Zombie Marathon

We have all seen them. They walk at night. Although a few months ago, they walked during the day down Mass Ave. Well now, you can see them for 12 hours straight!
Somerville Theatre is holding a Zombie Marathon.
Tickets are $24 in advance or $30 at the door.
The event will also include guests and contests. Movies include: Fido, I walked with a Zombie, 28 Weeks Later, and Shaun of the Dead.

Zombie Marathon
Somerville Theatre (Davis Square)
Saturday 10/6-Sunday 10/7
7p-7a
Ticketmaster for tickets, or get them at the door for $30.

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Somerville Outdoor Movie Addition

Some of you may remember the post in July about the Somerville outdoor movies. Well an addition has been made. Due to popular demand Madagascar has been added to the line up. Madagascar will be shown tomorrow 8.28 at Hodgkins Park. (Holland St./Simpson Ave.) Movie will start at dusk.
Also added to the line up was viewers choice Ferris Bueller's Day Off. (Conway Park) Footloose was a close second, but unfortunately will not be seen until next year.

Healthy food/Movie

Community Growing Center is hosting a food/film potluck. Bring a dish with a list of ingredients. Focus on the food, and then enjoy a movie. King Corn. Here is a plot summary by Sustainable Table.

King Corn is a humorous and touching documentary about two best friends who decide to move to Iowa to grow an acre of corn – after finding out (through laboratory hair analysis) that their bodies were made primarily out of….corn. But this is not your typical buddy picture. While it does trace a year in the life of two friends, the film is really about the history of corn in modern America and the filmmakers’ relationship with the crop they’ve decided to grow.
After the somewhat shocking discovery about their bodily composition, Ian Chaney and Curt Ellis move to a small county in Iowa (where, coincidentally, both had farmer great-grandfathers) in order to find out how they (and most other Americans) ended up made out of corn. The two friends convince an Iowa farmer to lend them an acre of land to plant their corn crop. They purchase genetically modified corn for planting, and with the help of their neighbors, some heavy machinery, and lots of chemical fertilizers and herbicides, they end up growing a bumper crop of corn. But as Ian and Curt show us – this isn’t your sweet summer corn-on-the-cob we’re talking about – it’s corn bred specifically for industrial applications. The two friends decide to find out what happens to the corn they’ve grown after it leaves the grain elevator – and find that tracing their crop is easier said than done. Ultimately, however, they come to the conclusion that their corn is likely destined for one of two American industries: animal feed or corn syrup

Wednesday August 15. 6:00pm
Community Growing Center
22 Vinal Ave.
Somerville

Home Movie Day

Got some tasty films you have been working on using that second hand camcorder, no not the ones that happen behind closed doors, the other ones. Maybe a little artsy, maybe a little cheesy, who knows how you like to do it, but now there is an event to salute you. Home Movie Day!

What Is Home Movie Day?
Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and film making held annually on the second Saturday in August at many local venues worldwide.

Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community, and to see their neighbors' in turn. It's a chance to discover why to care about these films and to learn how best to care for them.

Saturday, August 11
12:00pm - 4:00pm

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 495-4700

>> Home Move Day

Smell-o-vision

Smell your way through a movie? Crazy talk!

The film will screen at 8.30pm, with subtitles in Spanish. Show up at 7pm and explore the Carnival of the Nose tables, featuring interactive games and exhibits that probe the functions and meanings of smell, our most powerful sense memory.

Sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council.

Film: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
July 28th.
Union Square
Somerville
7p-10p

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This isn't Rocket Science

Free preview screening of Sundance 2007 award winner Rocket Science tonight at Somerville Theatre hosted by Boston Independent Film Festival .

Plot overview from IMDB

Hal Heffner (Reece Thompson) is just an ordinary , no frills high-school kid who happens to have a severe stutter. He has a some-what broken home life, living with his older, bullying, thief of a brother, Earl (Vincent Piazza). Their parents don't get along so well... Hal has a difficult time dealing with his stutter in school as well as general daily life. He is especially shy. Well... Hal is approached by the school Debate Team Star, Ginny Ryerson (Anna Kendrick) and she entices Hal into joining the Plainsboro High Debate Team. Hal develops a fondness for Ginny and desperately attempts to be closer with her. Hilarity Ensues...

Interested, visit Boston Independent Film Festival and pint passes.

Tonight, Thursday July 26
Somerville Theatre
Davis Square, Somerville
7:30

>> Rocket Science on IMDB
>> Rocket Science trailer
>> Free Preview Screening: Rocket Science

Similar to a drive in...

Same concept, watching a movie outside. Although no car necessary.
Somerville Movie fest. This week's movie "Babe" to be held at Conway Park. Also known as SomerMovie fest.

Every Thursday night at dusk, beginning on July 5th, join fellow Somerville residents for the annual, summer-long “movie in the park” festival. Each week, different Hollywood movies will be shown at parks throughout the City – including Seven Hills Park in Davis Square, Conway Park on Somerville Ave., and Prospect Hill Park in Union Square.

Click here for full Summer Schedule.
The fun part is, some are meant for kids some are not. Next week's movie for those of you that are too lazy to check out the schedule is Rent. Seven Hills Park in Davis Square.
Movies may be cancelled in the event of rain. Somerville residents dial 311. Other interested non-somerville residents could visit City of Somerville and click on the “Summertime in Somerville” logo.

The Simpsons Movie

You know it is going to end when a movie comes out. This could go either way. But with a plot like this?!

When Homer Simpson accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the
nuclear power plant, he gets fired from his job, and everyone has to
evacuate Springfield, possibly forever!

You also know everyone in the world loves the Simpsons. So where are you going to go to see
it? Opens July 27th. Next Friday. Here are some ideas.

