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Arts & Entertainment

Movies at the Library-Summer 2012

Screenings are at 1:30pm & 6:30pm in the Auditorium.

June 7 - Hugo, PG, 2 hours.  Starring Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Jude Law & Chloe Grace Moretz.  When wily and resourceful Hugo discovers a secret left by his father, he unlocks a mystery and embarks on a quest that will transform those around him and lead to a safe and loving place he can call home.

June 28 - The Iron Lady, PG-13, 1 hour 45 minutes.  Starring Meryl Streep & Jim Broadbent.  A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.

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July 5 - Young Adult, R, 1 hour 33 mintues.  Starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt & Patrick Wilson.  A 37-year-old former prom queen returns home to relive her glory days and win back her now-married high school sweetheart but finds her homecoming more challenging than expected.

July 19 - My Week with Marilyn, R, 1 hour 40 minutes.  Starring Michelle Williams & Kenneth Branagh.  Based on the true story by Colin Clark, this memoir describes a magical week in which Marilyn Monroe opens herself up to a stranger and finds him a confidant and an ally.

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August 2 - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, PG-13, 2 hours 10 minutes.  Starring Tom Hanks.  A year after his father died  in the World Trade Center, Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old, is determined to keep his vital connection to the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears.

August 16 - The Artist, PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes.  Starring Jean Dujardin & Berenice Bejo.  Hollywood 1927.  George Valentin is a silent movie superstar.  The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion.  For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits.  The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

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