FREE movies for August from the Matawan-Aberdeen Library

Monday, August 6 – A Quiet Place
In the modern horror thriller A QUIET PLACE, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you. Critic Peter Rainer says, “At a brisk 90 minutes, it's one of the most inventive and beautifully crafted and acted horror movies I've seen in a very long time, and I think the main reason for its power is the family crisis at its core.” He is echoed by James Berardinelli who says, “A Quiet Place is a superb exercise in understated terror that puts to shame ‘horror’ films that rely on jump scares and cheap theatrics.”

Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt
Release Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13 (for terror and some bloody images)
Running Time: 90 Minutes

Monday, August 13 – Ready Player One
In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone. OASIS creator James Halliday left his immense fortune and control of the Oasis to the winner of a contest designed to find a worthy heir. When unlikely hero Wade Watts conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-known as the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS and their world. Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography.

Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke
Release Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language)
Running Time: 140 Minutes

Monday, August 20 – Chappaquiddick
The scandal and mysterious events surrounding the tragic drowning of a young woman, as Ted Kennedy drove his car off the infamous bridge, are revealed. Not only did this event take the life of an aspiring political strategist and Kennedy insider, but it ultimately changed the course of presidential history forever. Through true accounts, documented in the inquest from the investigation in 1969, director John Curran and writers Andrew Logan and Taylor Allen, intimately expose the broad reach of political power, the influence of America's most celebrated family; and the vulnerability of Ted Kennedy, the youngest son, in the shadow of his family legacy.

Starring: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara
Release Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, disturbing images, some strong language, and historical smoking)
Running Time: 101 Minutes

Monday, August 27 – The Rider
Based on his a true story, THE RIDER stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Starring: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau
Release Year: 2018
Rating: R (for language and drug use)
Running Time: 104 Minutes

All movies are FREE and do not require registration.
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