UNCW - Lumina Theater

All titles and show times are subject to change without notice.

Saturday November 01,2008 Midnight Meat Train (Rated R) ACE Independent Sponsored by ACE Films This horrifying film is based on Clive Barker's short story about a New York photographer's hunt for the "Subway Butcher". In his journey to uncover the culprit he gets more than he bargained for beneath the city streets. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones. Midnight Meat Train (2008) Russia/USA; Ryuhei Kitamura; 100 min.; 35mm; Crime/Horror. Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm. FREE w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.
Monday November 03,2008 The Aesthetic Challenge: Music in Lumina Theater This is NOT a film. Instead, we invite you to enjoy two hours of international music selected by Don Habibi in order to showcase the spectacular Lumina Theater sound system. Lumina Theater. 6 - 8 p.m. FREE.
Tuesday November 04,2008 Watch the Election Results on the BIGGEST TV SCREEN on Campus Sponsored by: The Upperman African American Cultural Center and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Tuesday, Nov. 4 Lumina Theater. 6 p.m. to midnight. Election results will be televised on our 16' x 30' screen.
Wednesday November 05,2008 Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar Sponsored by the Katherine Buckner Lecture Series and the Department of English. Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar A Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Tina Gianquitto is an associate professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Her recent book Good Observers of Nature: American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820-1885 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007) investigates the roles four women played in the context of theories about the natural world during much of the nineteenth century. Her research specialty is the role women played in forwarding and in response to Darwin's thinking about evolution and natural selection. Of late, she is especially interested in studies of carnivorous plants in the context of the development of Darwin's theory of evolution. An indication of the importance of her work is the many recent fellowships and research awards she has received. She has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2008), a three-year-long ACLS-Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship (2008-2011), and the Dibner History of Science Fellowship for work at the Huntington Library (2008). Join us for a Dramatazation on Thursday, November 6, 2008, in the Randall Library Auditorium. Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by The Buckner Lecture Series and the UNCW Department of English.
Friday November 07,2008 Pineapple Express ACE Blockbuster Sponsored by ACE Films The only way for Dale Denton to get his weed is to go through his lazy dealer Saul Silver. But Dale isn't just after any strain of regular weed; he's after a rare stain known as Pineapple Express. After becoming the top witness to a murder committed by the city's top drug lord, Dale dumps his stash. As Saul and Dale run for their lives, they discover that they really are in danger; they are being chased by bad guys that are in a hurry to kill them. Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Kevin Corrigan Pineapple Express (2008) USA; David Gordon Green; 111 min.; 35mm; Comedy/Crime. Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm. Tickets: $2 w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.
Friday November 07,2008 Killer Diller: A Film presentation for the 2008 WRITERS WEEK Enjoy the film version of Clyde Edgerton's Killer Diller. Lumina Theater. 1:00 p.m. FREE. A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band. DVD; 95 min. This film is presented as part of the 2008 WRITERS WEEK. The UNCW Creative Writing Department hosts the Writers Week Symposium November 3-7, 2008. Each year, this event brings together visiting writers of local and national interest, UNCW students and members of the general public with an interest in literature and writing. Activities throughout the week include workshops, panels, and readings.
Saturday November 08,2008 Hamlet 2 ACE Independent Sponsored by ACE Films In this outrageous comedy, an unsuccessful actor /unbelievably terrible high school drama teacher gains his Arizona high school students' support has he creates and puts on his own politically incorrect musical version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet on the high school theater's stage. Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin. Hamlet 2 (2008) USA; Andrew Fleming; 92 min.; 35mm; Comedy. Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm. Tickets: FREE w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.
Monday November 10,2008 "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" with Dr. Frank Turek Sponsored by The College Republicans This presentation by Dr. Frank Turek - co-author of "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" - will last about two hours with a 30-minute audience "Q & A" to follow. Dr. Turek takes on some of the controversial issues in today's new atheist movement. Dr. Turek's first visit to UNCW focused largely on the existence of God. This presentation will address other questions; for example, "Are miracles possible?," "What is the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?," and "Is the New Testament reliable and accurate?" This presentation will provide perspectives on current issues that may be quite different from the perspectives encountered in some of UNCW's basic studies courses. Dr. Turek's first visit drew 300 so, please, come early. Lumina Theater. 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. FREE and open to the public
