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We’re a "watch first – meet later" club, that gets together once a month to discuss a movie we've watched on our own.
We’re a "watch first – meet later" club, and every month the Keeping It Reel Movie Club meets at the Northwest Akron Branch Library to discuss a movie that everyone has watched on their own using Hoopla or Kanopy (services offered free through the library).
Don’t know how to use Hoopla or Kanopy? No worries, come into the branch and we’ll show you how.
The movie club usually meets on Thursday nights once a month at 6 p.m.
Call the library (330-836-1081) for more information.
July 18th: This Beautiful Fantastic (2016), A contemporary fairy tale revolving around the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.
Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay) is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children's book. When she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her nemesis, match, and mentor in Alfie Stephenson (Oscar-nominated actor, Tom Wilkinson), a grumpy, loveless, rich old man who lives next door and happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.
"A charming, beautifully photographed modern fairy tale about love and gardening" - Rex Reed, New York Observer
Comedy and Fantasy found on Hoopla.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Community Discussion |
TAGS: | movies | movie | films | Film | Fantasy Films | comedy films | Comedy |
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