MacDill Happenings

For an inexpensive outing this weekend, stop by the movie theater at MacDill AFB.  Admission is only $4 for ages 12 years and up and $2 for ages 5-11 years.  This price is about half price of most movie theaters in Tampa.  Plus you can buy a large popcorn and two medium soft drinks for only $10.  On Friday night at 7pm, “Eagle Eye” starring Shia LaBeouf is playing. This movie is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, violence and language, and has a run time of 110 minutes. In the fast-paced race-against-time-thriller “Eagle Eye” Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her diabolical plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.  On Saturday, there are two movies playing.  The 3pm show is a funny family movie, “Beverly Hills Chihuahua“. This movie is rated PG for thematic elements and has a run time of 90 minutes. Chloe, a diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious lifestyle so much, she hardly notices Papi, a tough looking Chihuahua who happens to be head-over-paws for the pampered pooch. But when Chloe gets lost in the rough streets of Mexico with only a street-wise German Shepherd to help her find her way home, Papi heads south of the border — joining forces with a motley crew: two humans, a sly rat and a nervous iguana to rescue his true love.  At 7pm, “Flash of Genius” starring Greg Kinnear is playing.  This movie is rated PG-13 for strong language and has a run time of 120 minutes. The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob’s creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life’s work-or for that matter, anyone’s work-be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit.