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Susan Sarandon has an early starring role in this 1971 drama about a French-Canadian man who gets caught in a love triangle after his former girlfriend refuses to end their relationship despite her boyfriend’s obvious interest in Sarandon’s character.

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After an autistic savant inherits three million dollars from his deceased father, his younger brother, in an attempt to trick him out of the money, learns some valuable lessons of life. (2 hrs. 20 min.)

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For THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING, the second big-screen VEGGIETALES adventure, everyone’s favorite computer-animated talking edibles embark on a time-traveling, seafaring journey. Voiced by co-creators Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, George (aka Pa Grape), Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt), and Elliot (Larry the Cucumber) work in mundane jobs at a pirate-themed dinner theater. Longing for more but too lazy to change, the unmotivated threesome get their wish when a strange object transports them back to the 17th century, and they have to rise to the challenge of being real pirates.

Riffing off of the general themes of THE WIZARD OF OZ and clearly sharing similarities with the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films, this movie, which is actually based on a VeggieTales song of the same name, uses its silly produce protagonists and their high-seas hijinks to instill themes of courage and assertiveness in its young viewers. Those looking for the blatant Biblical themes that are usually present in the popular video series (see the earlier JONAH film) may be slightly disappointed by their absence, but the VeggieTales characters still manage to convey plenty of positive messages amidst their exploits. While PIRATES doesn’t hit Pixar levels of mass appeal, the movie is sure to entertain small children. (1 hr. 31 min.)

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Biographical film on Charlie Chaplin: from his impoverished youth in London through the formative years of film and his emergence in Hollywood’s Golden Age, up until his acceptance, late in life, of a special Academy Award. (2 hrs. 24 min.)

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Peter Gibbons is computer programmer who at the ripe old age of 28 is having a mid-life crisis. Unable to endure another moment of the mind-numbing routine and petty annoyances that assault him day after day, Peter and some equally frustrated colleagues hatch a plot which could lead to a very lucrative and early retirement. (1 hr. 29 min.)

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