[bscb-announce] DVS & RWC Movies in MA for the week of September 16-22, 2011

[KIMCHARLSON at comcast.net]

DVS AND RWC MOVIES IN MA FOR THE WEEK OF September 16 – 22, 2011 

Note: I went to see “The Help” at the Boston Fenway theater. Good audio-description at that theater. But what do you do when the battery to your headset dies during the movie? Here is a tip: If you have your cell phone, call the theater’s customer service number, politely inform them that the headset battery has died and ask them to bring you a new headset. Let them know which auditorium you are in and what row you are sitting in and let them know that you are blind and need a new headset for the audio described version. They will come to you if you are nice about it. It happened twice to us and they did come to exchange headsets. Vicki.
 
**Note: The AMC Movie theaters will not be showing audio-described movies for the next several weeks as they received new equipment that is not compatible with the audio equipment. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.  Vicki

 American Repertory Theater Announces Schedule for American Sign Language Interpreted and Audio Described Performances of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess 

Cambridge, Mass — American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has scheduled two American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performances and two audio described performances of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess during the month of September.

Dates are as follows:

Audio described performances: Tuesday, September 20 at 7:30 pm and Wednesday, September 21at 7:30 pm, with audio describers Jan Stankus and Alice Austin. The audio described performances will be preceded by a touch tour of the production set model. Attendees for the audio described performances are encouraged to arrive one hour prior to curtain.Tickets can be purchased for ASL interpreted and for Audio Described performances by calling the A.R.T. box office at 617.547.8300 or by emailing the box office at boxoffice at amrep.org and requesting designated seats for the nights of the ASL interpreted or audio described performances.

Large format programs, hearing loops, and assistive listening devices are available for use at every performance.


Audio Describer Team Biographies

Alice Austin has been describing visual media for people who are blind and visually impaired for eleven years. Beginning at WGBH’s Descriptive Video Service, she described countless hours of film and television programming, including The Sixth Sense, You’ve got Mail, Dracula, The Cider House Rules, and PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, NOVA, and Mystery. Alice also provided live description for PBS’s coverage of the 2000 Presidential Inauguration.  As a freelance audio describer, Alice has described museum exhibits, works of art, presentations, and educational videos, and provided live description of the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Her extensive work describing theatre has been heard at such venues as The Weston Playhouse, The Huntington Theatre Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, The Wang Center, The Colonial Theatre, The Opera House, and New Repertory Theatre.

For more than a dozen years, Jan Stankus has provided description for television shows and feature films.  Among her many TV and film credits are Frontline, NOVA, PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, Simply Ming, CSI, Covert Affairs, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Arthur, Dora the Explorer, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Shrek, and Tarzan.  She also provides description for art exhibits, theme parks, national parks, museums, self-guided tours, and more.  Her clients include Disney World and Disneyland, Patriot's Place Museum, Acadia National Park, the Capitol Visitor Center, and Florida's Peninsula Project sculpture exhibit.  In addition, she has presented live description for theatre productions at The Wang Center, Shakespeare on the Common, The Huntington Theatre Company, and on board cruise ships.  She is currently employed as a Describer by Descriptive Video Service, Media Access Group, WGBH.

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, with choreography by Ronald K. Brown, began previews on August 17 and opens for the reviewing press on August 31 at 7pm.  Performances are at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. 

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess began its life as DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy, which he and his wife Dorothy Heyward adapted into a play.  George Gershwin wanted to write an American opera — a piece that would infuse classical musical tradition with what he considered the vigor of blues and jazz, two distinctly American musical forms.  He found in Porgy the perfect vehicle, and with Heyward as librettist and Ira Gershwin as lyricist, Gershwin's new opera had its premiere in Boston's Colonial Theater on September 30, 1935. Broadway performances followed featuring a cast of classically trained African-American singers — a daring and visionary artistic choice at the time.  

This classic American tale tells the story of the beautiful and troubled Bess, who turns to Porgy, the crippled beggar, in search of safety after her possessive lover Crown commits murder. As Porgy and Bess’s love grows, their future is threatened by Crown and the conniving Sportin' Life. The heartbreaking love story is set in the late 1930s in Catfish Row, a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina and boasts some of the most famous and beloved works from the Great American Songbook including  “Summertime,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So," and “I Loves You, Porgy.” 

