Film

Nuggets from the Nugget, 8/13-19

Telluride's Nugget Theatre is back to being a movie theatre this week. The movie of the week is "Inception" for all showings.

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Christopher Nolan's ("Memento") movie about a corporate thief who invades minds to steal their ideas. Now, as a final job to save himself, he must implant an idea. The movie is likened to a maze, and expect to be lost in time and space. "Inception" is rated PG13.

See below for showtimes, and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

Nuggets from the Nugget, 8/6-12/2010

Telluride's Nugget Theatre will be busy with music during the Telluride Jazz Celebration this weekend, Friday through Sunday.

On Monday, it's back to movies. "Despicable Me" (rated PG) returns for two showings a day through Thursday. See last week's "Nuggets" for a description.

The late movie, Monday-Thursday, is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (PG), a Disney movie that gives a nod to the old Disney masterpiece, "Fantasia". Only the older audience members will remember Mickey Mouse doing battle with enchanted brooms and buckets. I personally remember nightmares about that sequence. In this case, we are talking about Nicholas Cage as a good magician with a young apprentice who has the "Gift". Together they must prevent bad magicians from the time of King Arthur gaining power in today's world. Got it?

See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: July 30-August 5, 2010

Telluride's Nugget Theatre is screening two movies the week of Friday, July 30 to Thursday, August 5. "Knight and Day" is a holdover from last week. The action movie stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, and is rated PG13.

"Despicable Me" is an animated film with some great voices, an improbable super-villain, three orphan girls in search of a dad, and a plot to steal the moon. What could possibly go wrong? It is rated PG.

For movietimes, see below; for trailers and reviews, see the Nugget website.

Nuggets from the Nugget: July 23-29, 2010

If you missed "Toy Story 3" or "Knight and Day" at Telluride's Nugget Theatre last week, you have another chance. See last week's post.

New at the Nugget this week is "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse", rated PG13. Set in Seattle, this third film in a  series pits a 109-year-old vampire against a werewolf for the affections of a young woman. Lots of vampires around the past few seasons, and some werewolves to add a little heat to the chill of the undead probably is a good idea.

On Thursday, July 29,  Paragon/Bootdoctors presents "Ride the Divide", a feature length documentary about the longest mountain bike race.

See below for movietimes, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

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.

Nuggets from the Nugget: 7/9-15

Telluride's Nugget Theatre is screening two films for the week of Friday, July 9 through Thursday, July 15, both rated PG13.

"Grown Ups" concerns a group of school friends who won a basketball championship getting together 30 years later. Kids, wives and a lake house all figure. Not the kind of movie likely to garner a lot of favorable critical review, but a lot of movie goers enjoyed it. Give it a shot for some easy laughs.

"The A Team" is back, and they've been framed, convicted for a crime they didn't commit. Jailed, they bust out, rejoin, and mayhem follows. Critics weren't too impressed, but "The A Team" seems to be an audience hit. Lots of action, violence; don't search too hard for the message.

See below for movietimes, the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

Nuggets from the Nugget, 7/2-8

For the week of Friday, July 2 through Thursday, July 8 Telluride's Nugget Theatre is presenting two movies, "The Secret of Kells" and "Prince of Persia."

"The Secret of Kells" was nominated for an Oscar as Best Animated Feature. We have come to think of animation as a 3D concept, but properly done, flat drawings can engage at least as well as the "Transformer" variety. From the trailers, I would say that "Kells" does that. The art work is beautiful: Remember "The Man Who Planted Trees"? That movie was what I thought of when I watched the clips of "The Secret of Kells." The story is about a young Irish monk and a magical book, a hero's quest, and is rated PG.

Another hero's quest, a magical dagger, a rogue prince, a mysterious princess (always about to be kissed), the sands of time: "Prince of Persia" promises plently of action, a fair amount of violence, and is rated PG13. Your Gameboy playing 14 year old will probably love it.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for showtimes.