Current WALLA Films & Friends Film Series
In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics, WALLA’s Summer Film Series theme is For the Love of the Game.
Moneyball on Monday, June 11 at 6:45 p.m.
Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) wants to change the way baseball is played. With the help of a statistician, he finds a way to put together a winning team on a budget—and in doing so, may have forever altered the way professional baseball teams are assembled.
This Academy-award nominee will be presented by WALLA at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, June 11. (2011, PG-13, 133 minutes)
Bend it Like Beckham on Monday, June 25 at 6:45 p.m.
Jess (Parminder Nagra) is an extremely talented soccer player, but her orthodox Sikh family wants her to focus on school, not sport. When Jess meets Jules (Keira Knightley) and is offered a place on the local women’s team Jess finds herself torn between her family’s wishes and her own dreams.
Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, Bend it Like Beckham (2002) will be presented by WALLA on June 25. (PG-13, 112 minutes)
National Velvet on Monday, July 9 at 6:45 p.m.
When Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) discovers that her horse is capable of running in the Grand National, the world’s most famous steeplechase, she enlists the help of both her mother (Anne Revere) and a jaded young jockey (Mickey Rooney) to see that that the Pie will have his chance to achieve greatness.
This adaptation of Enid Bagnold’s classic novel will be presented by WALLA on July 9. (1944, G, 123 minutes)
Men with Brooms, on Monday, July 23 at 6:45 p.m.
Chris Cutter (Paul Gross) is reluctant to return to Long Bay, Ontario. But when Chris’s former curling coach makes one final request of Chris and his ex-teammates these men will finally return to the sport they love.
WALLA will present Men with Brooms at 6:45 p.m. on July 23. (2002, R, 102 minutes)
Whip It on Monday, August 13 at 6:45 p.m.
When a small-town Texan girl (Ellen Page) falls in love with roller-derby she soon learns that finding a way to reconcile her identity as the skater Babe Ruthless with her mild-mannered alter ego Bliss Cavendar may prove to be the greatest challenge of all.
Whip It is Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut and will be presented by WALLA at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, August 13. (2009, PG-13, 111 minutes)