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Movie: The Impossible Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 03, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: While vacationing in Thailand, the 2004 tsunami hits and a family is split apart. With mayhem and destruction everywhere, they do everything possible to find one another. Based on a true story. Naomi ... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 03, 2013 Start Time: 6:00 PM Description: Filmmaker Peter Jackson adapted the 1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien into a three-part film series. Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins, and his adventure takes place 60 years before The Lord of the Rin... Age(s): Adults
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World Movie: Found Memories (Brazil) Event Type: Movie Date: Monday, May 06, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Description: Time seems to have stopped in the ghost town of Jotuomba, Brazil. Every day Madalena follows the same routine. She makes bread for the coffee shop, walks across the abandoned train tracks, neatens the... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Les Miserables Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 10, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: This film is the musical version of Victor Hugo’s novel, adapted from the long-running theatre production. Set in early 19th century France, the film follows Jean Valjean, a paroled prisoner seeking r... Age(s): Adults
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Family Movie Night: Rise of the Guardians Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 10, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Description: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (2012; rated PG; 97 minutes) When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to pro... Age(s): Families, Kids
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Movie: Anna Karenina Event Type: Movie Date: Monday, May 13, 2013 Start Time: 6:30 PM Description: Directed by Joe Wright and adapted by Tom Stoppard from the book by Leo Tolstoy, this movie earned four Oscar nominations. Keira Knightly plays the titular 19th century Russian aristocrat, who has a p... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Lincoln Event Type: Movie Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: Steven Spielberg directed this acclaimed drama that focuses on the 16th President's last months in office, showing the political wheeling and dealing used by Lincoln and his cabinet to get the Thirtee... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: The Guilt Trip Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: Andy Brewster has invented an Earth-friendly cleaning fluid, and he’s going on the road to sell his product. He invites his widowed mother, Joyce, on the cross-country trip, despite the fact that she ... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Silver Linings Playbook Event Type: Movie Date: Monday, May 20, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Description: After several months in a mental institution and a bipolar disorder diagnosis, former teacher Pat Solitano is trying to get his life together. He is determined to win back his wife, who doesn’t want t... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Playing for Keeps Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 24, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: George Dyer, a “washed-up” professional soccer player, wants to make up for past mistakes. He takes a job coaching his son’s soccer team, thinking that it will get him closer to his son and ex-wife. M... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Hyde Park on Hudson Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: Just as war is about to break out in Europe, the King and Queen of England pay a visit to President Franklin D. Roosevelt seeking support from the American government. At the same time, Roosevelt grow... Age(s): Adults
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Movie: Les Miserables Event Type: Movie Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 Start Time: 6:00 PM Description: This film is the musical version of Victor Hugo’s novel, adapted from the long-running theatre production. Set in early 19th century France, the film follows Jean Valjean, a paroled prisoner seeking r... Age(s): Adults
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