Friday, September 2 at 7:30 p.m. - WIN WIN (2011) Starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young, and Bobby Cannavale; Rated R; 106 minutes
Dishearted attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dailings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Friday, September 9 at 7:30 p.m. -- X-Men: First Class (2011) Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Kevin Bacon; Rated PG-13; 131 minutes
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Friday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE CONSPIRATOR (Shown at left) (2010) Starring James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Kevin Kline, Danny Huston, and Tom Wilkinson; Rated PG-13; 122 minutes
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, reluctantly agrees to defend the lone female defendant before a military tribunal. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Friday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD (2011) Documentary Feature from director Morgan Spurlock; Rated PG-13; 87 minutes
Morgan Spurlock brings a comedic documentary about branding, advertising, and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising, and product placement.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Friday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE BEAVER (2011) Starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster; Rated PG-13; 91 minutes
This film is an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tried, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track … until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
All films are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s).