Happy Summer Solstice, everyone. Not that you’d know today was such a signpost if you were to put down your works and venture outside. But even if you’re still focused on finding the last bits of body paint from Saturday’s Fremont Solstice Parade on your nether regions, why not look for some other summertime activities.
Like spending your midweek mornings in an air-conditioned movie theatre with your overheated kids.
Granted, that nutter talk after yesterday (which according to U-Dub’s Cliff Mass was a summer solar activity nadir unlike any we’ve seen in these here parts for decades). But imagine if we were knee deep in the mid-90s. Then even the biggest Vitamin D junkie could justify a few hours in the chill. So why not take a looksie at the Tuesday and Wednesday offerings to be shown at the Thornton Creek 14 up by Northgate Mall – the whole Regal Theaters chain offers these family-themed freebies as a part of their “Free Family Film Festival”. It starts this week and runs through the end of August.
Most of the films are complete crap. Some quite humanely should be banned and the possession of which should be deemed criminal. But for every “Tooth Fairy” there appears to be a “Wallace and Gromit” scheduled for a stab at karmic balance.
When – no, if – the weather changes and air-conditioning becomes a sought after climate control, you’ll be lining up with plenty of other folks (first come, first served). Starting tomorrow, you can beat the rush. Odds are good that this murky gray madness simply has to change. Here’s hoping it does so before “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs”. Or, at the very least, before “Space Chimps”. I hear that’s the new “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. But with chimps.
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