Friday Night Flix

"The Secret Life of Words" (2005) a mysterious young woman (Sarah Polley) comes to an almost-deserted oil rig to care for an badly-burned worker (Tim Robbins) to prepare him to be moved to the mainland to recover. In this quiet, subtle film, the two reach across the barriers of their own backgrounds and problems to […]

Annie Hall (1977) Can a neurotic, Jewish comic from Brooklyn have a successful relationship with a card carrying WASP from the Midwest? Talk about the potential for comedy… Woody Allen and Diane Keaton star in this hilarious, yet poignant, love story of opposites attracting. This film took home the Oscar for Best Picture. (a rarity […]

Silver Streak (1974) Who doesn’t love a good “who-done-it?” On a train, no less - with non-stop humor. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor generate a comic chemistry that will leave you in stitches as they team up to catch the murderer of an art historian who was killed on the Silver Streak - the iconic, […]

Big (1988) At some point, most children have this one wish - to be “big.” Well, what if that wish came true? In this charming fantasy-comedy, a 12 year old boy makes that very wish at a carnival machine and wakes up the next morning in an adult body. But here’s the catch: On the […]

The Graduate (1967) “Plastics.” This one word may have defined an entire generation. Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a confused, recent college graduate. Complications ensue when he begins an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who just happens to be the mother of Elaine, the girl he’s fallen in love with… Admit it. Haven’t you […]

Young Frankenstein (1974) Try living down the family name when the family name is – FRANKENSTEIN! Frederick Frankenstein has spent his whole life distancing himself from his famous grandfather’s experiments – until he inherits the castle. With the help of a hunchback, a hot lab assistant and a scary housekeeper, Frederick breathes life into the […]