Friday Flicks

It's the last Friday Flicks for the summer! Every Friday during the summer, Homewood Library Blog will pick a few of the movies opening that weekend and suggest other movies and books you may like as well.

Colombiana
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan
Directed by: Olivier Megaton

A young woman, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Starring: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce
Directed by: Troy Dixey


A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

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Our Idiot Brother
Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel
Directed by: Jesse Peretz

A comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters.

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Film synopses via IMDB.

Friday Flicks: August 19

Every Friday during the summer, Homewood Library Blog will pick a few of the movies opening that weekend and suggest other movies and books you may like as well.

Conan the Barbarian
Starring: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan
Directed by: Marcus Nispel

The tale of Conan the Cimmerian and his adventures across the continent of Hyboria on a quest to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his village.

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Fright Night
Starring: Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant
Directed by: Craig Gillespie


A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.

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One Day
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess
Directed by: Lone Sherfig

After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day. Based on the novel by David Nicholls.

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Film synopses via IMDB.

Friday Flicks: August 12

Every Friday during the summer, Homewood Library Blog will pick a few of the movies opening that weekend and suggest other movies and books you may like as well.

The Help
(Released August 10)
Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis
Directed by: Tate Taylor

A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship. Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.

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30 Minutes or Less
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else.

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Film synopses via IMDB.

Friday Flicks: August 5

Every Friday during the summer, Homewood Library Blog will pick a few of the movies opening that weekend and suggest other movies and books you may like as well.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt

During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.

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Film synopsis via IMDB.