Underdog

Underdog PosterThe weekend of September 7 there's no need to fear! Underdog is here!

How many of us remember that from when we were growing up? Now Underdog is on the big screen and in live action. He will be coming to the Ambridge Family Theatre this weekend.

Underdog is the joke of the K-9 squad after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. He is abducted by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. A security guard at the laboratory finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his son (Alex Neuberger). The movie follows.

  • Dates: 9/7/07 - 9/9/07
  • Rating: PG
  • Length: 1 hour 24 minutes (plus trailers)
Showtimes
  • Friday: 7:10, 9:40
  • Saturday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40
  • Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10

The Simpsons

The Simpsons Movie PosterThe weekend of August 31 we will be bringing you everyone's favorite yellow cartoon characters in The Simpsons Movie.

Homer lovable ways and love of the donut has created an ecological disaster in Springfield. Brave man that he is, he takes it on himself to save his family and the town. Join us as the Simpsons jump from to the big screen.

  • Dates: 8/31/07 - 9/2/07
  • Rating: PG13
  • Length: 1 hour 27 minutes (plus trailers)
Showtimes
  • Friday: 7:10, 9:40
  • Saturday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40
  • Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard PosterThe weekend of August 24 we are happy to be showing the newest Bruce Willis film, Live Free or Die Hard.

After twelve years, John McClane is back as evil genius Thomas Gabriel plans to send the U.S. into chaos on the Independence Day by taking down its infrastructure. McClane gets involved while transporting a prisoner - a computer hacker by the name of Matt Farrell. Then, it gets personal when Gabriel kidnaps McClane's daughter. Replete with the humor, action, and violence we've come to know and love in a Die Hard movie, come, have some fun, and get your heart racing.

  • Dates: 8/24/07 - 8/26/07
  • Rating: PG13
  • Length: 2 hour 10 minutes (plus trailers)
Showtimes
  • Friday: 7:10, 9:40
  • Saturday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40
  • Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10

Transformers

Transformers PosterThe weekend of August 17 we be presenting the Transformers.

The Transformers are back, and back with power. There are two groups of transformers. The Autobots, who are led by Optimus Prime, are the good guys. The Decepticons, led by Megatron, are the bad guys. The dream of the Decepticons is to gain control of the Allspark, a talisman that gives the being who controls it supreme power.

Teenager Sam Witwicky buys his first car, who is actually the Autobot Bumblebee. Bumblebee job is to defend Sam, who's eyeglasses contain a map to the Allspark, and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Decepticon Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. They are searching for the Allspark, and the war on Earth heats up as the Decepticons attack a United States military base in Qatar. Sam and Mikaela are taken by the top-secret agency Sector 7 to help stop the Decepticons, but when they learn the agency also intends to destroy the Autobots, they formulate their own plan to save the world. Sam and Mikaela find themselves in a battle between the groups that stretches from Hoover Dam to Los Angeles.

  • Dates: 8/17/07 - 8/19/07
  • Rating: PG13
  • Length: 2 hour 18 minutes (plus trailers)
Showtimes
  • Friday: 7:10, 9:40
  • Saturday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40
  • Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix PosterThe weekends of August 3 and August 10 we are happy to be bringing you Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The wizarding world invades Little Whinging as Dementors attack Harry and his cousin, Dudley. Made to stand trial for his underage use of magic to defend himself and Dudley, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year of school as Voldemort begins to reassert his power in the wizarding world. His, and Dumbledore's claim that Voldemort is back have been scoffed at as the Ministry of Magic has carried out a campaign of ridicule to convince the people that he is lying. To further their ends, the Ministry gradually assume more control over Hogwarts as things become darker while Voldemort grows stronger.

  • Dates: 8/3/07 - 8/5/07, 8/10/07 - 8/12/07
  • Rating: PG13
  • Length: 2 hour 18 minutes (plus trailers)
Showtimes
  • Friday: 7:10, 9:50
  • Saturday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:50
  • Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 7:10