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Alexandria Oddball Cinema

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2025-07-20 14:00:00 2025-07-20 16:00:00 America/New_York Alexandria Oddball Cinema Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info! Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Large Meeting Room

Sunday, July 20
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-20 14:00:00 2025-07-20 16:00:00 America/New_York Alexandria Oddball Cinema Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info! Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Large Meeting Room

Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info!

Full of grand spectacle and tempestuous action, the story is based loosely – very loosely – on the exploits of an actual Chinese detective employed by the imperial court. In 689 A.D., the empress is building a 66m high statue of Buddha for her inauguration, but strange, sinister, and possibly supernatural events have delayed construction.   Although he’s been imprisoned for suspected disloyalty, Dee is freed when nobody else can determine the cause. He’ll need all his wits and amazing martial-arts skills to solve – and survive – this mystery!

■ Title — Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
■ A.K.A. — Di renjie: Tong tian di guo
■ Director — Hark Tsui
■ Cast — Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Bingbing Li
■ ©2010 ■ 1h 59m ■ Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
■ Rated PG-13
■ Dubbed in English because there’s too much action to read subtitles
■ Distributed by Cineverse

 Licensed for showing in Alexandria libraries by MPLC

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film |

TAGS: | Oddball cinema | movies | films |

Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
dprice@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1702
Fax: 703.746.1763
Branch manager
Diana Price
Hours
Mon, Aug 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 12 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 13 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 14 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 15 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 16 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 17 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

Parking: The library has a large parking lot with 175 spaces.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: King Street Station (Yellow & Blue Lines 3.2 miles); Van Dorn Station (Blue Line 2.1 miles)
  • Metrobus: F23, F24, A28
  • DASH Bus: 30, 32

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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Wed, Aug 13, 11:30am - 12:05pm
Join us for stories, songs, and activities for your active, growing little ones! Ages 1-2
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Wed, Aug 20, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Large Meeting Room
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Large Meeting Room
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