Whether you're a Netflix binger, a Criterion stan, or somewhere in between, the lure of summer blockbusters—be they goofy comedies or action movies rife with car chases—spans far and wide. If you've been missing them from your life, you'll be glad to know that several of this year's most anticipated movies are coming to drive-in theaters this week. Read on for all the details, and check out our drive-in movie guide Like List for other films playing this weekend, like Mamma Mia.
Bill & Ted Face the Music
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The long-awaited final chapter in the acclaimed Bill & Ted trilogy is here! In Bill & Ted Face the Music, a visitor from the future tells the '80s-bred duo that one of their songs can save the world, so they take heed and rock out for the good of humankind.
Where to watch it: Blue Fox Drive-In Theater
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(Aug 27-28 & 30) and Rodeo Drive-In Theater
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(Aug 28-Sept 1), as well as on demand (starting Aug 28)
The New Mutants
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?
Where to watch it: Rodeo Drive-In Theater
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(Aug 28-Sept 1)
Tenet
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You thought you were gonna make it through the summer without an action-packed Christopher Nolan thriller?! Think again. In Tenet, John David Washington stars as a secret agent who manipulates time to try to save the world from World War III. It's got a complicated storyline that will have you "shush"-ing your movie-watching companions and IMAX-worthy bangs and booms.
Where to watch it: Blue Fox Drive-In
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(Aug 31–Sept 8)
