Catch a movie in Petoskey over the holiday weekend. Here’s what’s showing. Be aure to call to confirm show times.
Petoskey Cinema
1540 Anderson Road, Petoskey, MI, 231-347-9696
Old Dogs
Two best friends — one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor — have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of 7-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. PG, 88 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm
Planet 51
An alien planet, stuck in the culture of the 1950’s, finds it barely-repressed paranoia kick-started into high gear when Chuck, a NASA astronaut, arrives without warning and turns their world upside down. PG, 131 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm
The Blind Side
Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. PG13, 126 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:15 pm
2012
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. A global cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. PG-13, 158 minutes 6:45 pm, 9:30 pm
Disney’s A Christmas Carol in Disney Digital
3D Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late.
PG, 96 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm
Paranormal Activity
After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. R, 99 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm
The Box
An unhappily married couple receive a small wooden box on their doorstep. At the push of a button, the box brings its bearer instant wealth but also instantly kills someone the bearer doesn’t know. PG-13, 116 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:15 pm
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Reporter Bob Wilton encounters Lyn Cassady, who claims to be part of an experimental military unit changing the way wars are fought. R, 90 minutes 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm