Thursday Night Movies

Nov. 7, 2024 – “Murder By Death”

The world’s greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? You are cordially invited to join an all-star cast featuring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Peter Falk, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Eileen Brennan, Nancy Walker, James Cromwell and Estelle Winwood for Neil Simon’s hilarious murder-mystery spoof. The isolated mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) is the setting for the twisted puzzler. Twain informs his guests that one of them will be murdered at the stroke of midnight. The pay-off: $1 million to whoever lives through the night. MURDER BY DEATH neatly lampoons both the mystery genre and the characterizations of these instantly recognizable gumshoes.  (C) (1976) (1h 34m) (PG).

Nov. 14, 2024  –  “Keeping Mum”

In this comedy, Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson), vicar of the British village Little Wallop, is busy composing the perfect sermon. So busy, in fact, that he fails to notice his bored wife’s (Kristin Scott Thomas) flirtation with her American golf instructor (Patrick Swayze), his daughter’s revolving set of boyfriends, or his son’s status as the favorite target of bullies. Enter Grace Hawkins (Maggie Smith), the new housekeeper, who has unique solutions to the family’s problems. (C) (2007) (1h 43m) (R).

Nov. 21, 2024  –  “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

An award-winning, all-star cast, led by Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Smith, lights up this buoyant comedy laced with genuine emotion.  When seven cash-strapped seniors decide to “outsource” their retirement to a resort in far-off India, friendship and romance blossom in the most unexpected ways.  Smart, life-affirming and genuinely charming, this is a “true classic that reminds us that it’s never too late to find love and a fresh beginning at any age.  (C) (2012) (2H-4M) (PG-13). 

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