Tuesday November 11,2008 Sustainability Film Series: The Corporation Sustainability Film Series Sponsored by UNCW Presents Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. The Corporation (2003)Canada; Dir. Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott; 145 min; DVD; Documentary. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Free.
Thursday November 13,2008 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW The 14th annual http://www.cucalorus.org Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Cucalorus takes place in the historic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, which is also one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater November 13 through November 15. Titles and times are below: Thurdsay, November 13: 7:45 p.m. Tulia, Texas. Sebastian's Voodoo. 10:15 p.m. Klopka (The Trap). Friday, November 14: 4:00 p.m. Explicit Ills. Tower of Grantville. 7:00 p.m. Vincent:A Life in Color 9:45 p.m. Under the Sun. The Skooks. Saturday, November 15: 1:00 p.m. In A Dream. My Father Taught Me 4:30 p.m. FLOW 7:30 p.m. Wendy and Lucy 9:45 p.m. Linkeroever. Frog Jesus.
Thursday November 13,2008 Tulia, Texas (documentary). 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7:45 p.m. Tulia, Texas. Is this story about a small town's racism towards the African American community? Or about a lone ranger weeding out the wrong doers? It depends on who you ask. Every one in this documentary seems to have their own idea about what happened before - and after - one undercover cop moves into a small farming town in Texas and arrests 46 people, nearly all of whom are African American, for selling cocaine. It would be heralded as the one of the biggest drug busts in Texas history, until a team of lawyers set out to uncover the truth. Most viewers of this smart doc will recognize it as a story about the corruption of justice. Question and Answer session follows screening. Tulia, Texas Directors, Producers: Cassandra Herman & Kelly Whalen 56 minutes USA Color www.tuliatexasfilm.com Editors: Linda Peckham & Kenji Yamamoto Showing before the documentary: Sebastian's Voodoo A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. A 3D animated film created at the UCLA Animation Workshop by award-winning filmmaker Joaquin Baldwin. Length: 4:07 Director: Joaquin Baldwin The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Thursday November 13,2008 Klopka (The Trap). 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:15 p.m. Klopka (The Trap). Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles.In this post-Milosevic Serbia, there is no more war, only a moral and existential desert in which human life is worth little. This modern film noir depicts an ordinary man who is forced to choose between the life and death of his own child. Klopka (The Trap) Length: 115:00 Director: Srdan Golubovic www.filmmovement.com The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Friday November 14,2008 Vincent: A Life In Color. Showing with the short film Grand Wheel. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7:00 p.m. Vincent: A Life In Color Vincent P. Falk, clad in brightly colored suits, twirls on Chicago's many bridges, performing fashion shows for passing tour boats. As he spins his way through the city, tourists and locals alike are left to wonder just who is this strange man. Over the course of one boat season, the filmmakers follow Vincent and begin to unravel the mystery that surrounds him. The viewer discovers that the man behind the fashion, having come through the travails of life, has decided to do what makes him happy. And so, he spins on.Question and Answer after screening. Director, Producer: Jennifer Burns 96 minutes USA Color www.zweeblefilms.com Cinematography: Patrick Russo Editor: Christine Gilliland Screening with short film: Grand Wheel. An experimental walk through the modern Peace Movement in the United States.\| Director: Gavin Heffernan. 6:00 minutes The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Friday November 14,2008 Explicit Ills. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 4 p.m. Explicit Ills. A group of seemingly unrelated South Philadelphians - a single mother (Rosario Dawson) who can't afford asthma medicine for her son, a couple of young druggies in love, and a teenager trying to attract a girlfriend - are living anonymous lives in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. The beautifully filmed, slow pace of their lives meld together to form a low key, honest film that still makes a clear political message about health care and basic human kindness. This is Webber's directorial debut after starring in films such as The Hottest State and The Memory Thief, which were Cucalorus picks last year.The film showing of Explicit Ills will be followed by a Question and Answer session. Director, Writer, Producer: Mark Webber 88 minutes USA Color www.mangustaproductions.com Producer: Sol Tryon_ Cinematography: Patrice Lucien Cochet Editor: Jay Rabinowitz Production Design: Michael Grasley Showing before the documentary: Tower of Grantville. A dark, Suessian fable about a grumpy old guy with a square for a head. Length: 2:14 Director: Buck The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Friday November 14,2008 Under the Sun. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 9:45 p.m. Feature Documentary: Under the Sun. The film explores commercialization of subcultures through the microcosm of two seemingly opposite coastal towns on Australia's east coast. Once unique and authentic, Byron Bay and the Gold Coast are quickly becoming a single marketplace with two flavors. With populations swelling, resources draining, and housing prices going through the roof, where do these two towns go from here? And on a larger scale where does surfing go from here? As the surf industry covers the world with imagery of pristine, empty waves the world's coastlines are quickly becoming more and more polluted and overcrowded. Length: 64:00 Director: Cyrus Sutton underthesunsurf.blogspot.com Screening with short film: The Skooks Lill Skooks lives in her own world. A normal neighborhood, on a normal day, but everything is far from normal for the Skooks family. Length: 5:37 Director: Norwood Cheek Cinematographer: Shawn Maurer www.flickerla.com The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Saturday November 15,2008 Feature Film: Wendy and Lucy. 