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For Your Entertainment - DVDs June 2017
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Assassin's Creed Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this action-adventure film based on the critically acclaimed video game franchise. Through a technology that unlocks his memories, Callum (Fassbender) discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins. Bring home this "beautiful cinematic experience that transcends its video game origins in every way." MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language)
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Get OutWhen Chris, a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined. This speculative thriller from Blumhouse and the mind of Jordan Peele is equal parts gripping thriller and provocative commentary. MPAA Rating: R (Violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references)
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The Great WallWhat were they trying to keep out? Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou, The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world's most iconic structure. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of fantasy action violence)
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My Life as a ZucchiniMy Life as a Zucchini is a delightful and touching tale about the uplifting power of friendship in the face of adversity. After befriending a kind police officer, nine-year-old Zucchini is taken to a foster home filled with other orphans his age. Though he struggles to find his place at first, with the help of his new friends, Zucchini learns to trust and love again as he searches for a new family of his own. With a band of unforgettable characters you’ll be cheering for, My Life as a Zucchini stands as a testament to the resilience of the human heart. Featuring the voice talents of Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and Amy Sedaris. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Thematic elements and suggestive material)
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Queen of KatweDisney presents Queen of Katwe, a movie based on a vibrant true story starring Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, and directed by Mira Nair. A Ugandan girl's life changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess, in this celebration of the human spirit. MPAA Rating: PG (For thematic elements, an accident scene and some suggestive material)
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Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryFrom Lucasfilm comes an epic adventure - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In a period of great conflict, a group of unlikely heroes led by Jyn Erso, a daring fugitive, and Cassian Andor, a rebel spy, band together on a desperate mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (For extended sequences of sci-fi violence and action)
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The Shack The Shack takes us on a father's transformative spiritual journey. After a family tragedy, Mack spirals into a crisis of faith, and questions God's existence and life's purpose. Mack is unable to move on, until he gets a mysterious invitation to an abandoned shack. There, God reveals himself in the form of three strangers led by Papa (Octavia Spencer). Mack's journey will transform audiences of all ages, in this movie that you will want to watch over and over. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Thematic material including some violence)
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Walking with the Enemy /Experience an unforgettable film of love, courage and sacrifice with this new version of Walking with the Enemy not seen in thaters. Based on a true story, this inspiring film is set during the final months of World War II in Hungary, when a young man sets out to find his displaced family by using a stolen Nazi uniform to pose as an officer. On a journey filled with suspense and danger, he undertakes extraordinary measures to save his family and thousands of lives from the enemy. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (For war violence including crimes against humanity)
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The SalesmanAfter their old apartment becomes damaged, Emad and Rana, a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a sudden eruption of violence linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple's life, creating a simmering tension between husband and wife, MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Mature thematic elements and a brief bloody image)
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Things to Come What happens when the life you've worked so hard to build falls apart all at once? Nathalie is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie's life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets out to define this new phase of her life and to rediscover herself. PG-13 (For brief language and drug use)
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Before the FloodFrom Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet. MPAA Rating: PG (Thematic elements, some nude and suggestive art images, language and brief smoking)
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Poldark, The Complete Second SeasonIt's 1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross must fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis and Elizabeth watch on in horror, can Demelza save Ross from himself? Crippled by debts, Ross and Francis try to heal old wounds by joining forces in a new mine free of the Warleggans. Ross and Elizabeth are thrown together by unforeseen circumstances, and Ross risks everything in a desperate smuggling venture. Amid catastrophic losses, significant triumphs, and shattered relationships, they must learn to settle their differences once and for all, but at what cost? Not Rated.
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Thursday, June 8 Photo Editing with Your Tablet 1:00 p.m. Learn how to edit and enhance your photos using available apps on your tablet. Wednesday, June 14 Bald Eagles in Cranbury 6:30 p.m. Local resident Bob Kane will explain how he uses a unique recycling process to entice bald eagles onto his property for photographs.
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Monday, June 19 Beyond Standing Rock: Energy, Environment and Tribal Control 7:00 p.m. Former Cranbury resident Leigh Paterson, a reporter for Inside Energy, produced and narrated the film, and will be on hand to answer questions after the presentation in the Cranbury School Large Group Room. Thursday, July 6 Google Apps - Drive and Beyond 1:00 p.m. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Wednesday, July 19 Tiny Desserts with Pam Parseghian 6:30 p.m. Pam will demonstrate different methods of creating small desserts with big impact!
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