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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 Sight

Not 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: Arranged

Not 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.

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 Dresses

Rated 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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