FOL Meeting
FOL Meeting
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Sideways"
(2004) Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen. Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. Rated R; 126 min.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Changing Lanes"
2002) Starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. The story of what happens one day in New York when a young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident on F.D.R. Drive and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud. Rated R; 98 min. Discussion and refreshments to follow.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Belle"
(2014) Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson. Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Selma"
(2014) Starring David Oyelowo and Tom Wilkinson. Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Rated PG-13; 128 min.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Million Dollar Arm"
(2014) Starring John Hamm, Aasif Mandiv and Alan Arkin. A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball. Rated PG; 124 min.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "The Imitation Game"
(2014) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Discussion and refreshments to follow screening.
Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "Spare Parts"
(2015) Starring George Lopez and Jamie Lee Curtis. Inspired by a true story, four undocumented Mexican-American high-school students enter the National Underwater Robotics Competition. There, with the help of their teacher, the savvy young students test their tech skills against some of the brightest minds at MIT. Rated PG-13; 83 min.