Things To Watch Listings

Cult Classics: Bad Santa

Enzian Theater - 1300 S. Orlando Ave. - Maitland (Orlando)

Who ever heard of a skinny Santa? The folks who made this dark holiday comedy, starring billy Bob Thornton as a washed-up, wise-cracking Department...

December 8 : 9:30 p.m.

2012 -

Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Unbeknownst to its billions of inhabitants, the Earth has an expiration date. Thanks to 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 literally falls apart around them.

Today's Showtimes:

Plaza Cinema Cafe

155 South Orange Avenue - Orlando (Downtown Orlando)

Premiere Cinema at Fashion Square Mall

3201 E. Colonial Drive - Orlando (Orlando)

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:

Plaza Cinema Cafe

155 South Orange Avenue - Orlando (Downtown Orlando)

Premiere Cinema at Fashion Square Mall

3201 E. Colonial Drive - Orlando (Orlando)

Lounge

Direct Art - 1412 Dauphin Lane - Orlando (Orlando)

Lounge is a weekly, Sunday evening hang out for artists and art lovers alike

Sundays : 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire -

Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique , Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz
Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece ``Precious'' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother (Mo'Nique ) . Precious instinctively sees a chance to turn her life around when she is offered the opportunity to transfer to an alternative school. Under the patient, firm guidance of her new teacher, Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins the journey from oppression to self-determination.

Today's Showtimes:

Regal Winter Park Village Stadium 20

510 N. Orlando Ave. - Winter Park (Orlando)

Cinemark Festival Bay 20

5150 International Drive - Orlando (Universal Studios Area)

Disney's A Christmas Carol 3D -

Starring: Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.

Today's Showtimes:

Premiere Cinema at Fashion Square Mall

3201 E. Colonial Drive - Orlando (Orlando)

Regal Winter Park Village Stadium 20

510 N. Orlando Ave. - Winter Park (Orlando)

The Fourth Kind -

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Elias Koteas, Corey Johnson
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich), a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

Today's Showtimes:

Plaza Cinema Cafe

155 South Orange Avenue - Orlando (Downtown Orlando)

Premiere Cinema at Fashion Square Mall

3201 E. Colonial Drive - Orlando (Orlando)

Disney's A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience -

Starring: Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Altamonte Mall 18

433 E. Altamonte Dr. - Altamonte Springs (Orlando)

Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 & IMAX

9101 International Dr - Orlando (Orlando)

The Men Who Stare at Goats -

Starring: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey
Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady's assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade's founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) .

Today's Showtimes:

Plaza Cinema Cafe

155 South Orange Avenue - Orlando (Downtown Orlando)

Premiere Cinema at Fashion Square Mall

3201 E. Colonial Drive - Orlando (Orlando)