FREE movies for the month of September from the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library

Monday, September 12 at 2pm - Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT is a tense investigative dramatic-thriller, tracing the steps to one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times.

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Live Schreiber
Release Year: 2015
Rating: R (for some language including sexual references)
Running Time: 129 Minutes

Monday, September 19 at 2pm - Now You See Me 2
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Their only hope is to perform one last unprecedented stunt to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind it all.

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo
Release Year: 2016
Rating: PG-13 (for violence and some language)
Running Time: 115 Minutes

Monday, September 26 at 2pm - The Jungle Book
In this reimagining of the classic collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, director Jon Favreau uses visually stunning CGI to create the community of animals surrounding Mowgli, a human boy adopted by a pack of wolves. The appearance of a villainous tiger named Shere Khan forces Mowgli's guardian, the panther Bagheera, to shepherd the child to safety in the "man village." Along the way, the boy meets an affable, lazy bear named Baloo, as well as a snake with hypnotic powers and an orangutan who wants to harness the power of fire.

Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
Release Year: 2016
Rating: PG (for some sequences of scary action and peril)
Running Time: 111 Minutes

All movies are FREE and do not require registration.

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