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July 2010 Movies

Sunday Documentary, July 11, 2 p.m.: The Yes Men Fix the World, Rated R, 80 minutes: Andy and Mike are two American pranksters who went on the road as fake representatives of the world trade organization.

Monday, July 12, 2 p.m.: Young Victoria, Rated PG, 109 minutes: This dramatization covers the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. At the age of 17, Victoria was already the object of a royal power struggle as she was in line for the throne and everyone is vying to win her favor. Emily Blunt stars.

Sunday Foreign Film, July 18, 2 p.m.: Mongol, Rated R, 120 minutes: This movie is the first part of a trilogy based on the life of Genghis Khan. This part of the story follows the early life of Khan, who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. In Mongolian with English subtitles.

Monday, July 19, 2 p.m.: Invictus, PG-13, 133 minutes: The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Believing he can bring his racially and economically divided country together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies his underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman star.

Sunday, July 25, 2 p.m.: Precious, Rated R, 109 minutes: Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Clareece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old African–American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father. Precious may sometimes be down but she is never out. She finds her answer when she is asked to join a special school that will lead her from darkness to light.

Monday, July 26, 2 p.m.: An Education , Rated PG-13, 100 minutes: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. Carey Mulligan stars.

August 2010 Movies

Monday, August 2, 2 p.m.: Shutter Island, Rated R, 138 minutes: U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. Leonardo Dicaprio stars; Martin Scorcese directs.

Sunday Foreign Film, August 8, 2 p.m.: Caramel, Rated PG, 95 minutes: A romantic comedy centered on a Beirut beauty salon and the daily lives of five Lebanese women who meet there, all with their own quirks and comedic problems they must deal with. In Arabic with English subtitles.

Monday, August 9, 2 p.m.: Dear John, Rated PG-13, 108 minutes: A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave. Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfriend star.

Sunday Documentary, August 15, 2 p.m.: The September Issue, Rated PG-13, 90 minutes: A behind-the-scenes look at Vogue magazine (U.S.) as editor-in-chief Anna Windtour and her staff prepare the September 2007 issue.

Monday, August 16, 2 p.m.: Book of Eli, Rated R, 118 minutes: A lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman star.

Sunday Foreign Film, August 22, 2 p.m.: Fateless, Rated R, 140 minutes: A teenage Jewish boy from Budapest finds himself in turmoil as Hitler's Final Solution becomes policy throughout Europe. In Hungarian with English subtitles.

Monday, August 23, 2 p.m.: Valentine’s Day, Rated PG-13, 125 minutes: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

Sunday Documentary, August 29, 2 p.m.: God Grew Tired of Us, Rated PG, 90 minutes: Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war.

Monday, August 30, 2 p.m.: Green Zone, Rated R, 115 minutes: Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. Matt Damon stars.