NoMa Summer Screen is a free, weekly, outdoor film series, featuring local BBQ by Smokin’ Somethin’, popcorn and Italian ice, and music by Fatback. This year’s theme is The Future is Now, films that grapple with the future or the element of time. Bring a blanket, lawn chair, Frisbee and cooler, and enjoy great films under the stars. Subtitles provided.
DATE
MOVIE TITLE
TAGLINES
RATING
May 12
Spaceballs
In this classic Mel Brooks comedy, Lone Starr must stop Lord Dark Helmet from stealing Planet Druidia’s air supply.
NR
May 19
WALL-E
FAMILY NIGHT: In this futuristic Pixar film, a friendly waste-collecting robot embarks on a space journey that will decide the fate of mankind.
G
May 26
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Two dim-witted teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine in this 1989 comedy.
PG
June 2
Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn
Admiral Kirk's mid-life crisis is interrupted by the return of an old enemy looking for revenge.
PG
June 9
Donnie Darko
CANCELED DUE TO RAIN: Showing August 4!
R
June 16
Back to the Future
17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night; 30 years early.
PG
June 23
The Fifth Element
In the colorful future, cab driver Bruce Willis unwittingly joins the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
PG-13
June 30
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3 million light-years from home.
PG
July 7
Sleeper*
A Woody Allen love story about two people who hate each other...200 years in the future.
PG
July 14
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet star in this wildly imaginative love story: a couple erases their memories of each other, only to discover what they had in the beginning.
R
July 21
Logan’s Run
In this 1976 sci-fi classic, an idyllic future has one major drawback: Life must end at 30.
PG
July 28
Groundhog Day
A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
PG
August 4
Donnie Darko
A teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) lost in time is plagued by visions that manipulate him to commit a series of crimes.
R
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