Creating a new version of Gershwin’s renowned Porgy and Bess is a privilege bestowed upon Diane Paulus and the A.R.T by the estates of George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward in their desire to take the work from the opera house to the musical stage and its popular roots. The new production maintains the original setting and includes all of the great and beloved songs.

Led by Audra McDonald as Bess and Norm Lewis as Porgy, the Company includes David Alan Grier as Sporting Life, Joshua Henry as Jake, Phillip Boykin as Crown, Nikki Renée Daniels as Clara, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Maria, Cedric Neal as Frazier, J.D. Webster as Mingo, Heather Hill as Lily, Phumzile Sojola as Peter, Nathaniel Stampley as Robbins, Joseph Dellger as the Coroner, and Christopher Innvar as the Detective. The ensemble also includes Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Alicia Hall Moran, Andrea Jones-Sojola, and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson. Set design is by Riccardo Hernandez (Il Postino at LA Opera, Washington Opera, and Le Chatelet, Paris; numerous productions at A.R.T.), costume design by Project Runway finalist ESosa, lighting design by Christopher Akerlind (Tony Award for The Light in the Piazza; The Seagull, Britannicus and others at A.R.T.), sound by Acme Sound Partners, and casting by Telsey + Company. Orchestration is by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, the Music Supervisor is David Loud, and the conductor is Sheilah Walker.

This production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess is being presented in association with Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel.


For further information call 617-547-8300 or visit http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org

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Broadway in Boston Presents

SOUTH PACIFIC
Audio Described Performance
Sunday, October 2 at 1 PM
Boston Opera House

Get Tickets - $33
By Email: ADABoston at BroadwayInBoston.com By Phone: (617)880-2419. Please leave a detailed message including a phone number and information regarding what kind of special seating need you have. 
By TTY: (617)426-3444.

"Four stars! GORGEOUS! SOUTH PACIFIC DOESN'T JUST FLOAT; IT SOARS!" - Elysa Gardner, USA Today "I know we're not supposed to expect perfection in this imperfect world, but I'm darned if I can find one serious flaw in this production." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times

A SHOW YOU WILL REMEMBER FOREVER!" - Michael Sommers, Star-Ledger

"Simply Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!" hails the New York Post for the breathtaking new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC. A stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, SOUTH PACIFIC swept the 2008 Tony(r) Awards, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. The beloved score's songs include "Some Enchanted Evening," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair," "This Nearly Was Mine" and "There is Nothin' Like a Dame." USA Today cheers, "! Gorgeous! SOUTH PACIFIC doesn't just float; it soars!"

This breathtaking new production of SOUTH PACIFIC is based on the 2008 Tony Award(r) winning Lincoln Center Theater production, directed by Bartlett Sher.
 
SOUTH PACIFIC runs 3 Hours with a 15 minute Intermission Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111 

 
Audio Described prime time shows on WGBH this week:

Sunday, September 18
NOVA: "Smartest Machine on Earth"
Masterpiece Mystery!: "Inspector Lewis: Wild Justice"
Nature: "Supersize Crocs"


Below is a list of CBS programs with DVS®. Please check your local CBS station listings for exact broadcast times.

NCIS (Tues @ 8:00 PM)
NCIS LA (Tues @ 9:00 PM)
Criminal Minds (Wed @ 9:00 PM)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Thurs @ 8:00 PM)
Flashpoint (Fri @8:00 PM)

 
NOTE: If a movie shows the sentence “RWC in Digital Projection”, this means that it is only being show in RWC even if it is normally an audio described movie (Such as Harry Potter). The Digital movies can not handle DVS at this time although it is being worked on.


All show times are obtained from the theater websites, unless otherwise indicated.

