This Week in Screenings 1/12-1/18

Friday 1/12

Soul (2020) | Regal | AMC | Regal | Cinepolis 

If you want contemporary Pixar.

Toy Story | Alamo Drafthouse 

if you want historical Pixar.

Space Balls | Blue Starlite Downtown

I like the Alien joke.

Bottle Rocket | Alamo Drafthouse 

Baby Wilson Bros.

Election | Alamo Drafthouse 

I liked The Holdovers. Makes me wanna watch more Alexander Payne movies.

All About Eve | Alamo Drafthouse

Bette Davis is so great.

Also Marilyn Monroe is in this.

STARSHIP TROOPERS | Austin Film Society

A look into the near future with Paul Verhoeven.

Saturday 1/13

Monsters vs. Aliens | FlixBrewhouse 

This was a pretty good movie.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition | Alamo Drafthouse

They make it easy to remember this is the second one, cause there’s Two in the title.

J.R.R. did that.

Serenity (2005) | FlixBrewhouse

The Firefly movie.

THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY | Austin Film Society

It’s tough out there for a gangster.

All About My Mother | Alamo Drafthouse 

Classic Pedro Almodóvar.

Blood Tea and Red String | Alamo Drafthouse 

Really cool creepy stopmotion movie.

I think it played a weird wednesday awhile back, but if you missed it then you can watch it now.

Sunday 1/14

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE | Galaxy Theatre

Guess what’s back in a theater.

$5 screening.

Barbarella | FlixBrewhouse

Jane Fonda space movie.

Django Unchained | IPIC Theater

That Quentin Tarantino movie.

Ghost Ship and 13 Ghosts | The Austin Eagle 

Austin’s Leather Bar has an event: Horror Hangs with Raven.

I missed the last one when they showed Jennifer’s Body and Raw.

It’s on my radar now.

Monday 1/15

Deep Blue Sea | Alamo Drafthouse

Smart Sharks.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | Austin Film Society

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in iconic roles.

EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY | HOTEL VEGAS

Hyperreal Film Club Presents.

Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans two years before In Living Color.

Tuesday 1/16

The Orphanage | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of the Terror Tuesday series.

This is a good movie but a tough watch.

HAIL MARY | Austin Film Society

More Godard in the ‘80s.

Apparently the Pope didn’t like this one.

Wednesday 1/17

Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Cinépolis 

$5 back to school screening at both locations.

JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND | Austin Film Society

Ethan Coen documentary about Jerry Lee Lewis.

Cool as Ice | Alamo Drafthouse

Part of the Weird Wednesday series.

Vanilla Ice movie in 35mm.

Thursday 1/18

Jaws | Bullock Texas State History Museum

There’s a guest speaker and a sharks exhibit.

The Princess Bride: | Paramount

Cary Elwes will be there.

Video Violence | We Luv Video

Horror movie about a video store screening in a video store.

So meta.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | FlixBrewhouse

Remember that huge pile of mash potatoes.

NIGHT TIDE | Austin Film Society

Dennis Hopper and a mermaid.

We haven’t had a Thursday like this in awhile.