UP IN THE AIR

Saturday, March 13
Willsboro Central School
7:30 PM
Rated R for language
Adults $5; Under 18 $2

6 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, two Best Supporting Actresses and Best Screenplay. From the director of Juno comes the best romantic comedy of the year, starring George Clooney as a corporate downsizing expert who meets the woman of his dreams.

• "A sparkling gem of a movie" - Entertainment Weekly
• "Brilliant...full of wit and humanity" - USA Today
• "A supremely entertaining movie" - Washington Post
• "One of the year's best films" - New York Post
• "See it!!!" - New York Times
• "Bravo" - Rolling Stone
• "A smash" - New York Magazine
• "Terrific" - People Magazine
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• "Blends insight, comedy and poignancy" - Los Angeles Times
• "An idea movie" - Time Magazine
• "Smart, sensitive and funny" - Empire
• "Right up there with the comedies of Hollywood's golden age" - Wall Street Journal

THE HURT LOCKER

Saturday, February 27
Willsboro Central School
7:30 PM
Rated R for war violence and language
Adults $5; Under 18 $2

9 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. The most highly acclaimed film of the year, this is a story about the men who disarm bombs during the heat of battle.

• "A first-rate action thriller" - Wall Street Journal
• "A great film, an intelligent film" - Roger Ebert
• "An unqualified triumph" - Los Angeles Times
• "One of the great American war films" - San Francisco Chronicle
• "A masterpiece" - Miami Herald

(500) Days of Summer

Saturday, February 13
Willsboro Central School
7:30 PM
Rated PG-13
Adults $5; Under 18 $2

The perfect movie for Valentine's Day Eve. This smart, sexy, true-to-life romantic comedy follows the ups and downs of a bittersweet and wildly unpredictable love affair. A Golden Globe nominee for both Best Picture and Best Actor.

• "An irresistible feel-good movie" - San Francisco Chronicle
• "You never want it to end" - Premier
• "Something seldom seen - an original romantic comedy" - Los Angeles Times
• "A different kind of love story - an honest one" - Rolling Stone
• "You will burst out laughing" - US Weekly
• "A delightful comedy, alive with invention" - Roger Ebert
  

Moon

Saturday, January 30
Whallonsburg Grange Hall
new time -- 7:30 PM
Rated R for language
Adults $5; Under 18 $2

A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie that doesn't depend on computer graphics and special effects. Sam is a lone astronaut who's been living on the far side of the moon for almost three years. A few weeks before he's due to return to earth a series of mysterious events begin to threaten his mission and perhaps even his life.

• "Superb" - USA Today
• "Superior" - Roger Ebert
• "Sam Rockwell is brilliant" - Wall Street Journal
• "Plenty of atmosphere" - Washington Post
• "Impressive" - Village Voice
• "A worthy successor to 2001: A Space Odyssey" - TV Guide

 Ticonderoga is in the process of revising its zoning laws.  A meeting for public comments is planned for 7pm, Monday, January 11, 2010, at the Ticonderoga Community Building.  For more information, click here: http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_009202049.html

JULIE & JULIA

Saturday, January 16
Willsboro Central School
7:30 PM
Rated PG-13
Adults $5; Under 18 $2

Golden Globe nominee for Best Picture and Best Actress. Based on true stories, this delicious comedy follows the culinary awakenings of Julia Child in 1950s Paris and Julie Powell in 2002 when she spends a year making all 524 recipes in Child's famous Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Retired chef John Ferry will speak about his long friendship with Julia Child in Paris, Chicago, Santa Barbara, and Washington, DC.

• "The feel-good movie of the year!" - Fox-TV
• "One of the most charming movies of the decade" - New Yorker
• "Streep at her brilliant best" - Rolling Stone

Today is the grand opening of the The Crux, Poko-MacCready's Champlain Valley Climbing Center in Willsboro, NY.  If you haven't gone, yet, I recommend it.  The Crux is opened from 10am to 8pm today and free during the grand opening.  It has plenty of climbing walls to experience from easy to hard, including 40 ft walls starting on the basement floor.  The building has three floors of climbing walls.  First time climber?  The Crux will have a class on December 13, 2009.  Call the Champlain Valley Climbing Center for details at 518.963.4646.

Join us for the Chamber’s

 THE AFRICAN QUEEN

Saturday, December 5
Willsboro Central School @ 8:00 PM
Rated PG 

To celebrate the Champlain Valley Film Society's 100th movie we are showing one of the all-time classics and it's FREE. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor and nominated for 3 others -- Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay -- see Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn at their very best in this timeless romantic comedy. Set in colonial African just before the outbreak of World War II, Bogie is the captain of a broken-down riverboat who teams up with Hepburn, a straightlaced missionary, to take on a German gunboat. Maybe you've seen this years ago on television, but have you seen the film on the big screen, the way it was meant to be shown? Bring the kids and join us for a special night at the movies -- and it's FREE!

• "Fantastic" - New York Times
• "This film has everything!" - TV Guide
• "One of the very best" - Movie Emporium
• "Superb! Glorious photography" - Leonard Maltin
• "Bogart & Hepburn are truly amazing together" - Cole Smithy
• "Excellent - five stars!" - Video Movie Guide

EVERY LITTLE STEP

Saturday, November 21
Willsboro Central School
8:00 PM
Rated PG-13
Adults $5; Under 18 - FREE

Go behind the scenes of one of America's best-loved musicals. This terrifically entertaining documentary follows the recent revival of A Chorus Line on Broadway, from the open casting call to the final selection of actors, plus clips from the original production.

Actor/Dancer Antonette Knoedl appeared as Maggie in a recent production of A Chorus Line. A senior at Plattsburgh State, she is the choreographer for the Willsboro Drama Club production of Damn Yankees and the Assistant Choreographer for their production of Mame.

• "Enthralling" - Entertainment Weekly
• "A thrilling documentary and musical dazzler" - Rolling Stone
• "A triumph." - Wall Street Journal
• "Sensational" - Miami Herald
• "Thoroughly engrossing" - Washington Post
• "Captures the American Idol-style audition process" - Salon.com
• "Shows what dreams are made of" - Toronto Globe & Mail
• "A must-see" - Hollywood Reporter