Great Films to Be Seen in 2015

The Portsmouth Public Library is showing a range of blockbuster and indie movies at the library this winter. These screenings are FREE, and light refreshments are served. At 6:30 p.m. each night in the Levenson Community Room.

Skeleton Twins | January 8

Rated R, 93 minutes

Maggie and Milo are estranged twins who are reunited after ten years of being apart. Follow their unforgettable journey to reconnect, as they realize that the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.

Guardians of the Galaxy | January 15

Rated PG-13, 121 minutes

Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade him, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand - with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

Calvary | January 22

Rated R, 100 minutes

Calvary’s Father James is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral, and often comic, problems, he feels sinister and troubling forces closing in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary.

Love is Strange | February 12

Rated R, 95 minutes

Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job, the couple must sell their apartment and live apart until they can find an affordable new home. George moves in with two cops who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their teenage son. While struggling with the pain of separation, they are challenged by the tensions and family dynamics of their new arrangement.

Get On Up | February 26

Rated PG-13, 139 minutes

Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Submitted text and courtesy graphic.