 

BELLINGHAM - REGAL CINEMAS
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* OC ONLY (Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
in Auditorium 15 Customer Service 508-966-5096
259 HARTFORD AVE
Bellingham MA 02019


BLACKSTONE VALLEY - CINEMA de LUX
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY (Described Audio, Rear Window Captioned)
Customer service 508-865-7184 Shown in Auditorium 3 Intersection of Routes 146 and 122-A The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley, Millbury, MA 01527

 
BOSTON - BOSTON COMMON AMC-Loews
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVIE DUE TO NEW EQUIPEMENT THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AUDIO DESCRIPTION. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 
(PER CALL TO THEATER)
DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned) Customer service 617-423-5801 Shown in Auditorium 4
175 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111

 

BOSTON - FENWAY REGAL CINEMA
COLOMBIANA (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Auditorium 2
201 Brookline Avenue, Boston MA 02215
617-424-6111 (Customer Service)

 
BRAINTREE – AMC BRAINTREE 10
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned) Shown in Auditorium 10 Customer service: 781-356-0112
121 Grandview Rd., Braintree, MA 02184


AMC BURLINGTON 10
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned) Auditorium 10 20 South Ave.
Burlington
781-229-1931


CAMBRIDGE - AMC Harvard Square 5
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS (PER CALL TO THEATER)  DA & CC (Described Audio, Closed Captioned)  Shown in Auditorium 1 10 Church St., Cambridge
617-864-4581 (voice)


CAPE COD MALL - HYANNIS REGAL CINEMA
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Cape Cod Mall Regal Theater
793 Iyannough Road (Route 132), Hyannis, MA 02601 Theatre entrance and closest parking is on the Rt. 28 side of the mall, next to the Sears store.
508-771-7872(Customer Service)


DANVERS - AMC Loews Liberty Tree Mall 20 COWBOYS & ALIENS (RATED PG-13) (PER CALL TO THEATER – SUPPOSEDLY THEY AREN’T HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT, BUT CALL FIRST TO MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING) DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned) Auditorium 14 100 Independence Way Danvers
978-750-9785 (voice)


DEDHAM - National Amusements Showcase Cinema de Lux Legacy Place
THE HELP (RATED PG-13)
* RWC ONLY IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Customer service (781-326-7626) Shown in Auditorium 5 & 8 670 Legacy Place, Dedham
781 326-7626 (voice)


FOXBORO-SHOWCASE CINEMA DE LUX PATRIOT
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
 * RWC ONLY IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned Customer service (508-543-1450) Shown in Auditorium 3 & 4
24 Patriot Place Foxboro, MA 02035
508 543-1450 (Customer Service)


FRAMINGHAM - AMC 16
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO (PER CALL TO THEATER) DVS & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned) Customer service (508-875-6151) Shown in Auditorium 15
22 Flutie Pass, Framingham, MA
508-875-6151 (Customer Service)

 
HARWICH 6 REGAL CINEMAS
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 to Thurs 9/22
195 Route 137
East Harwich MA 02645
508-430-1162

 
KINGSTON REGAL CINEMA
BUCKY LARSON: A STAR IS BORN (RATED R)
* OC ONLY (Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* OC ONLY (Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Auditorium 14
Independence Mall Customer Service: 781-582-2002



LANESBORO REGAL CINEMA
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* OC ONLY (Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Auditorium 10 Berkshire Mall
Customer Service: 413-499-3106



LAWRENCE – SHOWCASE CINEMA
THE DEBT (RATED R)- 2ND WEEK
* RWC ONLY (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Shown in Auditorium 13
6 Chickering St., Lawrence
Customer Service: 978-686-7881

 

LOWELL - SHOWCASE CINEMA
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

THE HELP (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned) Shown in Auditorium 8 & 14 Customer service (978-551-0060)
32 Reiss Avenue, Lowell, MA


MARLBOROUGH REGAL CINEMA
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Stadium 15 Solomon Pond
Customer Service: 508-229-8871


MASHPEE COMMONS 6 REGAL CINEMAS
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Video, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Thurs 9/22
Steeple St.and Market St.
15 Steeple Street Mashpee, MA 02649
508-477-1799


METHUEN - AMC 20
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO (PER CALL TO THEATER) DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioning) Shown in Auditorium 5.
Customer Service (978-738-8942)
90 Pleasant Valley Street Route 213 between I-93 and I-495 - Methuen, MA 01844

 
NORTH ATTLEBORO – SHOWCASE CINEMA
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DVS & RWC (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY(Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Movies shown in Auditoriums 10 & 11.
Customer Service (508-695-2332)
640 S. Washington St., North Attleboro.

