Book-Movie Selection for 2019 - Oct 28th, Nov 25th, 2020 - Jan 27th & Feb 24th
October 28th, 2019
Monday, October 28th, 2019 at 7pm @ the Rosseau Memorial Hall, the Movie is:
Leave No Trace
106 minutes
November 25th, 2019
Monday, November 25th, 2019 at 7pm @ the Rosseau Memorial Hall, the Movie is:
The Man Who Invented Christmas
104 minutes
Monday, January 27th, 2020 at 7pm @ the Rosseau Memorial Hall, the Movie is:
January 27th, 2020
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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for thematic material throughout
Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3892172/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Director: Debra Granik
Writers: Debra Granik (screenplay by), Anne Rosellini (screenplay by) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard
Storyline
Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland. The film is directed by Debra Granik from a script adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini. Written by Bleecker Street
A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writers: Susan Coyne, Les Standiford (based on "The Man Who Invented Christmas" by) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Dan Stevens, Mark Schrier, Patrick Joseph Byrnes
Storyline
In 1843, the celebrated British novelist, Charles Dickens, is at a low point in his career with three flops behind him and his family expenses piling up at home. Determined to recover, Dickens decides to write a Christmas story and self-publish it in less than two months. As Dickens labors writing on such short notice, his estranged father and mother come to bunk with him. Still haunted by painful memories of his father ruining his childhood by his financial irresponsibility, Dickens develops a writer's block which seems to have no solution. As such, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomized through his characters, especially in his imagined conversations with Ebenezer Scrooge. Now with a looming deadline, Dickens struggles for inspiration against his frustrations and his characters' opinions in a literary challenge creating a classic tale that would define the essential soul of modern Christmas.
Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language
Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225520/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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February 24th, 2020
Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 7pm @ the Rosseau Memorial Hall, the Movie is:
Red Joan
101 minutes
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
109 minutes
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Director: Trevor Nunn
Writers: Lindsay Shapero (screenplay), Jennie Rooney (novel)
Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore
Storyline
English born Joan Stanley, a Soviet and communist party sympathizer, becomes employed as a British government civil servant, and gets recruited by the KGB in the mid 1930s. She successfully transfers nuclear bomb secrets to the Soviet Union (Russia), which enables them to keep up with the west in the development of atomic weapons, and remains undetected as a spy for over a half a century. Written by Unknownian
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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for brief sexuality/nudity
Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7615302/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater (screenplay by), Holly Gent (screenplay by) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Claudia Doumit, Troian Bellisario, Judy Greer
Storyline
Based on the runaway bestseller, Where'd You Go, Bernadette is an inspiring comedy about Bernadette Fox "Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett", a loving mom who becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette's leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery. Written by Annapurna Pictures
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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and drug material
Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2365580/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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