The Friday Night Movie Group has been a weekly activity since 2005. It started when a couple members just started going out to the movies on Friday. As it became more popular, we incorporated it into the group and sent out regular emails to everyone of the time/place and movie the group was planning to see. We try to select movies that people want to see. The World AIDS Museum shows an HIV/AIDS themed movie the 3rd Friday ef each month and we list these movies as well. The WAM movies are free and we all like that. So if you love movies, like we do, come join us.
I thought it might be interesting to start tracking the movies we’ve seen, so here’s the list. Four **** means that everyone attending the movie really liked it and everyone gave it four stars.
2014
03-28 () – Shoot Me (Cinema Paradisio)
03-21 () – Grand Budapest Hotel (Gateway)
03-14 () – Non-Stop (Coral Ridge AMC)
03-07 () – Son of God (Cypress Creek)
02-28 () – Stranger by the Lake (Gateway)
02-21 () – pompeii (Cypress Creek)
02-14 () – Winter’s Tale (Gateway)
02-07 () – Monuments Men (Cypress Creek)
01-31 () – Labor Day (Gateway)
01-24 () – The Normal Heart-play (Broward County Main Library)
01-17 () – Her (Cypress Creek)
01-10 () – August Osage County (Gateway)
01-03 () – Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Cypress Creek)
2013
12-27 () – American Hustle (AMC Coral Ridge)
12-25 () – Wolf of Wall Street (Gateway)
12-20 () – Saving Mr Banks (Cypress Creek)
12-13 () – Nebraska (Gateway)
12-06 () – Philomena (Gateway)
11-29 () – The Book Thief (Gateway)
11-22 () – Catching Fire (Cypress Creek)
11-15 () – Dallas Buyers Club (Gateway)
11-08 () – 12 Years a Slave ( Gateway)
04-19 (7) The Sapphires (Gateway)
04-12 (8) – 42 (Coral Ridge) ****
04-07 (7) -Koch (Gateway)
03-29 () -Olympus Has Fallen (Cypress Creek)
03-22 () – No (Gateway)
03-15 () – Emperor (Gateway)
03-08(12) – Oz the Great and Powerful (Cypress Creek)
03-01 () – Quartet (Gateway)
02-24 () – Argo (Coral Ridge)
02-15 () -Side Effects (Gateway)
02-08 () -Identity Thief (Coal Ridge)
02-01 () – Life of PI (Cypress Creek)
01-25 () – Amour (Gateway)
01-18 () -Silver Linings Playbook (Gateway)
01-11 () – Zero Dark Thirty (Gateway)
01-04 () FDR Hyde Park on Hudson (Gateway)
2012
12-28 () – Silver Linings Playbook (Gateway)
12-25 ( ) – Les Miserables (Cypress Creek)
12-21 (7) – The Guilt Trip (Cypress Creek)
12-14 () – The Sessions (Gateway)
12-07 – Hitchcock (Gateway)
11-30 – Longtime Companion (Hagen Park)
11-23 – Life of Pi (Coral Ridge)
11-16 ( ) – Lincoln ( Cypress Creek)
09 (12) – Skyfall (Cypress Creek)
11-02 (18) – Flight (Cypress Creek)
10-26 – Cloud Atlas (Coral Ridge)
10-19 – Argo (Coral Ridge)
10-05 – Pitch Perfect (Coral Ridge)
09-28 – The Master (Gateway)
09-21 – House at the End of the Street (Coral Ride)
09-14 – Arbitrage (Coral Ridge)
08-31 – Lawless (Coral Ridge)
08-24 (6) – ParaNorman (Cypress Creek)
08-17 (12) – Sparkle (Cypress Creek
08-10 – Hope Springs (Gateway)
08-03 – Queen of Versailles (Gateway)
07-27 – Step up Revolution (Cypress Creek)
07-20 – The Amazing Spiderman (Coral Ridge)
07-13 (19) – That Man: Peter Berlin (Stonewall)
