Wednesday, AUGUST 2nd, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
AKEELA AND THE BEE
Oprah Winfrey's favorite film of the year to date, this inspirational drama, starring Academy Award winners Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne alongside newcomer Keke Palmer, about a precocious eleven-year old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words and the courage to inspire her often undervalued community, is a must-see for the whole family. "Splendiferous" raved Newsweek. Entertainment Weekly agreed noting that "this feel-gooder revels in its hip-to-be-square hyperliteracy... a kind of preteen "Good Will Hunting." Rated. PG. 110 min.

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Wednesday, AUGUST 9th, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
MONGOLIAN PING PONG
Variety called this charming story, set in the Mongolian steppe, "a charming yarn about nomadic prairie kids who mistake a table-tennis ball for a glowing pearl from the gods" and set out on a trek to the faraway monastery to consult the wise lamas about its origin. "One of the most breathtaking cinematic records of landscape and sky ever filmed" raved the Village Voice. "Movies don't come any more charming than 'Mongolian Ping Pong'!" (New York Post). In Mongolian with English subtitles. Unrated, but great for kids of all ages. 102 min.

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Wednesday, AUGUST 16th, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
KINKY BOOTS
The Los Angeles Times raved: "Delightful....A humanist parable about how to be a good person, live a good life and make gallons of lemonade when life suddenly hands you lemons" told in the guise of an irresistible comedy, from the makers of The Calendar Girls that's been compared to The Full Monty, about how a gaggle of female impersonators, inspire a nearly bankrupt shoe factory in England to save itself and its town by switching their product line from comfortable, sensible shoes to 5" sexy high heel boots. Rated PG-13. 107 min.

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Wednesday, AUGUST 23rd, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
and Friday, AUGUST 25th, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
THE PROMISE
Chen Kaige, writer/director of Farewell My Concubine, is at the helm of the most expensive Chinese film ever made in this fantasy epic tells the love story between a royal concubine and a slave that the LA Times hailed as "A romantic epic of exceptional resonance...one of the most beautiful films imaginable." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Miss this one and you will be missing some of the most visually innovative and fantastically imagined scenes ever put on film. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Unrated. 102 min.

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Wednesday, AUGUST 30th, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
A virtual laundry list of "A-List" talent, including Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, star in this comedy with music from Lifetime Academy Award winning director Robert Altman. Critical acclaim includes: "A cinematic Valentine to the wonderfully imaginative medium of radio" Hollywood Reporter; "What a lovely film this is, so gentle and whimsical, so simple and profound" (Roger Ebert) and "Both magical and consistently joyous....a lovely fable about mortality, fleeting fame, fondness for the past and the ineffable beauty of life in the present" (The Wall Street Journal). Rated PG-13. 105 min.

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