The weekend of the 11th of January we are happy to be bringing you August Rush, starring Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams.

Evan is a musical prodigy. He is also an orphan who has been raised in a boys' home. At the age of 11 he begins a crusade to find his parents, believing he can communicate with them through his music. He makes his way to New York City where he encounters Wizard. Wizard tries to capitalize on Evan's talent. He give him the name August Rush and begins showcasing him all over the city. Evan never gives up on his hope of finding his parents, believing the bond of music will bring them together.

To bring in the new year we are happy to be presenting a version of the classic tale of Beowulf.

It is 507 A.D. King Hrothgar, played by Anthony Hopkins, and his people are being terrorized by the monster Grendel. Hrothgar puts out a call for a brave man to slay the monster. After some months, Beowulf, played by Ray Winstone, responds with his band of soldiers. Beowulf kills Grendel, but then, rather than killing Grendel's mother, played by Angelina Jolie, he has a tryst with her. A new curse is laid upon the land, a curse he must someday face.

Beowulf is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also worked on Polar Express. He uses some of the performance capture techniques that he used in that film to create realistic animation scenes. The film is graphic, and not suitable for young children.

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! We had a wonderful holiday with our family and hope you did, too.

This is a reminder that we will be holding Enchanted over through New Year's Day.

In Enchanted we find out what happens when the world of fairy tales, complete with princesses, princes, evil stepmothers, and helpful wildlife meets the world of today, New York City to be exact.

The beautiful princess Giselle meets and falls in love with Edward, the prince of her dreams. Upset by the romance because she sees it as a threat to her crown, the prince's evil step-mother uses her magic to have Giselle thrown from the enchanted world of the fairy tale into modern New York. Giselle has to survive our world with its apparent lack of "happily ever after" and make her way home again to her true love.

As usual at this time of the year, we are running extended hours with shows Wednesday evening and Thursday evening in addition to our normal weekend hours. Take advantage of the school break and come in to enjoy some fun, the family, and enchantment.

Our Christmas movie this year is Enchanted.

We all know and love the fairy tales that the Disney imagineers have done such wonderful work with. But what happens when the world of fairy tales meets the world of today? We find out in Enchanted.

The beautiful princess Giselle meets and falls in love with Edward, the prince of her dreams. Upset by the romance because she sees it as a threat to her crown, the prince's evil step-mother uses her magic to have Giselle thrown from the enchanted world of the fairy tale into modern New York. Giselle has to survive our world with its apparent lack of "happily ever after" and make her way home again to her true love.

As usual at this time of the year, we will be running extended hours. We will be holding Enchanted until after New Year, with shows every evening during the week in addition to our normal weekend hours. The only days we will not be running a show are Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So please, take advantage of the school break and come in to enjoy some fun, the family, and enchantment.

The weekend of December 14 we will be showing Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

Mr. Magorium (played by Dustin Hoffman) is 243 years old. He has been running his toy store, a magical place where the fish in the mobile are real, balsa wood dinosaurs play frisbee, and the bouncing balls are always trying to get away, for the past 100 years.

Mr. Magorium has just worn out his last pair of favorite shoes. Since he originally bought enough shoes to last a lifetime, he knows he is about to die. He hires an accountant to find out how much the toy store is worth before he hands it all over to his manager, Molly (played by Natalie Portman). But Molly and the store, which is quite capable of throwing a temper tantrum in a class by itself, have other ideas.