Arts & Entertainment

Library Summer Film Series Underway

Kingsman: The Secret Service, McFarland USA, Selma, and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are showing through August.

The library will host a summer film series, Thursdays through August. As always, these films are open to the public and FREE. Light refreshments are served!

Kingsman: The Secret Service | July 9 | 6:30 PM

Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Rated R, 129 min.

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McFarland USA | July 23 | 6:30 PM

Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well. Rated PG, 129 min.

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Selma | Aug. 13 | 6:30 PM

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1964. Rated PG-13, 128 min.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Aug. 27 | 6:30 PM

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel. Rated PG, 122 min.

All film synopses from Midwest Tapes.

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