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The Savages Thursday, April 3 8 10 12 An Academy-Award-nominated film for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress, The Savages is a touching family drama with just a hint of comedy thrown in. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney play a brother and sister who come together to take care of their elderly father. The movie explores all the pains that come with dealing with some of life’s inevitable unpleasantries, like taking care of an ailing parent. Along the way, the two siblings learn how to better deal with their own problems. An extremely well made movie with a great cast that deals with core family values in a sensitive and caring way, The Savages is enough to make the typical Rambo moviegoer puke.

Juno Friday, April 4 8 10 12 Starring Ellen Page in the lead role as Juno, along with supporting actors such as Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman, Juno is the story of a pregnant teenager and her decision to give her baby up for adoption. The plot follows Juno through the emotional turmoil of understanding her feelings for her baby’s father, finding the right adoptive parents, and giving her baby away. Apart from receiving high critical acclaim for its plot and acting, Juno also won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Actress, Best Directing, and Best Picture.

The Golden Compass Saturday, April 5 8 10 12 Based on the book Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass is a sci-fi/fantasy flick that creates a fantastic parallel universe in which people’s souls live outside their bodies in the form of dæmons. The plot follows the story of Lyra, an orphan girl who lives in this parallel universe that, currently, is under the autocratic control of an organization called the Magisterium. Lyra is out to rescue her best friend Roger, who has been kidnapped, and travels towards the Northern Lights to find him. The movie boasts a star-studded cast with the new 007 Daniel Craig and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman (Best Actress, The Hours) playing crucial roles.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Sunday, April 6 8 10 12 Adapted from the cult television hit Mystery Science Theater 3000, the movie stars the leading actors from the sitcom. A sci-fi comedy, the movie depicts a mad scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, forcing the heroes of the movie to watch a terrible sci-fi thriller This Island Earth (the movie inside the movie) in order to weaken them. An interesting fact about Mystery Science Theater 3000 (the movie) is that it is actually several minutes shorter than one television episode.