thePULSEThe following films will be shown at the Seelos Theater at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are FREE and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call the Seelos Theater Box Office at 508-793-2455.
Lincoln
Wednesday, April 3, at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Strathairn. Produced by Steven Spielberg and nominated for 12 Oscars, this biography covers the last four months of Lincoln’s life including the hardest decision Lincoln ever had to make: end slavery or end the war.
Killing Them Softly
Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April. 6, at 7 p.m. Rated R.
Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. In this “kill-or-be-killed” crime thriller, Jackie (Pitt) is a mob enforcer who is called in to clean up a mess after an underworld card game robbery. The heist starts a chain of events whereas if you know too much, you’re out.
Life of Pi
Wednesday, April 10, at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG.
Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Adil Hussain. Nominated for 11 Oscars, this fantasy adventure revolves around Pi (Sharma) and his survival after being stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a very unusual boat guest, a Bengal tiger!
The Hobbit
Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.
Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage. Take a journey with Bilbo Baggins (Freeman) and a group of dwarves as they attempt to reclaim their stolen mountain home. With many obstacles to conquer along the way, including giant spiders, goblins, sorcerers, creatures, and even a dragon, the adventure requires much courage and strength from Bilbo.
The Sessions
Wednesday, April 17, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Rated R.
Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William Macy. Based on a true story, Mark O’Brien (Hawkes) is a journalist and poet, paralyzed from the neck down by polio and has breathed with an iron lung much of his life. He’s very accomplished in all aspects of life, except for one. With the help of his priest, therapist and a sex surrogate, he journeys into manhood.
Ruby Sparks
Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, at 7 p.m. Rated R.
Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan and Annette Bening. This romantic comedy revolves around Calvin Weir-Fields (Dano), who creates an imaginary girlfriend named Ruby Sparks (Kazen), who comes to life through Calvin’s writing. As only Calvin has the power to control her, things get pretty complicated for the couple.
Silver Linings Playbook
Wednesday, April 24, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Rated R.
Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Pat Solitary (Cooper) is just released from a mental health facility and moves back in with his parents after finding out that his wife has left him. He enlists help to try and get his wife back, but love intervenes.
Django Unchained
Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Rated R.
Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. Set in 1858, Django, a freed slave, teams up with a bounty hunter, to free his wife, who is enslaved by a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Les Miserables
Wednesday, May 1, at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried. Winner of a Golden Globe award for “Best Motion Picture,” and based upon the 1862 French Novel, Jean Valjean (Jackman) is released from prison and becomes a new man with a very successful life. It’s fate when he meets the very ill Fantine (Hathaway) of which he promises to raise her daughter, Cosette (Seyfried).
This is 40
Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Rated R.
Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann and Maude Apatow. A comedy sequel to the film “Knocked Up,” the movie continues to follow the lives of Pete (Rudd) and Debbie (Mann) as they turn 40 and deal with jobs and raising children.
