Summer Film Series

With the weather that we've been having lately, it's impossible to presume what the summer will be like. What we do know for sure is that we'll be showing movies here every Friday night throughout July and August! Beginning July 3rd and ending on August 28th, our Summer Film Series will make the Library the hottest (and coolest) place in town!

SUMMER FILM SERIES - FRIDAYS - 7:30 P.M. - ADMISSION IS FREE

July 3

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Starring Isla Fisher, Krysten Ritter, and Joan Cusack; Rated PG; 104 minutes; 2009

Based on the book by Sophie Kinsella, Rebecca Bloomwood is 25 years old and lives with her best friend Suze in a trendy part of town. She has a boring job that doesn’t begin to pay for her shopping addiction. When cutting back doesn’t work, she tries to make more money and, ironically, becomes a financial advice columnist in this comedy.

July 10

Taken

Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, and Xander Berkeley; Rated PG-13; 91 minutes; 2009

An ex-government operative's daughter is kidnapped while traveling in Paris. He has four days to find her, so he uses his special skills to get her back safe and also get his revenge.

July 17

Last Chance Harvey

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Kathy Baker; Rated PG-13; 92 minutes; 2008

Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his job as a jingle writer and only has one more chance to deliver a hit. He goes to London to attend his daughter's wedding and promises to be back in the office on Monday but when he misses his plane, he is fired on the spot. He then strikes up a conversation with a woman in a bar and the unexpected connection transforms both of their lives.

July 24

Gran Torino

Starring Clint Eastwood, Brian Haley; Rated R; 116 minutes; 2008

Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded old man whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition. When a neighboring teenager tries to steal it, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of the would-be robber’s family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that rule their neighborhood.

July 31

A Walk on the Moon

Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Anna Paquin, Liev Schreiber; Rated R; 107 minutes; 1999

Pearl (Diane Lane), a thirty-year-old wife and mother who longs for a bit of passion spends every summer in the Catskills with her two children and interfering mother-in-law. When a hippie named Walker (Viggo Mortensen) shows up in his funky bus, Pearl falls for his rugged good looks. A steamy love affair follows, resulting in a family-shattering revelation at Woodstock in this drama set in upstate New York in the late 1960s.

August 7

Grey Gardens

Starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange; Not Rated; 104 minutes; 2009

In 1973, filmmakers Albert and David Maysles entered the strange world of "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, two charming eccentrics who were relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. In this film we are taken behind the scenes of that famous documentary with a shocking and raw look into the lives of this reclusive mother and daughter who chose to live in squalor and almost total isolation in a decaying, 28-room mansion in East Hampton called Grey Gardens.

August 14

The Great Buck Howard

Starring Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks, and Emily Blunt; Rated PG; 90 minutes; 2009

Troy Gabel is a law-school drop out who impulsively takes a job as an assistant to an aging but charismatic magician. The conjurer is definitely on the downward slope of his career, but the mystery surrounding him keeps Troy intrigued. The two embark on a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.

August 21

The Soloist

Starring Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., and Catherine Keener; Rated PG-13; 109 minutes; 2009

This biographical drama tells the true life story of musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers. He dropped out of Julliard after developing schizophrenia and became a homeless musician on the streets of Los Angeles. A reporter looking for an article finds Ayers one day and develops a close relationship with the troubled but gifted artist.

August 28

Duplicity

Starring Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, and Tom Wilkinson; Rated PG-13; 125 minutes; 2009

CIA Officer Claire Stenwick and MI6 agent Ray Koval are two spies-turned-corporate operatives having a clandestine love affair. They have turned their skills to a high stakes espionage game where they are attempting to secure a product that corporations would do anything to patent. The pair try to stay one double cross ahead of the other, but find that that hardest thing to cheat is their love for one another.

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