August 1-7 (Fri-Thu) Full week! WALL* E
The latest Pixar animated film will enchant folks of all ages. It’s about a cute little robot on a trashed and abandoned Earth who accidentally discovers a way for humans to return, and passes on the message to a robot space probe named EVE. Smitten, he follows her back to the human mothership, and discovers a deeper mystery. While still funny, WALL*E is a little deeper and quieter than Pixar’s previous films, with incredible artwork.
Rated G
1 hour 40 minutes

August 8-11 (FSSM) Choice of films!
(FSS) You Don’t Mess with the Zohan Adam Sandler plays an Israeli commando who fakes his own death so he can run off to NYC to become a hairdresser in this comedy. Zohan plays Friday at 7:30 and Saturday & Sunday at 5:00 only. It does not play Monday.
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, and nudity.
1 hour 55 minutes
(FSSM) Wanted James McAvoy plays an office drone whose life takes a sudden turn toward the exciting when a butt-kicking Angelina Jolie invites him to join her fraternity of assassins. Turns out he’s inherited super-skills from his estranged father, and Angie’s ready to help him develop his latent talents. Wanted plays Friday at a special 9:30 show (c’mon, it’s not even dark yet) and Saturday, Sunday & Monday at 7:30.
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language, and some sexuality.
1 hour 50 minutes.

August 12, 13 & 14 (TWTh) Good Food
This delightful documentary on Northwest small farmers by Mark Dworkin (loyal Clyde projectionist for 35 years) and Melissa Young sold out both of its performances at the Seattle International Film Festival this year. The film is short, so immediately after the Tuesday and Wednesday showings Melissa and Mark will answer your questions about the making of the film and the people and issues involved. After the Thursday showing a few popular local growers will briefly share stories about the ups and downs of farming on Whidbey. As part of Locavore Week several South End restaurants are offering locally-sourced specials, so consider dinner out before the movie, or invite friends over and cook something great from ingredients bought at one of our farmers’ markets. If your interest in eating locally is whetted by the film, check out the free Local Chefs/Local Foods demos being offered at Fair University during the Island County Fair (Fair U schedule at www.island.wsu.edu ).
Unrated, suitable for general audiences
1 hour 15 minutes plus time for Q&A afterwards

August 15-18 (FSSM) Hancock
Will Smith plays a superhero who needs an attitude adjustment in this action comedy. Hancock has saved Los Angeles from disaster lots of times, but he’s trashed it a lot too. However public-relations guru Jason Bateman has a plan to put a little more love in the love/hate relationship the city has with its misunderstood defender. He’s Will Smith, you know, how bad can he be?
Not yet rated.
Running time not yet known

August 19, 20 & 21 (TWTh) Mongol
Romance, drama, and action combine in this gorgeous epic from Mongolia about the life and legend of Genghis Khan. In Mongolian, with subtitles.
Rated R for sequences of bloody warfare
2 hours 10 minutes

August 22-28 (Fri-Thurs) Held over! The Dark Knight
Summer’s biggest hit is now playing a full week. Actors Christian Bale and Heath Ledger and director Christopher Nolan bring depth and high entertainment values to this story about the Caped Crusader’s attempts to stop that eerie criminal mastermind, The Joker. They’ve elevated what could have been a good old superhero action movie into a true tragic drama about the flexibility of morals—but with really cool special effects. Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Gary Oldham, and Morgan Freeman offer support. Saturday & Sunday shows at 5:00 & 8:00 due to the length of the film.
Rated PG-13 for intense scenes of violence and some menace
Running time not yet known, but likely to be over 2 hours.

August 29-September 1 (FSSM) Rescheduled! Mamma Mia!
And now for something a little lighter--Meryl Streep starring in a comedy set to the appallingly catchy music of the 70’s pop group ABBA. She plays a single mom who’s never told her daughter the identity of her father. So her daughter secretly invites the three most likely candidates to her wedding in hopes of discovering which one should be walking her down the aisle. With Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, and Amanda Seyfried.
Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments
1 hour 50 minutes

S E P T E M B E R

September 2, 3 & 4 (TWTh) The Singing Revolution
Our patrons have really been pushing us to show this movie—the stirring true story of how the people of Estonia overthrew a repressive Communist regime using only the power of their cultural identity. These were people who weren’t afraid to go after a more open and democratic society armed only with a song in their hearts. Hopefully it will inspire us all to care more about preserving our own freedoms.
Unrated, but about PG-13 for some newsreel scenes of wartime violence
1 hour 35 minutes

September 5-8 (FSSM) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Brendan Fraser plays explorer Rick O’Connell, who comes to the rescue after his adventuresome son mistakenly awakens an ancient Chinese warlord and his 10,000 man army. Maria Bello and Jet Li costar in this family adventure.
Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence
1 hour 55 minutes

September 9, 10 & 11 (TWTH) The Wackness
Off-beat comedy with Ben Kingsley as a therapist and Josh Peck as the drug-dealing young man who falls for his shrink’s daughter. The film won an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Rated R for pervasive drug use and language, and some sexuality
1 hour 50 minutes

