So, is this the weekend that the box office opens? Like, for real opens? Like you can go to a theater, ask for a ticket to a brand new Hollywood movie, and they'll sell it to you and you can go in and watch it? The answer depends on where you are: Theaters in Salem, Albany, Bend, Eugene, and Corvallis are scheduled to reopen this weekend, bringing with them your good friends Bill and Ted, a new team of teenaged mutants, and a Charles Dickens adaptation. Whether it's safe to actually go to them is, of course, entirely up to you (insert .gif of Randy Marsh from South Park here). In Portland, as of now, you'll have to wait to get a taste of in-person cinematic magic (unless you opt for the drive-in, of course!), but luckily, if you're not feeling like risking a case of the 'rona for the sake of seeing Magik vs. the Demon Bear on opening weekend, there's plenty of safer, at-home options to indulge as well. Take a look below and choose wisely.

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DRIVE-INS

Bill & Ted Face the Music and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Past Event Like List
So not only is this a new movie opening at the drive-in this weekend, but it's the long-awaited final chapter in the acclaimed Bill & Ted trilogy! That sentence sounds facetious but it's 100-percent earnest and accurate. And the chaser that follows that shot of new and (hopefully) hilarious is the vastly-underrated and still ahead-of-its-time comic adaptation Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. You're gonna leave Newberg with one hell of a sugar rush.
99W Drive-In

Cinema Under the Stars: Edward Scissorhands Past Event Like List
Of all the "lovable weirdo" movies Tim Burton has ever made—and he's made a lot—maybe the sweetest, and most successful as a film, is the fairy tale of Edward Scissorhands. Enjoy this satire of the suburbs and this celebration of misfit love under the stars at this drive-in screening. DJ Agent Meow is once again running the sound, and proceeds benefit the Rose City Rollers.
Oaks Park

PDX Drive-In Movie Spectacular: Stand By Me and Get Out Past Event Like List
Now more than ever, this annual transformation of the Expo Center into a deluxe drive-in experience is absolutely needed, and the Expo Center, with the help of Hollywood Theatre, is delivering: Contactless concessions, strong safety precautions, and a lineup of films that includes a poignant Oregon-set coming-of-age tale (and arguably the best Stephen King adaptation ever) called Stand By Me, and the industry-disrupting horror satire Get Out, a film that seems to only become even more powerful as time goes on.
Portland Expo Center

Cinema Unbound Drive-In Theater: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Past Event Like List
Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum are transforming Zidell Yards into a drive-in theater (building it from scratch, in fact) dedicated to showing how freeing good film can be by screening classics, new releases, and little-seen gems on as big a screen as they can. Each movie will be preceded by a regional short to help spotlight even more unique and necessary voices in cinema.
Zidell Yards

SUPPORTING LOCAL THEATERS

My Lucky Stars with Live Commentary from Scott Adkins and Frank Djeng Past Event Like List
Another one-of-a-kind kung fu experience from the Hollywood Theatre, presenting a livestreamed screening of My Lucky Stars, a fast-paced chunk of comedy and action starring absolute legends Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao. Even better, their antics will be accompanied by live commentary from one of current cinema's baddest-asses, Scott Adkins, with help from Frank Djeng, and hosted by 36 Cinema's Mustafa Shaikh.
Hollywood Theatre

The New Mutants Like List
If this movie were an actual teenager entering high school on its first day of production, it would have graduated by the time it finally opened (kind of?) in theaters this weekend. Usually that would suggest something is seriously wrong with the film itself, but all reports seem to suggest the movie is fun and scary and one of the better entries into the X-Men film canon. It turns out what was actually wrong were things like giant multinational corporations eating each other whole, contractual obligations with completely separate giant multinational corporations dragging things out, and then... well, you know, that part where our federal government is run by fascist dickhead incompetents so theaters (and basically nothing else) could work as intended for months at a time. But hey: A new X-Men movie! And it's supposed to be good! That's somethin, huh?
AMC & Regal (In-Person)

The Personal History of David Copperfield
We're hoping for some of that wry magic from director Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin, Veep), screenwriter Simon Blackwell (Veep, The Thick of It), and actors Dev Patel, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, and Tilda Swinton in this adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. Word is that Iannucci's played it a little straighter than he normally would, but even so, this could be one of the best Dickens adaptations in recent memory. 
AMC & Regal (In-Person)

Mr. SOUL! Past Event Like List
Did you know that even when people first started saying that the revolution would not be televised, it was already happening? Ellis Haizlip was an openly gay and proud Black television host who not only believed he could host "the first Black Tonight Show," he actually did it from 1968 to 1973, and made sure to shine his spotlight on as much Black literature, poetry, music, and politics as he could with the time he had. Melissa Haizlip's loving documentary features rare live performances and interviews from Al Green, Muhammad Ali, Cicely Tyson, James Baldwin, Bill Withers, and more, with an original score by Robert Glasper.
Hollywood Theatre

