If you've been hankering to see Pee Wee's Big Adventure on the big screen since Paul Reubens's death, Emagine Willow Creek (an underrated theater!), the Lagoon, and Alamo Drafthouse all offer you a chance this week. We're already hearing word that other theaters will soon follow suit. In other great revival news, Park Chan-wook's brutal Oldboy is celebrating its 20th anniversary in theaters this Wednesday and next Thursday (and Willow Creek will be showing it for a full week after that).
Special Screenings This Week
Thursday, August 10
Paddington 2 (2018)
Alamo Drafthouse
Hugh Grant: "I genuinely believe it may be the best film I've ever been in." I think he's right? $5. 10 a.m. More info here.
Frozen (2013)
AMC Southdale
Remember when Idina Menzel came to town before the Super Bowl and made a little joke on Twitter quoting “Let It Go” and we all roasted her for saying it was cold when it was 47 degrees? That ruled. All week. $9.39. Showtimes and more info here.
Big, Loud & Live 18
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
Catch the Drum Corps International World Championship Prelims, live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. $23.77. 5:30 p.m. More info here.
Jules (2023)
Emagine Willow Creek
A small town Pennsylvania man befriends an ET. $8.45. 3:10, 5:40 & 8:10 p.m. More info here.
Mamamoo: My Con The Movie (2023)
Emagine Willow Creek
K-pop stars embark on a world tour. Also Saturday. $20. 2 p.m. More info here.
Tom & Jerry (2021)
Emagine Willow Creek
Tom AND Jerry? In this economy? $3. 11:10 a.m. More info here.
Top Gun (1986)
Grandview 1&2
Manly pilots contend to see who gets to be the Top Gun who has to be the Bottom. $12. 9:15 p.m. More info here.
Alfie (1966)
The Heights
Michael Caine, if you don't know, loves Thanksgiving. $12. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Riverview Theater
The Croods get super into Windham Hill. $1. 10:30 a.m. More info here.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022)
Victory Memorial Drive
Too. Many. Spiders-Men. Free. 8:15 p.m. More info here.
Friday, August 11
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Emagine Willow Creek
There has truly never been a better time to be someone who wants to watch this movie for cheap in a theater. Through Tuesday. $3. 10:50 p.m. More info here.
School of Rock (2023)
Lake Harriet
A sad, shouty man bullies children into sharing his outdated taste in music. Free. 8:15 p.m. More info here.
The Shining (1980)
Riverview Theater
Never marry a writer. Also Saturday. $5. 11 p.m. More info here.
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Trylon
Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Lou Bega biopic. $8. Friday-Saturday. 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sunday 3 & 5:30 p.m. More info here.
Set It Off (1996)
Walker Art Center
Queen Latifah and pals plan a bank robbery. $12/$15. 7 p.m. More info here.
Saturday, August 12
Shrek 2 (2004)
Alamo Drafthouse
I swear that 52 weeks a year, there is a Shrek movie playing somewhere in the Twin Cities. 6 p.m. $15.04. More info here.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Alamo Drafthouse/Emagine Willow Creek
Guessing more than a few people are in the mood to see this. Alamo: $10. 3:10. More info here. Emagine: $8.45. 5 & 7:30 p.m. Also Sunday. More info here.
Encanto (2021)
Kenny Park
If you haven't seen Encanto in a Minneapolis park this summer... well, you sure haven't been trying, because it's played in one just about every week. Free. 8:15. More info here.
Sunday, August 13
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Alamo Drafthouse
I got no more Harry Potter jokes. I'm just tapped out. $10. 6:30 p.m. More info here.
Enter the Dragon (1973)
AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
The movie that made Bruce Lee a star. Also Wednesday. $16.20. 4 & 7 p.m. More info here.
Bound (1996)
Emagine Willow Creek
Hmm, gettin' a little warm in here, isn't it? $10.75. 7 p.m. More info here.
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Emagine Willow Creek
Quentin Tarantino goes back in time and kills Hitler. Also Wednesday. $8.45. 3 & 6:40 p.m. More info here.
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Trylon
See how they run. $8. 8 p.m. Monday-Tuesday 7 & 9 p.m. More info here.
Monday, August 14
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Alamo Drafthouse
Some say you can learn a valuable lesson from this film. Through Wednesday. $5. 10 a.m. More info here.
Valley Girl (1983)
Alamo Drafthouse
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls? $10. 6:15 p.m. More info here.
Coraline (2009)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
Spooky! Also Tuesday. $16.20. 4 & 7 p.m. More info here.
Motel Hell (1980)
Emagine Willow Creek
"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent Fritters." $6. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Top Gun (1986)
The Heights
Sorry, I am only contractually obligated to make one Top Gun joke per week. $12. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Loring Park
Can dinosaurs and humans coexist? Free. 8:15 p.m. More info here.
En Avant l’Etoile du Nord ou La Joie de "vie” (2023)
The Main
A documentary look at French heritage in Minnesota. $10. 7 p.m. More info here.
Tuesday, August 15
Shiva Baby (2021)
Alamo Drafthouse
This movie made me so fuckin' anxious. $7. 6:15 p.m. More info here.
Sharknado! (2013)
Emagine Willow Creek
Hard to believe it's been a part of our lives for ten whole years. Also Wednesday. $10.75. 6:30 & 9:10 p.m. More info here.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Folwell Park
RIP Chadwick Boseman. Free. 8:15 p.m. More info here.
Sing 2 (2021)
Riverview Theater
Animated koalas or some shit. Also Wednesday. $1. 10:30 a.m. More info here.
Wednesday, August 16
Raging Bull (1980)
Alamo Drafthouse
A brutal dope gets his ass kicked by Sugar Ray Robinson and by life. $10. 6:15 p.m. More info here.
Oldboy (2003)
Alamo Drafthouse/Emagine Willow Creek/The Main
A truly fucked up movie. I love it. Alamo: $10. 9:45 p.m. More info here. Emagine: $10.75. 6:10 & 9 p.m. More info here. The Main: $10. 7:20 p.m. More info here.
Eugene Onegin (2007)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
An encore performance from the Met. $19.44. 1 & 6:30 p.m. More info here.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1983)
The Commons
Based on the popular Atari 2600 video game. Free. 8:15 p.m. More info here.
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Grandview 1&2
Richard Linklater's classic hangout movie takes place in 1976. So if you made a similar movie in 2023, it'd be set in 2006. $12. 9:15 p.m. More info here.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Lagoon Cinema
In case you missed it on Saturday. $8. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Cade: The Tortured Crossing (2023)
Trylon
The latest from low-budget maestro Neil Breen is sold out. Yes, both screenings. $12. 7 & 9 p.m. More info here.
Opening This Week
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Gran Turismo
Based on the video game.
The Last Voyage Of The Demeter
Ever wonder what happened aboard the ship that brought Dracula from Transylvania to London? Well, there's a movie about it anyway.
Medusa Deluxe
There's a murder at a hairstylists' competition and everyone's a suspect. Read out review here.
Passages
A man cheats on his husband with a woman. Uh oh!
The Pod Generation
In the future, there will detachable wombs, apparently.
Ongoing in Local Theaters
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (read our review here)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (read our review here)
Oppenheimer (read our review here)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (read our review here)
