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Want to keep up-to-date on all the popular new DVDs available at the library? Then you've come to the right place. Must-Watch Movies presents a partial list of the newest movies in our collection. We will also feature a special theme each month and announce free upcoming film screenings at our different branch locations. Come watch movies with us!
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Central Library *Humphrey Bogart Matinees* Tuesday, November 28 at 2:30 pm - Sahara During World War II in Northern Africa, an American tank unit joins with stranded British troops to survive the desert conditions as well as fight the approaching Germans. 1943. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lloyd Bridges. Tuesday, December 5 at 2:30 pm - To Have and Have Not A charter boat owner agrees to a smuggling deal to help an attractive pickpocket get back to America. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. 1944. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Walter Brennan. Tuesday, December 12 at 2:30 pm - The Big Sleep A private eye is hired by a wealthy man to stop a blackmailer who is threatening his daughter. 1946. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Thursday, November 16 at 2:30 pm - Churchill Tensions mount for beleaguered British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) as D-Day nears in June 1944. Fearful of repeating past mistakes, Churchill is reluctant to embark on the large-scale campaign that the entire war effort hinges upon. Clashing with his political opponents, the troubled leader receives unwavering support from his devoted wife, Clementine (Miranda Richardson). With strength and shrewdness, she tries to prevent his physical, mental and spiritual collapse while inspiring him to achieve greatness. Rated PG. Lewisville Branch Wednesday, November 22, 2:00 pm - Cars 3 Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast cars, the legendary Lighting McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) finds himself pushed out of the sport that he loves. Hoping to get back in the game, he turns to Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), a young technician with her own plans for winning. With inspiration from the Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns, No. 95 prepares to compete on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage. (PG) ***Christmas Creeps! Two Movies Back-to-Back!*** Tuesday, December 19, 4:30 pm - The Nightmare Before Christmas The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry. (PG) 5:50 pm - Gremlins A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that tear up the town on Christmas Eve. (PG) Southside Branch ***Special After-Hours Screening!*** Thursday, November 30 at 8:00 - Atomic Blonde Sensual and savage, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is the most elite spy in MI6, an agent who's willing to use all of her lethal skills to stay alive during an impossible mission. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, she travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. Once there, she teams up with an embedded station chief to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. This film is rated R. You must be 18 years old to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns home to live with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in Queens, NY. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine, distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 2h 13min)
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Girls Trip
Best friends Ryan, Sasha, Lisa and Dina (Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish) are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man, The Best Man Holiday).
(Rated R / Run time: 2h 2min)
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Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz (Salma Hayek) is a Los Angeles massage therapist and holistic healer who drives to the seaside mansion of her client Cathy (Connie Britton). When her old Volkswagen breaks down, she receives a friendly invitation from Cathy to stay for a seemingly innocent business dinner. As the guests arrive and the wine starts to flow, Beatriz finds herself in an escalating war of words with Doug Strutt (John Lithgow), a ruthless real estate mogul who cares more about money than people.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 22min)
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Cars 3
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast cars, the legendary Lighting McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) finds himself pushed out of the sport that he loves. Hoping to get back in the game, he turns to Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), an eager young technician who has her own plans for winning. With inspiration from the Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns, No. 95 prepares to compete on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage.
(Rated G / Run time: 1h 42min)
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The Hero
Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 33min)
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Free Fire
When a black-market arms deal goes outrageously wrong, Justine (Brie Larson) finds herself caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate through a warehouse full of trigger-happy madmen who are all hanging on for dear life. This film co-stars Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, and Armie Hammer and was directed by Ben Wheatley.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 31min)
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Maudie
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (Sally Hawkins) struggles with arthritis, the memory of a lost child, and a family that doesn't believe in her. She falls in love with a gruff fishmonger (Ethan Hawke) while working for him as a live-in housekeeper. This film, based on the true story, was directed by Aisling Walsh and co-stars Kari Matchett and Zachary Bennett.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 55min)
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It Comes at Night
After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an uneasy alliance to keep the outside evil at bay -- only to learn that the true horror may come from within. This film stars Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, and Riley Keough and was directed by Trey Edward Shults.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 31min)
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Family Reunion Flicks And you thought your family was strange? Check out the families in these movies, who put the "fun" in dysfunctional. |
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The Family Stone
Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) wants to bring his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), to meet his bohemian Connecticut family at Christmas. Straitlaced Meredith, feeling she needs backup, asks her sister Julie (Claire Danes) to come along. Hoping to win the approval of her boyfriend's parents Sybil (Diane Keaton) and Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) and the rest of the family, instead Meredith succeeds only in highlighting her uptight personality and making Everett doubt his intentions.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 46min)
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Little Miss Sunshine
The Hoover family -- a man (Greg Kinnear), his wife (Toni Collette), an uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano) and a grandfather (Alan Arkin) -- pile into a VW bus and head to California to support a daughter (Abigail Breslin) in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. The sanity of everyone involved is stretched to the limit as the group's quirks cause epic problems as they travel along their interstate route.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 41min)
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Home for the Holidays
When her teenage daughter opts out of Thanksgiving, single mother Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) travels alone to her childhood home for an explosive holiday dinner with her family. Claudia quickly tires of her parents, her long-suffering sister (Cynthia Stevenson), her snobby brother-in-law (Steve Guttenberg) and her nutty aunt (Geraldine Chaplin). But the evening gets interesting when sparks fly between Claudia and her brother's handsome friend Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott). This film was directed by Jodie Foster.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 44min)
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The Squid and the Whale
A pair of brothers living in Brooklyn are caught in the middle of, and deeply affected by, the divorce of their erudite parents, Bernard (Jeff Daniels) and Joan Berkman (Laura Linney). Older sibling Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) sides with dad and acts out at school, while younger brother Frank (Owen Kline) quietly backs up mom. The household tension rises further when Joan's writing career takes off and surpasses the failed ambitions of her professor ex-husband. This film was written and directed by Noah Baumbach.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 28min)
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Pieces of April
Quirky and rebellious April Burns (Katie Holmes) lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother (Patricia Clarkson) has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father (Oliver Platt) struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor (Sean Hayes) for help.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 21min)
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother (Darlene Cates), who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen), Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky (Juliette Lewis).
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 2h 8min)
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. The Royal Tenenbaums is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one winter. This film was directed by Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom).
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 50min)
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