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Nuggets from the Nugget: "Valentine's Day," "Crazy Heart," "An Education"

Three movies on tap this week at Telluride's Nugget Theatre: "Valentine's Day"  (rated PG-13) also showed last week and features an large ensemble cast telling stories of people in love, people who want to be in love, people who are NOT in love, all in the 24 hours of Valentine's Day.

"Crazy Heart" (rated R) is the vehicle for Jeff Bridges' boozed up has-been of a country singer, for which he won Best Actor in the recent Academy Awards.

Speaking of the Oscars, Carry Mulligan was nominated for Best Actress for her role in "An Education" (rated PG-13) which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last September. If you missed it last Fall, hie thee to the Nugget.

See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Valentine's Day", "Youth in Revolt", "Imaginarium of Dr. P"

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has three movies on the schedule for the week of Friday, March 5-Thursday, March 11.

"Youth in Revolt" (Rated R) features a laid back Nick Twist (Michael Cera) whose parents have split, each having taken up with a differently inappropriate partner. On a trailer park vacation, his mother and her crude boyfriend flaunt their sexuality and Nick meets Sheeni (Portia Doubleday). Nick is on a mission to lose his virginity... Then the fun begins.

An all-star ensemble cast pairs up, or not, on one day, "Valentine's Day." The movie is rated PG-13. Many people who saw "Valentine's Day"  loved it. The critics, not so much. So go, and make up your own mind.

Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Rated PG-13) has a great cast and an intriguing, if confusing story. And real life intervened to make this movie even more of a house of mirrors: during the filming Heath Ledger, one of the principals, died. The solution: bring in Johnny Depp and others as alter egos. Should be interesting.

See below for movietimes, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "When in Rome," "Frozen," "From Paris with Love"

Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing three movies the week of Friday, February 26 through Thursday, March 4. For showtimes see below; the Nugget website has trailers and reviews.

"When in Rome" gets higher marks from viewers than from the critics. "War and Peace" it ain't, but the principals are attractive, and if you can accept enchanted coins from the fountain, you'll probably have a good time.

"Frozen" is an indie film (rated R) which has its three boarder protagonists stranded on a chair lift after everyone else has gone home. Again, viewer response has been largely positive. Be glad you're warm in the Nugget and not up over Awesome Rock when darkness sets in.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Avatar" and "Edge of Darkness'

Telluride's Nugget Theatre has "Avatar" as a return engagement and opens "Edge of Darkness" for the week of February 19-25.

James Cameron's "Avatar" creates its own world and philosophy and will undoubtedly take home a basket of Oscars. It is worth seeing for a number of reasons: compelling story, great special effects, just to see what all the fuss is about. Rated PG-13.

Mel Gibson has to take on the corporate world and the US government single-handedly in "Edge of Darkness" to learn why his daughter has been murdered. Not surprisingly, the movie is rated R, for violence.

See below for showtimes, and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Avatar" and "The Book of Eli"

The Nugget Theatre in Telluride is showing "Avatar" and "The Book of Eli" the week of Friday, February 12-Thursday, February 18. Note that the Telluride Film Festival is presenting "Me and Orson Welles" on February 18.

"Avatar" has garnered eight Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture, and is rated PG-13.

Denzel Washington stars in "The Book of Eli" and it's his job to prevent A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK from falling into the wrong hands in this post-apocolyptic Western. Plenty of action, rated R.

For showtimes, see below, for trailers and reviews, see the Nugget website.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Avatar"

James Cameron's "Avatar" recently replaced James Cameron's "Titanic" as the highest grossing movie, and Telluride can see "Avatar" this week, Friday, February 5-Thursday, February 11, at Telluride's Nugget Theatre. On Friday and Saturday, there are two showings each day.

If you know nothing about "Avatar" you must have been living in a cave. In fact Roger Ebert calls "Avatar" "...one of those films you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation." The movie is a hero's quest in the sense of Joseph Campbell, and now you can join in the conversation.

See below for showtimes, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "It's Complicated"

Something for everybody at Telluride's Nugget Theatre this week, Friday, January 29-Thursday, February 4. And those of you who are young or young at heart have two opportunities to see Alvin and company on Saturday.

In "Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel" the furry ones go to high school and are pitted against a girl chipmunk trio in a music contest. Alvin and group hope to win the $25K first prize to support the school music program. Need more plot than that? It's rated PG.

Meryl Streep (Jane) and Alec Baldwin (Jake) are ten years divorced, and find themselves out of town together. This being Hollywood, they have an affair, though Jake is re-married and Jane has an incipient relationship. "It's Complicated" is rated R, for sexual situations and some drug content.

See below for showtimes, and see the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Sherlock Holmes" and "Up in the Air"

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is showing two movies for the week of Friday, January 22-Thursday, January 28.

"Sherlock Holmes" is back for a replay. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law are Holmes and Watson. The movie is rated PG-13. Check out last week's "Nuggets."

Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" stars George Clooney and premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival. The film was singled out by TIO for the awards season, garnered several Golden Globe nominations, and won Best Screenplay. Rated R, "Up in the Air" was right on in its timing. With the U.S. economy on its ear, the film tell the story of a man whose job it is to go around the country firing people. Pretty funny, eh? But pertinent.

See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

Nuggets from the Nugget: "Sherlock Holmes"

"Sherlock Holmes" plays twice nightly at Telluride's Nugget Theatre the week of Friday, January 15-Thursday, January 21.

Director Guy Ritchie's "Holmes" is a modern take on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, complete with some impressive special effects. The movie stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, Jude Law as the faithful Watson. Rachel McAdams is Holmes' love interest/foil. "Sherlock Holmes" is rated PG-13.

See below for movie times, and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

Telluride's Palm Theatre: $1 Movie Series Returns

Telluride's Palm Theatre is offering up a little recession-friendly entertainment for the whole family AND a great after school activity. Where else can you see your favorite films on the big screen for only $1? Can you deduce the names of these movies from the clues below? The Palm says they can't tell us the titles, but surely it's more fun this way, right?

Upcoming in January: