Nanny McPhee Returns

Director: Susanna White
Rated: PG
Run time: 100 minutes

Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world. In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

The Other Guys

Director: Adam McKay
Rated: PG-13
Run time: 107 minutes

NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos - other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes - they're "the Other Guys." But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case that could turn into New York City's biggest crime and no other detective wants to touch it. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?

Girl with The Dragon Tattoo

Director: Nils Arden Oplev
Rated: R for disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language
Run time: 154 minutes

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 beloved 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 (Michael Nyqvist) who is later joined by the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) 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 Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Director: Daniel Alfredson
Rated: R for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language
Run time: 129 minutes

Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is back as an investigative journalist, his Millennium magazine is negotiating with a researcher and her boyfriend to learn the names and details of sex trafficking between Russia and Sweden, and famous men are implicated as clients. Stieg Larsson paints a portrait of a corrupt Swedish climate in politics, the law and business.

Mikael and Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace returns to her role as Lisbeth Salander) are the leads and as before, they sense each other by tracks in cyberspace. Lisbeth has returned to Stockholm after learning of a case she has a personal interest in and finds herself on the trail of a killer. This trail grows complex as it leads back into her own past and to the introduction of a onetime Soviet bad man and a hulking freak. While investigating, Lizbeth becomes the prime suspect in a triple murder case and Mikael Blomkvist plunges into an investigation of the slayings to clear her name.

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Eat Pray Love

Director: Ryan Murphy
Rated: PG-13
Run time: 133 minutes

Liz Gilbert (Roberts) seems to have everything a woman can dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet she finds herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wants in life. After a painful divorce, Gilbert embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

The Expendables

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Rated: R for strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language
Run time: 103 minutes

A hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra (Gisele Itié) stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. Written, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables brings together a dynamic cast including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke.

Rock’n Roll Thursdays: Music Films at Arena Theater in September

Arena Theater will present Rock’n Roll Thursdays in September with the screening on four consecutive Thursdays of recently released movies featuring rock’n roll legends The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and Phil Spector.

All shows begin at 7:30 PM and doors open at 7:00 PM. The Arena Theater Bar and the snack stand will be open. All tickets are available at www.arenatheater.org and at the door.

Showtimes:
Thu Sep 9 - 7:30 PM
Thu Sep 30 - 7:30 PM

Tickets
$10.00 Adults
$6.00 Youth 16 and under

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Bruce Springsteen

Rated: Unrated
Run time: 172 minutes

The series begins on September 9 with London Calling: Live In Hyde Park featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in a concert captured in High Definition in London at the Hard Rock Calling Festival on June 28, 2009. The 172-minute film includes 27 tracks of live Springsteen. This movie will also screen on Thursday, September 30. Tickets are $10.00 all adults; $6.00 youth 16 and under. Both screenings of this exclusive version of the concert are benefits for Arena Theater made possible thanks to the generosity of distributor Emerging Pictures.

Showtimes:
Thu Sep 16 - 7:30 PM

Tickets
$12.00

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Rolling Stones

Directors: Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt
Rated: PG-13
Run time: 120 minutes

On Thursday, September 16, Arena Theater presents “Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones Flashback to 1972” featuring the Stones in concert captured at the height of their careers during the 1972 North American tour. This infamous “Stones in Exile” album release tour featured some of the Rolling Stones greatest all time hits including “Brown Sugar”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, “Jumpin Jack Flash” and more. Noted rock critic Dave Marsh would later write that the tour was “part of rock and roll legend” and one of the “benchmarks of an era.” The concert footage was captured from front row seats by Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt (Butterfly Films owned by John Lennon) during 4 shows in Ft. Worth and Houston, Texas—giving movie theatre audiences the unique position of being in the audience during the 1972 concerts. The two hour film is a presentation of NCM Fathom. Show time is 7:30 PM. Tickets are $12.00.

Showtimes:
Thu Sep 23 - 7:30 PM

Tickets
$8.00

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector

Director: Vikram Jayanti
Rated: Unrated
Run time: 102 minutes

On Thursday, September 23, the series continues with “The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector,” the 2009 documentary scheduled for theatrical release in September. The film chronicles the career of American music pioneer Phil Spector, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner and, as of April 13, 2009 a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram Jayanti's 102 minute documentary is not the severe, outlandishly coiffed defendant seen in sensationalistic accounts of his trial, but a charming, savvy music executive with a generous, but arguably accurate, estimation of his place in the history of popular music. The film features archive footage of The Righteous Brothers, Ike Turner and Tina Turner. Tickets are $8.00.