Wednesday, July 25, 2018

August Movies

Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the film.

Sunday, August 5 - 2:00 p.m. Hannibal in the Alps. Rated TV-G, 91 minutes. Hannibal, one of history's most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses, and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north. In Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts conclusively proves for the first time that Hannibal's army did indeed cross the Alps.
Monday, August 6 - 2:00 p.m. Midnight Sun. Rated PG-13, 92 minutes. 17-year-old Katie Price has been sheltered since childhood with a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. During the day she is housebound, but after nightfall, Katie can venture out to the local train station and play her guitar for travelers. One night, her dreams come true when she's noticed by Charlie, whom she has secretly admired for years, and decides to hide her condition from him as the two embark on a uniquely powerful romance over one nearly perfect summer.

Sunday, August 12 - 2:00 p.m. Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1970s: Diversity Rocks the Movies. The musicals of the '70s were a combustible combination of unusual subjects such as the rise of Nazism, the Russian revolution, and disco. Features Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Grease, Tommy, Saturday Night Fever, Hair, and All That Jazz.

Monday, August 13 - 2:00 p.m. Paul, Apostle of Christ. Rated PG-13, 107 minutes. Paul, who goes from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Christ's most influential apostle, is spending his last days in a dark and bleak prison cell awaiting execution by Emperor Nero. Luke, his friend and physician, risks his life when he ventures into Rome to visit him. Paul is under the watchful eye of Mauritius, the prison's prefect, who seeks to understand how this broken old man can pose such a threat. But before Paul's death sentence can be enacted, Luke resolves to write another book, one that details the beginnings of "The Way" and the birth of what will come to be known as the church. Their faith challenged an empire. But their words changed the world.  Jim Caviezel stars.

Sunday, August 19 - 2:00 p.m. Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Examines the history of Hollywood musical films. This program covers the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, including Gypsy with Bette Midler, Annie and director Rob Marshall, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Dancing, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Evita with Madonna, and more.

Monday, August 20 - 2:00 p.m. Marshall. Rated PG-13, 119 minutes. About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases. Chadwick Boseman stars.

Monday, August 27 - 2:00 p.m. I Can Only Imagine. The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.