How many of this year’s Academy Award-winning films have you seen? Still a few left on your list? Beginning Wednesday, Our Town Cinemas in Davidson will have the three top Oscar winners, including “The Hurt Locker,” which is currently not in theaters.

“The Hurt Locker” won Best Picture Sunday. Also showing will be “Crazy Heart,” which won Best Actor for Jeff Bridges; and “Blind Side,” with Sandra Bullock (Best Actress). Those films will be in rotation this week with “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shutter Island” Wednesday and Thursday. Then beginning Friday, “The Green Zone” joins the mix, replacing “Shutter Island.” (For showtimes, see our Showtimes listing on the main Guide page.) Read the full story

With The Academy Awards due to be handed out Sunday night, a Davidson writer pauses to reflect on her own Big Game Night. I’d bet “My Left Foot” it will all work out, she writes. This is, after all, a “Love Story.”

By J.L. KINSLER

Oscar Night is my Super Bowl. We throw our own little family party – I don’t want the distraction of other people because I’m a serious viewer – and make a night of it. When the girls were younger we even dressed up for our own imagined red carpet although nowadays we’re all happier in our most comfy pajamas. Read the full story

Ethan Uslan

Why don’t we watch the old silent films much anymore? Maybe it’s because we don’t have the benefit of a live score as moviegoers did back in the early years of film. Here’s your chance for that experience: Ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan will be in Davidson Saturday night, Jan. 30, to play a live soundtrack to the classic 1927 silent film “The General,” starring Buster Keaton.

Mr. Uslan, of Charlotte, will perform along with the film Saturday at 7 p.m. at St Albans Church, 301 Caldwell Lane, off Concord Road. It’s part of the Music at St. Alban’s series. (UPDATE: Because of snow, this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.)
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Drink and a movie anyone? Our Town Cinemas in Davidson begins serving wine and beer at its concession stand today, Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Meanwhile, the theater will introduce a couple of new films beginning on Friday: “Avatar” (in regular format) and “Blind Side.” And coming next week: A free public screening of the season’s first episode of TV show “Lost.” Read the full story