Thursday, June 05, 2003
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Film: Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

Brain Dead

(R, 85 min.) Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton star in Adam Simon's 1990 schlock-horror/psychological thriller, produced by B-flick king Roger Corman's daughter Julie, about a brain doctor (Pullman) trying to save his sanity from megalomanic brother Paxton's corporation, which is planning to open a nationwide chain of brain-bending clinics. With Patricia Charbonneau, Bud Cort, George Kennedy. B-Movie Night, Cafe Espresso Roma, 4440 S. Maryland Pkwy., 369-1540, free. Thu., June 5 9 p.m. (Next week's movie: The Bad Seed, 1956)

Starlight Movie Series

Family flicks al fresco at Martin Luther King Park, Carey Avenue at Christy Lane, free. Advance program details unavailable for contractual reasons. Info: 455-8278. Fri., June 6 8:30 p.m.

Hook

(PG, 144 min.) Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts (as Tinkerbell) topline Steven Spielberg's 1991 version of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, with Williams as the heartless corporate raider getting in touch with his inner Pan and returning to Neverland where his children have been kidnapped by dastardly Capt. Dustin. With Glenn Close, Bob Hoskins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Maggie Smith. Moonlight, Movies and Music series, Rainbow Library Amphitheatre, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 507-3710, free. Bring picnic, lawn chair/blanket (but no alcohol, glass or pets please). Mon., June 9 8 p.m.

Up to a Certain Point

(NR, 68 min.) [Hasta cierto punto] NOTBAD (Nevadans Organized to Better Address Diversity) continues its Tomás Gutiérrez Alea retrospective with the legendary Cuban filmmaker's 1983 drama about an idealistic director who falls for a female worker from the Havana docks. Aiming to expose the hypocrisy of Cuban macho attitudes, he instead finds himself hoist on his philandering petard. With Oscar Alvarez, Mirta Ibarra, Omar Valdés, Coralie Veloz. [Spanish dialogue, English subtitles] Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., 507-3459, free. Tue., June 10 7:15 p.m.

Free Family Film Series

Regal Cinemas Boulder Station, Colonnade, Sunset Station, Texas Station. Program details: 221-2283. Tue/Wed June 10-11 10:00 a.m.--AA