REEL RELIGION 10

SJANUARY
ATURDAY AFTERNOON
26, 2013 @ 1:00
SATURDAY AFTERNOON (CONT.)
The Help (2011) 146 min.
The Way (2010) 123 min.
PM
Written & Directed by Tate Taylor
Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer
Written & Directed by Emilio Estevez
Starring Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen
Rated PG-13 for Thematic material
In 1960s Jackson, Miss., aspiring writer Eugenia Phelan crosses taboo racial lines by
conversing with Aibileen Clark about her life as a housekeeper, and their ensuing
friendship upsets the fragile dynamic between the haves and the have-nots. When
other long-silent black servants begin opening up to Eugenia, the disapproving
conservative Southern town soon gets swept up in the turbulence of changing times.
Rated PG-13
When his son dies while hiking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees,
a grieving father flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his
estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile trek to Spain.
Discussion Leader – Darren Middleton, BBC & TCU
Discussion Leader – Rev. Brent Beasley, BBC
Inherit the Wind (1960) 128 min.
Snowmen (2010) 85 min.*
Written by Nedrick Young & Harold Jacob Smith
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Starring Spencer Tracy & Fredric March
Written & Directed by Robert Kirbyson
Starring Bobby Coleman, Bobbie J. Thompson & Ray Liotta
Rated G
After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three small-town boys into the
spotlight, they hatch a plan to be remembered forever by setting a world record for
building snowmen in this family drama.
Not rated
Spencer Tracy (in an Oscar-nominated role) and Fredric March square off as opposing
attorneys Henry Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady, respectively, in this blistering
courtroom drama about the famed 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial,” in which a Tennessee
teacher was taken to task for teaching Darwinism in the classroom.
Discussion Leader – Fran Patterson & BBC Youth, BBC
Discussion Leader – Harry Parker, UCC & TCU
Written & Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Starring Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami & Sareh Bayat
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material
An Iranian husband and wife split up over his decision to stay and care for his aging
father instead of leaving the country with his family. But his fateful choice to hire a
stranger to do most of the caretaking breeds unexpected consequences.
Discussion Leader – Nancie Wingo, BBC
Flyboys (2006) 140 min.
Written by Phil Sears, Blake T. Evans & David S. Ward
Directed by Tony Bill
Starring James Franco, Jean Reno & Jennifer Decker
Rated PG-13 for war action violence & some sexual content
Farm boy Blaine Rawlings and his fellow soldiers become the world’s first fighter
pilots when they join the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of Americans who are
volunteering for the French military at the dawn of World War I.
Discussion Leader – Jack Stewart, UCC
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Persian with subtitles
All synopses and information come from imdb.com (The Internet Movie Database) and Netflix.com
RESERVATIONS
REEL RELIGION
A Separation (2011) 123 Min.
* family friendly discussion
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SNACKS
Throughout all the film showings, FREE popcorn, coffee and
bottled water will be available in The Arches area at UCC.
LUNCH
Lunch, catered by Potbelly Sandwich Shop, will be available on
Saturday, January 26, starting at noon. Cost is $8.00 per person
and includes a sandwich, choice of chips, cookie and drink.
Paid reservations must be made by Wednesday, January 23.
Please make a note if you would like a vegetarian selection.
REEL RELIGION 10TH ANNIVERSARY
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FJANUARY
RIDAY EVENING
25, 2013 @ 6:45
PM
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 82 min.
Written & Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow
Rated PG
Stuck in a dead-end job and saddled with an abusive husband, Cecilia depends on
the movies for her escape. She sees one picture, The Purple Rose of Cairo, so often
that the film’s star walks off the screen and into her life and promptly falls in love
with her. This causes much havoc in the real world and in the onscreen world.
Discussion Leader – Peter Chattaway, 10th anniversary guest speaker
Touchback (2011) 118 min.
Written & Directed by Don Handfield
Starring Brian Presley, Kurt Russell, Melanie Lynskey & Drew Powell
Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements.
Fifteen years after suffering a career-ending injury in the state football championship,
Scott gets a chance to go back in time and change the outcome. Eventually, he turns
to the team’s coach to help determine whether he should mess with fate.
