 LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER MONDAY MOVIES FOR 2010 - SHOWTIME: 1:00 P.M.
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AUGUST MOVIES
MONDAY, AUGUST 2 - “THE HURT LOCKER” - Rated R
Based on the personal wartime experiences of a journalist, this Iraq War-set action thriller presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of the soldiers. Now, as three fearless bomb technicians take on the most dangerous job in Baghdad, it's only a matter of time before one of them gets sent to "the hurt locker."
MONDAY, AUGUST 9 - “LEAP YEAR” - Rated PG
This romantic comedy tells of a woman who heads to Ireland in order to force her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal by scheduling it on leap day, the only time when he couldn't refuse due to the country's tradition. Stars Amy Adams, Adam Scott
MONDAY, AUGUST 16 - “THE LOVELY BONES” - Rated PG13
This adaptation of the best-selling novel tells of a murdered young girl who watches from heaven as her family attempts to cope with their devastating loss who track her killer as he stealthily covers his tracks and prepares to claim his next victim. Stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz
MONDAY, AUGUST 23 - “MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS” - Rated R
Loosely adapted from a nonfiction book, a heartbroken reporter heads off to imbed himself with troops in Iraq, but chances upon a platoon of men who lived a new-age lifestyle in an attempt to cultivate extrasensory perception that would allow the U.S. army to win wars nonviolently. As they get into a series of misadventures, they share the colorful history of the New Earth Army. Stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges
MONDAY, AUGUST 30 - “SHUTTER ISLAND” - Rated R
An adaptation of the novel opens in 1954 as a World War II veteran ferrys to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient admitted to the asylum after she murdered her three children. He must unravel the secrets of the eerie place before succumbing to his own madness. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
SEPTEMBER MOVIES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13- “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” - NR
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel set in a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on an honest, respected lawyer who puts his career on the line to represent a black man accused of rape, seen through the eyes of his 6 year-old daughter & the anecdotal occurrences before & after the court date. Stars Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall
CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS AWARD WINNING FILM,
THEN JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 FOR A SPECIAL EVENT!
Panel discussion with renowned authors Frank Delaney, Diane Meier and Todd Johnson, along with Mary McDonagh Murphy, producer of the recently released documentary “Scout, Atticus & Boo A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird”.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - “DATE NIGHT” - Rated PG13
A sensible, loving couple attempt to take date night off auto-pilot, and hopefully inject a little spice into their lives so they steal a no-show couple's reservations to the city's hottest new restaurant. They embark on a wild and dangerous series of crazy adventures as it turns out the other couple are being hunted down by a pair of corrupt cops for having stolen property from some very dangerous people as. Stars Tina Fey, Steve Carrell
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - “EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES” - Rated PG
Inspired by an incredible true story, this CBS Films docudrama portrays one father's desperate quest to save his children from succumbing to a rare life-threatening genetic disorder and ditchs his career and teams with an unconventional specialist to found a bio-tech company and develop a cure in time to save the lives of his children, while an unlike bond forges between the two. Stars Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell.
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