Malcolm Holcombe     
    
      Sunday      Aug 29        7:00 

      For more information visit
     www.malcolmholcombe.com

    Online ticket sales not available after August 28

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WSHC-FM, the radio voice of Shepherd University, presents an evening in concert with Malcolm Holcombe at the Opera House on Sunday, August 29.  A nationally recognized singer and songwriter from North Carolina by way of Nashville, Holcombe’s original music was described as “where haunted country, acoustic blues, and rugged folk all meet” by Rolling Stone magazine.  

Tickets are available online for $7.00 (plus $.25 processing fee) in advance through our website www.operahousemovies.com and at the Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery, or $10.00 at the door ($7.00 for Shepherd students with a student ID).  The doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:00.  

     The Kids are All Right     
      Friday        Aug 20        8:15   
      Saturday    Aug 21        6:00
      Sunday      Aug 22        5:00
      Monday      Aug 23        6:00 

      Friday         Aug 27        6:00   
      Saturday     Aug 28        8:15
      Sunday       Aug 29        1:00
      Monday       Aug 30        8:15 

      For more information visit
   http://filminfocus.com/film/the_kids_are_all_right

“Outrageously funny!”  -  The New York Times

“Witty, urbane, and thoroughly entertaining!”  -  Los Angeles Times

“A classic Hollywood domestic comedy with a mischievous twist!”  -  NPR

In “The Kids Are All Right”, Annette Bening stars as Nic, a rather fastidious doctor in a long-term relationship with the much more casual Jules (Julianne Moore), who is sort of between careers.  She is currently considering landscaping.  Each woman carried one of their children – conceived with help from a sperm donor – and together they are raising their fifteen-year-old son Laser (Josh Hutcherson) and eighteen-year-old daughter Joni (Mia Wasikowska).  In all aspects, they are a normal family, living in a middle-class Southern California suburb - some money worries, maybe a mid-life crisis on the horizon, one of the kids about to leave home – normal family stuff.  

And when the two kids decide they want to identify and meet their father, Nic and Jules don’t object.  Dad turns out to be Paul (Mark Ruffalo), a good-natured restaurant owner and organic farmer with something of a hippie past.  Although the two mothers are a little cool toward him, Paul and the kids feel an immediate bond.  Learning that Jules has an interest in landscaping, Paul hires her to do the garden behind his restaurant.  One thing leads to another, and soon that redefined family unit is getting re-redefined!  

Director Lisa Cholodenko’s newest film was the major hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  

Running time 104 minutes, rated R.

    Cyrus   
          
      Friday         Aug 20        6:00   
      Saturday     Aug 21        8:15
      Sunday       Aug 22        2:00
      Monday       Aug 23        8:15

      Friday        Aug 27         8:15   
      Saturday    Aug 28         6:00
      Sunday      Aug 29         4:00
      Monday      Aug 30         6:00

    For the trailer and more about the movie visit
  http://www.foxsearchlight.com/cyrus/
   
“Outrageous, twisted fun!”  -  Rolling Stone

“An off-kilter charmer!”  -  USA Today

“Consistently, quietly riotous – a delightfully demented and unique film!”  The Denver Post   

John (John C. Reilly) seems destined for awkward moments.  When his ex-wife (Catherine Keener) unexpectedly walks into his apartment to announce that she is remarrying, she catches him in a compromising position.  Suggesting that he might like to find a partner, she goads him into attending a party, where he meets the very attractive Molly (Marisa Tomei).  Another awkward meeting – did the backyard shrubbery really need watering?  But Molly likes the big lug.  He seems nice enough, and she has been a single mom for awhile, with a twenty-one-year old son Cyrus (Jonah Hill), who lives at home and writes spaced-out dance music.  When Cyrus and John meet, Cyrus is polite and cordial, but no one is going to steal his mother’s affections from him, and he starts a subtle sabotage of the relationship.  But John is aware how lucky he is to have found Molly, and his counter-moves lead to an ever-increasing war of the wills.

 Filmmaking brothers Jay and Mark Duplass have been popular at film festivals for some time, with work like “Puffy Chair” and “Baghead”.  With “Cyrus”, they have made their move into the big-time with a movie that Time magazine calls “the scariest romantic comedy of the year!”  

Running time 91 minutes, rated R.

    The American   
          
      Friday         Sept 3        6:00     8:15  
      Saturday     Sept 4        6:00     8:15
      Sunday       Sept 5        2:00     5:00
      Monday       Sept 6        6:00     8:15

     For the trailer and more about the movie visit
     http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_american

   

Apparently the movie distributors have missed something in the new census numbers, and tiny Shepherdstown somehow finds itself debuting “The American”, George Clooney’s newest thriller, on opening week.  No one is more mystified than are we – did some of you get counted twice?  

Adapted from Martin Booth’s 2005 novel “A Very Private Gentleman” and directed by Anton Corbijn, the award-winning director of “Control”, “The American” stars Clooney as Jack, a professional assassin.  Despite his reputation of being a master of his “craft”, a recent assignment in Sweden did not go as planned, and Jack informs his superior that his next job will be his last.  Holed up in a small town in the Italian countryside, while a weapon he needs is being constructed, Jack surprises himself by befriending a local priest and attracts the romantic attentions of a local beauty.  But is he tempting fate by stepping out of his usual shadows?  

Running time 105 minutes, rated R.