 
NORTH FALMOUTH – REGAL NICKELODEON 5
THE DEPT (RATED R)- 2ND WEEK
* OC ONLY (Described Audio and Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 – Thurs 9/22
742 Nathan S. Ellis Hwy., Falmouth, MA 02540
508-563-7554


RANDOLPH - SHOWCASE CINEMAS
COLOMBIANA (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Customer Service (781-963-7330) Shown in Auditorium 3 & 4
73 Mazzeo Drive, Randolph MA.


REVERE - SHOWCASE CINEMA
COLOMBIANA (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Customer service (781-284-5700) Shown in Auditorium 4 & 9
565 Squire Road, Revere MA

 
SEEKONK SHOWCASE CINEMAS THEATER
CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
* RWC ONLY IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

THE DEBT (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Auditorium 2 & 10
100 Commerce Way, Route 6 Seekonk, MA 02771
800-315-4000


W. SPRINGFIELD – RAVE CINEMAS – RWC ONLY
Customer service 413-733-8311
Shown in Auditorium 9
864 Riverdale Street, West Springfield MA
 

SWANSEA REGAL CINEMAS
THE HELP (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Stadium 12
207 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea MA 02777
Customer Service: 508-674-6500

 
TAUNTON REGAL CINEMA
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Stadium 10
Silver City Galleria
Customer Service: 508-821-4561

 
AMC TYNGSBORO 12
NO AUDIO DESCRIBED MOVING DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE NEW EQUIPEMENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO (PER CALL TO THEATER) 
DV & CC (Described Video, Closed Captioned)
440 Middlesex Rd.
Tyngsboro, MA 01879


WESTBOROUGH REGAL CINEMA
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Fri 9/16 - Mon 9/19

CONTAGION (RATED PG-13)
DA & OC (Described Audio, Open Captioned)
Tues 9/20 – Thurs 9/22
Shown in Stadium 12
Customer Service: 508-366-6257


WOBURN – SHOWCASE CINEMAS
STRAW DOGS (RATED R)
* RWC ONLY (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)

THE HELP (RATED PG-13)
* RWC IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Movies shown in Auditorium 11 & 14.
Customer Service (781-933-5138)
25 Middlesex Canal Pkwy, Woburn.

 

WORCESTER NORTH - SHOWCASE CINEMAS
THE HELP (RATED PG-13)
* RWC ONLY IN DIGITAL PROJECTION (Described Video, Rear Window Captioned)
Movies shown in Auditorium 2 & 14.
Customer service 508-852-2944
135 Brooks Street, Worcester MA


BOSTON - Museum of Science
Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
information at mos.org
617-723-2500
617-589-0417 (TTY)


Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Opens Saturday, October 01, 2011
Take a journey to a place where nature enchants the eye with magnificent scenery—and where life triumphs season after season over fierce conditions and overwhelming challenges. 
As Alaska's rhythms shift from harsh winter to gloriously intense summer, all its inhabitants—fish, bird, and mammal alike—partake feverishly of the seasonal abundance while it lasts. Grizzlies fish for up to 20 hours a day; moose graze pond bottoms; salmon struggle upstream to spawn; humpbacks, orcas, and blue whales feed on rich supplies of plankton, fish, and sea lions. Witness it all, savoring the persistent pulse of life that animates a land rich in history, spectacle, and beauty. 
Audio Described and Closed Captioned. 


CORAL REEF ADVENTURE
Follow the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall.
The Halls guide us to the islands and sun-drenched waters of the South Pacific, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Tahiti and the mysterious depths of Rangiroa Atoll, to document the health and beauty of coral reefs.
On the giant screen, you'll feel like you're diving and exploring right alongside them!
Audio Described and Closed Captioned
SCHEDULE
September 16, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
September 17, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
September 18, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 19, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 20, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 21, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 22, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m.
September 23, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
September 24, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
September 25, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 26, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 27, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 28, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 29, 2011: 11:00 a.m.
September 30, 2011: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.


