HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
“Widows” - From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn ("Gone Girl") comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. "Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago amid a time of turmoil, Oscar-winner Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo play the widows who take their fate into their own hands and conspire to finish the heist their husbands started. Also starring Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry. ”Widows" is Rated R (128 minutes, CC & AD) plays Wednesday, Dec. 19 and Thursday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.
“Breakfast At Tiffany’s” - Classic Film Series - Free popcorn and water before the movie. Complimentary Christmas eggnog and cookies afterwards. Tickets at the door: $10 (no discounts) - Winner of two Oscars, the 1961 romantic comedy sparkles like diamonds! The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl bent on finding a millionaire husband when she meets her next-door neighbor (George Peppard), a writer who is being “kept” by a wealthy patron (Patricia Neal). Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of this gem-like treat set to Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score and the Oscar-winning Mancini-Johnny Mercer song "Moon River." "Breakfast At Tiffany's" (not rated) 104 minutes, plays Thursday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 22 at 2 p.m.
“The Grinch” - Based on the classic Dr. Seuss classic story, The Grinch lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Who-ville when he runs out of food. When the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch realizes there is only one way for him to gain some peace and quiet: he must steal Christmas. To do so, he decides he will pose as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, even going so far as to trap a lackadaisical misfit reindeer to pull his sleigh. Meanwhile, down in Who-ville, Cindy-Lou Who - a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer - plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can ask him for for help to lighten her over-worked single mother. Featuring the voice talents of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely and Angela Lansbury. "The Grinch" - Rated PG, run time 105 minutes (CC & AD), plays at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, Saturday, Dec. 22. Christmas Day, Wednesday & Thursday 12/21-27) at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.
LINCOLN THEATER
2 Theater St., Damariscotta ~563-3424 ~ www.lcct.org
“Meet Me in St. Louis” - Sing Along! - It is 1903, the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther (Judy Garland) has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York, which means that the family must leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair. (1944; 1 hour, 53 minutes) This free event will screen at 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20.
“Can You Ever Forgive Me” - Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant). An adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me? - the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats). (R; 1 hour, 46 minutes) Plays at 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21; Saturday, Dec. 22; Sunday, Dec. 23; Wednesday, Dec. 26 (2 p.m. with open captions) and Thursday, Dec. 27.
“A Christmas Story” - In the 1940s, in the town of Hammond, 9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing for Christmas -- an official Red Ryder BB rifle. When he asks his mother for the BB gun for Christmas, she says, "No, you'll shoot your eye out." When he writes an essay about it at school his teacher gives him a C+ with a note saying, "You'll shoot your eye out." Next, he asks Santa for the gun, Santa's response is familiar, he says, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." Ralph fears that he'll never get the BB gun for Christmas. But there may be a surprise in store for him. (PG; 1 hour, 34 minutes) Playing at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22. This is a free event.
“The Grinch” opens this weekend at the Harbor Theater, Boothbay Harbor. Courtesy of Jason Sheckley
