Midday Matinees
Wednesdays at 2pm in July
Cool off in the community room with a movie in the community room. Movies selected will be rated PG, PG-13 or R and are intended for older audiences. Registration is not required, but space may be limited.
July 3 “The Holdovers” is rated R language, some drug use, and brief sexual material. The movie also contains offensive language, swearing, drinking, and pot use. The run time is 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Synopsis:
The dramedy tells the story of a disagreeable schoolteacher named Paul Hunham. With no family or friends, Paul ends up staying at school during Christmas break to supervise holdover students who can’t travel home for the holidays. Troublemaker Angus and head cook Mary build an unexpected bond with Paul on campus. Together, they go through hilarious adventures, celebrating Christmas in their own unique way.
July 10 “The Big Year” is rated PG for for some language and sensuality, and some say it’s more likely to appeal to older tweens, teens, and adults.
Synopsis:
Three avid bird-watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black) compete to spot the highest number of species as El Niño sends an extraordinary variety of breeds flying up into the U.S., but they eventually discover that there are more-important things in life than beating the competition.
July 17 “American Fiction” is rated R for language, some drug use, sexual references, and brief violence. The movie includes strong language, kissing, partial male nudity, drinking, cocaine use, and imagined violence. It has a run time of 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Synopsis:
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison’s writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world’s hypocrisies. The book’s immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.
July 24 “Twister” is rated PG13 for Contains profanity, major thermal violence and actors impersonating real people. It has a run time of 1 hour 53 minutes.
Synopsis:
Just run for your life when a destructive force of nature comes howling straight toward you, destroying everything in its path–when you’re running from a Twister. Academy Award winner Helen Hunt stars as Dr. Jo Thornton-Harding, who as a small girl watched her father sucked to his death from her family’s storm cellar by a massive tornado. Now a storm chaser, a scientist who risks her life to study the dark side of nature by taking her data-transmitting instruments directly into the path of a deadly storm, Jo chases the largest tornado to ever strike Oklahoma as her marriage implodes and rival scientists will stop and nothing to steal her breakthrough. Go for the ride of your life with this blockbuster from executive producer Steven Spielberg, director Jan de Bont (Speed) and writer Michael Crichton (“ER,” Jurassic Park).
July 31 “The Martian” is rated PG13 for some strong language, injury images, and brief nudity. It has a run time of 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Synopsis:
A lone astronaut is left behind on the hostile surface of Mars after an exploratory mission goes awry, and must use his ingenuity to create a habitat where he can survive. Meanwhile, his crewmates and a team of scientists work to rescue him, in defiance of NASA protocol.
