Afternoon at the Movies (All Films Start at 2 p.m., Doors Open at 1:30 p.m.)
08/04/2014:
Philomena, Rated PG-13, 98 minutes: A world-weary
political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who
was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to
live in a convent. Judi Dench received a
Best Actress Nomination for her Role.
08/11/2014:
Nebraska, Rated R, 115 minutes: An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip
from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a
million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize. Bruce Dern received a Best Actor nomination
for his role in the film. Rated R for
some language.
08/18/2014:
Non-Stop, Rated PG-13, 106 minutes: Liam Neeson stars as
an air marshal confronted with a hostile force who plans to kill every
passenger on a flight if the government doesn't pay a hefty ransom in this
action thriller.
08/25/2014: Heaven
is for Real, Rated PG, 100 minutes: A young boy suffers a near-death
experience in which he claims to have visited heaven in this earnest
inspirational drama based on the best-selling book of the same name. When their
young son Colton (Connor Corum) enters the hospital with a life-threatening
illness, devastated parents Todd (Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear) and Sonja
Burpo (Kelly Reilly) are uncertain whether he will make it out of the operating
room alive. But in what Colton's doctors credit as "a miracle," he
survives -- and with an incredible story that seems to confirm the existence of
heaven.
Sunday Cinema
08/10/2014:
Man on Wire, Rated PG-13, 94 minutes:
A
look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire
routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in
1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." Winner
of the 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
