Come join us at Eat, Pray, Love movie night!

Join us Tuesday, August 17 at 7:35 PM at the AMC Carolina Pavillion 22 on 9541 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC to watch a book club favorite movie, "Eat, Pray, Love" starring Julia Roberts. Please RSVP by e-mailing bookclub@carolinaweeklynewspapers.com.

We'll meet inside the theater! Hope to see you there!

Enjoy the trailer!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie Trailer

Penn, Pattinson circle 'Water'

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One of my all-time favorite books and one of our previous book club selections, Sara Gruen's "Water for Elephants," is being made into a movie.

Slated to star is Reese Witherspoon. And currently the studio is talking to Sean Penn and "Twilight's" Robert Pattinson. Read more on "Variety." Penn, Pattinson circle 'Water'

Julie & Julia Trailer

The movie comes out in August. Start getting excited!

July 2009 Book Selection: Julie & Julia by Julie Powell

Hello all!

This month we have a lot to celebrate!

It’s now the book club’s fourth anniversary! Wow! Where does the time go?

So in honor of summer and celebrations, we’re reading “Julie and Julia” the wonderful book about how a fellow Brooklyn girl took Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and committed herself to cooking every single recipe in a year.

To celebrate, we’re planning a festive party to not only commemorate our anniversary but also Bastille Day on Tuesday, July 14. Look to this blog for more details as soon as we can confirm them.

In the meantime, plan on spending some seriously fun time with the book. We’re also trying to see if we can work out an arrangement to see the movie, with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, when it comes out in August. More on that soon, too!

Please RSVP by e-mailing me at alison@thecharlotteweekly.com.

Thank you book clubbers for making book club such a fabulous place to be! Here’s to Year 5!

Alison

Secret Life of Bees Trailer

Sue Monk Kidd's beautiful book "The Secret Life of Bees" is coming to a theater near you October 18! Be sure to see it. Take a gander at the trailer here.

Elegy: The Movie

Ah, the controversy of the eternal question -- which is better? The book or the movie. My answer: it always varies. But I did have a chance to catch the movie Elegy this past weekend. And it was fantastic! Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruise and Dennis Hopper are at their finest. There's even a turn by Blondie's Debbie Harry that will take you by surprise. I found the movie to be thoughtful, thought provoking and brutally honest. If you are in Charlotte, run to Park Terrace -- they are now an art house! If you are anyplace else, visit Fandango and find it at a theater near you!

Seen it? What did you think?