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin Past Event Like List
There are documentaries, and then there's Werner Herzog turning the camera on himself to muse about all manner of existential concern. And that's what's going on here, with Nomad featuring the director/philosopher discussing his long friendship with travel writer Bruce Chatwin, who shared with Herzog an unquenchable thirst for truth.
Hollywood Theatre

Jazz on a Summer's Day
Past Event Like List Filmed on a balmy night in Fort Adams State Park at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this 4K-restored classic is believed to be one the first concert films ever recorded (!). It boasts Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and other legends among its lineup, closing with Mahalia Jackson's rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" at midnight.
Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater

You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski
Past Event Like List A special screening of this short documentary that does exactly what it says it does: Puts you in Charles Bukowski's living room for a night as the famously grumpy poet and writer smokes about five million cigarettes, drinks, and opines on whatever the hell crosses his frontal lobe at the time.
Clinton Street Theater

STREAMING THIS WEEKEND

Cobra Kai Like List
When YouTube was honestly trying to become an original content platform, it put out some...stuff, including a 30-years-after-the-fact sequel to The Karate Kid focused on Johnny (you know, the blonde asshole who got crane kicked in the face about 30 seconds before the credits rolled) as a middle-aged man running the Cobra Kai dojo. Nobody expected much from the low budget and the kinda off-putting premise. Which made it all the more surprising that Cobra Kai became a breakout success (relatively) and was also a very effective examination (and repudiation) of toxic masculinity in modern culture. Plus, you know... people kicking each other in the face! It's made the move to Netflix, so you can binge all two seasons as fast as you can before the third shows up there soon.
Netflix

A Memorial for Lynn Shelton Past Event Like List
Artists, family members, friends, fans, colleagues, and film critics gather together to share stories about acclaimed director Lynn Shelton's life, and their perspectives on her work. This event is organized by The Stranger, and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Shelton/Seal Family Fund at Northwest School. Guests include Ben Gibbard, Lori Goldston, Sean Nelson, Annie Wagner, Kevin Seal, and more. 

The 15th Annual Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival Past Event Like List
A Seattle-based festival for fans of the fantastic, lovers of the unlikely, and for the people who make the impossible real in short-yet-impressive bursts of creative filmmaking. The festival includes short films from around the country in the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres, and includes live panels with jurors, and Q&A sessions with the creators.

Teenage Bounty Hunters Like List
This is sorta like Cobra Kai in that you'll probably come across it on Netflix one day and be like "How the hell is this even a show?" And then you remember you live in a world where something called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is inextricable from the cultural fabric after almost 40 years of constant refreshing and rebooting, and suddenly "teenaged bounty hunters" doesn't seem that outlandish. That's when you click on it and realize, much like Cobra Kai, the show is so much better than it had any right to be. Teenage Bounty Hunters isn't just the serio-comic misadventuring of two Christian-schooled girls and old-Dwayne Wayne from A Different World. It's also a pretty pointed skewering of religion and institutional oppression, while also being a solid coming-of-age (and coming-out) story at the same time. It's almost like Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars were successfully fused together. But with Dwayne Wayne in it, too!
Netflix

I May Destroy You Remind Like List
If all you know of Michaela Coel is her work in Chewing Gum, the brilliant sitcom she created for BBC Two—and was subsequently streamed on Netflix—you will be ill-prepared for this British talent’s stunning second act, I May Destroy You. It wrapped up earlier this week, which means you can now binge it all in one go. We don't know if that's the best way to take in Coel's masterpiece—but it's your call. Maybe you want to spend an entire weekend having every last emotion wrung all the way out and thrown back at you at 95mph. To each their reach!
HBO Max

All Together Now Like List
So now that one of the Beatles' catchiest songs is stuck in your head simply by reading the title to this movie, see if you can get it out of your head by watching Netflix's latest frothy, lighter-than-air, feel-good teen comedy, starring the voice of Moana, Auli'i Cravalho. Some of it was even shot here in Portland! Just like American Vandal was. You know, right before Netflix canceled it. Like they did I Am Not Okay With This. Who knows, if All Together Now is good enough, maybe Netflix will just randomly stop this movie with about 20 minutes to go and recommend you watch Tiger King for the 32nd time instead.
Netflix

Love Fraud Like List
Directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, the team behind Jesus Camp, which is still stunning in how placidly disturbing it is, reunites for this four-part Showtime mini-series about a group of women who have all been financially and emotionally ripped-off by the same predatory asshole. They come together, they hire a bounty hunter (Carla the Bounty Hunter, specifically) and that's when what seems like a standard true-crime doc becomes something that has way more in common with Kill Bill than it does 60 Minutes.
Showtime

Class Action Park Like List
Directors Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott investigate the old cliche that in "the good ol' days," kids' entertainment was a lot more fun because it was a lot more dangerous. Turns out that, according to them, it's a cliche because it's true. Their documentary Class Action Park looks at a New Jersey waterslide park that opened in 1978, became nationally famous for the sheer number of injuries (and deaths) that occurred there, and yet remained open until 1996.
HBO Max