Movie Nights
Teens can enjoy a movie with other teens in the Petty Auditorium of Skokie Public Library. Movies shown on Friday movie nights are specially selected for teen audiences, but adults are welcome to attend. And be sure to take a look at a list of teen flicks or view a list of books made into movies! For movie reviews written by teens, visit the Teen Ink site.
For more reviews, take a look at Skokie Public Library's staff recommendations.
| Friday, May 30 | The Golden Compass |
| Friday, June 27 | National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets |
The Golden Compass
on Friday, May 30 at 7:00pm
in the Petty Auditorium
113 minutes — rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence
In a parallel universe 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her best friend and other children kidnapped by the Gobblers. Along the way, she gets help from a witch queen named Serafina Pekkala, aeronaut Lee Scoresby, and the armored bear Iorek Byrnison. Based on the award-winning book by Philip Pullman. Starring Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, and Daniel Craig.
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
on Friday, June 27 at 7:00pm
in the Petty Auditorium
124 minutes — rated PG for some violence and action
Adventurer and “treasure protector” Ben Gates sets out to prove that his great-great-grandfather was a hero and not a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Starring Nicholas Cage, John Voight, and Helen Mirren.
Past movie night screenings have included:
- August Rush available on DVD
- Becoming Jane available on DVD
- Beowulf available on DVD
- Blood and Chocolate available on DVD
- Castle in the Sky available on DVD and VHS
- Disturbia available on DVD
- Dracula available on DVD and VHS
- Evan Almighty available on DVD
- Freedom Writers available on DVD
- Ghost Rider available on DVD
- Goal! The Dream Begins available on DVD
- Grave of the Fireflies available on DVD and VHS
- The Great Gatsby available on DVD and VHS
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire available on DVD
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galazy available on DVD
- The Hobbit (animated) available on DVD and VHS
- Howl's Moving Castle available on DVD
- Invincible available on DVD
- Invisible Children available on DVD
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action available on DVD and VHS
- Marie Antoinette available on DVD
- Metropolis available on DVD
- Millennium Actress available on DVD
- Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (feature film) available on DVD
- Monster House available on DVD
- Mr. Bean's Holiday available on DVD
- The Mummy available on DVD
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind available on DVD
- October Sky available on DVD and VHS
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest available on DVD
- Porco Rosso available on DVD
- The Princess Bride available on DVD and VHS
- Princess Mononoke available on DVD and VHS
- Remember the Titans available on DVD and VHS
- 10 Things I Hate About You available on DVD and VHS
- School of Rock available on DVD
- Serenity available on DVD
- Shaolin Soccer available on DVD
- She's the Man available on DVD
- Spider-Man available on DVD and VHS
- Spider-Man 3 available on DVD
- Spirited Away available on DVD and VHS
- Stardust available on DVD
- Steamboy available on DVD
- Step Up available on DVD
- Stick It available on DVD
- Sydney White available on DVD
- Tokyo Godfathers available on DVD
- Transformers available on DVD
- Van Helsing available on DVD and VHS
- We Are Marshall available on DVD
- Whale Rider available on DVD and VHS