 
GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST
Opens Saturday, October 01, 2011
Explore the beautiful Greek islands and the roots of the Golden Age of Greece as we will follow a team of archaeologists piecing together the puzzles of ancient history and learn how the field of archeology has progressed. See how the island of Santorini—possibly home of Atlantis—was formed and how the island's volcanic eruption, one of the biggest explosions in Earth's history, occurred. Innovative computer graphic imaging (CGI) will restore the Parthenon to its original glory, showcasing how the ancient monument once looked. The film will also trace some of our modern society's customs: democracy, medicine, athletics and theater as we are transported on a modern-day journey through time and place. 
AUDIO DESCRIBED AND CLOSED CAPTIONED


TORNADO ALLEY
Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding science adventure. Feel the adrenaline and experience the science as Tornado Alley reveals the beauty and untamed power of breathtaking weather events.
Audio Described & Closed Captioned.
SCHEDULE:
September 16, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
September 17, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
September 18, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 19, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 20, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 21, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 22, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 23, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
September 24, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
September 25, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 26, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 27, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 28, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 29, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
September 30, 2011: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
October 1, 2011: 9:00 p.m.
October 5, 2011: 1:00 p.m.
October 8, 2011: 9:00 p.m.
October 14, 2011: 1:00 p.m.

 
MOVIE DESCRIPTIONS:

BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (* RWC/OC)
Rated R as contains language, some nudity and pervasive crude sexual content; Running time: 1 Hour, 36 Min.
Synopsis:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Cast: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson, Stephen Dorff, Ido Mosseri
Genres: Sex Comedy, Comedy


COLOMBIANA (DVS/RWC)
Rated PG-13 as contains violence, disturbing images, intense sequences of action, sexuality and brief strong language; Running time: 1 Hour, 47 Min.
Synopsis: 
Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg, Michael Vartan
Genres: Action


CONTAGION (DVS/RWC)
Rated PG-13 as contains disturbing content and some language; Running time: 1 Hour, 45 Min.
Synopsis:
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband (Matt Damon) that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger (Jude Law) fans the flames of paranoia.
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan
Genres: Action Thriller, Action


CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (DVS/RWC)
Rated PG-13 as contains coarse humor, sexual content and language;  Running time: 1 Hour, 57 Min. 
Synopsis:
At 40-something, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream-good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily, has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his "perfect" life quickly unravels. Cal is taken on as wingman and protégé to handsome, thirty-something player Jacob Palmer. Jacob opens Cal's eyes to the many options before him: flirty women, manly drinks and a sense of style that can't be found at Supercuts or The Gap. Cal's son is crazy about his 17-year-old babysitter, who harbors a crush on Cal. And despite Cal's makeover and his many new conquests, the one thing that can't be made over is his heart, which seems to keep leading him back to where he began. 
Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton.
Genres: Comedy


THE DEBT (* RWC/OC ONLY)
Rated R as contains some violence and language; Running time: 1 Hour, 44 Min
Synopsis:
The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio (Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, and Sam Worthington) tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel (Jesper Christensen) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished – or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations.  
Cast: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas.
Genres: Psychological Thriller,  Spy Thriller


 
THE HELP (DVS/RWC)
Rated PG-13 as contains thematic material ; Running time: 2 Hours, 17 Min.
Synopsis: 
The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, Academy Award®–nominated Viola Davis as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times. 
Cast: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia L. Spencer, Jessica Chastain
Genres: Period Film, Drama

 
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DVS/RWC)
Rated PG-13 as contains violence and intense/frightening sequences; Running time: 1 Hour, 50 Min. 
Synopsis:
Will Rodman (James Franco), a scientist in San Francisco, is experimenting with a drug that he hopes will cure his father's (John Lithgow) Alzheimer's. After his work is deemed a failure, Will becomes the guardian of Caesar, an infant chimp who was exposed to Will's drug in utero. Caesar displays unusual intelligence, and Will decides to continue his experiments in secret. But, as Caesar's intellect and abilities grow, he comes to represent a threat to man's dominion over Earth. 
Cast: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Richard Ridings, Chris Gordon, Devyn Dalton, Jay Caputo
Genres: Sci-Fiction, Action


STRAW DOGS (* RWC/CC ONLY)
Rated R as contains strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language; Running time: 1 Hour, 50 Min.
Synopsis: 
L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Cast: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell 
Genre: Thriller