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 July
2008
Movies
Note: Beginning in June, all Movies
will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday Evenings unless otherwise noted |
July
17: No End in SightNot
Rated; 102 min.
The first film of its kind to chronicle the
reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule,
criminality and anarchy, No End in Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider’s
tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over
200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events
following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials as well
as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. |
July
24: ArrangedNot Rated;
89 min.
With Doris Belack, Peggy Gormley, Marcia Jean
Kurtz, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber
This film centers on the friendship between an
Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers
at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn
they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both
going through the process of arranged marriages. |
July
31: Death at a Funeral
MPAA Rating: R for language and drug content; 91 min.
With Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy
Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan
As the mourners and guests at a British country
manor struggle valiantly to "keep a stiff upper lip," a dignified
ceremony devolves into a hilarious, no-holds-barred debacle of misplaced
cadavers, indecent exposure, and shocking family secrets. |
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 August
2008
Movies
Note: Beginning in June, all Movies
will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday Evenings unless otherwise noted |
August
7: The Great Debaters
Rated PG-13 for depiction of strong thematic material including violence
and disturbing images, and for language and brief sexuality; 126 min.
Starring Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee
Smollett, Forest Whitaker
Inspired by real events, The Great Debaters
reveals one of the seeds of the Civil Rights Movement in its story of
Melvin B. Tolson and his champion 1935 debate club from the
all-African-American Wiley College in Texas. Tolson, a Wiley professor,
labor organizer, modernist poet, and much else, runs a rigorous debate
program at the school, selecting four students as his team in ’35, among
them the future founder of the Congress of Racial Equality, James Farmer
Jr. |
August
14: The Other Boleyn Girl
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual
content and some violent images; 115 min.
Starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson,
Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Anne Boleyn is the doe-eyed vixen ordered by
her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary
has always been in Anne's shadow; Anne is prettier, more accomplished,
and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary--the "other Boleyn
girl"--as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become
not only the King's consort, but his new queen. |
August
21: The Bucket List
Rated PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference; 97 min.
Starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
In this moving, often hilarious film, two
terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip
with a wish list of to-dos before they die. |
August
28: 27 DressesRated
PG-13 for language, some innuendo and sexuality; 107 min.
Starring Edward Burns, Melora Hardin, Katherine
Heigl, Brian Kerwin
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young
woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her
sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with. |
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