o7-06 (5) – To Rome With Love (Cypress Creek)
06-27 (18) – Magic Mike (Coral Ridge)
06-22 () – Moonrise Kingdom (Gateway)
06-15 (11) – Rock of Ages (Gateway)
06-08 () – Madagascar 3 (Cypress Creek)
06-01 () – Bernie (Coral Ridge)
05-25 () – Men in Black (Cypress Creek)
05-18 (19) – Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Gateway)
05-11 (12) -Dark Shadows (Cypress Creek)
05-04 (12) – The Avengers (Coral Ridge)
04-27 (5) -Think Like a Man (Cypress Creek)
04-20 () The Lucky One (Coral Ridge)
04-13 () Three Stooges (Coral Ridge)
04-06 () Wrath of the Titans (Coral Ridge)
03-30 (14) – Mirror Mirror (Coral Ridge)
03-23 (2) -Hunger Games (Coral Ridge)
03-16 (1) – A Seperation
03-09 (9) – Christopher and his Kind (Stonewall)
03-02 () –
02-24 (14) – Gone (Coral Ridge)
02-17 (4) – This Means War (Coral Ridge)
02-10 (6) – Descendants (Coral Ridge)
02-03 (7) – Joyful Noise (Cypress Creek)
01-27 (11) – Albert Nobbs (Gateway)
01-20 (13) – Red Tails (Coral Ridge) ****
01-13 (22) – Iron Lady (Gateway)
01-06 (4) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Gateway)
2011
12-30 (12) – The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo (Gateway)
12-23 (8) – The Artist (Gateway)
12-19 () – His Secret Life (Stonewall)
12-16 (7) – My Week With Marilyn (Gateway)
12-09 () – Holiday Heart (Stonewall)
12-02 ( ) – Hugo (AMC Coral Ridge)
11-25 ( ) – The Descendants (Gateway)
11-18 (6) – Jack and Jill (Coral Ridge)
11-18 () – My Life on Ice (Stonewall)
11-11 (14) – J.Edgar (Gateway)
11-11 () – The Event (Stonewall)
11-04 (4) – The Skin I live in (Gateway)
10-28 (5) – Puss in Boots (AMC Coral Ridge)
10-21 (6) – Johnny English (AMC Coral Ridge)
10-21 () – Querelle (Stonewall)
10-14 (7) – Footloose (Coral Ridge)
10-14 () – Parting Glances (Stonewall)
10-07 (6) Ides of March (AMC Coral Ridge)
09-30 (3) Dream House (AMC Coral Ridge)
09-23 (5) – Sarah’s Key (Gateway)
09-16 (20) – The Einstein of Sex (Stonewall)
09-09 () – An Early Frost (Stonewall)
09-09 (21) – Contagion (Coral Ridge)
09-02 (8) – The Debt (Gateway)
08-26 (3) – My Idiot Brother (Coral Ridge)
08-19 (16) – My Fair Son (Stonewall)
08-19 (18) – Glee 3D (Coral Ridge)
08-12 (4) – The 24th Day (Stonewall)
08-12(18) – The Help (Coral Ridge) ****
08-05 (12 ) – Rise of Planet of the Apes (Coral Ridge) *****
07-29 ( 2) – Captain America (Coral Ridge)
07-22 ( ) – Friends with Benefits (Gateway)
07-15 ( ) – Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows II ( Coral Ridge)
07-15 () – The Adventures of Felix (Stonewall)
07-08 ( ) – The Dying Gaul (Stonewall)
07-01 ( ) – The Beginners (Gateway)
06-23 (5) – Bad Teacher
06-17 ( ) – L’amour fou (Gateway)
06-10 (8) – Making the Boys (Gateway)
06-03 (8) – Midnight in Paris (Gateway)
05-27 (6) – Hangover II (Gateway)
05-20 ( ) – Pirates of the Caribbean (Gateway)
05-13 (8) – Bridesmaids (Gateway) ****
05-06 (5) – The Conspirator (Muvico) ****
04-29 (1) – Sound of Music (Sing Along at The Manor)
04-22 () – Good Friday no movie scheduled
04-15 ( ) – The Conspirator (Coral Ridge)
04-08 (8) – Gay Men’s Chorus – Singular Sensation (MCC Church)
04-01 (6) – Lincoln Lawyer (Coral Ridge)
03-25 (8) – Jane Eyre (Gateway)
