, darkly comic tale of
a family in crisis, directed by Arnaud Desplechin, with a nod to Charles
Dickens's A Christmas Story. Deneuve and Amalric play Abel and
Junon Vuillard, who, as a young couple, conceived a child in the hope
of saving another of their children with a rare genetic condition. The
Vuillard family has never quite recovered from this tragedy and although
many years have passed, family relationships are more strained than
ever. Masterfully directed and acted, by turns savage, bittersweet and
very moving. "...a big hearted, formally frisky family tale with
pitch-perfect work by some of France's plum performers, among them Mastroianni's
indomitable mother, Catherine Deneuve." Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment
Weekly. In French w/subtitles. 166 min.
The
Boy in the Striped Pajamas (PG13)
Times: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20
Adapted from John Boyne's best-selling novel, this moving film is a
fictional story told through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy largely
shielded from the reality of World War II. It follows the friendship
that forms between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel,
a Jewish boyheld captive in a concentration camp. Though a barbed wire
fence separates the two physically, their friendship grows and their
lives become inescapably intertwined. Starring David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga,
Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield and Jack Scalon. 95 min.
What
Just Happened (R)
Times: 4:05, 7:05, 9:35
Barry Levinson directs Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener,
Robin Wright Penn, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis and John Turturro in
this winningly sharp satire about Hollywood. The film chronicles two
nail-biting, backstabbing, roller coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged
Hollywood producer (De Niro) as he tries to juggle an actual life with
an outrageous series of crises in his day job. 102 min.
Happy-Go-Lucky
(R)
Times: 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:25
Sally Hawkins was the winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress at
the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival for her portrayal of Poppy,
an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious
laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters.
In this effervescent new comedy, writer/director Mike Leigh (Vera
Drake, Secrets & Lies) asks the question: Just how hard is it to
be happy? Touching, truthful and life affirming, the film explores one
of the most mysterious and often the most elusive of all human qualities:
happiness. 118 min.
Trouble
the Water (Not Rated)
Times: 1:10 ends tues
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. This
astonishingly powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina
in a way never before seen on the screen. It tells the tale of two unforgettable
people who survive the storm and seize a chance for a new beginning.
Incorporating remarkable home video footage shot by Kimberly Rivers
Roberts, an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the lower
9th Ward. Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insiders view of Katrina with a
devastating portrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water
is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes.
93 min.
Rachel
Getting Married (R)
Times: 12:55, 3:35, 6:55, 9:40
Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie Dewitt star in Academy Award winning director
Jonathan Demmes latest film, a heartfelt, perceptive and sometimes hilarious
portrait of a family. When Kym (Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family
home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Dewitt), she brings a long
history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy along with her.
The wedding couples abundant party of friends and relations have gathered
for a joyful weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym with her biting
one-liners and flair for bombshell drama, is a catalyst for long simmering
tensions in the family dynamic. 114 min.
Changeling
(R)
Times: 12:30, 3:30, 6:25, 9:30
Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in this provocative
drama based on actual events, set in 1928 Los Angeles. On a Saturday
morning in a working class suburb, Christine Collins (Jolie) said goodbye
to her nine-year-old son Walter, and left for work. When she returned
home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, but
months later, Christines prayers are met when her kidnapped son is returned.
But amidst the frenzy of the photo-op reunion, she realizes this child
is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a skeptical public, Christine
desperately hunts for answers, only to be confronted by a truth that
will change her forever. 142 min.
Zack
And Miri Make a Porno (R)
Times: 1:05, 9:45 ends tues. Please note that on Sat 11/22 and Sun
11/23 there will be no 1:05 showing of Zack & Miri.
Kevin Smith's latest comedy stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. Lifelong
friends and roommates Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are
facing hard times and a mountain of debt. When the electricity and plumbing
get cut off, they seize upon the idea of making a homegrown porno movie
for some quick cash, enlisting the help of their friends. The two vow
that having sex will not ruin their friendship. But as filming begins,
what started out as a business proposition between friends turns into
something much more. 102 min.
The
Secret Life Of Bees (PG13)
Times: 12:50, 6:50. Please note that on Mon 11/24 there will be no
6:50 showing of The Secret Life of Bees.
Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie
Okonedo star in this adaptation of the best selling novel by Sue Monk.
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the moving tale of Lily, a 14-year-old
girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her
lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with
Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that
holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the independent Boatwright
sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
110 min.
W.
(PG13)
Times: 3:40, 6:40
Notwithstanding ones personal opinion of the man, there is no question
that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures
in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director
Oliver Stone brings the life of our 43rd President to the big screen
as only he can. W. takes viewers through Bush's eventful life his struggles
and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course
the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq. Highlighted
by a stellar cast including Josh Brolin as W., Ellen Burstyn as Barbara
Bush, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Elizabeth Banks
as Laura Bush, Richard Dreyfus as Dick Cheney, Thandie Newton as Condoleeza
Rice, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell.
130 min.
The
Duchess (PG13)
Times: 3:50, 9:15. Please note that on Monday, 11/24 there will be
no 9:15 showing of The Duchess.
Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana
Spencer, was the original "It Girl." Like her direct ancestor
Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire
country. Determined to be a player in the wider affairs of the world,
she proved she could out-gamble, out-drink and outwit most of the aristocratic
men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England
as a leader of the forward thinking Whig Party. But even as her power
and popularity grew, she was haunted by the fact that the only man in
England she seemingly could not seduce was her husband, the Duke. And
when she tried to find her own way to be true to her heart and loyal
to her duty, the resulting controversies and liaisons pushed her to
the brink of banishment. Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes star in the
story of an extraordinary woman who rose to fame by staying true to
her passions. 109 min.
ROMEO
& JULIET (Gounod)
From the Salzburg Festival, an Opera in 5 Acts (3 hours)
Sunday, November 23 at 12:00pm
Monday, November 24 at 6:30pm
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