Weekend

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The astronaut's the alien on 'Planet 51' - 11/19/2009: By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic

They look like "sea monkeys dancing to the oldies," notes a wayward NASA astronaut. He's speaking about the amphibianesque creatures on Planet 51, which resembles a cartoon version of the Happy Days set, with bulbous cars, streamlined diners, and a dim-witted populace enamored of scary alien invasion movies.
A big tackle and a little lady - 11/19/2009: By David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Staff Writer

They should stock extra-absorbent tissues at the concessions stand for The Blind Side, an engaging if transparent tearjerker of the first water.
Veteran becomes messenger of death - 11/19/2009: By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic

Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery, a decorated Iraq War veteran who gets the title role in The Messenger, is back in the States, close to ending his service, when he gets a new assignment: to be the guy that goes knocking on doors to inform family and spouses that their loved one is dead.
Repertory Films showing this week - 2:05am: Repertory Films Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. Elevator to the Gallows (France, 1958) $8.75; $6.75 seniors and children. 11/25. 7:30 pm.
Kurosawa's classic mystery retold from four perspectives - 11/19/2009: By Carrie Rickey, Inquirer Movie Critic

Seeking shelter from a driving rain, a priest and a peasant huddle under Kyoto's dilapidated Rashomon Gate. They shake their heads in bewilderment at a mystery that cannot easily be solved in 11th century Japan, where feudal wars have left Kyoto - and the truth - in ruins. A woodcutter, who claims to have witnessed a rape and a murder in the woods, joins the pair to talk about what occurred.
New This Week - 2:05am: My Sister's Keeper **1/2 (Warner Home Video, '09) $28.98. 109 mins. A child conceived as a donor match to her leukemia-stricken sibling decides against painful operations and hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the right to decide how to use her body. With Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric. PG-13 (mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, profanity and brief teen drinking)
Do This! - 2:05am: By Christina Pellegrini

Today-Sunday Nothing escapes his eye Painter and photographer Barkley Hendricks, greatly influenced by legendary photographer Walker Evans, has a unique eye for capturing a fresh portrayal of the ordinary, often in black and white. Hendricks is an alum
Concert Previews - 2:05am: Chuck Prophet "As the rivers run over their banks . . . there's nowhere for a poor boy to hide," Chuck Prophet sings over the Stonesy riffage of the title song of his new album. This poor boy's answer to tough times is to keep rocking, which Pro
Reprising the keen songs of the Kinks - 2:05am: Leader Ray Davies is pleased by the band's young fans.

By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic

After putting out his first solo album, Other People's Lives, in 2006, at the age of 62, it took Kinks leader Ray Davies only another year to put out the next, Working Man's Cafe. But just as he was getting the hang of going solo, Davies is now revisiting his catalog of masterfully observed songs like "Days" and "Shangri-La" with the Crouch End Festival Chorus on his new album, The Kinks Choral Collection.
Concert and club listings - 2:05am: In Concert The Academy of Music Broad & Locust Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.academyofmusic.org. Sexy Soul Tour. $39.75-$79.75. 11/20. 8 pm.
Visiting the Shore for holiday fun - 2:05am: By Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer

Mark Soifer, who's worked to put Ocean City on the map for almost four decades, remembers his early years in town when the Shore closed down after Labor Day and the entire tourist industry started thinking about the next Memorial Day.
Casino shows and concerts - 2:05am: Casinos Bally's Atlantic City Park Place & The Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-340-2000. www.ballysac.com. Karaoke Night. The Exceptions. 11/21. 10 pm.