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The Maple Theater will be screening Elsa and Fred on November 4th at 7:30pm , before it premieres in theaters, as part of its New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS), and five of my lucky readers can win a pair of tickets to see it for free. The cast in this film looks great, with Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer as the leads, and Marcia Gay Harden in a supporting role. {to purchase tickets ahead of time for the movie, click here } Official synopsis: ELSA AND FRED is the story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred (Christopher Plummer) feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter (Marcia Gay Harden) helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa (Shirley MacLaine). From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred’s life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live—be it more or less—is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pl...

The Maple Theater will be screening A Thousand Times Good Night on October 21st at 7:30pm , before it premieres in theaters, as part of its New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS), and five of my lucky readers can win a pair of tickets to see it for free. I liked Juliette Binoche a lot in Words and Pictures  this year, too, so I'm excited to see her in this movie. {to purchase tickets ahead of time for the movie, click here } Official synopsis: Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) levels an ultimatum: give up the dangerous profession or lose the family she...

One of the movies coming out next month (October 2014) that I'm very excited about is Gone Girl  - not only does it have a great cast (Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike), but I have read the book and it's one that still sticks in my mind, two years later. The Maple Theater will be screening the film on October 2nd at 8:00pm , before it premieres in theaters, as part of its New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS), and five of my lucky readers can win a pair of tickets to see it for free. {to purchase tickets ahead of time for Gone Girl at the Maple, click here } PLEASE NOTE: THIS MOVIE SCREENING HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 10/1 AT 7:30PM TO THURSDAY, 10/2 AT 8PM. Official synopsis: Directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pres...