From the posting... All levels of ETA members may purchase tickets to Esquire, AMC, and Showcase/National Amusement theatres. The weekly Esquire listings follow. ***********************************************************

ATONEMENT (OPENING DAY, Friday 12/21/07) NO PASSES OR DISCOUNTS

Rated R

122 min.

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live A life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the armest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings. Briony, who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested - and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of magination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love. Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Joe Wright.

KITE RUNNER(OPENING DAY, Friday 12/21/07)

Rated PG-13

122 min.

In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir And Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right. Starring Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla, Nasser Memarzia, Said Taghmaoui and Atossa Leoni. Directed by Marc Forster. 2 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS Best Foreign Language Film, Best OrigiNOMINEE Best Foreign Language Film

I'M NOT THERE (FINAL DAY, Thursday 12/20/07)

Rated R

135 min.

A re-enactment of the life of musician, Bob Dylan, with multiple actors embodying different stages in the singer's life. Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw. Directed by Todd Haynes. GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE Cate Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (FINAL DAY, Thursday 12/20/07)

Rated PG-13

102 min

Lars Lindstrom is a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him. He Introduces Bianca to his brother Gus and his wife Karen and they are stunned. They don't know what to say to Lars or Bianca, because she is a life-size doll, not a real person and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor who explains this is a delusion he's created and they should all go along with it. What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and the people around him. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner and Paul Schneider. Dinal Score

THE WALKER (OPENING DAY, Friday 12/21/07)

Rated R

107 min

This film follows openly gay Carter Page III, who often escorts middle-aged Washington, D.C. wives to high-society events their husbands can't attend. When the lover of one of his women friends is killed, Page is drawn into a tangled murder investigation. To protect his friend's reputation, he claims to have found the body, making himself an immediate suspect. Starring Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Ned Beatty and Moritz Bleibtreu. Directed by Paul Schrader.

LUST CAUTION (FINAL DAY, Thursday 12/20/07)

Rated NC-17

157 min.

In WWII-era Shanghai, Wong Chia Chi is a Chinese college student who gets involved with a drama club after meeting Kuang Yu Min, a charismatic fellow classmate. While Wong is happy performing on the stage, Kuang asks her to take on a very dangerous role in real life. She is to transform herself into Mrs. Mak and make friends with the wife of a major Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee, only to ensnare him into an affair so that her Kuang and his cohorts can kill him. However, the plan fails to work out at the time, but after several years pass, Kuang re-enters Wong's life, whereupon he asks her to resume their deadly mission. Starring Tang Wei, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Wang Lee Hom, Joan Chen and Chih-ying Chu. Directed by Ang Lee. GOLDEN GLOBErected by Craig Gillespie. GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE Ryan Gosling, Best Actor

INTO THE WILD (FINAL DAY, Thursday 12/20/07)

Rated R

140 min

Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River and to the non-conformists' refuge of Slab City, California. Along the way, he encountered a series of colorful characters at the very edges of American society who shaped his understanding of life. In the end, he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great North, where everything he had seen and learned came to a head in ways he never could have expected.Starring Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener. Directed by Sean Penn. 2 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS Best Original Score, Best Original Song

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD

Rated R

117 min

Two brothers, Andy and Hank, organize the robbery of their parents’ jewelry store. Both men are desperate for money, fueled by a variety of vices, addictions and compulsions. Andy has devised a foolproof scheme to end their money worries, rob a mom-and-pop jewelry store in a suburban mall in Westchester County. Neither he nor Hank is a thief, cheating and embezzlement aside, but the heist would be an inside job; the brothers' parents own the store. Putting issues of impropriety aside, the plan has advantages: The brothers know the layout of the shop, the habits of its proprietors, location of keys and alarms, and their parents could collect insurance on the stolen goods. The crime should be victimless, but goes horribly wrong, triggering off a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax. Starring Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Aleksa Palladino. Directed by Sidney Lumet.

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Rated R

122 min.

A clueless Texas hunter, Lllewelyn Moss, stumbles across a pickup surrounded by corpses, filled with heroin and $2 million in cash and absconds with it. He thinks he can outmaneuver the psychopathic mob enforcer sent to retrieve the goods, who judges lives with a flip of a coin. Caught in the middle is an old-school county sheriff, who finds his peaceful home awash in a type of violence he has never seen before and for which he is totally unprepared to handle. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly MacDonald, Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root. Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen. 4 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS Best Motion Picture (Drama); Ethan & Joel Cohen, Best Director; Javier Bardem, Best Supporting Actor; Best Screenplay

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THURSDAY 12/20/07 LUST CAUTION (NC-17) FINAL DAY 2:00 / 5:00 / 8:00 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (R) 1:50 / 4:20 / 9:40 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (R) 2:00 / 4:40 / 7:20 / 9:50 I'M NOT THERE (R) FINAL DAY 1:20 / 4:00 / 7:00 / 9:45 LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (PG-13) FINAL DAY 12:55 / 3:10 / 5:25 / 7:40 / 9:55 INTO THE WILD (R) FINAL DAY 12:50 / 3:50 / 6:50 / 9:50 *********************************************************** FRIDAY - SUNDAY 12/21/07 - 12/23/07 ATONEMENT (R) 2:00 / 2:30 / 4:30 / 5:00 / 7:00 / 7:30 / 9:30 / 10:00 KITE RUNNER (PG-13) 1:20 / 4:00 / 7:15 / 9:45 THE WALKER (R) FINAL DAYS 1:00 / 3:20 / 5:30 / 7:40 / 9:55 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (R) FINAL DAYS 1:50 / 4:20 / 7:10 / 9:40 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (R) FINAL DAYS 2:00 / 4:40 / 7:20 / 9:50 *********************************************************** MONDAY 12/24/07 ATONEMENT (R) 2:00 / 2:30 / 4:30 / 5:00 / 7:00 / 7:30 KITE RUNNER (PG-13) 1:20 / 4:00 / 7:15 THE WALKER (R) 1:00 / 3:20 / 5:30 / 7:40 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (R) 1:50 / 4:20 / 7:10 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (R) 2:00 / 4:40 / 7:20 *********************************************************** Check out the showtimes for our other theatre, The Mariemont, located at 6906 Wooster Pike in Mariemont. http://www.mariemonttheatre.com/show.htm *********************************************************** See you at the movies! http://www.esquiretheatre.com Theatre Management Corporation 125 East Court Street Suite 1000 Cincinnati, OH 45202