03-18 (7) – Le Clan/3 Dancing Slaves – (Stonewall)
03-11 (__) – Grey Gardens, the musical (Rising Action)
03-04 (_7) – The Adjustment Bureau (Coral Ridge)
02-25 (_3) – I am Number Four (Coral Ridge)
02-18 (_3) – Biutiful (Gateway)
02-11
02-04 (_8) – The Fighter (Coral Ridge)
01-28 (__) – No Strings Attached (Coral Ridge)
01-21 (_8) – Somewhere (Gateway)
01-14 (_6) – Pedro (Stonewall)
01-07 (12) – The King’s Speech (Gateway) ****
01-02 (__) – True Grit (AMC Coral Ridge)
2010
12-31 (10) – Little Fockers (AMC Coral Ridge)
12-26 (16) – I Love You Philip Morris (Gateway)
12-17 (13) – Black Swan (Gateway)
12-10 (21) – Tourist (Gateway)
12-03 (10) – Love and Other Drugs (Coral Ridge)
11-26 (11) – Burlesque (Gateway)
11-19 (15) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (Coral Ridge)
11-12 (7) – Morning Glory (Coral Ridge)
11-05 (4) – Fair Game (Gateway)
10-29 (?) – Red (Cypress Creek)
10-22 (?) – Conviction (Gateway)
10-15 (6) – Secretariat (Coral Ridge) ****
10-08 (7) – Hey, Happy (Stonewall-Free)
10-01 (13) – The Social Network (Gateway) ****
09-24 (15) -Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Coral Ridge)
09-17 (9) -Life During Wartime (Gateway)
09-10 (8) -Saint of 9-11 (Stonewall- Free)
09-03 (6) -Going the Distance (Gateway)
08-27 (3) -Get Low (Gateway)
08-20 (7) -The Extra Man (Gateway)
08-13 Eat Pray Love (Gateway)
08-06 The City of Your Final Destination (Gateway)
07-30 Dinner for Schmucks (Coral Ridge)
07-23 The Kids are all Right (Gateway) ****
07-16 Inception
07-09 Shank (Stonewall -Free) ****
07-02 I am Love (Gateway)
06-25 Joan Rivers, A Piece of Work (Gateway) ****
06-18 8, The Mormon Proposition (Gateway)
06-11 Please Give (Gateway)
06-04
05-28 Sex and the City 2 (Gateway) ****
05-21 Shrek 3D (Coral Ridge)
05-14 Robin Hood
05-07 –
04-30 The Ghost Writer ****
04-23 The Secret in Their Eyes (Gateway)
04-16 El Mistro de Los Almendros (Stonewall -Free)
04-11 La Mission (Gateway) ****
04-09 Misconceptions (Gateway)
04-02 The Clash of The Titans
03-26 Chloe (Gateway)
03-19 Friends Forever (Stonewall -Free)
03-12 –
03-05 Alice in Wonderland (Coral Ridge)
02-05 An Education
01-29 Crazy Heart
01-03 A Single Man (Coral Ridge) ****
2009
12-18 Avatar (IMax) ****
12-11 Noah’s Arc
12-04 Up in the Air
POZitive Attitudes 
What about “I am Love”. I thought it was a fantastic movie. I’d give it 4 **** !!
“I am Love” was a great movie. I think everyone liked that as well. Will update the list. Thanks
-Steve
What time is this Friday’s movie? (oct.2)
That should have said October 22nd.
I make the recommendation that on April 15th the group offers the opportunity to go to SCREAM at the Cypress Creek theater. Can we arrange this?
Kevin
I’ll forward this to John the Movie Man.
John, can we make this Friday’s movie, GLEE 3D?
The Aids Names Quilt Hangs for a limited time ~ in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
Go see before they are gone…. tell your friends. Dont Wait~ or ~ Hesistate.
from March 4-11 at the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of HIv / Aids. 2501 Ne 30 Street FTL FL 33306 954-563-4271.
Near Oakland Park Blvd and Federal Highway. Across the street from Plaza 3000.
