‘Mission: Impossible,’ war, rock ‘n’ rollers, Winehouse and more




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“Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation”: With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate.
These highly trained operatives are hell bent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not be a member of this rogue nation, as the group faces their most impossible mission yet.
This latest installment of the Mission Impossible films, also starring Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, and Sean Harris, is described by Ty Burr of The Boston Globe as "preposterously enjoyable" and that the film "unfolds with fluid, twisty, old-school pleasure."
The Minneapolis Star Tribune described Rogue Nation as “immersive, unpredictable and crammed with more sharp plot hooks than a fishing basket. It's one of the best wide-release movies of the summer.”
“Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” plays at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 and 26 and Thursday, Aug. 20 and 27.
“Rikki and the Flash” Three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig — a hard-rocking singer/guitarist — for Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy.
In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Rikki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Rikki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Rikki's long-suffering ex-husband.
“Rikki and the Flash,” plays Friday, Aug. 21, through Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m.
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In “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” a widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age. With the support of three loyal girlfriends (June Squibb, Rhea Perlman and Mary Kay Place), Carol (Blythe Danner) decides to embrace the world, embarking on an unlikely friendship with her pool maintenance man (Martin Starr), pursuing a new love interest (Sam Elliott), and reconnecting with her daughter (Malin Akerman). Thursday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m.
“Testament of Youth”: A powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the World War I memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it's a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. Playing at 2 p.m. only on Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23; Tuesday, Aug. 25 through Thursday, Aug. 27.
“Amy”: Despite just two albums to her name, Amy Winehouse was one of the biggest music icons in British history. She was a pop star with soul; a once in two generational musical talent whose appeal crossed cultural and demographic boundaries. But while her music made her a star, her chaotic personal life stole headlines. Plays at 7 p.m. only on Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23; Tuesday, Aug. 25 through Thursday, Aug. 27.
BBC Worldwide North America presents “Wodehouse in Exile.” The third of four features made for the BBC commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. At the start of World War Two English humorist P.G. Wodehouse (Tim-Piggot Smith) and his wife Ethel (Zoe Wanamaker) are living in France but fail to escape the invading Germans and Wodehouse is sent to an internment camp in Poland where he is allowed to broadcast to the Americans — not yet in the war — thus giving the impression that the Third Reich is not so monstrous.
He is shocked when a fellow internee whom he suspects of actively working for the Nazis is released. Though Wodehouse is never charged with treachery, he is made to feel unwelcome in Britain and as a result he and Ethel move to America and never set foot in Britain again. Plays Monday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.
The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater Street in Damariscotta. For more information, call 207-563-3424 or visit www.atthelincoln.org.
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