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m. Wendy and Lucy A woman's life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down, and her dog is taken to the pound, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions. With an outstanding performance by Michelle Williams, this exquisite gem is American Indie cinema at its best. Director Kelly Reichardt's film OLD JOY screened at Cucalorus 12. Length: 80:00 Director: Kelly Reichardt www.oscilloscopepictures.com The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Saturday November 15,2008 Documentary Feature: FLOW 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 4:30 p.m. Documentary Feature: Flow Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?" Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. Length: 93:00 Director: Irena Salina The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Saturday November 15,2008 Feature Film: Linkeroever [Left Bank]. Short Film: Frog Jesus. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW. Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Linkeroever [Left Bank] A leg injury forces Marie, an introverted young track star, to rest. She finds it impossible to stay at home. Instead, she does the things she's never been able to do - including exploring a passionate relationship with her darkly charismatic boyfriend, an archer and used car salesman she met at an athletics park. She moves into his flat at Left Bank and soon learns the previous tenant mysteriously disappeared. Marie discovers secrets long hidden, and the consequences of uncovering them. This chilling film made in classic thriller style, quickly devolves into a series of nightmarish - but imaginatively filmed - hallucinations. Director, Writer: Pieter Van Hees 104 minutes_Belgium_Color_ www.linkeroeverthemovie.be_En.html_Cinematography : Nicolas Karakatsanis_Produced by: Bert Hamelinck, Kato Maes, Frank Van Passel Screening with Short Film: Frog Jesus Frog Jesus He thought he could make a Frog Jesus. A nostalgic voyage takes a darker turn, exploring the naivet of mankind through the eyes of a young boy. Length: 1:16 Director: Ben Peters kijo.com The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com Lumina Theater. 9:45 p.m.
Saturday November 15,2008 Feature Film: In A Dream. Short: My Father Taught Me. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 1 p.m. Feature Film: In a Dream Over the past four decades, artist Isaiah Zagar has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with stunning mosaic murals. In A Dream is a documentary feature film that chronicles his work and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Julia. It follows the Zagars as their marriage implodes and a harrowing new chapter in their life unfolds. Length: 78:00 Director: Jeremiah Zagar Producer: Jeremy Yaches www.hzfilms.com Short Film: My Father Taught Me. A visual collage of paintings, photographs and memories of my grandfather. Directed by a UNCW Film Major and former co-chair of ACE Films! Length: 2:06 Director: Taylor Gill www.professionalcommunications.com The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios. For advance tickets, visit these websites: http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp www.etix.com
Sunday November 16,2008 The Eye(Gin Gwai)Rated R The Asian Student Association invites you to attend one of the hottest films from China. Some things are better left unseen! After 18 years of blindness, 20 year-old Mun's eyesight is restored following a corneal transplant, but her new eye sees more than she wanted. Reviewers called this thriller creepy, spooky, eerie and engrossing. This Asian hit won lots of international awards and is far superior to the American copy! The Eye (2002) China; Dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang; DVD; 98 Minutes. In Cantonese and Thai with English subtitles. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE.
Monday November 17,2008 AMELIE (Rated R) Sponsored by CARE. Is there is any justice in the world? See this film and have the satisfaction of seeing Amelie deal out justice in original ways. Sometimes one person can change your life…sometimes you are that person. Nominated for five Oscars and winner of many international awards, this is a gorgeous film about finding love with a lot of help. Amelie; (2001) France; Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 122 min. DVD; Comedy/Drama; In French with English subtitles. Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m. FREE.
Tuesday November 18,2008 Crash Crash is a thought-provoking, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. A seemingly simple car accident in Los Angeles brings together a very diverse group of people. As their lives collide the issue of racism and racial profiling is explored as each of these people work through their own fears and inherent prejudices. This film is an example of the interconnectedness of life in the melting pot. Sponsored by UNCW Presents for the Social Justice Film Series. Lumina Theater. 7:00 p.m. Free.
Thursday November 20,2008 Stoked (Rated R) LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO AND CARIBBEAN FILM FESTIVAL Sponsored by Centro Hispano STOKED: THE RISE AND FALL OF GATOR charts '80s skateboarding legend turned convict Mark 'Gator' Rogowski's transformation from local hero to international superstar, as big business moved in and skateboarding became a global passion. As part of an elite crew of top pros, Gator held rank with skate icons Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Jason Jessee and Lance Mountain, who in the film recall the culture shock of teens colliding with wealth and stardom. The charismatic, egocentric Gator strove for celebrity, but when styles in skating shifted, his waning fame skidded into infamy in a shocking act of violence. Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002) USA; Dir. Helen Stickler; 82 min; DVD; Documentary. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m.
