Flashback Cinema
DIRTY DANCING
1987 • Rated PG-13
Sunday, July 6, Wednesday, July 9
You’ll have “the time of your life” at this romantic crowd-pleaser, set at a summer resort in 1963. Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s sister) plays Baby, a rich girl attracted to a working-class dance instructor (Patrick Swayze). Tough guy Swayze’s experience with the Joffrey Ballet (who knew?) prepared him for the role. We dare you to sit still during the film’s big finish. ("Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”)
THE MUPPET MOVIE
1979 • Rated G
Sunday, July 13, Wednesday, July 16
The ORIGINAL big-screen debut of master puppeteer Jim Henson’s lovable creations. Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are supported by hundreds of colorful Muppet characters, with cameo appearances from the likes of Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn and Steve Martin. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Song for “The Rainbow Connection.” (“Why are there so many songs about rainbows?”)
BATMAN FOREVER (30TH ANNIVERSARY)
1995 • Rated PG-13
Sunday, July 20, Wednesday, July 23
“Riddle me this, riddle me that, who’s afraid of the big, black bat?” Val Kilmer stars in this thoroughly 90’s, tongue-in-cheek depiction of Gotham City’s most famous vigilante. (“It’s the car, right? Chicks love the car.”) With Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian (“I’ll bring the wine, you bring your scarred psyche.”), Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Jim Carrey as the Riddler (“Was that over the top? I can never tell.”)
MAMMA MIA
2008 • Rated PG-13
Sunday, July 27, Wednesday, July 30
“Mamma Mia, here I go again…my, my, how can I resist you?” Start with the music of ABBA, add an all- star cast including Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried, mix in plenty of romance and the breathtaking scenery of the Greek Isles, and you get one of the most joyous movie musicals ever made. With hit songs from “Take a Chance on Me” to “Waterloo” to “Dancing Queen” (“See that girl, watch that scene…!”)