Discussion Leader – Drew Powell, 10th anniversary guest speaker
Sarah’s Key (2010) 111 min.
French with Subtitles
Written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner & Serge Joncour
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance & Niels Arestrop
Rated PG-13
Paris, 1942: To protect her brother from the police arresting Jewish families, a young girl,
Sarah, hides him away, promising to come back for him. Sixty-seven years later, her story
intertwines with that of an American journalist investigating the roundup.
Written by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins & Billy Ray
Directed by Gary Ross
Starring Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson
Rated PG-13 for Intense violent thematic material and disturbing images all involving teens
In a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian regime, resourceful Katniss and her
partner, Peeta, represent their district in the lethal Hunger Games – a televised
survival competition in which teenage contestants fight each other to the death.
Discussion Leaders – Jessica Vacketta & Rachel Long, UCC
Hugo (2011) 126 min.*
Written by John Logan, based on a book by Brian Selznick
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield & Chloe Moretz
Rated PG
Set in 1930s Paris, Hugo, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is
wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. He meets
Isabelle, the daughter of filmmaker Georges Méliès, who holds the key to his destiny.
Discussion Leader – Rev. Larry Thomas, UCC
Written by Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul
Directed by Chris Renaud & Kyle Balda
Starring voices of Taylor Swift, Zac Efron, Danny Devito & Ed Helms
Rated PG
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection
of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the
grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Discussion Leader – Jennifer Davis, BBC
Discussion Leader – Ann and Charles Sanders, UCC
Absence of Malice (1982) 116 min.
Lemon Tree (2008) 106 min.
Hebrew with Subtitles
Written by Kurt Luedtke
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Starring Paul Newman, Sally Field & Bob Balaban
Written by Eran Riklas & Suha Arraf
Directed by Suha Arraf
Starring Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz-Michael & Ali Suliman
Rated PG
A prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of
a union head. Sally Field stars as a novice reporter at a Miami newspaper, who becomes a
pawn in the investigation. Scandal and tragedy follow.
Not rated
A Palestinian widow fights to keep her lemon grove from being uprooted when
Israeli security forces declare it a threat to the Israeli defense minister living next
door. Teaming with a young lawyer, the widow takes her case to the Israeli Supreme
Court. But in the process of seeking justice, she’s forced to hide the forbidden bond
growing between them.
Discussion Leader – Paul Harral, BBC
The Hunger Games (2012) 142 min.
The Lorax (2012) 86 min.*
SATURDAY MORNING
Discussion Leader – Judy Stempel, UCC
JANUARY 26, 2013 @ 10:00 AM
Win Win (2011) 106 min.
I Am David (2003) 90 min.
Written by Anne Holm & Paul Feig
Directed by Paul Feig
Starring Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel & Joan Plowright
Rated PG
Based on Anne Holm’s acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David
chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy who manages to flee a Communist
concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All he has in his
possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass
to help him get there.
Discussion Leader – Kerry Neuhardt, BBC
It’s Kind of A Funny Story (2010) 101 min.
Written & Directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden
Starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis & Emma Roberts
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic issues, sexual content, drug material & language
Being a teenager is too much for 16-year-old Craig, who shocks his parents by checking
himself into a mental health clinic for a little R & R. But when the youth ward is
unexpectedly closed, he’s forced to live among the adult patients.
Discussion Leader – Kelly Rand, UCC
Written & Directed by Thomas McCarthy
Starring Paul Giamatti & Amy Ryan
Rated R for language
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life.
Discussion Leader – Daniel Terry, UCC & TCU
Higher Ground (2011) 109 min.
Written by Carolyn S. Briggs & Tim Metcalfe
Directed by Vera Farmiga
Starring Vera Farmiga, Norbert Leo Butz & John Hawkes
Rated R for some language & sexual content
A chronicle describing one woman’s lifetime journey of faith -- one that initially leads her to join a fundamentalist sect and then leave it again years later.
Discussion Leader – David Grebel, BBC & TCU
* family friendly discussion