Movies This Week: Big Kevin Chronicle Innkeepers in Black

The KLRU co-sponsored Community Cinema Series at APL Windsor Park Branch is showing More Than A Month on Tuesday. This free series features light refreshments and post-film discussions with relevant organizations. But if you're looking for some classic sci-fi, you can see Blade Runner for free over at the APL Milwood Branch. 

Normally we keep Movies This Week focused on what's playing in the coming week, but since that dreaded sappy holiday is nearly upon us, I thought I should mention that the Blue Starlite Drive-In is showing a special double feature of The Princess Bride and Breakfast at Tiffany's -- and if you're at all inclined to do something on Valentine's Day and see a movie, you might want to book your reservation now. Especially since the highlight of Alamo Drafthouse's romantic fare for Feb. 14 -- also The Princess Bride, with a quote-along/feast -- unsurprisingly sold out  already (there are non-feast versions later that week).

Movies We've Seen:

We Need to Talk About Kevin -- Bleak and relentless and starring the always-mesmerizing Tilda Swinton, one of the few actors out there who can deliver a provocative performance that's equally sympathetic and repulsive, although as Elizabeth points out, "The viewer has to piece together why she's now living alone in a town full of people who detest her so strongly."  Read Elizabeth's review for more. (Alamo Lamar, Arbor)

The Woman in Black -- Life after Harry Potter for Daniel Radcliffe includes the legend of a vengeful spirit terrorizing a remote village. Debbie found that Radcliffe's omnipresence left her "a bit de-sensitized." Read Debbie's review for more. (wide)

Chronicle -- The sudden onset of superpowers genre gets a 'found footage' spin in this teen actioner.  Read J.C.'s review on Saturday. (wide)

Other Movies Opening in Austin:

Big Miracle -- Inspired by actual events of whales trapped by ice near the Arctic circle. (wide)

The Innkeepers (pictured above) -- I know, I know, it's played Austin so much in the last year at fests and special screenings, it's almost like this is a re-release, but Ti West's "old-fashioned ghost story" is finally getting a full theatrical run. (Alamo Lamar)