Somerville Theatre. (Davis Square)

They sell beer and wine during all shows (except for midnight viewing) They should just win? c'mon. Mmmmmm beer. Just imagine the drool. Tickets

Showtimes: Friday July 27th & Saturday July 28th
1:15 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:45 pm, 8:00 pm, 10:15 pm, 12:15 am.

$7 for evening/weekend tickets.

Fandango has all the other options Somerville and Cambridge has to offer. Unfortunately for you, they aren't scheduled yet, so you have to do the leg work of finding showtimes elsewhere.

All the more reason Somerville Theatre is the place to be.

Smokey and the Bandit

I can't even write this without giggling a little. It is almost as good as the Chuck Norris Marathon that was at the Somerville Theatre a few weeks ago. The original Smokey and the Bandit is playing at the Somerville Theatre.

The Bandit and The Snowman are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit. Enjoy this 1977 summer drive in classic on the newly renovated Big Screen at the Somerville Theatre.

Concessions= popcorn, soda, beer, wine(until 11pm) and soon Richardson's Ice cream!

6/29-midnight
6/30-midnight
7/1-Noon
7/2-7:30pm
$7.00

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LUNAFEST: Films By, For and About Women

Ladies, take some time recovering from the past weekend and prepping for St. Patrick day’s events, with a film fest catered to you.

This unique film festival will highlight women as leaders in society, illustrated through nine films by women filmmakers. The films range from animated shorts to fictional drama, and cover topics such as women’s health, body image, spirituality, relationships, cultural diversity, and breaking barriers.

All proceeds from the LUNAFEST premiere will go to Breast Cancer Fund.

Monday March 12
7:00 - 8:30
$12 in advance, $15 at the door

Somerville Theater
55 Davis Square
Somerville

>> Lunafest

Free screening

Brattle Theatre present a free screening of the documentary THIN.

The Harris Center For Eating Disorders brings photographer Lauren Greenfield to the Brattle for a free screening of her award-winning documentary, THIN. In her directorial debut, Greenfield tells the stories of four women at the Renfrew Clinic in Florida, an inpatient facility that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders.

Q&A with Lauren Greenfield and Harris Center Director, Dr. David Herzog, will follow the screening.

Tues. 2/27
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St.
Cambridge MA.

Bugs Bunny-a-thon

Brattle Theatre is hosting it's Twelfth Annual Bugs Bunny Film Festival. Who didn't enjoy that "wascally wabbit" at some point in their lives!?!

As usual, our featured attraction is a program of films featuring everyone’s favorite rabbit. One reason Bugs is so admirable is his ability to be master of any situation – from bullring, to outer space, to the French Foreign Legion, Bugs is almost always able to swing the setting to his favor. With antagonists like Yosemite Sam, Marvin The Martian and, of course Elmer Fudd, he has to be!

2/16-2/22
5:30, 7:30, and 9:30.
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St.
Cambridge MA

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Eternal Sunshine

One of my all time favorite movies, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is playing this week at Coolidge Corner along with psychological follow up.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Science on Screen presents this mind-bending romance from the minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry. Jim Carrey stars as Joel, a man struggling to come to terms with his painful breakup from Clementine (Kate Winslet). When Joel learns his ex has undergone an experimental procedure to erase all memories of their tumultuous relationship, he decides to the do same. But as the procedure starts to take effect, he discovers he's not quite ready to let go and starts hiding his memories of her away in places where they don't quite belong.

To help us get our brains around the subject of what exactly goes on with our own memories is Harvard Professor of Psychology Daniel L. Schacter, whose research focuses on the psychological and biological aspects of human memory and amnesia, as well as the effects of aging on memory. Prof. Schacter is the also author of three books and numerous papers, including THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY.

Monday, February 12, 2007
7 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St, Brookline
$5 [includes popcorn]

Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Be a man and check out this screening of Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and gender violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood. The documentary features revealing interviews about masculinity and sexism with rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall. Critically acclaimed for its fearless engagement with issues of race, gender violence, and the corporate exploitation of youth culture.

Free Screening: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
The Democracy Center
45 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge

Tuesday, January 23
7:00pm-9:00pm

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Darfur Diaries Screening

This Friday the Democracy Center in Cambridge is hosting a "Darfur Diaries" screening. To be honest I know very little about this topic, but here is a little intro:

The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from the tribes of the Abbala, and the non-Baggara people of the region. The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has provided arms and assistance and has participated in joint attacks with the group, systematically targeting the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups in Darfur. The conflict began in July 2003. The mass media have described the conflict as both "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide." - Wikipedia

This film focuses on the people that are living through this conflict.

Through the voices of refugees, displaced persons, and in particular women and children, who are always among the most vulnerable in any conflict situation, this film seeks to provide space for the marginalized victims of atrocities to speak and to engage with the world.

Friday, Dec. 15
6:30 pm

The Democracy Center
45 Mt. Auburn
Cambridge MA 02138

>> RSVP
>> Darfur Diaries
>> Wikipedia - Darfur Conflict

Barbie Nation

Growing up my sister and I had tons of Barbies. I remember pulling out boxes from under our beds filled with dolls, clothing, and accessories. We would create towns, homes, and lives for these dolls. We would dress them up, do their hair, and rip off their legs. The Barbie boxes quietly left our lives as we grew up, finding a home in the damp basement, and although we were not huge collectors Barbie was part of our childhood. This wed Dec. 6th the documentary about the cult of Barbie directed by Susan Stern will be shown at Harvard's Radcliffe College Room. To be followed by discussions.

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity.

"Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour."
Wed., Dec. 6
6 p.m.

Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe College Room
10 Garden St. (617) 495-8647.