Summer Movie Nights
The Office of Student Life and ASNNMC Present:
Summer Movie Nights
VE Building on the Lawn
Shows begin at 8PM
Wednesday, July 1: McFarland, USA
In this inspiring Disney sports drama based on actual events, Kevin Costner plays a high-school football coach who ends up leading a cross-country track team made up of lower-class Latino students to a state championship. Jim White (Costner) finds his days as a football coach numbered when an incident with a player leads to his dismissal. Desperate for work, he moves his wife (Maria Bello) and daughters (Morgan Saylor and Elsie Fisher) from Idaho to McFarland, CA, a rural town that's predominately Latino and the only place willing to give him a teaching job. The family feel like they don't fit into their new community, but White has an epiphany one day when he sees his students running from their early-morning farming jobs to school: Why not channel their talents into running cross-country track? Soon enough, White is connecting with his young charges, particularly a gifted athlete named Thomas (Carlos Pratts), and the squad set their sights on a state championship.
Wednesday, July 15: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Everyone's favorite bumbling mall cop returns in this sequel from Happy Madison and director Andy Fickman. Original Paul Blart: Mall Cop screenwriters Kevin James and Nick Bakay reteam to pen the script, which finds Paul Blart (James) and his daughter Maya in Las Vegas for a security-guard expo. When a band of menacing art thieves attempt a daring heist, Blart attempts to stop them with the help of the cynical casino security staff who once ridiculed him. Meanwhile, Blart contends with a crafty rival (Nicholas Turturro).
Movies are Free and Open to the Public. Please bring a lawn blanket and chair. Subject to change, weather permitting.
