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The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for May 11, 2010
The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday May 11, 2010 – Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL
Doors open at 9:15 AM – Meeting begins at 10:00 AM
Our presentation will be “Experience Elgin with The Elgin Experience . . . ”
- Tonya Hudson – Executive Director, Downtown Neighborhood Association of Elgin.
We will be collecting donation items for Westside Church of God. Canned goods and paper products will be greatly appreciated in these times of need.
Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners. The cost is $2.00 per person.
The movies we will be offering this month are:
1. Iron Man
The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts, and James “Rhodey” Rhodes at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.
Rated:PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence and some language
Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min.
Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
2. The Back Up Plan
After years of dating, Zoe has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. That same day, Zoe meets Stan – a man with real possibilities. Trying to nurture a budding relationship and hide the early signs of pregnancy becomes a comedy of errors for Zoe and creates confusing signals for Stan. When Zoe nervously reveals the reason for her unpredictable behavior, Stan commits fully and says he’s in. Never before has love seen a courtship where a wild night of sex involves three in a bed – Stan, Zoe and the ever-present massive pregnancy pillow. Or, where ‘date night’ consists of being the ‘focal point’ at a near-stranger’s water birth which does for kiddie pools what “Jaws” did for swimming in the ocean. The real pregnancy test comes when both of them realize they really don’t know each other outside of hormonal chaos and birth preparations. With the nine month clock ticking, both begin to experience cold feet. Anyone can fall in love, get married and have a baby but doing it backwards in hyper-drive could be proof positive that they were made for each other
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content including references, some crude material and language
Runtime: 1 hr. 38 min.
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Michaela Walkins
3. Oceans
Nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered by water and OCEANS boldly chronicles the mysteries that lie beneath. Directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud dive deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankind – exploring the harsh reality and the amazing creatures that live within. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan and featuring spectacular never-before-seen imagery captured by the latest underwater technologies, OCEANS offers an unprecedented look beneath the sea
Rated: G
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.
Genre: Art/Foreign and Documentary – Disney
Cast: Pierce Brosnan
4. The Way We Were (1973)
In 1937 spit-fire Katie Morosky briefly meets the preppy Hubbell Gardiner. Almost eight years later, the two are reunited in New York, when leftist radio worker Katie spies military officer Hubbell in a nightclub. The two opposites fall in love and head to Hollywood so that Hubbell can write a screenplay for producer pal J.J. But the House Committee on Un-American Activities’ Communist witch hunt in 1947 tears the pair apart, as a pregnant Katie refuses to keep silent about the jailing of the Hollywood Ten, while a faithless Hubbell decides to save his career. When the two meet again in the 1960s, TV writer Hubbell and nuclear protestor Katie feel that old pull again, but they have to decide if they have what it takes for the long run.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr. 58 min.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Cast: Barbara Streisand, Robert Redford
Posted by dschramm on May 3rd, 2010 in Elgin Experience.
Tags: Classic Movies, Downtown Neighborhood Association, Elgin, IL, Movie Meeting, The Elgin Experience
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