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Thursday

RiffTrax Live presents: Godzilla (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)

“Honest Trailers” made fun of Roland Emmerich’s 1998 flop first. What the MST3K crew asks is, ‘Did they do it best?’

Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods (7:30p — Point, Eastgate)

Goku, Japan’s veritable Superman, is challenged by intergalactic god of destruction “Beerus.” I like him already. (Today through Sunday.)

Dead Weight (7:30p — Stoughton Village Players Theater)

Adam Bartlett and John Pata’s minimalist apocalypse features two lovers trying to reconnect. Their rendezvous? Wausau, Wisconsin. Now that’s scary. Tickets are $5.

Guardians of the Galaxy + Million Dollar Arm (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In)

Guardians of the Galaxy + Captain America: The Winter Soldier (8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

All freakin’ weekend

Magic in the Moonlight (Sundance, AMC Star, Point)

Colin Firth’s magician arrives in the French Riviera to debunk rumors about Emma Stone’s clairvoyant abilities.

Anjaan (AMC Star)

This Tamil language gangster movie finds a man at a crucial crossroads in life.

What If (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)

What would happen if you fell in love with your best friend? An what if your best friend was Harry Potter? Co-starring Zoe Kazan.

The Expendables 3 (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)

We could get into plot details of Stallone’s star-studded three-quel, but let’s be honest: We’re all only interested in how many names are on that poster. (Answer: 17)

The Giver (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)

Lois Lowry’s bestselling dystopian young adult novel gets its own adaptation and its own Jeff Bridges.

Boyhood (AMC Star)

(Expanding)

Friday

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 7:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (6:30p — Sequoya Branch Library)

FREE.

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (7:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)

A married man questions his sexual orientation just as he and his wife consider a second child in this Taiwanese dramedy. FREE.

Wheels and Reels presents: The Sandlot (8:45p — Gunflint Trail Park, Fitchburg)

The greatest baseball movie ever made is the FREE “bike-in” feature this month. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase on the condition you make your weenies with your mama’s toe jam. Gates open at 7:00p.

Saturday

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 7:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

Sunday

“An Evening of Ass Kicking (in movies)” (1:00p — High Noon Saloon)

Wisconsin’s Ben Wydeven and Jarrod Crooks are back at High Noon to present more movies. And presumably more ass kicking. Tickets are $8.

Little Podcast Network presents “10 Minutes About Your Favorite Movie” (7:00p — Glass Nickel Pizza, Atwood Ave)

The first in a series of live podcast recordings. It’s all in the title, folks. Doors open at 6:30p.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:25p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

Monday

Stories We Tell (2:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)

One of the best films of last year, Sarah Polley’s investigative search for her biological father doubles as an incisive commentary on the value of art itself. FREE.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:25p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (9:00p — Union Terrace)

FREE.

Tuesday

Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject (7:00p — Pinney Branch Library)

FREE.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:25p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)

Wednesday

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1:35p, 6:55p — Sundance)

Denis Sanders’ 1970 concert film documents the King’s Las Vegas summer tour, but is this a “Classic” selection? My search for truth has reached its Pavlovian peak.

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (5:30p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)

A discussion of Philip K. Dick’s short story and its relationship to the original Total Recall — not Len Wiseman’s remake which I’ve taken the liberty of forgetting for you wholesale. FREE.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hercules (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:25p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)