Friday November 21,2008 Batman Double Feature: Batman Begins and Dark Knight Sponsored by ACE Films. Two movies for the price of one! One ticket gets you into both movies! Batman Begins starts at 4:30 p.m. in Lumina Theater. Dark Knight starts at 7:30 p.m.in Lumina Theater. $2 UNCW Students with ID. $4 Non-Students. Batman Begins (Rated PG-13) 4:30 p.m. When Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered in their home town of Gotham City, he decides, as an adult, to search for answers. Bruce escapes to the Far East for seven years and returns seven years later, promising himself that he will return peace and safety back to the city he loves. With a little help from his dutiful servant Alfred, Wayne develops his secret identity: Batman, a hooded warrior for justice. A wrench is thrown into Wayne's plans when he discovers that a mysterious psychiatrist has joined the city's unlawful underworld. Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine. Batman Begins (2005) USA; Christopher Nolan; 140 min; DVD; Action/Adventure. Dark Knight (Rated PG-13)7:30 p.m. In this follow-up to "Batman Begins", Bruce Wayne is fighting his battle on crime in Gotham City. With a little help, Batman makes headway but soon finds himself and his help victims to an up-and-coming criminal mastermind; the Joker, a criminal set on forcing the city into anarchy and pushing the Dark Knight nearer to crossing the boundary between hero and vigilante. Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine. Dark Knight (2008) USA; Christopher Nolan; 152 min; 35mm; Action/Adventure.
Friday November 21,2008 Encore Presentation: Dark Knight Sponsored by ACE Films. Dark Knight (Rated PG-13) 10 p.m. In this follow-up to "Batman Begins", Bruce Wayne is fighting his battle on crime in Gotham City. With a little help, Batman makes headway but soon finds himself and his help victims to an up-and-coming criminal mastermind; the Joker, a criminal set on forcing the city into anarchy and pushing the Dark Knight nearer to crossing the boundary between hero and vigilante. Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine. Dark Knight (2008) USA; Christopher Nolan; 152 min; 35mm; Action/Adventure. Lumina Theater. 10 p.m. $2 UNCW Students with ID. $4 Non-Students.
Saturday November 22,2008 Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon Mini Hawk-In Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon Mini Hawk-In is sponsored by ACE Films. Watch ALL of the Lord of the Rings series IN ORDER! Costume contests, trivia, games and free food. Lumina Theater. Noon until Midnight. FREE! Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rated PG-13) A Hobbit resident of "Middle-Earth", Frodo Baggins, finds out that the ring given to him by his beloved relatice Bilbo is the "One Ring" that has the power to manipulate dark magic and enslave the world. After discovering this, Frodo is charged with the mission of returning the ring to Mount Doom, the place where it was created long ago and the only site where it can be destroyed. Accompanied by his friends and protectors, Frodo sets off on his long, treacherous journey of protecting and destroying the dangerous ring. Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett. Orlando Bloom. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (USA) 2001; Peter Jackson; 208 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Rated PG-13) Frodo and Sam are lost in Emyn Muil when they find Gollum, an odd creature who once held the Ring and was mutilated by it's power. When Gollum offers to guide them to Mordor, Frodo agrees but Sam is not trusting of their new guide. While Sam and Frodo endure their long, dangerous journey, the other members of the Fellowship are dealing with their own obstacles and trials. Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (USA) 2002; Peter Jackson; 223 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Rated PG-13) The third installment of the trilogy picks up where the second one left off; Sam, Frodo, and Gollum are continuing their journey to the land of Mordor. The trio has passed through frightening cities, watched dreadful armies, and journey closer to where darker enemies await. Meanwhile the remaining members of the Fellowship reunite, but are not together long when one of them gets into trouble. The entire Fellowship continues its long journey to Mount Doom to destroy the Ring and prepare themselves for the battle that awaits. Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (USA) 2003; Peter Jackson; 251 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy.
Sunday November 23,2008 Warriors . . .In Their Own Words In this film, you will meet some of the amazing warriors who defend our country's freedom. Their words are unfiltered, honest and hard hitting. We have always had warriors, from as far back in history as one can go - warriors are timeless. Warriors are born, they are not created. Certainly they are trained, but to be a warrior is a calling. Warriors have a moral code and are not simply trained killers (as they are all too frequently portrayed). We should be forever grateful to our warriors and to their families who are all so courageous. We should honor our warriors. Warriors are NOT, as they are commonly portrayed, victims with no where else to go but the military. This project will show people what intelligent, honorable, and brave people we have standing in the way of the free world's demise. Sponsored by the Student Veterans Organization. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Free.

