Ratings based on four-star system.
‘More Than a Game’
Rated PG
2 stars
An inspiring story that works very hard to remind you it’s an inspiring story at every opportunity. “Hoosiers” looks subtle by comparison — and this is …

Carey Mulligan is radiant as a suburban teenager in 1961 London who is curious and clever beyond her years but still rather innocent and impressionable. Although she’s a diligent student and dutiful daughter on track to study at Oxford, she sits alone in her bedroom at night longing to be adult enough to live in Paris on her own, basking in the culture. Mulligan maintains a beautifully believable balance of these contrasting forces, even as Jenny gets drawn from the sedate and boring life she knows into a glamorous new one.

Jimmy’s Down will takes the stage at Whippersnappers in Londonderry at 9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9.

Stroll through the village where the “former residents” of early Salem met their fate, but never left. Or visit the Dead Shed where the old village butchers still practice their craft, or check in with Mr. Chuckles and the evil employees of Merriment, Incorporated, where they manufacture killer novelties and don’t clown around.