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Back to the Future II

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ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT—Apparently Manny, Diego, and Sid won’t actually be extinct until the sequels stop making money. Along with Ray Romano, Denis Leary, and John Leguizamo, the ever-expanding voice cast includes Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, Peter Dinklage, Aziz Ansari, Joy Behar, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Seann William Scott, Patrick Stewart, and Wanda Sykes. Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. Delevan Drive In, Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

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BACK TO THE FUTURE II (1989) and BACK TO THE FUTURE III (1990)—Retro double feature. Tue 9pm. Transit Drive-in

FIXING THE FUTURE—Documentary about the new economy and what kind of new jobs it may produce. Directed by Ellen Spiro (Body of War). Wed-Thu 7:30pm Amherst

THE G-STRING MURDERS (aka Lady of Burlesque, 1943)—From the novel by Gypsy Rose Lee, a comic mystery in which the performers at a burlesque house trying to find out who the murderer in their midst is. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian, and Victoria Faust. Directed by William A. Wellman. Thu July 12 7:30pm, Sat 7pm. The Screening Room

THE HANGOVER (2009)—Four guys go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party and wake up the next morning with no groom or memory of what they did the previous night. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, and Heather Graham. Directed by Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch). Thu July 19 7pm. Riviera Theatre

THE LAW—Restored version of the steamy 1959 Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida as a woman trying to find a way to ensure her survival in a corrupt small town. With Marcello Mastroianni, Melina Mercouri, Yves Montand, and Pierre Brasseur. Directed by Jules Dassin (Never On Sunday). Thu July 19 7pm. Screening Room

THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972)—Every local drive-in in the 1970s seemed to own their own print of this low-budget thriller about an Arkansas swamp with a Bigfoot-like resident. Second feature: MAN IN THE ATTIC (1953), starring Jack Palance as a British medical pathologist whose landlady (Frances Bavier, aka Andy Taylor’s Aunt Bee) thinks may be Jack the Ripper. Fri, Tue 7pm Screening Room

THE STRANGER (1946)—Orson Welles directed and co-stars in this suspenseful thriller about a government agent (Edward G. Robinson) tracking down an escaped Nazi living under an assumed name in suburban Connecticut. Welles and John Huston both worked on the script, though they’re not credited. Co-starring Loretta Young and Richard Long; look closely for “Brother” Theodore Gottlieb. Sat 9pm. Screening Room

21—Fact-based drama about MIT students who put their math skills to work at the blackjack tables of Las Vegas. Starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. Directed by Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law). Thu July 12 7pm. Riviera Theatre


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