Saturday November 01,2008

Midnight Meat Train (Rated R)
ACE Independent

Sponsored by ACE Films

This horrifying film is based on Clive Barker's short story about a New York photographer's hunt for the "Subway Butcher". In his journey to uncover the culprit he gets more than he bargained for beneath the city streets.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones.

Midnight Meat Train (2008) Russia/USA; Ryuhei Kitamura; 100 min.; 35mm; Crime/Horror.

Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm.

FREE w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.

Monday November 03,2008

The Aesthetic Challenge: Music in Lumina Theater
This is NOT a film. Instead, we invite you to enjoy two hours of international music selected by Don Habibi in order to showcase the spectacular Lumina Theater sound system.

Lumina Theater. 6 - 8 p.m. FREE.

Tuesday November 04,2008

Watch the Election Results on the BIGGEST TV SCREEN on Campus
Sponsored by: The Upperman African American Cultural Center and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Tuesday, Nov. 4

Lumina Theater. 6 p.m. to midnight. Election results will be televised on our 16' x 30' screen.

Wednesday November 05,2008

Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar
Sponsored by the Katherine Buckner Lecture Series and the Department of English.

Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar

A Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Tina Gianquitto is an associate professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Her recent book Good Observers of Nature: American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820-1885 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007) investigates the roles four women played in the context of theories about the natural world during much of the nineteenth century. Her research specialty is the role women played in forwarding and in response to Darwin's thinking about evolution and natural selection. Of late, she is especially interested in studies of carnivorous plants in the context of the development of Darwin's theory of evolution. An indication of the importance of her work is the many recent fellowships and research awards she has received. She has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2008), a three-year-long ACLS-Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship (2008-2011), and the Dibner History of Science Fellowship for work at the Huntington Library (2008).

Join us for a Dramatazation on Thursday, November 6, 2008, in the Randall Library Auditorium.

Tina Gianquitto - Darwin Scholar

Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by The Buckner Lecture Series and the UNCW Department of English.

Friday November 07,2008

Pineapple Express
ACE Blockbuster

Sponsored by ACE Films

The only way for Dale Denton to get his weed is to go through his lazy dealer Saul Silver. But Dale isn't just after any strain of regular weed; he's after a rare stain known as Pineapple Express. After becoming the top witness to a murder committed by the city's top drug lord, Dale dumps his stash. As Saul and Dale run for their lives, they discover that they really are in danger; they are being chased by bad guys that are in a hurry to kill them.

Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Kevin Corrigan

Pineapple Express (2008) USA; David Gordon Green; 111 min.; 35mm; Comedy/Crime.

Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm.

Tickets: $2 w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.

Friday November 07,2008

Killer Diller: A Film presentation for the 2008 WRITERS WEEK
Enjoy the film version of Clyde Edgerton's Killer Diller.

Lumina Theater. 1:00 p.m. FREE.

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.

DVD; 95 min.

This film is presented as part of the 2008 WRITERS WEEK. The UNCW Creative Writing Department hosts the Writers Week Symposium November 3-7, 2008. Each year, this event brings together visiting writers of local and national interest, UNCW students and members of the general public with an interest in literature and writing. Activities throughout the week include workshops, panels, and readings.

Saturday November 08,2008

Hamlet 2
ACE Independent

Sponsored by ACE Films

In this outrageous comedy, an unsuccessful actor /unbelievably terrible high school drama teacher gains his Arizona high school students' support has he creates and puts on his own politically incorrect musical version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet on the high school theater's stage.

Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin.

Hamlet 2 (2008) USA; Andrew Fleming; 92 min.; 35mm; Comedy.

Lumina Theater. 7 and 10 pm.

Tickets: FREE w/UNCW Student ID. $4 non-students.

Monday November 10,2008

"I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" with Dr. Frank Turek
Sponsored by The College Republicans

This presentation by Dr. Frank Turek - co-author of "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" - will last about two hours with a 30-minute audience "Q & A" to follow. Dr. Turek takes on some of the controversial issues in today's new atheist movement. Dr. Turek's first visit to UNCW focused largely on the existence of God. This presentation will address other questions; for example, "Are miracles possible?," "What is the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?," and "Is the New Testament reliable and accurate?"

This presentation will provide perspectives on current issues that may be quite different from the perspectives encountered in some of UNCW's basic studies courses. Dr. Turek's first visit drew 300 so, please, come early.

Lumina Theater. 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. FREE and open to the public

Tuesday November 11,2008

Sustainability Film Series: The Corporation
Sustainability Film Series

Sponsored by UNCW Presents

Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.

The Corporation (2003)Canada; Dir. Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott; 145 min; DVD; Documentary.

Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Free.

Thursday November 13,2008

14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW
The 14th annual http://www.cucalorus.org

Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Cucalorus takes place in the historic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, which is also one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater November 13 through November 15. Titles and times are below:

Thurdsay, November 13:

7:45 p.m. Tulia, Texas. Sebastian's Voodoo.

10:15 p.m. Klopka (The Trap).

Friday, November 14:

4:00 p.m. Explicit Ills. Tower of Grantville.

7:00 p.m. Vincent:A Life in Color

9:45 p.m. Under the Sun. The Skooks.

