Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Film Events from August 8 - 14, 2011

It seems to be another rather ho-hum week for special movie events in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. We have a couple Retro screenings, a children's screening to talk about, and that is about it. It seems like after 30 days of over 100 degree temperatures the multiplex managers have decided nobody even wants to go from their cars to the theater and then back to their cars. They apparently think people have just given up on even leaving the house.

Thursday, August 11

The Movie Tavern's all around the DFW area are doing Retro Cinema screenings of everybody's favorite time travel film, "Back to the Future." Thursday, August 11 screenings start at 9:00 p.m. and Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13 screenings are at midnight.

Although it should need no introduction, "Back to the Future" is the story of a young 1980s teen that ends up stranded in the 1950s. While there, he accidentally alters the future and must find a way to change things back to normal and then get back to his own time. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Crispin Glover star. Robert Zemeckis directed and Steven Spielberg produced this monumental moment in film history.

Friday, August 12

Dallas Observer and Premier Video are presenting the creature feature "Tremors" as part of the Inwood Theatre's Midnight Madness screenings. Screenings are at midnight on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13.

Although it was put out in 1990, it is safe to say that "Tremors" was definitely written, produced, directed, and conceived in the 1980s. Ron Underwood who gave us a little gem by the name of "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" as well as "City Slickers" directed this.

"Tremors" revolves around "Two country handymen [who] discover that their desolate town of Perfection, Nevada is infested with gigantic man-eating wormlike creatures that live below ground. The slightest vibration caused by movement attracts the creatures to attack without warning, exploding out of the ground with jaws opened to swallow with deadly precision." The movie stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire.

Saturday, August 13

Studio Movie Grill is having a screenings of the children's movie "Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure" on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14 at 11:00 a.m. The screenings are at their Royal, Arlington, Plano, and Lewisville locations. Tickets are only $2.00 a person.

"Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure" tells the story "of the game 'Candy Land,' where gingerbread boy Jib, Princess Lolly and Mister Mint outwit and defeat the evil Lord Licorice in order to save the delightful world of Candy Land." Director Davis Doi has helmed other animated films starring the Care Bears, Johnny Quest, and Dinotopia.

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