Movies Coming Soon to a Fine Arts Theatre
The following movies will soon be showing at one of our Fine Arts Theatres. This movie list is alphabetical and does not reflect the order in which the movies will be scheduled at the theatres.
The following movies are opening soon, please click on the movie title to jump to the description of the movie.
- 500 Days Of Summer
- Baker, The
- Food, Inc
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Hurt Locker
- Julia
- Kansas International Film Festival
- Paper Heart
- Shall We Kiss?
- Stoning of Soraya M., The
- Summer Hours
- Under Our Skin
500 Days Of Summer 
Opening on 07/31/2009 at the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated PG-13, Running Time 95 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't. This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be--it's thorny but exhilirating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card writer and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days 'together', to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.
Baker, The
Coming Soon to
the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR, Running Time 86 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
THE BAKER stars Damian Lewis, who is the lead in the NBC show LIFE, and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in HARRY POTTER). It is a romantic comedy about a hit man who tries to quit by going to a small Irish village. . He’s mistaken for the new town baker and falls in love with the town veterinarian. When his true identity is revealed, the town, in their own quirky way, saves him.
Food, Inc
Opening on 07/10/2009 at the Leawood Theatre (back to top)
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Rated PG, Running Time 94 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Opening on 07/15/2009 at the Leawood Theatre (back to top)
Rated PG
Movie Synopsis:
In the sixth film of the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent), whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny (Bonnie Wright), but so is Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch). And Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) has decided that Ron (Rupert Grint) is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane's (Anna Shaffer) chocolates! And then there's Hermione (Emma Watson), simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
Hurt Locker
Opening on 07/24/2009 at the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated R, Running Time 125 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
If war is hell, why do so many men choose to fight? In an age when armies consist not of draftees but of volunteers, and men willingly thrust themselves into military action, sometimes the rush of battle is a potent and alluring attraction, even an addiction. The Hurt Locker is an intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James (Jeremy Renner), takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge (Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty), by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. This riveting and suspenseful drama from visionary filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days, K-19: The Widowmaker) is based on first-hand observation by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal who was stationed on assignment with a special bomb unit. Also starring Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce.
Julia
Coming Soon to
the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
Rated NR
Movie Synopsis:
Centered on what might be the most incredibly botched kidnapping ever to be put on celluloid, Erick Zonca’s uncharacterizable Julia is at once a marvel of screen acting, an unthinkably black comedy, and one of the few truly nail-biting suspense films to emerge this decade. Anchored by a manic Tilda Swinton, this examination of a character under extreme stress is more than willing to make its audience every bit as uncomfortable as its desperate anti-heroine. What results is a remarkably spontaneous movie, filled with illogical decision making and unpredictable motivational whims. Were Julia a character study alone, such sustained rashness would likely be unfulfilling, and possibly disastrous, but since the movie quickly assumes the shape of a thriller, its chaotic nature becomes a defining asset.
The unceasing one-upmanship found in Julia’s narrative is perfectly suited to its lead character Julia. She lives hard and talks harder. Quickly realizing that she’s past her prime in life with little to show for it beyond a string of one-night stands and a drinking problem, Julia is a spectacle of bad judgment. It’s a role that asks for a big performance, and Swinton, better than she has ever been before, delivers in spades. Her brazenly unsympathetic characterization offers plenty of grit and a complete lack of vanity. In Swinton’s hands, Julia becomes a force of nature, her red mane recalling nothing less, and nothing less dangerous, than a feral lion.
Kansas International Film Festival
Opening on 09/18/2009 at the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR
Movie Synopsis:
The 9th Kansas International Film Festival will run from September 18-24th, 2009. Here is your chance to choose from over 50 Independent films from around the world and meet the Directors for a Q/A.
With over 50 films playing in only 7 days this festival is a movie lover's delight.
Your best bet for tickets is to purchase a Festival Pass because Festvial Pass Holders are seated first. Individual tickets will only be seated 10 to 15 minutes before showtime. With only one show of each film there will be a lot of sellouts.
For more info please go the festival's website: Kansasfilm.com
Paper Heart
Opening on 08/14/2009 at the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR, Running Time 89 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn't believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. PAPER HEART follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist?
Shall We Kiss?
Coming Soon to
the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR, Running Time 96 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
While traveling to Nantes for one evening, Emilie (Julie Gayet) meets Gabriel (Michaël Cohen). Equally seduced by one another, but both otherwise committed, they know they will probably never see each other again. He would like to kiss her. She as well, but a story prevents her from doing so: that of a married woman (Virginie Ledoyen) and of her best friend (Emmanuel Mouret) who were surprised by the effects of a kiss. Of a kiss that should have born no consequences.... A sexy romantic comedy co-starring Stefano Accorsi and Frédérique Bel. (Fully subtitled)
Stoning of Soraya M., The
Opening on 07/17/2009 at the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated R, Running Time 116 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
Stranded in a remote Iranian village, a French journalist (James Caviezel) is approached by Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Academy Award nominee for House of Sand and Fog), a woman who has a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), and the bloody circumstances of her death the day before... As the journalist turns on his tape recorder, Zahra takes us back to the beginning of her story which involves Soraya's husband, the local phony mullah, and a town all too easily led down a path of deceit, coercion and hysteria. The women, stripped of all rights and without recourse, nobly confront the overwhelming desires of corrupt men who use and abuse their authority to condemn Soraya, an innocent but inconvenient wife, to an unjust and torturous death. A shocking and true drama, it exposes the dark power of mob rule, uncivil law, and the utter lack of human rights for women. The last and only hope for some measure of justice lies in the hands of the journalist who must escape with the story—and his life—so the world will know. (Partially subtitled)
Summer Hours
Coming Soon to
the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR, Running Time 99 Minutes
Movie Synopsis:
The divergent paths of three forty-something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle's exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche), a successful New York designer, Frederic (Charles Berling), an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jérémie (Jérémie Renier), a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Clean, Demonlover).
Under Our Skin
Coming Soon to
the Glenwood Arts Theatre (back to top)
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Rated NR
Movie Synopsis:
A gripping tale of microbes, medicine & money UNDER OUR SKIN investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic with staggering consequences. Each year thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, told that their symptoms are "all in their head." Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting the disease, the film brings into focus a haunting picture not only of our health care system and its inability to cope with a silent and growing terror, but of a medical establishment all too willing to put profits ahead of patients.
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