SUNDAY, APRIL 14 & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
Directed by Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) and considered by many to be the best Batman movie ever. The first-rate cast includes Heath Ledger, who gives a chilling Oscar®-winning performance as the Joker. (“Why so serious?”) Christian Bale stars as millionaire Bruce Wayne, who moonlights as “The Batman,” Gotham City’s masked vigilante (“I’ve seen now what I would have to become to stop men like him…”)
2008
Rated PG-13
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, SUNDAY, APRIL 21 & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
When Hogwarts hosts students from other schools (“the proud sons of Durmstrang and the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons”) for the legendary (and dangerous) Triwizard Tournament, Harry is unexpectedly chosen to be a contestant. Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith) provides dance lessons for the glittering Yule Ball. (“I will not have you behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!”)
2005
Rated PG-13
SUNDAY, APRIL 28 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Mind-blowing, futuristic action thriller that challenges our assumptions of what is real. Keanu Reeves is Neo, a computer hacker who is lured into a mysterious underworld (“Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real?”) With dazzling stunts and Oscar®-winning visual effects that bend the laws of physics. (“Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.”)
1999
Rated R
SUNDAY, MAY 5 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
Elegant thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the “Master of Suspense,” and featuring Oscar®-winning stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Ray Milland plays a suave tennis pro who suspects his beautiful rich wife (Grace Kelly) of having an affair. A delightful concoction of murder and deception, with twists and turns that will keep you happily on the edge of your seat. (“Do you really believe in the perfect murder?”)
1954
Rated PG
SATURDAY, MAY 11, SUNDAY, MAY 12 (MOTHER’S DAY) & WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends in this beloved Technicolor musical tailor- made for the big screen. With Judy Garland in her star-making role (“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…”) and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. (“I’ll get you, my pretty…and your little dog too!”) Presented with a deleted extended dance sequence featuring Ray Bolger as Scarecrow.
1939
Rated PG
SATURDAY, MAY 11, SUNDAY, MAY 12 (MOTHER’S DAY) & WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends in this beloved Technicolor musical tailor- made for the big screen. With Judy Garland in her star-making role (“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…”) and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. (“I’ll get you, my pretty…and your little dog too!”) Presented with a deleted extended dance sequence featuring Ray Bolger as Scarecrow.
1939
Rated PG
SATURDAY, MAY 18, SUNDAY, MAY 19 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is on the march, but new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbrage (Imelda Staunton) is in denial (“You have been told that a certain dark wizard is at large. This is a lie!”). Harry and his friends form “Dumbledore’s Army” to defend Hogwarts (“Every great wizard…has started out as nothing more than what we are now. If they can do it, why not us?”)
2007
Rated PG-13
SUNDAY, MAY 26, MONDAY, MAY 27 (MEMORIAL DAY) & WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
Time-travel comedy adventure from Steven Spielberg & Robert Zemeckis. 80’s teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) teams up with mad scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). (“Doc, are you telling me you built a time machine … out of a DeLorean?”) Marty is transported to the year 1955 and must find a way to get “back to the future.” (“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”)
1985
Rated PG
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 & WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
High-energy, off-the-wall comedy directed by Edgar Wright, based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels. Slacker musician Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is falling for enigmatic Amazon delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) but there’s a problem: to win her love he must first defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Mayhem ensues. Amazing young cast includes Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Brandon Routh and Aubrey Plaza (“Ramona’s out of your league.”)
2010
Rated PG-13
SUNDAY, JUNE 16 & WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
Celebrate Father’s Day with this classic adventure, directed by Steven Spielberg, based on an idea from George Lucas. Archeologist/action hero Indiana Jones (“Trust me”) is in a race to find the mysterious lost Ark of the Covenant. The Ark is said to contain enormous power, and “Indy” (Harrison Ford) and Marion (Karen Allen) must find it before the Nazis do. (“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?”)
1981
Rated PG
SUNDAY, JUNE 30 & WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
Steven Spielberg’s summer blockbuster, based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel. A killer shark is terrorizing vacationers at Amity Island and a trio of shark-hunters take to the high seas in pursuit. John Williams won an Oscar® for his ominous score (“Duunnn dun…dun dun.”) It’s been almost 50 years and folks still think twice about going in the water. (“You’re going to need a bigger boat.”)
1975
Rated PG
