Thursday
How to Train Your Dragon double feature (6:00p — AMC Star)
AMC is holding a special double feature a day before the release of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2. $17 might sound like a lot, but when John Powell’s scoring your movies, that’s a bloody bargain.
World Refugee Day: The List (6:30p — Central Public Library, Rm 301)
Beth Murphy’s documentary looks at Iraqi citizens persecuted by their own government for helping American investigations. Tough break. FREE.
The Last Crop (6:30p — Central Public Library, Rm 302)
Willy St. Coop presents a FREE sneak peek of this documentary that focuses on a California Central Valley home and one generation’s desire to move away from the family farm.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
X-Men: Days of Future Past + Blended (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
(All drive-in times listed are for box office openings.)
All freakin’ weekend
Citizen Koch (Sundance)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 2010 ruled that limiting the campaign contributions of corporations and unions was unconstitutional. Some people, like David and Charles Koch for instance, were satisfied with the Supreme Court’s decision. Other people, like co-directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, less so. Lessin will be in attendance to answer your hard-hitting questions following the Friday, Saturday and Sunday 7:00p screenings.
Words and Pictures (AMC Star)
Watch as an abstract painter (Juliette Binoche) and a English teacher (Clive Owen) fall in love — just as you begin to wonder why in the hell Clive Owen gets first bill.
22 Jump Street (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go undercover at college to (presumably) investigate how Phil Lord and Chris Miller make movies so quickly.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Cafe)
Friday
The Legend of Hercules (6:00p — Hawthorne Branch Library)
Renny Harlin’s 3D ode to abdominal muscles plays FREE. This is what public libraries were invented for.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + Rio 2 (7:40p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Rooftop Cinema presents “The Animated Poetry of Caroline Leaf” (9:30p — MMoCA Rooftop Sculpture Garden)
Like many artists featured in MMoCA’s Rooftop Cinema series, Caroline Leaf isn’t a household name. But her gorgeous animations — achieved by delicately manipulating sand on glass or etching designs onto 70mm film strips — make for appointment viewing this week. Trust me. FREE to MMoCA members and $7 for general admission.
Saturday
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + Rio 2 (7:40p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Sunday
The LEGO Movie (10:00a — Point; 10:00a, 11:00a — Eastgate)
In the interest of preserving everything as awesome, Marcus Theatres’ Kids Dream series gives families a chance to see movies for $2.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
X-Men: Days of Future Past + Rio 2 (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Monday
The LEGO Movie (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Young@Heart (2:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)
This unfortunately-named documentary keeps on rockin’ as it follows a group of senior citizens who cover Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay and other acts your dad probably enjoys.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
X-Men: Days of Future Past + Rio 2 (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Batman (9:00p — Union Terrace)
You ever drink with the devil in the pale moonlight? FREE.
Tuesday
Consider the Conversation (1:00p — Central Public Library)
FREE.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
X-Men: Days of Future Past + Rio 2 (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Wednesday
The LEGO Movie (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Dirty Dancing (1:55p, 6:45p — Sundance)
Sometimes, when I’m the mood is right, I like to re-enact “the scene” from Dirty Dancing. It’s tough finding someone to be my Swayze, though.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 + X-Men: Days of Future Past (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
X-Men: Days of Future Past + Rio 2 (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)