Come to West Center and enjoy today’s popular films! Our movies are free to members and guests. However, tickets are required. They can be obtained at any major social center. Green Valley Recreation, GVR, normally offers two movies each month, with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. and an evening show at 7:00 p.m. You can enjoy hot, fresh popcorn as well as sodas and candy for only $1.00. Save your container and we’ll refill it for only 50 cents! We even schedule a 5 to 10 minute intermission. GVR’s Advanced Sound System and Digital Video system along with our big screen make you a part of the movie.
The 2:00 p.m. movie is always shown in closed caption.
Tickets are available at all Major Centers on the first business day of each month for events not previously listed in Keeping Current.
Please note: Movie Tickets are free to members and guests. A $1.00 donation is suggested to help defray licensing costs.
Gravity, Monday, March 24, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. (open captioning) and 7:00 p.m., West Center. Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Rated PG-13, 91 minutes. Warner Brothers, 2013. CR# 30173/30174. Tickets are free to members and their guests. Concessions available.
About Time, April 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m. (open captioning) and 7:00 p.m., West Center.
At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. Tim uses his gift to find the perfect girlfriend and make his world a better place. But despite his gift, Tim finds that his special ability can’t shield him and those he loves from the problems of ordinary life. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. Directed by Richard Curtis. Rated R, 123 minutes, Universal Pictures, 2013. CR#30217/30218. Tickets are free to members and their guests. Concessions available.
Austenland, Monday, April 21, 2014, 2:00 p.m. (open captioning) and 7:00 p.m., West Center. Austenland is a romantic comedy about Jane Hayes, a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: an obsession with Jane Austen. Jane Hayes is so taken with Jane Austen’s novels that she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen crazed women. Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined. Starring Keri Russell and JJ Field. Directed by Jerusha Hess. Rated PG-13, 97 minutes. Sony Pictures Classics, 2013. CR# 30175/30176. Tickets are free to members and their guests. Concessions available.
Dallas Buyers Club, April 30, 2014, 2:00 p.m. (open captioning) and 7:00 p.m., West Center. Ron Woodroof, an electrician, hustler and bull rider lives a hard life of drinking, drugs and sex. An accident at work sends him to the hospital where he learns that he has AIDS. Once he accepts his diagnosis, Ron focuses on survival and living beyond the 30 days he is given. He looks for alternative treatments and, ultimately, better ways to treat the disease and helps others get the medication they need to survive. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Rated R for language, strong sexual contact, nudity and drug use, 117 minutes, Focus Features, 2013. CR#30219/30220. Tickets are free to members and their guests. Concessions available.