Weekend Movie Matinees at the Islamorada Library branch

Need a break on the weekend? Stop in at the Islamorada Library branch, 81830 Overseas Highway, at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays for some family-friendly film fare. You do not need to have a Monroe County Public Library card to attend.

Here's what we're showing this month:

April 5 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail (PG) - 91 minutes

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film that taught us the importance of shrubberies and herrings. King Arthur and his knights go on a quest to retrieve the Holy Grail, but when they’re split up, each one faces hurdles ranging from killer rabbits to Knights Who Say “Ni!” If you’ve been turned into a newt, you’re not excused from attending this screening. You’ll get better.

April 12 – The Prince of Egypt (PG) - 99 minutes

Ring in the Passover with DreamWorks’ animated retelling of the book of Exodus. Featuring the voices of Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum and Sandra Bullock and with sweeping songs by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), the film still stands as one of the most cinematic and powerful films on the life of Moses.

April 19 – Easter Parade (G) - 107 minutes

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire star in this joyous musical from the dream factory known as MGM. When his famed dancing partner breaks up with him on Easter, Don Hewes sets out to prove he can make any chorus girl into a star of her caliber. However, he’s not prepared for Hannah Brown – a quirky singer who’s all wrong for the image Don is trying to mold her into (but is all right for him in every other way).

April 26 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (PG) - 109 minutes

Based on the classic sci-fi comedy by Douglas Adams, this film adaptation tells the story of Arthur Dent, an ordinary man who finds out the earth is about to be demolished for a space freeway. Escaping with two aliens, one other earthling, and a clinically-depressed robot, Arthur goes on an intergalactic journey to discover the meaning of life, the universe and everything.