FREE Movies for the month of February from the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library

Monday, February 1st at 2pm – A Walk in the Woods

Instead of retiring to a quiet life with his wife and family, Bill Bryson challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail, much to the chagrin of his wife who insists he not go alone. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find is anything but when the only companion he can find is his old friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer.

Starring: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thomson
Release Year: 2015
Rating: R (for language and some sexual references)
Running Time: 98 Minutes

Thursday, February 4th at 2pm – The Walk (Second showing because of weather)

The Walk is the true story of a young dreamer, Philippe Petit, and a band of unlikely recruits who together achieve the impossible: an illegal wire walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley
Release Year: 2015
Rating: PG (for thematic elements involving perilous situations, and for some nudity, language, brief drug references and smoking)
Running Time: 123 Minutes

Monday, February 8th at 2pm – The Martian

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and is left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.

Starring: Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig
Release Year: 2015
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, injury images, and brief nudity)
Running Time: 144 Minutes

Monday, February 22nd at 2pm – Infinitely Polar Bear

Maya Forbes’ autobiographically inflected Infinitely Polar Bear stars Mark Ruffalo as Cameron, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder. After a breakdown forces him to leave his family and move into a halfway house, he attempts to rebuild a relationship with his two young, spirited daughters, and win back the trust of his wife.

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana
Release Year: 2014
Rating: R (for language)
Running Time: 90 Minutes

Monday, February 29th at 2pm – Bridge of Spies

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Starring: Rom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda
Release Year: 2015
Rating: PG-13 (for some violence and brief strong language)
Running Time: 141 Minutes

All movies are FREE and do not require registration.

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