2019 Cinema Under the Stars

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Cinema Under the Stars is a longtime Key Pen Parks tradition at Volunteer park on Friday evenings in August. Bring your blankets, chairs, pillows and prepare to have a great time with your friends and family!

Thank you to Peninsula Light Company for its continued commitment as the main sponsor this FREE family fun activity series!

The 2019 Cinema Under the Stars movies will be shown on Fridays, August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Pre-movie activities begin at 7:30 pm and movies begin at dusk.
*  Please note, movie nights will alternate between Gateway Park and Volunteer Park.
​**Please be aware of the movie ratings, as this year one of them is rated PG-13.

Thank you to Sound Credit Union, our pre-movie craft and activity sponsor for 2019!

Mary Poppins Returns (2018) 
​This movie will be shown at Gateway Park

August 2 - Rated PG
​In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.
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Wonder (2017) 
​This movie will be shown at Volunteer Park

August 9 - Rated PG
Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Aquaman (2018)
​This movie will be shown at Gateway Park

August 16 - Rated PG-13
Arthur Curry, half human half from Atlantis, goes on a trip of a lifetime. Not only does this adventure compel him to come to terms with his real identity, but it also forces him to discover whether he is entirely worthy of fulfilling his own destiny: becoming a king.

The NeverEnding Story (1984)
​This movie will be shown at Volunteer Park

August 23 - Rated PG
Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.
A Bug's Life - (1998)
​This movie will be shown at Gateway Park
​August 30 - Rated G
​In every season, greedy grasshoppers demand a share of food from a colony of ants. But one day, their annual offering is inadvertently destroyed, and the grasshoppers demand twice as much food as compensation. So the ants send a misfit ant named Flik to seek for "warrior bugs" to battle the grasshoppers, only to discover that the group of bugs he recruited are an inept circus troupe. But the bugs are the ants' only hope to fight off their enemies.
Past movie showings
2017
8/4 - The Secret Life of Pets PG
​8/11 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
8/18 - Finding Dory PG
​8/25 - The Jungle Book (2016) PG
2016
8/5 – Charlotte’s Web (1973)
8/12 – Minions
8/19 – Zootopia
8/26 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 
2015
8/7 – Finding Nemo - G
8/14 – Mary Poppins - G
8/21 – Monsters University - G
8/28 – Maleficent - PG
 
2014
8/1 – Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - PG
8/8 – Despicable Me 2 - PG
8/15 – The Lego Movie - PG
8/22 – Wall-E - G
8/29 – Frozen - PG
2013
7/26 – Wreck It Ralph - PG
8/2 – Rise of the Guardians
8/9 – ET
8/16 – Despicable Me - PG
8/23 – Hotel Transylvania - PG

​2012
8/3 – The Muppets - PG
8/10 – Shrek -
8/17 – Madagascar
8/24 – Sound & Vision
8/31 – The Lorax – PG
2011
8/5 – Life is a Pic-a-Nic Yogi Bear
8/12 – How to Train Your Dragon
8/19 – The Wizard of Oz (special edition of original) - G
8/26 – Cats & Dogs - PG
 
2010
8/6 – Inkheart - PG
8/13 – Shorts, The Adventures of the Wishing Rock - PG
8/20 – Up - PG
 
2009
8/7 – Journey to the Center of the Earth - PG
8/14 – Kung Fu Panda
8/21 – The Express, The Ernie Davis Story - PG
8/28 – Adam Sandler’s Bedtime Stories - PG