Time Warp Theatre

Max wanted to see this new movie about South Africa, and for some reason it's only playing at one theatre in the city. A theatre we've never been to before. It's right down the street from a huge AMC megaplex, but for some reason we've never gone to this one. We decided to see In My Country at 9.25pm, and got there with half an hour to spare. We had to pay for the ticket through bullet proof glass, and then the cashier came around and opened the glass door to let us in. Once inside, he asked us to wait a while and sit on the bench. This picture is taken from the bench. It felt like a Twilight Zone episode. No one else was there but us and another couple, who were just walking around.

Once we actually moved into the theatre, (which was HUGE and we were the only ones there) we spent the next 20 minutes watching 'behind the scene' specials for The Interpreter, a music video for the new Kojak, starring Ving Rhames(?!?!?), and a 5 minute promo for the TNT channel about 'What is Drama?' with sound bytes from stars of all your favorite Drama shows on TV (ER, NYPD Blue, Law and Order).

So yeah -- the theatre was weird!

As far as the movie goes - it was really good, but very sad. It's all about the Truth and Reconciliation Hearings that happened after apartheid ended. There was some pretty gruesome stuff and I cried throughout the movie, but it was also quite authentic and thankfully lacked some of the ridiculous drama that most American movies about Africa have. I recommend anyone who's interested in South Africa see it.