Jamestown News Article

February 1 , 2012

by

Carol Reed 

Fun and Fright Night

              Want to see something new, for free? Try these movies new to our library.

              Skyline: A group of friends on vacation watches in terror as people across Los Angeles are swept into enormous alien ships. Now it will take everything they have to elude capture and bring down the intruders. Scary!

              Shutter Island: A routine investigation takes a sinister turn at a hospital for the criminally insane. This is a real thriller, not for the faint of heart.

              The Way Back: Inspired by a true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners of war attempt to escape from a brutal Siberian gulag.

              Prince of Persia, the Sands of Time: A rogue prince teams up with a mysterious princess to safeguard an ancient dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world. There are lots of reversals in this adventure.

              Why Did I Get Married Too: This Tyler Perry movie finds four couples reuniting for their annual vacation which is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.

              Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself: Another Tyler Perry movie. Medea finds teens looting her house and take matters into her own hands. She delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have, their Aunt April. Count on some good music from singer Gladys Knight.

              Leap Year: Inspired by Irish tradition, Anna travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day. When a storm diverts her plane to Wales, she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to drive her across the country. Does she really love that boyfriend?

              Charlie St. Cloud: This spooky romance finds Charlie caught between the promise he made to his dead brother (with whom he plays catch each night) and going after the girl he loves.

              Land of the Lost: Remember the Saturday morning TV show of the same name? This is Will Ferrell’s version. While time travelling, Rick and Holly meet up with dinosaurs and ape men in a parallel universe.

              Why not try one of these new-to-us movies the next time you need an evening of pizza and a movie? Borrow it from the library on the corner and up the hill. Happy Viewing!