Drama or Things To Watch Movies

The Blind Side -

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head
A homeless black teenager, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in, transforming Michael's life and theirs. With help from his new-found family, tutors and coaches, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.

Today's Showtimes:

Elite Cinema 6

223 Chester Mall - Chester (Goshen area)

AMC Loews Palisades Center 21

4403 Palisades Center Drive - West Nyack (Nyack-Piermont area)

2012 -

Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Loews Palisades Center 21

4403 Palisades Center Drive - West Nyack (Nyack-Piermont area)

Regal New Roc City IMAX

33 Le Count Place - New Rochelle

Me and Orson Welles -

Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Zoe Kazan
After a chance encounter, theater-loving teen Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when famed director Orson Welles (Christian McKay) gives him a small role in his 1937 production of ``Julius Caesar.'' Unexpectedly thrust into the heady world of the stage, Richard finds himself surrounded by ambition, clashing egos and sheer brilliance.

Today's Showtimes:

Jacob Burns Film Center

364 Manville Rd. - Pleasantville

The Road -

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall
America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep the dream of civilization alive. They journey toward the sea, surviving as best they can on what they can scavenge, and try to avoid roving gangs of savage humans who will turn them into slaves, or worse.

Today's Showtimes:

Clearview Cinema 100

93 Knollwood Road - White Plains (White Plains area)

An Education -

Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.

Today's Showtimes:

Clearview Cinema 100

93 Knollwood Road - White Plains (White Plains area)

Fish Tank -

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway

Armored -

Starring: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco
Following his return from Iraq, Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) takes a job at the same armored-car company where his late father worked. At the end of his probation period, his mentor and godfather, Mike Cochrane (Matt Dillon), reveals to Ty his plan to rob one of their company's trucks. Faced with the loss of his house and his younger brother to foster care, Ty reluctantly agrees to the plan, but when the heist goes terribly awry, it becomes every man for himself.

Today's Showtimes:

Regal New Roc City IMAX

33 Le Count Place - New Rochelle

Broken Embraces -

Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Gomez

Today's Showtimes:

Clearview Cinema 100

93 Knollwood Road - White Plains (White Plains area)

Jacob Burns Film Center

364 Manville Rd. - Pleasantville

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee -

Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Julianne Moore
Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) is a middle-aged woman married to a much older man named Herb (Alan Arkin), a celebrated publisher. After she and Herb move to a retirement community, Pippa's troubled past bubbles to the surface. Though a neighbor's son (Keanu Reeves) acts as her confidante, Pippa slowly inches toward a nervous breakdown.

Today's Showtimes:

Upstate Films Theatre

6415 Montogomery St - Rhinebeck