September 12-15 (FSSM) Swing Vote
Kevin Costner plays a lovable loser who, despite his 12-year-old daughter’s constant prodding, can’t get much into that whole voting thing. Then, as fate would have it, he becomes the one person whose vote will determine a tied Presidential election. Great comic support from Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, and Stanley Tucci as the Presidential candidates and their advisers.
Rated PG-13 for language only
2 hours

September 16, 17 & 18 (TWTh) Encounters at the End of the World
The stunning images of Antarctica and the entertaining look at the quirky folks who choose to live and work at the McMurdo Research Station near the South Pole in this documentary by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog has both critics and audiences applauding.
Rated G
1 hour 40 minutes

September 19-22 (FSSM) Choice of films!
(7:30 Fri, 5:00 & 7:30 SatSun, 7:30 Mon) The Rocker
Rainn Wilson plays a man who was replaced as the drummer by a 1980s “hair” band just before they hit the big time and now seizes on a prom gig with his nephew’s teenaged band as a chance for a comeback in this feel-good comedy.
Rated PG-13 for drug and sexual references, nudity, and language
1 hour 45 minutes
(2:00 SatSun) Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Great opportunity for a mother/daughter (or father/daughter) lunch and a movie! Abigail Breslin plays a young girl living during the Great Depression of the 1930s who dreams of becoming a reporter. Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, and Stanley Tucci provide some humor.
Rated G
1 hour 40 minutes

September 23, 24 & 25 (TWTh) Brideshead Revisited
In this romantic epic set in England between the two world wars, a middle-class college student falls in love with the noble Marchmain family, their castle, and their lifestyle, igniting unforeseen passions. Emma Thompson plays pious Lady Marchmain, Ben Whishaw and Hayley Atwell her children, and Matthew Good the interloper.
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content
2 hours 15 minutes

September 26-29 (FSSM) Choice of films!
(7:30 Fri, 5:00 Sat & Sun) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Blake Lively, America Ferrara, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel return as the four best friends, now embarking on college and other new adventures.
Rated PG-13 for mature material and sensuality
2 hours
(7:30 Sat, Sun & Mon) Pineapple Express
In this action-comedy from Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and James Franco play pot-smoking slackers who accidentally witness a murder and must run for their lives.
Rated R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence
1 hour 55 minutes

O C T O B E R

September 30, October 1 & 2 (TWTh) Bottle Shock
In 1976 no one took California wine seriously. Until the day a British wine expert actually tried a glass from a tiny winery in some place called Napa Valley, recognized its excellence, and challenged the French to a taste-off. Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman star in the basically true story of the small-town winemakers whose reds and whites first stunned the French. Watch for details of some fun wine-tasting events being planned in Langley around this film.
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content, and a scene of drug use
1 hour 50 minutes

October 3-6 (FSSM) Choice of films!
(7:30 Fri, 5:00 Sat & Sun) Star Wars: Clone Wars
Animation has brought the fun back to the franchise in these stories of the adventures of the heroic Anakin Skywalker before he turned to the Dark Side.
Rated PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language, and brief smoking
1 hour 40 minutes
(7:30 Sat, Sun & Mon) Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr., star in an action comedy about egotistical actors filming a war movie who don’t realize they’ve been dropped in an actual war zone.
Rated R for pervasive language, violence, and drug material
1 hour 50 minutes

October 7, 8 & 9 (TWTh) American Teen
Audience-pleasing documentary follows four small-town Indiana teens who defy their stereotypes. You know, the geek, the popular girl, the jock, and the artsy girl—this is the real Breakfast Club. What’s amazing is how comfortable a generation weaned on reality television and the Internet has become with making their lives public, and how interesting they all turn out to be.
Rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual material and some drinking and smoking by teens
1 hour 35 minutes

October 10-13 (FSSM) Choice of films!
(7:30 Fri, 5:00 Sat & Sun) Journey to the Center of the Earth
Brendan Fraser is back again as a geologist who discovers an unexpected universe underneath our feet. Good cheesy fun for the family.
Rated PG for intense action adventure and some scary moments
1 hour 35 minutes
(7:30 Sat, Sun & Mon) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
This sex comedy from Woody Allen set in enchanting Barcelona features strong performances from Javier Bardem as a seductive artist, and Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, and Rebecca Hall as the women he attracts.
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and for smoking
1 hour 40 minutes

October 14, 15 & 16 (TWTh) Man on Wire
Thrilling documentary about the daredevil Philippe Petit, who secretly strung a wire between the tops of the almost-finished World Trade Center towers in 1974, then danced on it 1,350 feet above the ground—without a net—to the wonder of hundreds of thousands of onlookers. The film has the pacing of a heist movie and a host of engaging characters who assisted Petit in this stunt.
Rated PG-13 for some sexuality, nudity, and drug references
1 hour 30 minutes

Not all films on this schedule are confirmed. Be sure to check our website, newspaper ads, or phone messages closer to playdate.