Our Friday Night Film Series shows no signs of slowing down and we're roaring into March with plenty more film energy aimed at you! March may be one of the longest and most unpredictable months of the year, but we predict that you'll enjoy our Friday screen selections!
Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. -- UNSTOPPABLE (2010) Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn; Rated PG-13; 98 minutes
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
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Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. -- MORNING GLORY (2010) Starring Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Patrick Wilson; Rated PG-13; 102 minutes
When hard-working TV producer Becky Fuller is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life. Stumbling into a job at "Daybreak", Becky decides to revitalize the show by bringing on legendary TV anchor Mike Pomeroy. Unfortunately, Pomeroy refuses to cover morning show staples like celebrity gossip, weather, fashion and crafts - let alone work with his new co-host, Colleen Peck. As Mike and Colleen clash, Becky's blossoming love affair with fellow producer, Adam Bennett, begins to unravel - and soon Becky is struggling to save her relationship, her reputation and her job.
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Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. -- HEREAFTER (2010) Starring Matt Damon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jay Mohr; Rated PG-13; 129 minutes
The film tells three parallel stories that eventually intersect – about a French TV journalist, played by Cecile de France, who suffers a near-death experience during the Asian tsunami of 2004, a drug-addicted English single mother who loses one of her twin 10-year-old sons in a car accident, and a man who can talk to the dead, but prefers not to.
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Friday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE LOST VALENTINE (2011) Betty White, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sean Faris; Rated PG; 100 minutes
In THE LOST VALENTINE, Caroline Thomas loses her beloved husband Neil in World War II. Every year on the anniversary of the day they said goodbye forever (Valentine’s Day), she makes a pilgrimage to Union Station to salute the memory of the magical time they enjoyed together. Decades later, a television journalist investigates the circumstances of Neil’s death – and falls in love herself, with the couple’s grandson, Lucas.
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All films are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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