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February 28th - Evan Almighty

A movie about a modern day Noah.  God tells a U.S. Congressman, named Evan Baxter to build an ark.  Evan initially resists, but once he's convinced he's really heard the voice of God and is  followed by animals two by two he decides to trust and obey.  Everyone thinks Evan is nuts including his family.  Yet Evan, like Noah persists in obedience, no matter the consequences-even when it appears he will lose everything.  Dinner theme -

March 27th - Pursuit of Happyness rated PG13

Will Smith stars in a moving tale inspired by the true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5 yr old son. Chriss determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker training program.  But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted and are forced to sleep on the streets and  in homeless shelters. With self confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street Legend.  Dinner theme - Comfort Food.

April 24th - My Big Fat Greek Wedding rated PG.

One woman's rocky road to the altar gets played for laughs in this comedy, Toula (Vardalos) is a Greek-American woman who is in her early thirties and single, with no immediate prospects of changing that status any time soon. This bothers Toula a bit, but not half as much as it distresses her mother (Lainie Kazan) and father (Michael Constantine), who want to send her to Greece in hopes of finding a husband in the old country. Toula isn't interested in leaving the country to find a man, but since she works in the family business -- a Greek restaurant in Chicago called Dancing Zorba's -- she has to hear about it whether she likes it or not. One day, after seeing a handsome stranger in the restaurant and not having the courage to talk to him, Toula decides she needs a bit of self-improvement. Despite her dad's misgivings, Toula signs up for a night-school class studying computers, trades in her glasses for contact lenses, gets a different job at a travel agency, and spruces herself up with a new look and a new attitude. To her very pleasant surprise, she once again encounters the handsome stranger, who soon asks her out on a date. Schoolteacher Ian Miller (John Corbett) is seemingly perfect -- he's tall, handsome, smart, good-natured, and soon in love with Toula -- except for two little things: he's not Greek, and he's a vegetarian, both of which horrify Toula's family. When Ian pops the question (and Toula says yes), the bride-to-be has to negotiate a reasonably peaceful meeting between Ian's upper-class parents and her own working-class extended family. There's also the matter of the wedding, which Toula's mother is planning around the notion that quantity IS quality. Dinner theme - Greek Dishes.

May 29th - Because I Said So rated PG13

Bring your moms! Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton stars with Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo in this heartwarming comedy about mothers, daughters and cutting the apron strings. When it comes to her three free-spirited daughters, Daphne (Keaton) is just your normal overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie (Moore), will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons...and all in the name of motherly love.  Dinner Theme - Your favorite recipe from your moms recipe collection.