”Invictus” directed by Clint Eastwood

  Invictus is based on events before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in South Africa.  In his Oscar nominated performance, Morgan Freeman as Mandela,  asks the national rugby team captain (Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Matt Damon) and his squad to do the impossible and win the World Cup.

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Based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher,  who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. The film follows Oher from his impoverished upbringing, through , his adoption by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, and on to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football. For her performance, Sandra Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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“The Producers” written and directed by Mel  Brooks

Mel Brooks’s directorial debut remains both a career high point and a classic show business farce. Hinging on a crafty plot premise, which in turn unleashes a joyously insane onstage spoof, The Producers is powered by a clutch of over-the-top performances, capped by the odd couple pairing of the late Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, making his screen debut.

Mostel is Max Bialystock, a gone-to-seed Broadway producer who spends his days wheedling checks from his “investors,” elderly women for whom Bialystock is only too willing to provide company. When wide-eyed auditor Leo Bloom (Wilder) comes to check the books, he unwittingly inspires the wild-eyed Max to hatch a sure-fire plan: sell 25,000 percent of his next show, produce a deliberate flop, then abscond with the proceeds. Unfortunately for the producers (but fortunately for us), their candidate for failure is Springtime for Hitler, a Brooksian conceit that envisions what Goebbels might have accomplished with a little help from Busby Berkeley.

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Star Trek directed by J.J. Abram

A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members

a 2009 science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, who are portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story establishes an alternate reality^[6][7] through time-travel by both Nero and the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy), freeing the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints.

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“Sherlock Holmes”

starring Robert Downey Jr.and Jude Law

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Films in Van Vorst is teaming up with the Van Vorst Park Association this month to present Julie & Julia by Nora Ephron.  It’s open to all our neighbors here in the Van Vorst Area. Obviously it’s not quite the outdoor season yet so we’ll be using the Barrow Mansion at 83 Wayne Street–First Floor.  It’s still free but this time no need to bring a chair we’ll have those–but bring your ideas for our 6th summer season.  We’re also looking for volunteers and leads for donations!!  Oh, and did we mention there will be beverages and snacks as well???  We can’t wait to see you all again!

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“WALL-E” Directed by Andrew Stanton

The 2008 Academy Award winner  for Best Animated Feature Film

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Directed by Danny Boyle

2008 British film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people’s expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.

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directed by Phyllida Lloyd

Mamma Mia!  is a 2008 stage-to-film adaptation of the 1999 West End musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson.  It is the highest-grossing film musical of all time. The title originates from ABBA’s 1975 chart-topper “Mamma Mia“.

Meryl Streep heads the cast, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgård play the three possible fathers to Donna’s daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried).

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