Saturday, November 15:

1:00 p.m. In A Dream. My Father Taught Me

4:30 p.m. FLOW

7:30 p.m. Wendy and Lucy

9:45 p.m. Linkeroever. Frog Jesus.

Thursday November 13,2008

Tulia, Texas (documentary). 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival.
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 7:45 p.m.

Tulia, Texas.

Is this story about a small town's racism towards the African American community? Or about a lone ranger weeding out the wrong doers? It depends on who you ask. Every one in this documentary seems to have their own idea about what happened before - and after - one undercover cop moves into a small farming town in Texas and arrests 46 people, nearly all of whom are African American, for selling cocaine. It would be heralded as the one of the biggest drug busts in Texas history, until a team of lawyers set out to uncover the truth. Most viewers of this smart doc will recognize it as a story about the corruption of justice. Question and Answer session follows screening.

Tulia, Texas

Directors, Producers: Cassandra Herman & Kelly Whalen

56 minutes

USA

Color

www.tuliatexasfilm.com

Editors: Linda Peckham & Kenji Yamamoto

Showing before the documentary:

Sebastian's Voodoo

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. A 3D animated film created at the UCLA Animation Workshop by award-winning filmmaker Joaquin Baldwin.

Length: 4:07

Director: Joaquin Baldwin

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Thursday November 13,2008

Klopka (The Trap). 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival.
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 10:15 p.m.

Klopka (The Trap). Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles.In this post-Milosevic Serbia, there is no more war, only a moral and existential desert in which human life is worth little. This modern film noir depicts an ordinary man who is forced to choose between the life and death of his own child.

Klopka (The Trap)

Length: 115:00

Director: Srdan Golubovic

www.filmmovement.com

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Friday November 14,2008

Vincent: A Life In Color. Showing with the short film Grand Wheel. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival.

Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 7:00 p.m.

Vincent: A Life In Color

Vincent P. Falk, clad in brightly colored suits, twirls on Chicago's many bridges, performing fashion shows for passing tour boats. As he spins his way through the city, tourists and locals alike are left to wonder just who is this strange man. Over the course of one boat season, the filmmakers follow Vincent and begin to unravel the mystery that surrounds him. The viewer discovers that the man behind the fashion, having come through the travails of life, has decided to do what makes him happy. And so, he spins on.Question and Answer after screening.

Director, Producer: Jennifer Burns

96 minutes

USA

Color

www.zweeblefilms.com

Cinematography: Patrick Russo

Editor: Christine Gilliland

Screening with short film:

Grand Wheel.

An experimental walk through the modern Peace Movement in the United States.|

Director: Gavin Heffernan.

6:00 minutes

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Friday November 14,2008

Explicit Ills. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival.
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 4 p.m.

Explicit Ills.

A group of seemingly unrelated South Philadelphians - a single mother (Rosario Dawson) who can't afford asthma medicine for her son, a couple of young druggies in love, and a teenager trying to attract a girlfriend - are living anonymous lives in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. The beautifully filmed, slow pace of their lives meld together to form a low key, honest film that still makes a clear political message about health care and basic human kindness. This is Webber's directorial debut after starring in films such as The Hottest State and The Memory Thief, which were Cucalorus picks last year.The film showing of Explicit Ills will be followed by a Question and Answer session.

Director, Writer, Producer: Mark Webber

88 minutes

USA

Color

www.mangustaproductions.com

Producer: Sol Tryon_

Cinematography: Patrice Lucien

Cochet Editor: Jay Rabinowitz Production

Design: Michael Grasley

Showing before the documentary:

Tower of Grantville.

A dark, Suessian fable about a grumpy old guy with a square for a head.

Length: 2:14

Director: Buck

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Friday November 14,2008

Under the Sun. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival

Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 9:45 p.m.

Feature Documentary: Under the Sun.

The film explores commercialization of subcultures through the microcosm of two seemingly opposite coastal towns on Australia's east coast. Once unique and authentic, Byron Bay and the Gold Coast are quickly becoming a single marketplace with two flavors. With populations swelling, resources draining, and housing prices going through the roof, where do these two towns go from here? And on a larger scale where does surfing go from here? As the surf industry covers the world with imagery of pristine, empty waves the world's coastlines are quickly becoming more and more polluted and overcrowded.

Length: 64:00

Director: Cyrus Sutton

underthesunsurf.blogspot.com

Screening with short film: The Skooks

Lill Skooks lives in her own world. A normal neighborhood, on a normal day, but everything is far from normal for the Skooks family.

Length: 5:37

Director: Norwood Cheek

Cinematographer: Shawn Maurer

www.flickerla.com

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Saturday November 15,2008

Feature Film: Wendy and Lucy. 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW.
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m.

Wendy and Lucy

A woman's life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down, and her dog is taken to the pound, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions. With an outstanding performance by Michelle Williams, this exquisite gem is American Indie cinema at its best. Director Kelly Reichardt's film OLD JOY screened at Cucalorus 12.

