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The 2010 film will be shown, 4 p.m. today, Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 818-238-5610.
Orchid auction
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Welcome to the Rileys
Samuel Goldwyn Films presents a film directed by Jake Scott. Screenplay by Ken Hixon. Running time: 110 minutes. MPAA rating: R (for strong sexual content, brief drug use and pervasive language involving a teenager).
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The 1931 film starring Edward G. Robinson will be shown, 2 p.m. today, Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 818-238-5600.
Find your roots
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OPENING THIS WEEK
THE BANK JOB Director Roger Donaldson (The World's Fastest Indian) returns with a heist flick about the real-life 1971 London bank robbery that captured the public's imagination and remains unsolved. Clearly this was pulled off by very smart people, so the film role is a job for action brute Jason Statham. Rated R. 110 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe.
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Courtland S. Wilson Branch Library "Rockwell Kent: Painter. Author. Illustrator. Adventurer. Social Activist.", and discussion by Frederick Lewis, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, free, 303 Washington Ave., New Haven; 203-946-2228. Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center "Warriors", 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, honoring Native American veterans, $15, seniors $13, ages 6-15 $10, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket; 1-800-411-9671.
L. Keefe Community Center "Toy Story 3", 7 p.m. Friday, free, Dixwell Avenue and Pine Street, Hamden; 203-562-5129.
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Winter Film Series
Winter Film Series at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Avenue. Shows start at 7 p.m. Thursdays and cost $5. Call 923-0003.
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Film versions of three picture books, 10 a.m. today, Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 818-238-5610.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
The 1993 film will be shown, 3 p.m. today, Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 818-238-5610.
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The first camera Guilty Pleasures ever owned was no bigger than a harmonica, shot 110 speed film and was purchased off the back of a cereal box.
Still, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with photography, both as art and, in a way, out of a deep fear of forgetting important moments in life. (This also explains the boxes upon boxes of saved letters, postcards, e-mails and ticket stubs. Truly, Guilty Pleasures needs professional help.)
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. (Warner Bros.; 110 minutes; PG-13; 2008). This summer's comedy crop has been on the mild side, best typified by this big-screen revamping of the beloved 1960s-era TV spy spoof that asks one key question: Would you believe it's easier to blow up buildings instead of creating funny one-liners? Yes, the old Don Adams sitcom created by yukmeisters Buck Henry and Mel Brooks, which treasured deadpan wit, repetitive catch-phrases ("Sorry about that, Chief!") and silly sophomoric puns (one episode concerning a mad scientist named Rath and his killer gorillas was titled, naturally, "The Apes of Rath"), has been expanded millennial-style into the usual summertime blockbuster with lots of explosions, stunts and car chases.
The movie version has Smart as a desk-bound analyst for the ail-...