Starting December 4

With comedy, romance, and of course, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, this musical favorite is full of wonderful Irving Berlin songs (“Snow…snow…snow!”). Crosby and Danny Kaye star as World War II vets and Broadway performers who stage a show at a Vermont inn, with Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen as the singing Haynes Sisters. (“Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister…”)

1954

Not Rated

Sunday, August 14 & Wednesday, August 17

The blockbuster which launched the modern era of superhero movies, presented in 4K Digital. Christopher Reeve gives a star-making performance as the Man of Steel (“I'm here to fight for truth…justice, and the American way.”) Gene Hackman is the delightfully diabolical and supremely confident Lex Luthor. (“There's a strong streak of good in you, Superman. But then nobody's perfect... almost nobody.”)

1978

Rated PG

Sunday, August 21 & Wednesday, August 24

Classic time-travel comedy 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, August 28 & Wednesday, August 31

Where were you in ’62? Writer/director George Lucas’s teenage experiences inspired this comedy set at the end of the summer after high school graduation. The young cast includes Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Richard Dreyfuss, Wolfman Jack and newcomer Harrison Ford. A nostalgic look at the era when rock ‘n’ roll was young, filled with hit songs from the period. ("One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock...”)

1973

Rated PG

Sunday, September 4 & Wednesday, September 7

A meteor from outer space drops a jelly-like monster to earth in this classic low-budget sci-fi horror film from the 1950’s (the Golden Age of low-budget sci-fi horror films). 28-year-old Steve McQueen appears in his first starring role and Burt Bacharach (yes, THAT Burt Bacharach) co-wrote the peppy theme song. ("Beware of the Blob, it creeps…and leaps…and glides and slides across the floor ...”)

1958

Rated PG

Sunday, September 11 & Wednesday, September 14

Director Peter Jackson’s landmark trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novels, set in the mythological world of Middle Earth. (“In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom…”) A ring, lost for centuries, must be found and destroyed to prevent the dark lord who created it from enslaving the world. Collectively the winners of 17 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (The Return of the King), presented on the big screen with additional footage not seen in the original theatrical versions. (“One ring to rule them all…”)

2001

PG-13

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

MARCH 1 & 4

Cary Grant is being pursued by villains and doesn’t know why, in this stylish thriller from director Alfred Hitchcock.  Filmed in wide-screen Vista-Vision, the scene where Grant, alone on a rural highway, is chased by a crop-dusting plane is a classic. Eva Marie Saint co-stars as a mysterious woman who Grant encounters on a train. (“How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?”)  

1959

Not Rated

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 23 & 26

Director Francis Ford Coppola turned Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel about a fictional crime family into an epic. This Best Picture Oscar® winner revived the career of Marlon Brando, who was named Best Actor as Don Vito Corleone. ("I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”) With a star-making performance from young Al Pacino as Michael. (“Never take sides with anyone against the family again.”)

1972

Rated R

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 16 & 19

“Something wicked this way comes.” Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns for his third year at Hogwarts, where escaped prisoner Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is on the loose. Complicating the situation is the presence of terrifying soul-eating creatures called dementors. To investigate, Harry and his friends employ a magical “Marauder’s Map” of the school. (“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”)

2004

Rated PG

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 9 & 12

Director James Cameron’s romantic epic that became a box office phenomenon. Leonardo DiCaprio (“I’m the King of the World!”) and Kate Winslet star as young lovers who meet on history’s most famous doomed ocean liner (he’s from steerage, she’s first class). Winner of 11 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, with special effects that still dazzle on the big screen. (“But this ship can’t sink!”)

1997

Rated PG-13

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 2 & 5

Judy Garland shines in this classic MGM musical about an American family anticipating the World’s Fair in turn-of-the-20th century St. Louis. With original songs “The Boy Next Door,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “The Trolley Song,” all of which became Garland standards. 7-year-old Margaret O’Brien almost steals the show as Garland’s younger sister. (“Wasn’t I lucky to be born in my favorite city?”)

1944

Not Rated

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

JANUARY 19 & 22

Harry Potter and his friends return for their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. New adventures abound, including a flying car, giant spiders, an enchanted diary, as well as some new characters. Kenneth Branagh is hilarious as the vain Gilderoy Lockhart, author of “Magical Me.”  ("Let me introduce you to your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher…me!”)

2002

Rated PG

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY

JANUARY 5 & 8 (Elvis’s Birthday)

The legendary Elvis Presley at the peak of his powers, filmed live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in the summer of 1970. The original version was re-cut 30 years later to replace fan footage with more concert footage and that “special edition” presented here is the closest you’ll come to seeing Elvis live in concert. With 19 songs, including many Elvis favorites. (“Thank you. Thank you very much.”)

2001

Rated PG