Length: 80:00

Director: Kelly Reichardt

www.oscilloscopepictures.com

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Saturday November 15,2008

Documentary Feature: FLOW 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 4:30 p.m.

Documentary Feature:

Flow

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?" Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

Length: 93:00

Director: Irena Salina

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Saturday November 15,2008

Feature Film: Linkeroever [Left Bank]. Short Film: Frog Jesus. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW.
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Linkeroever [Left Bank]

A leg injury forces Marie, an introverted young track star, to rest. She finds it impossible to stay at home. Instead, she does the things she's never been able to do - including exploring a passionate relationship with her darkly charismatic boyfriend, an archer and used car salesman she met at an athletics park. She moves into his flat at Left Bank and soon learns the previous tenant mysteriously disappeared. Marie discovers secrets long hidden, and the consequences of uncovering them. This chilling film made in classic thriller style, quickly devolves into a series of nightmarish - but imaginatively filmed - hallucinations.

Director, Writer: Pieter Van Hees

104 minutes_Belgium_Color_ www.linkeroeverthemovie.be_En.html_Cinematography : Nicolas

Karakatsanis_Produced by: Bert Hamelinck, Kato Maes, Frank Van Passel

Screening with Short Film: Frog Jesus

Frog Jesus

He thought he could make a Frog Jesus. A nostalgic voyage takes a darker turn, exploring the naivet of mankind through the eyes of a young boy.

Length: 1:16

Director: Ben Peters

kijo.com

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Lumina Theater. 9:45 p.m.

Saturday November 15,2008

Feature Film: In A Dream. Short: My Father Taught Me. 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival at UNCW
Sponsored by ACE Films. This is the second year that ACE Films has brought Cucalorus showings to Lumina Theater.

Lumina Theater. 1 p.m.

Feature Film: In a Dream

Over the past four decades, artist Isaiah Zagar has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with stunning mosaic murals. In A Dream is a documentary feature film that chronicles his work and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Julia. It follows the Zagars as their marriage implodes and a harrowing new chapter in their life unfolds.

Length: 78:00

Director: Jeremiah Zagar

Producer: Jeremy Yaches

www.hzfilms.com

Short Film: My Father Taught Me.

A visual collage of paintings, photographs and memories of my grandfather. Directed by a UNCW Film Major and former co-chair of ACE Films!

Length: 2:06

Director: Taylor Gill

www.professionalcommunications.com

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Wilmington is one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

For advance tickets, visit these websites:

http://www.cucalorus.org/tickets.asp

www.etix.com

Sunday November 16,2008

The Eye(Gin Gwai)Rated R
The Asian Student Association invites you to attend one of the hottest films from China.

Some things are better left unseen!

After 18 years of blindness, 20 year-old Mun's eyesight is restored following a corneal transplant, but her new eye sees more than she wanted.

Reviewers called this thriller creepy, spooky, eerie and engrossing. This Asian hit won lots of international awards and is far superior to the American copy!

The Eye (2002) China; Dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang; DVD; 98 Minutes.

In Cantonese and Thai with English subtitles.

Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE.

Monday November 17,2008

AMELIE (Rated R)
Sponsored by CARE.

Is there is any justice in the world? See this film and have the satisfaction of seeing Amelie deal out justice in original ways. Sometimes one person can change your life…sometimes you are that person. Nominated for five Oscars and winner of many international awards, this is a gorgeous film about finding love with a lot of help.

Amelie; (2001) France; Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 122 min. DVD; Comedy/Drama; In French with English subtitles.

Lumina Theater. 7:30 p.m. FREE.

Tuesday November 18,2008

Crash
Crash is a thought-provoking, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.

A seemingly simple car accident in Los Angeles brings together a very diverse group of people. As their lives collide the issue of racism and racial profiling is explored as each of these people work through their own fears and inherent prejudices. This film is an example of the interconnectedness of life in the melting pot. Sponsored by UNCW Presents for the Social Justice Film Series.

Lumina Theater. 7:00 p.m. Free.

Thursday November 20,2008

Stoked (Rated R)
LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO AND CARIBBEAN FILM FESTIVAL

Sponsored by Centro Hispano

STOKED: THE RISE AND FALL OF GATOR charts '80s skateboarding legend turned convict Mark 'Gator' Rogowski's transformation from local hero to international superstar, as big business moved in and skateboarding became a global passion. As part of an elite crew of top pros, Gator held rank with skate icons Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Jason Jessee and Lance Mountain, who in the film recall the culture shock of teens colliding with wealth and stardom. The charismatic, egocentric Gator strove for celebrity, but when styles in skating shifted, his waning fame skidded into infamy in a shocking act of violence.

