Big screen
Last week, Oct. 2
Pan 3D; Big Stone Gap; Steve Jobs; Freeheld
This week, Oct. 16
Bridge of Spies (Dreamworks/Disney), PG-13, 135 minutes
About An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union; Stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan; Director Steven Spielberg
Goosebumps (Columbia), PG, 103 minutes
About A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writers demons are set free on Greendale, Md.; Stars Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee; Director Rob Letterman
Crimson Peak (Universal), R, 119 minutes
About After a family tragedy, an author is torn between love for her childhood friend and a mysterious stranger, while trying to escape the ghosts of her past; Stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam; Director Guillermo del Toro
Next week, Oct. 23
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension; The Last Witch Hunter; Burnt; Rock The Kasbah; Labyrinth of Lies
(Note: Movie descriptions by IMDB, imdb.com)
Home rentals
The latest top 10 digital movie purchases based on transaction rate, by Rentrak:
1. Cinderella
2. Mad Max 4: Fury Road
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron
4. The Age of Adaline
5. Spy
6. Love & Mercy
7. Aloha
8. Insurgent
9. The Overnight
10. Goodfellas
Other recent favorites: Home; Entourage
Doc spotlight
One Million Dubliners
Screened as part of PDX Death Cafe Goes to the Movies at the Clinton Street Theater, its the story of Glasnevin Cemetery, Irelands national necropolis and home of 1.5 million souls, and reveals the unspoken stories of ritual, loss, redemption, emotion and history, as well as the business of death including Valentines Day sales, Americans visiting ancestors, gravediggers and musicians. Its also about a tour guide shepherding folks through headstones and monuments, through opinions and beliefs. Itll screen at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Clinton, 2522 S.E. Clinton St. (cstpdx.com).
Upcoming events
The 10th anniversary show of Reel Rock movies about climbing will be coming to Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Revolution Hall, 1300 S.E. Stark St. Tickets are $20 and sold online at revolutionhallpdx.com. The tour will be celebrating a special year in which there was a historic free ascent of the Dawn Wall and the death of free climber Dean Potter at Yosemite National Park, as well as the increase in popularity of climbing gyms and climbers. Last years tour included a documentary movie, Valley Uprising, about how people drop out of society and take up rock climbing at Yosemite. For more: reelrocktour.com.
The Northwest Film Center presents a screening of The Bells of St. Marys, starring Ingrid Bergman as Sister Mary Benedict and the dilapidated St. Marys School that faces closure, and her partnership with Father Chuck OMalley (Bing Crosby). The film has been restored preserved in 4K digital by Paramount Archives, with scanning, picture restoration and color correction by Technicolor and audio restoration by Audio Mechanics. Itll screen at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, and 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. (nwfilm.org, $9 general, $8 students/seniors, $6 child).
Well have more later, but make plans to watch OPBs Oregon Experience documentary about the history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, on OPB TV or watch.opb.org.