Upcoming movies playing the Town Hall Theatre
The Town Hall Theatre in Quincy will feature the following movie events through the end of November.
Movie show times are 7 p.m. each night, Friday through Monday, with a 4 p.m. Sunday matinee.
For the movie schedule, check quincytownhall.com. The Town Hall Theatre movie line is 283-1140.
“Abominable” plays four days, Friday – Monday, Nov. 1 – 4.
“Abominable” takes audiences on a 3,000-mile journey from the exotic streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes.
After discovering a young Yeti named Everest on the roof of her apartment building, teenage Yi and her two friends embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But to do so, they must stay one step ahead of a wealthy financier and a determined zoologist who want to capture the beast for their own gain.
This 97-minute animated, adventure comedy is Rated PG for some action and mild rude humor.
Web: www.dreamworks.com/movies/abominable .
“Never Ride Alone” plays one night only, Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.
Plumas Arts is pleased to present the first in a “Meet the Filmmakers Series” with Scott Englund. His film “Never Ride Alone” documents his journey of a man aiming at the impossible and pushing himself to the extreme.
Social entrepreneur, dirt bike explorer and visual storyteller, Scott Englund tackles the challenge of documenting his solo attempt at being the first dirt-biker to ever cross through a daunting region of the Peruvian Andes. Scott uses everything he has to reach the end of an unknown route while risking his life to bring the story to the big screen.
A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the film screening. Admission is $10 at the door.
Web: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv4IGaSnRMU .
“Downton Abbey” plays four days, Friday – Monday, Nov. 8 – 11.
The film set in 1927 depicts a visit by the King and Queen to the Crawley family’s English country home in the Yorkshire countryside that will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
As the Royal staff descends on Downton, an assassin has also arrived and attempts to kill the monarch. But trouble soon arises when Mrs. Patmore, Daisy and the rest of the servants learn that the king and queen travel with their own chefs and attendants — setting the stage for an impromptu scheme and other shenanigans.
The family and servants are pitted against the royal entourage, including the Queen’s Lady-in-Waiting who has fallen out with the Crawleys, especially the Dowager Countess, over an inheritance issue.
This 121-minute English drama is Rated PG for thematic material, brief language and some smoking.
Web: www.focusfeatures.com/downton-abbey .
“Judy” plays four days Friday – Monday, Nov. 15 – 18.
Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week, sold-out run at The Talk of the Town.
It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in “The Wizard of Oz,” but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through.
Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.”
As Garland, Rene Zellweger’s opening number is “By Myself.” This performance-within-a-performance not only captures Garland’s power, but her nervous energy and darting physical tics.
This 118-minute drama biopic is Rated PG-13 for substance abuse, thematic content, some strong language and smoking.
Web: www.judythefilm.com .
“Zombieland: Double Tap” plays four days, Friday – Monday, Nov. 22 – 25.
Zombie slayers Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock leave the confines of the White House to travel to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
Along the way, they encounter other post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune. The scrappy fighters must now rely on their wits and weapons more than ever as they soon find themselves in a relentless battle against smarter, faster and seemingly indestructible zombies, comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland. These four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.
This 99-minute comic adventure horror film is Rated R for bloody violence, language throughout, some drug and sexual content.
Web: www.zombieland.com .
“Joker” plays four days, Friday – Monday, Nov. 22 – 25.
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City.
Arthur wears two masks — the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he’s part of the world around him.
Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker.
Led by Joaquin Phoenix’s ferocious, feral performance, this especially dark, gritty comic book movie is a character drama that’s drawn more toward real-world troubles than to capes and crusading.
Bold, devastating and utterly beautiful, Director Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix have not just re-imagined one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, but the comic book movie itself.
This 122-minute drama thriller is Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual image.
Web: www.joker.movie .
“Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil” plays four days, Friday – Monday, Nov. 29 – Dec. 2.
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is a fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora.
Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora’s upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora’s future mother-in-law — a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land’s fairies.
Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.
This 118-minute adventure fantasy is Rated PG for intense sequences of fantasy action/violence and brief scary images.
Web: movies.disney.com/maleficent .
