Galileo - BLU-RAY

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.

GRAVITY, directed by Oscar nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney). But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and

Like the '60s-era South Paris housing project where he's spent his whole life, teen Youri (Alséni Bathily) was named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin... and harbored his own dreams of reaching the stars. When the aging structure is tagged for demolition, however, he finds a mission in trying to stave off the wrecking ball-in spite of the outcome's inevitability. Affecting effort co-stars Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield, Denis Lavant. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack French; Subtitles English; theatrical trailers. In French with English subtitles.