The Hollister Downtown Association launched its of
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Movies Under The Stars
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series at the corner of Fourth and San Benito Street July 8,
with a showing of
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
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The series will continue through July 29.
Movies Under The Stars started last summer and lasted through
the summer months. This year’s event is limited to the month of
July, on each Thursday.
The Hollister Downtown Association launched its of “Movies Under The Stars” series at the corner of Fourth and San Benito Street July 8, with a showing of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” The series will continue through July 29.
Movies Under The Stars started last summer and lasted through the summer months. This year’s event is limited to the month of July, on each Thursday.
“Sponsors from businesses around town to keep the ‘Movie Under The Stars’ program going and allows for the event to be provided with theater equipment and refreshment,” said Brenda Weatherly, from the Hollister Downtown Association.
“We have wanted to do it for about five years,” Weatherly said. “It is a fun thing for the community to do. So we got sponsors from around town.”
The Movie Under The Stars has no admission prices and allows people to bring blankets and chairs into the viewing area. People are allowed to bring their own food from outside and from nearby restaurants. Pets, alcoholic beverages, smoking and coolers are not allowed. Minors must be accompanied by adults.
The movies start half an hour after dark. The movie showings the remaining movies include:
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, July 15: Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett’s beloved children’s book of the same name, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs follows inventor Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) and a brainy weathergirl (voice of Anna Faris) as they attempt to discover why the rain in their small town has stopped, and food is falling in its place. Meanwhile, lifelong bully Brent (voice of Andy Samberg) relishes in tormenting Flint like he did when they were kids, and Mayor Shelbourne (voice of Bruce Campbell) schemes to use Flint’s latest invention — a device designed to improve everyone’s lives — for his own personal gain.
Shrek 2, July 22: After massive green ogre Shrek and his new bride, Princess Fiona, return from their honeymoon, they receive an invitation to visit Fiona’s parents, King Harold and Queen Lillian, who are the monarchs of The Land Far, Far Away. However, the king and queen are more than a bit alarmed to discover their new son-in-law is a monster the color of algae, and that their daughter’s little problem with a magical spell gone wrong has turned into a full-time skin condition. Certain this isn’t the sort of “happily ever after” they dreamed of for their daughter, King Harold decides to take Shrek out of the picture and return Fiona to her former beauty with the help of Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother, and ogre-slaying feline Puss in Boots.
Over the Hedge, July 29: Despite Verne the Turtle’s initial hesitance to breach the formidable foliage that has appeared on his doorstep since last fall, the arrival of fearless raccoon RJ and revelation that their new human neighbors throw out enough food in one day to feed a whole forest lead the gang to consider taking the plunge and exploring the snack-filled suburbs. As Verne and RJ learn to work together in taking on their strange new surroundings, Stella the Skunk, Hammy the Squirrel, Heather the Opossum, and Heather’s father, Ozzie, join in on the fun by scavenging for Girl Scout cookies and attempting to scuttle past the pesky new suburbanites undetected.
Rachel Ramirez is a San Benito High School graduate and former editor of the Baler. She is attending CSU, Chico in the fall, with plans to study journalism and education. She can be reached at [email protected].
