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FEATURE PRESENTATIONS*

1:00pm – 2:40pm “My Evil Sisters” (NR)

MY EVIL SISTERS is a dark, odd-ball comedy about five diabolical women who live throughout the centuries through their despicable acts of murder, mayhem, raping and pillaging…and find themselves in modern-day suburbia! As long as they keep true to the glorious Power of Evil, they will live forever. Will the sparkling allure of television and other modern inventions tempt these malicious ladies from committing the vicious crimes that are so nourishing to their wicked souls? And when one of the Evil Sisters decides to escape and turn to the Path of Righteousness, will their tight knit group collapse, sending all five female villains down to the fiery Pits of Hell FOREVER??? (See trailers and find out more about the movie on: www.myevilsistersmovie.com)

2:55pm – 4:25pm “Our Sons” (NR) Drama

Tragedy has a way of bringing people from opposite worlds together. When James (Hugh Grant) admits to his mother, Audrey Grant (Julie Andrews), that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A Sand Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minded mother, but the news sends her reeling. However, the real shock comes when James asks her to travel to Arkansas and inform his lover’s mom, Luanne (Ann Margret), that her son has AIDS. As Audrey and Luanne learn to put aside their prejudice toward each other, they soon discover how to share their thoughts, hopes and fears for their sons. Gaining strength from this common ground, the two women learn there really is no substitute for a mother’s love.

4:40pm – 7:00pm “As Good As It Gets” (PG13)

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding, Jr., star in James L. Brooks’ hit comedy, As Good as it Gets. Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan’s meanest mouth. But when his neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon’s dog. And that unexpected act of kindness, along with waitress Carol Connelly, helps put Melvin back in the human race.

For all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film’s near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It’s questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie’s smart enough–and charmingly funny enough–to make it seem endearingly possible. –Jeff Shannon

7:15pm – 8:45pm “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (R)
Multistory (UK or US versions): View the original cut or the new edition with musical sequence Superheroes edited back in, Commentary by Richard O’Brien and Patricia Quinn, Prompter (subtitles): prompts the viewer when to use props and what to scream at the screen, Theatrical Experience: View Rocky Horror as you would in the theater complete with introduction from RHPS fan club President Sal Piro. View audience reactions and performers in front of the screen at certain points throughout the film. Full length audience participation track, DVD-ROM games, trivia and Easter egg: View Rocky Horror as Richard O’Brien originally conceived.

NOTE: We will experiment with this DVD – lots of variations, if you have ever done the Monthly Midnight version at the Loft, and you have stuff you take for it, bring it and share with us!!!