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The Elgin Experience Movie Meeting for April 13, 2010

The monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday April 13, 2010 – Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 AM – Meeting begins at 10:00 AM.

Stay tuned for our presentation topic and movie selections.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee with us, a donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

Our newly announced trips are filling up fast!!  Don’t miss the fun and excitement of traveling with The Elgin Experience!! Reserve your slot T O D A Y!!  Limited Availability.

Posted by dschramm on March 10th, 2010 in Elgin Experience.

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The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for March 9, 2010

The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday March 9, 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 by Linda Tischler (Concert Artist) and Eric Abernethy (Wellness Expert) of the Music Education Centers of America, Inc.  They will be speaking on “The Joy of Music Making”.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for Centro de Informacion.

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.  Cop Out
 
Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul is his “partner-against-crime” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.

Genre: Action, Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.
Rated: R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan

 

 

 
2.  Crazy Heart
 
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.

Genre:  Drama, Musical/Performing Arts
Runtime: 1 hr. 51 min.
Rated: R for language a brief sexuality
Cast:Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, James Keane II, Anna Felix
 

 

 

3.  Valentine’s Day
 
A diverse group of Los Angelenos navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.
Rated: PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity
Cast: Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift
 
4.  Our Classic 1959 Film: Some Like It Hot
 
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine’s Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens’ band to escape the mobsters who are after them.
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 2 hrs.
Rated: Not Rated
Cast:Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Goerge Raft, Pat O’Brien
 

 

 

Posted by dschramm on March 2nd, 2010 in Elgin Experience.

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The Elgin Experience Movie Meeting for March 9, 2010

The monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday March 9, 2010 – Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 am – Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Stay tuned for our presentation topic and movie selections.  This information will also be available on our Elgin Experience Hotline: 847-888-7976.

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.

Our newly announced trips are filling up fast!!  Don’t mist the fun and excitement of traveling with The Elgin Experience!! Reserve your slot T O D A Y !!  Limited Availability.

Posted by dschramm on February 10th, 2010 in Elgin Experience.

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The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for November 10, 2009

The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday November 10, 2009 – Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 am – Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Our presentation will be by George B. Haupt – Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. “Special Tribute To Our Veterans”

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for Bethesda Church of God.

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:

 

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min. Rated: R Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor Genre: Comedy
Synopsis:
Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady’s assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade’s founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) .
 
The Box
Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 55 min. Rated: PG-13 Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Genre: Horror, Suspense/Thriller
Synopsis:
A suburban couple, Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur (James Marsden), face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, their simple wooden box will bestow $1 million; however, a stranger somewhere else will die, at the same time. The box will be theirs for only 24 hours, and as time ticks away, Norma and Arthur confront the depth of their humanity as they consider their choices.
 
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min. Rated: PG Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes Genre: Action/Adventure, Family
Synopsis:
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late.
 
If you would prefer to view a film more aligned with Veteran’s Day, we will also be showing the 1950 Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne.  Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min. Not rated. This classic is a war, drama, action, romance film.
 

Posted by dschramm on November 4th, 2009 in Elgin Experience.

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The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for October 13, 2009

The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday October 13, 2009 – Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL.

Doors open at 9:15 am – Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Our presentation will be by Dan Cantu of Blue Cross/Blue Shield IL who will be giving us an update on Medicare Part D.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

1.  Couples Retreat – Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min. – Genre: Comedy
     Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau
 
2.  Whip It – Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min. – Genre: Comedy/Drama
     Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig
 
3.  The Invention of Lying – Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min. – Genre: Comedy
     Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill
 
4.  Special Presentation of the 1982 film:
                          Tootsie
     Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis
      Genre:  Romantic Comedy
     Runtime: 1 hr. 56 min.
     Rated PG

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for The Westside Church of Christ.

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.

 

Posted by dschramm on October 7th, 2009 in Elgin Experience.

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