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002) USA; Dir. Helen Stickler; 82 min; DVD; Documentary.

Lumina Theater. 7 p.m.

Friday November 21,2008

Batman Double Feature: Batman Begins and Dark Knight
Sponsored by ACE Films.

Two movies for the price of one! One ticket gets you into both movies!

Batman Begins starts at 4:30 p.m. in Lumina Theater.

Dark Knight starts at 7:30 p.m.in Lumina Theater.

$2 UNCW Students with ID. $4 Non-Students.

Batman Begins (Rated PG-13) 4:30 p.m.

When Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered in their home town of Gotham City, he decides, as an adult, to search for answers. Bruce escapes to the Far East for seven years and returns seven years later, promising himself that he will return peace and safety back to the city he loves. With a little help from his dutiful servant Alfred, Wayne develops his secret identity: Batman, a hooded warrior for justice. A wrench is thrown into Wayne's plans when he discovers that a mysterious psychiatrist has joined the city's unlawful underworld.

Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine.

Batman Begins (2005) USA; Christopher Nolan; 140 min; DVD; Action/Adventure.

Dark Knight (Rated PG-13)7:30 p.m.

In this follow-up to "Batman Begins", Bruce Wayne is fighting his battle on crime in Gotham City. With a little help, Batman makes headway but soon finds himself and his help victims to an up-and-coming criminal mastermind; the Joker, a criminal set on forcing the city into anarchy and pushing the Dark Knight nearer to crossing the boundary between hero and vigilante.

Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine.

Dark Knight (2008) USA; Christopher Nolan; 152 min; 35mm; Action/Adventure.

Friday November 21,2008

Encore Presentation: Dark Knight
Sponsored by ACE Films.

Dark Knight (Rated PG-13) 10 p.m.

In this follow-up to "Batman Begins", Bruce Wayne is fighting his battle on crime in Gotham City. With a little help, Batman makes headway but soon finds himself and his help victims to an up-and-coming criminal mastermind; the Joker, a criminal set on forcing the city into anarchy and pushing the Dark Knight nearer to crossing the boundary between hero and vigilante.

Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine.

Dark Knight (2008) USA; Christopher Nolan; 152 min; 35mm; Action/Adventure.

Lumina Theater. 10 p.m.

$2 UNCW Students with ID. $4 Non-Students.

Saturday November 22,2008

Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon Mini Hawk-In
Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon Mini Hawk-In is sponsored by ACE Films.

Watch ALL of the Lord of the Rings series IN ORDER! Costume contests, trivia, games and free food.

Lumina Theater. Noon until Midnight. FREE!

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rated PG-13)

A Hobbit resident of "Middle-Earth", Frodo Baggins, finds out that the ring given to him by his beloved relatice Bilbo is the "One Ring" that has the power to manipulate dark magic and enslave the world. After discovering this, Frodo is charged with the mission of returning the ring to Mount Doom, the place where it was created long ago and the only site where it can be destroyed. Accompanied by his friends and protectors, Frodo sets off on his long, treacherous journey of protecting and destroying the dangerous ring.

Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett. Orlando Bloom.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (USA) 2001; Peter Jackson; 208 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Rated PG-13)

Frodo and Sam are lost in Emyn Muil when they find Gollum, an odd creature who once held the Ring and was mutilated by it's power. When Gollum offers to guide them to Mordor, Frodo agrees but Sam is not trusting of their new guide. While Sam and Frodo endure their long, dangerous journey, the other members of the Fellowship are dealing with their own obstacles and trials.

Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (USA) 2002; Peter Jackson; 223 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Rated PG-13)

The third installment of the trilogy picks up where the second one left off; Sam, Frodo, and Gollum are continuing their journey to the land of Mordor. The trio has passed through frightening cities, watched dreadful armies, and journey closer to where darker enemies await. Meanwhile the remaining members of the Fellowship reunite, but are not together long when one of them gets into trouble. The entire Fellowship continues its long journey to Mount Doom to destroy the Ring and prepare themselves for the battle that awaits.

Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (USA) 2003; Peter Jackson; 251 min; DVD; Action/Fantasy.

Sunday November 23,2008

Warriors . . .In Their Own Words
In this film, you will meet some of the amazing warriors who defend our country's freedom. Their words are unfiltered, honest and hard hitting.

We have always had warriors, from as far back in history as one can go - warriors are timeless.

Warriors are born, they are not created. Certainly they are trained, but to be a warrior is a calling.

Warriors have a moral code and are not simply trained killers (as they are all too frequently portrayed).

We should be forever grateful to our warriors and to their families who are all so courageous.

We should honor our warriors. Warriors are NOT, as they are commonly portrayed, victims with no where else to go but the military.

This project will show people what intelligent, honorable, and brave people we have standing in the way of the free world's demise.

Sponsored by the Student Veterans Organization.

Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Free.

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