Nuggets from the Nugget: 7/16-22/2010

14 Jul Nuggets from the Nugget: 7/16-22/2010

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is busy this week, primarily because Nothing is happening. The Nothing Festival, that is. To celebrate Nothing, the Nugget is showing "Karate Kid" 5 times for nothing on Friday and Saturday, July 16, 17, including a Saturday matinee. Boy, that takes me back; I mean the Saturday matinee!

Because the schedule is a bit complicated, be sure to check below the fold for movietimes and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

"Karate Kid" is a remake of the 1984 classic, and largely follows the plot line of the original: displaced kid, young love, a bully, a kindly maintenance man with a secret. This time KK is set in China, but apparently the on-location shooting is an enhancement to the film, Jackie Chan is appropriate as the kung-fu master, and according to Roger Ebert, the movie can stand on its own. Rated R.

Lots of familiar voices in "Toy Story 3" (Rated G) and the plot can probably be guessed. Andy is going off to college and Mom has issued an ultimatum: "Clean your room!" Most of the toys end up at a day care center, and the movie is about survival. 

OK, let's agree from the beginning: You're not going to see "Knight and Day" (Rated PG13) thinking you are seeing Dr, Zhivago"; it's just not that kind of movie. However, go with the idea of having an entertaining time, eat some popcorn, enjoy looking at Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise, and enjoy. Hey, it's summer movie season.

If you missed "Exit Through the Gift Shop" (Rated R) earlier this year, you have another chance. On Thursday, July 22, the Telluride Film Festival is showing the movie twice. It's a great documentary about an obsessive amateur videographer who follows and films a secretive grafitti artist, and eventually gives the world a taste of his own art.

                The Nothing Festival presents:
Fri, July 16    4:00 PM THE KARATE KID  2hr 20min  PG  FREE!
                7:00 PM THE KARATE KID  2hr 20min  PG  FREE!

Sat, July 17    2:00 PM THE KARATE KID  2hr 20min  PG  FREE!
                5:00 PM THE KARATE KID  2hr 20min  PG  FREE!
                8:00 PM THE KARATE KID  2hr 20min  PG  FREE!

Sun, July 18    5:00 PM TOY STORY 3     1hr 50min  G
        7:30 PM KNIGHT AND DAY  1hr 45min  PG-13       

Mon, July 19    5:00 PM KNIGHT AND DAY  1hr 45min  PG-13
        7:30 PM TOY STORY 3     1hr 50min  G

Tues, July 20    5:00 PM TOY STORY 3     1hr 50min  G
        7:30 PM KNIGHT AND DAY  1hr 45min  PG-13

Wed, July 21    5:00 PM KNIGHT AND DAY  1hr 45min  PG-13
        7:30 PM TOY STORY 3     1hr 50min  G

Thurs, July 22    4:00 PM TOY STORY 3     1hr 50min  G
                The Telluride Film Festival presents:
        6:30 PM EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 1hr 27min  R
                8:30 PM EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 1hr 27min  R

The Nugget Theatre
Telluride Cinemas, Inc
207 West Colorado Avenue
PO Box 1721
Telluride, CO  81435
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