My Sister’s Keeper Movie May 26, 2009

What do you think about the cast in the upcoming movie, My Sister’s Keeper, due out next month (June 26)? Alec Baldwin as Campbell Alexander, Abigail Breslin as Anna, Sofia Vassilieva as Kate, Cameron Diaz as Anna and Kate’s mother, and Jason Patric as the Dad.  (What about The Judge, Campbell’s dog?)

 

Have you read the book by Jodi Picoult? We recommend it and have copies in the Loft; if they’re not currently available, place a hold today!! We also have the book on CD, and a copy of the book in Spanish: Por La Vida de Mi Hermana.

 

Percy Jackson Movie April 7, 2009

The Last Olympian, the final book in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians series is due out in just 27 days and 13 hours (as of this post)! Place your hold on one of our copies here!

 

…and the newest cast members for the movie of Percy Jackson are: Uma Thurman as Medusa, and Pierce Brosnan will play the god Chiron. They join Sean Bean as Zeus, Kevin Kidd as Poseidon and Melina Kanakerides (CSI: NY) as Athena. Percy will be played by 17-year-old Logan Lerman. The movie is scheduled for release on Feb. 12, 2010.

 

Chris Columbus, the director, plans to begin filming later this month in Vancouver.

Register for Reel Reads! June 12, 2008

Lights! Camera! Action!

No more annotating books. Read for fun! And then…MAKE A VIDEO! TAKE A PHOTO! MAKE UP LYRICS FOR A MOVIE SOUNDTRACK ABOUT THE BOOK YOU JUST READ! Or just stop by the Loft or a Branch library and tell us what you’ve been reading. OR…submit an online review about why you think, or don’t think, the book you just read would make a good movie. Enter the contest and a chance to win a video camera, YMCA membership, Robert Crown Skating Pass, Beadazzled Gift Certificates, and more!

Click here to register! (Grades 7-12)

Don’t have a video camera? Come to our YouTube club on Thursday afternoons, from 3-4:30, and use ours! Looking for reading ideas? Click here!

Read through the registration guidelines and still confused? Check out these FAQs

Saturday Afternoon Movie! May 31, 2008

Pull up a beanbag chair for the Saturday Afternoon Movie: The Golden Compass.

Check out the book by Philip Pullman! May 31, 2 pm, in the Loft.

Runaways headed for the big screen! May 24, 2008

Runaways, the graphic novel written by Brian Vaughan and illustrated by Adrian Alphona, is the latest Marvel comics headed for the big screen.

Vaughan (who is also a co-producer of LOST) is writing the adaptation.

In Runaways, six LA teens are on the run from their villainous parents. As they realize the extent of their parents’ evil, they also discover super powers of their own. Check it out in the Loft!

Last Chance to see Death Note May 21, 2008

Death Note, based on the popular Manga series by Tsugumi Oba (that we have in the Loft), is playing in select theatres nationwide for just one more night (tonight, May 21).

If you’ve seen it, what did you think?

Behind the scenes on Twilight April 27, 2008

Take a look behind the scenes of the vampire flick, Twilight, on MTV.

Drop by the Loft and check out Stephenie Meyer’s books:

Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005)

New Moon (Little, Brown, 2006)

Eclipse (Little, Brown, 2007)

Saturday Afternoon Movie April 26, 2008

April 26, Saturday, 2 pm. Saturday Afternoon Movie! 10 Things I Hate About You.

Pretty and popular Bianca wants a date. But her father won’t let her date until her older, odious sister, Kat, has a date of her own. Bianca’s desperation for romance turns into a convoluted scheme sure to entertain. A modern day Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)! Teens only! Rated PG-13

Loft Events this Weekend January 26, 2008

 events this weekend:

Manga/Anime Inking & Toning Workshop with Addie Afable on Saturday, Jan 26, 2pm.

On Sunday, Jan 27, join us for a screening of Hairspray at 2 pm.

For Teens Only!

Saturday Afternoon Movie! December 28, 2007

Relax in a bean bag chair in the Loft on Saturday (Dec 29) at 2 pm for a screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

When Captain Jack gets taken literally to the end of the world, Will, Elizabeth and Captain Barbossa band together to bring him back in this fun filled adventure. The crew must then employ the help of the nine pirate lords in a final stand against Beckett, Davy Jones and the East India Trade.

And check out our line-up of cool programs next week during winter break! Knitting, Chainmaille, High School TAB, and more gaming!