Three holiday movies are showing this weekend at the Alhambra Theatre downtown.
First, at 7 p.m. Friday, is “Die Hard,” the 1988 film starring Bruce Willis as a New York City police officer who battles terrorists at a holiday party. The movie is rated R.
Showing at 4 p.m. Saturday is “Home Alone,” the 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin as the precocious 8-year-old boy who outwits a pair of burglar to protect the home front after his family accidentally leaves him behind after everyone else heads to Paris for a family vacation.
On Sunday “It’s a Wonderful Life,” shows at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Frank Capra’s 1946 film — starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore — is the story of a beleagured, small-town businessman who learns what life would have been like without him after an angel is sent to save him from taking his own life.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” has become an annual showing at the Alhambra in the days before Christmas.
“Home Alone” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” are both rated PG.
Esquire magazine has rated “It’s a Wonderful Life” as the best Christmas movie on a list of 50 top holiday classics.
Movie tickets are the Alhambra are $5. The theater sales drinks, snacks and popcorn.
The theater is at 507 S. Main St., next door to the Christian County Courthouse.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
