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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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***FREE MOVIE SCREENINGS*** Central Library Tuesday, April 24 at 2:30 pm - The Children's Hour At a private school, the lives of two teachers are ruined by the rumors spread by an angry student. 1961. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner. Directed by William Wyler. Based on the play by Lillian Hellman. Golden Globe nominations for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Tuesday, May 1 at 2:30 pm - Wait Until Dark A blind woman is terrorized by men searching her apartment for drugs. 1967. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna. Directed by Terence Young. Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Based on the 1966 play of the same name by Frederick Knott. Thursday, April 26 at 2:30 pm - Dunkirk In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French and British soldiers were safely evacuated. This film was directed by Christopher Nolan. This film is rated PG-13. Walkertown Branch Saturday, April 28 at 11 am - Greatest Showman The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his directorial debut, written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condonand starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. The film is inspired by the story of P. T. Barnum's creation of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the lives of its star attractions. Rated PG. Lewisville Branch Monday, May 21, 4 pm - Justice League Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes -- Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash -- it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions. This film is rated PG-13. Southside Branch ***Special After-Hours Screening!*** Thursday, May 24 at 7:00 pm - Black Panther After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king -- and as Black Panther -- gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. This film is rated PG-13. Light refreshments will be provided. (Since this is an after-hours screening, only the auditorium and bathrooms will be accessible. The rest of the library will NOT be open for business!).
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey (Daisy Ridley), a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to learn the ways of the Jedi forces Luke to make a decision that changes their lives forever. Meanwhile, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) leads the First Order in an all-out assault against Leia (Carrie Fisher) and the Resistance for supremacy of the galaxy.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 2h 32m)
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Lady Bird
Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her loving, deeply-opinionated, and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the beauty of a place called home.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 33m)
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Call Me By Your Name
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver (Armie Hammer), a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father (Michael Stuhlbarg). Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
(Rated R / Run time: 2h 12m)
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Marshall
Young Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy socialite Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson) accuses black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown) of sexual assault and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. Together, the two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 58m)
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I, Tonya
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband (Sebastian Stan) conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman to withdraw from the national championship. Harding's life and legacy instantly become tarnished as she's forever associated with one of the most infamous scandals in sports history.
(Rated R / Run time: 2h)
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The Florida Project
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, the film follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinai) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget hotel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 55m)
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The Foreigner
Quan (Jackie Chan) is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- dies in a senseless act of politically motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Pierce Brosnan) whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 53m)
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Goodbye Christopher Robin
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animals. These stories form the basis for Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, published respectively in 1926 and 1928. Milne and his family soon become swept up in the instant success of the books, while the enchanting tales bring hope and comfort to the rest of postwar England.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 47m)
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Brush up your Shakespeare! April 23 is National Shakespeare Day. We encourage you to celebrate by watching films based on some of the Bard's greatest tales. (Loosely based!) |
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West Side Story
This award-winning musical transplants the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks. At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets, and Maria (Natalie Wood), the little sister of the Sharks' leader, see each other across the room and it's love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will determine who controls the streets. Will Tony and Maria's love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people around them?
(Rated G / Run time: 2h 33m)
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The Lion King
This Disney animated feature (loosely based Shakespeare's Hamlet) follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), plots to usurp Mufasa's throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult (Matthew Broderick) to take back his homeland from Scar with the help of his friends Timon and Pumbaa.
(Rated G / Run time: 1h 28m)
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10 Things I Hate About You
Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart, and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick? This film is a modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 39m)
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My Own Private Idaho
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant. This movie was directed by Gus Van Sant.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 45m)
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Forbidden Planet
In this sci-fi classic (based upon The Tempest), a spacecraft travels to the distant planet Altair IV to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier. When Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), who was born on the remote planet. Soon, Adams begins to uncover what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors.
(Rated G / Run time: 1h 38m)
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O
Moving the classic tale of Othello onto the basketball courts of a high school, the story focuses on a young black man named Odin (Mekhi Phifer) who is convinced by a conniving best friend, Hugo (Josh Hartnett) that his girlfriend Desi (Julia Stiles) is cheating on him. Of course, what Odin doesn't know is that Hugo is in fact motivated by his own jealousy of Odin's good fortune. It's a sticky situation in classic Shakespearean tradition. This film was directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 35m)
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Warm Bodies
A terrible plague has left the planet's population divided between zombies and humans. An unusual zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) sees his walking-dead brethren attacking a living woman named Julie (Teresa Palmer) and rescues her. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and the pair embark on an unusual relationship. As their bond grows and R becomes more and more human, a chain of events unfolds that could transform the entire lifeless world. This movie is like a cross between Romeo and Juliet and Night of the Living Dead!
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 38m)
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Ran
At the age of seventy, after years of consolidating his empire, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to abdicate and divide his domain amongst his three sons. Taro (Akira Terao), the eldest, will rule. Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu), his second son, and Saburo (Daisuke Ryu) will take command of the Second and Third Castles but are expected to obey and support their elder brother. Saburo defies the pledge of obedience and is banished. This film is derived from King Lear and directed by the great Akira Kurosawa.
(Rated R / Run time: 2h 42m)
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