Can you send this to “john the movie man”
This Friday at the Stonewall Archies
Friday August 16, 2013 Stonewall Foreign Language Film Guys Present:
Midsummer Madness
(Austrian/German) 2007
@ 7:00 PM Not Rated 94 minutes
Midsummer Madness is a quirky romantic comedy set in Latvia, the former Soviet republic, on the shortest night of the year. The whole country is going crazy on midsummer night when Curt, a young American, arrives in Riga, and the festivities are about to start. He’s there to look for his Latvian half-sister and hates the place from the moment they fingerprint him at the airport. He sure as hell doesn’t feel like partying, but somehow, events of the night, and a very persuasive taxi driver make him see things differently, so much so that by the morning he doesn’t bat an eyelid when he sees a kangaroo being wheeled into a hospital for treatment. A classic, slapstick, comedy of errors, from arguably the most vibrant film making hotspots in today’s Europe.
— product info
Midsummer
Midsummer, also known as St John’s Day,[1] is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 21 and June 25 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different cultures. Because he was born on that day, the Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr St John the Baptist, and the observance of St John’s Day begins the evening before, known as St John’s Eve.[2] Midsummer is especially important in the cultures of Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltics where it is the most celebrated holiday apart from Christmas and New Year’s Eve. In Sweden the Midsummer is such an important festivity that there have been serious discussions to make the Midsummer’s Eve into the National Day of Sweden, instead of the 6th of June.
History
The celebration of Midsummer’s Eve (St. John’s Eve among Christians) was from ancient times a festival of the summer solstice. Some people believed that golden-flowered mid-summer plants, especially Calendula, and St. John’s Wort, had miraculous healing powers and they therefore picked them on this night. Bonfires were lit to protect against evil spirits which were believed to roam freely when the sun was turning southward again. In later years, witches were also thought to be on their way to meetings with other powerful beings.
The solstice itself has remained a special moment of the annual cycle of the year since Neolithic times.[5] The concentration of the observance is not on the day as we reckon it, commencing at midnight or at dawn, as it is customary for cultures following lunar calendars to place the beginning of the day on the previous eve at dusk at the moment when the Sun has set. In Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Estonia, Midsummer’s Eve is the greatest festival of the year, comparable only with Walpurgis Night, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve.
In the 7th century, Saint Eligius (died 659/60) warned the recently converted inhabitants of Flanders against the age-old pagan solstice celebrations. According to the Vita by his companion Ouen, he’d say: “No Christian on the feast of Saint John or the solemnity of any other saint performs solestitia [summer solstice rites] or dancing or leaping or diabolical chants.”
As Christianity entered pagan areas, midsummer celebrations came to be often borrowed and transferred into new Christian holidays, often resulting in celebrations that mixed Christian traditions with traditions derived from pagan Midsummer festivities. The 13th-century monk of Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, who compiled a book of sermons for the feast days, recorded how St. John’s Eve was celebrated in his time:
Let us speak of the revels which are accustomed to be made on St. John’s Eve, of which there are three kinds. On St. John’s Eve in certain regions the boys collect bones and certain other rubbish, and burn them, and therefrom a smoke is produced on the air. They also make brands and go about the fields with the brands. Thirdly, the wheel which they roll.[6]
The fires, explained the monk of Winchcombe, were to drive away dragons, which were abroad on St. John’s Eve, poisoning springs and wells. The wheel that was rolled downhill he gave its explicitly solstitial explanation:
The wheel is rolled to signify that the sun then rises to the highest point of its circle and at once turns back; thence it comes that the wheel is rolled.[7]
On St John’s Day 1333 Petrarch watched women at Cologne rinsing their hands and arms in the Rhine “so that the threatening calamities of the coming year might be washed away by bathing in the river.”[8]
Austria
In Austria the midsummer solstice is celebrated each year with a spectacular procession of ships down the Danube River as it flows through the wine-growing Wachau Valley just north of Vienna. Up to 30 ships sail down the river in line as fireworks erupt from the banks and hill tops while bonfires blaze and the vineyards are lit up. Lighted castle ruins also erupt with fireworks during the 90-minute cruise downstream.
–From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mittsommerfest