Code Help: New Loop to pull posts from category

<?php
                global $post;
                $args = array(
                              'category_name' => 'movies',
                              'posts_per_page' => '3',
                              'meta_key' => 'post_expiration',
                              'orderby' => 'meta_value',
                              'order' => 'ASC',
                              );
                $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
                while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
                $expirationtime = get_post_custom_values('post_expiration');
                $featured_event_info = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'date_range', true);
                $featured_event_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'short_title', true);
                if (is_array($expirationtime)) {
                         $expirestring = implode($expirationtime);
                     }

                     $secondsbetween = strtotime($expirestring)-time();
                     if ( $secondsbetween > 0 ) { ?>
                <div class="featured-events-post">
                    <a title='<?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>' href='<?php the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark'>
                    <div class="featured-events-title"><?php echo $featured_event_title; ?></div>
                    <div class="featured-events-shortdata"><?php echo $featured_event_info; ?></div></a>
                </div>
                <?php } endwhile; ?>