Summer films!
Posted By ajw93 On July 15, 2008 @ 9:15 am In Entertainment, Fun & Games, Movies | Comments Disabled
[1]DCist [2] reminds me that Screen on the Green has begun! Yesterday kicked off the 2008 run with the first Bond film, Dr. No. Sadly, I missed the opportunity to follow Bond to the Caribbean and beyond, because I was sick as a dog yesterday. By the time the show started, I was in bed. Oh well. Here’s the rest of the lineup [3]:July 14 – Dr. No (1962)
July 21 – The Candidate (1972)
July 28 – Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)
August 4 – The Apartment (1960)
August 11 – Superman (1978)
Next week, you’ll note, is The Candidate [4], this year’s obligatory choice for the movie that’s political and/or set in DC.
Oh, but don’t think that Screen on the Green is your only choice, my friends. No, no. You’ll definitely spot me at Cinema Del Ray [5] this week, for one of my favorites: The Princess Bride, at 7PM Saturday. And there’s still more: The Bond festival [6] continues. (I’ll be the one dancing to the main titles for A View To A Kill. Yeah, yeah, the movie stinks. But hey, that’s my favorite Duran Duran song. You wanna make something of it?) Check this list [7] to find the film(s) for you.
And if you don’t want to head outdoors, there’s always the AFI’s 80s fest [8] (I heart Jake Ryan) or the National Theatre’s Bette Davis fest [9]. (Damn! I already missed Dark Victory? But, but, next to King’s Row, that’s Reagan [10]’s best work! Good thing I haven’t missed All About Eve yet.)
What’s your favorite summer activity?
Photo by flickr user bossco [11], under a Creative Commons license.
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[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bossco/712571702/
[2] DCist: http://dcist.com/2008/07/14/about_tonight_196.php
[3] lineup: http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Screengreen.htm
[4] The Candidate: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068334/
[5] Cinema Del Ray: http://www.delraycitizen.org/events.php
[6] Bond festival: http://www.crystalcity.org/eventdetail.asp?IdEvent=309
[7] Check this list: http://dc.about.com/od/filmfestivals/tp/OutdoorMovies.htm
[8] AFI’s 80s fest: http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/2008/v5i4/1980s_series.aspx
[9] National Theatre’s Bette Davis fest: http://nationaltheatre.org/cinema%5Ccinema.htm
[10] Reagan: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001654/
[11] bossco: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bossco/
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