Lots of additions to the late months of the sheet, hopefully they stay on but with that much lead time who knows at this point. The big addition is the Miyazaki anime film Ponyo.Hopefully he keeps up his seemingly flawless run. And while it is scheduled to open at the Edina, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it actually open at The Uptown. Daniel should also note that his fondest wish has come true, as the new Harry Potter film has been added to the schedule as well. Maybe you should keep your mouth shut next time, Daniel!

*** – Denotes recommended viewing

All dates subject to change

07/10 The Hurt Locker Uptown ***
07/10 Bruno Lagoon ***
07/10 Jerichow Edina

07/15 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Lagoon (tentative) (NEW)

07/17 Treeless Mountain Lagoon
07/17 Tetro Edina (tentative) ***

07/24 500 Days of Summer Uptown
07/24 Betty Blue: The Director’s Cut Lagoon ***
07/24 Seraphine Edina (tentative)
07/24 The Merry Gentlemen Edina (tentative)

07/31 In the Loop Uptown
07/31 $9.99 Lagoon ***
07/31 Soul Power Lagoon (tentative)
07/31 Shrink Lagoon/Edina

08/07 The Cove Uptown ***
08/07 The End of the Line Lagoon
08/07 The Answer Man Edina

08/14 Not Quite Hollywood Lagoon ***
08/14 Adam Edina (NEW DATE)
08/14 Ponyo Edina (NEW) ***

08/21 Inglorious Bastards Lagoon (very tentative) ***
08/21 Lorna’s Silence Edina

08/28 Cold Souls Uptown ***
08/28 The World’s Greatest Dad Lagoon ***
08/28 Taking Woodstock Lagoon ***
08/28 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Edina

08/29 The Adventures of Robin Hood Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 The Bride of Frankenstein Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 It Happened One Night Edina (One Night Only) ***

09/04 Thirst Lagoon ***
09/04 Afghan Star Lagoon
09/04 My One and Only Edina

09/11 The Baader Meinhof Complex Uptown
09/11 Captain Abu Raed Lagoon

09/18 The Beaches of Agnes Edina
09/18 Burning Plain Edina /Lagoon(tentative)

09/25 Somers Town Lagoon ***
09/25 Paris Edina (NEW)

10/02 Amreeka Edina

10/09 Earth Days Lagoon (NEW)

10/16 Still Walking Lagoon

10/23 The Horse Boy Lagoon (NEW)

Not wanting to run into the same issues as last week (delay in watching the movie/head cold from Hell), in which I watched Razorback and wrote the column in a span of roughly 24 hours I made plans this week to attend a midnight screening of A Boy and His Dog, and of course, those plans inevitably fell through. But luckily I had a backup plan in place for when my frontdown plan fell apart, and I was able to watch the film just a few days later and well in advance of my self-imposed deadline. Now, in an attempt to have everything written before I move on Monday, I am writing this on the holiest day of the year, my birthday.

My birthday has already gone quite well, as I received my primary gift from my girlfriend several days earlier. That gift being V: The Complete Series. I hadn’t watched the television show since it first aired 24 years ago and was pleasantly surprised to find it held up far better then I could have possibly hoped for, leading me to immerse myself in the DVD set. Then today I was given another surprisingly pleasant gift, that of weather so nice that I almost didn’t need my winter coat!

But, of course, this run of perfection would not last forever. Today also marked the scheduled weekly appearance of one of our schizophrenic patrons. She’s nice enough and she means well but that doesn’t change the fact that she’s is completely convinced that people are living behind her computer screen and they are transforming her face with every word she types. I know this because every time she comes in she corners me and proceeds to tell me the latest horrible event that has happened to her.

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