TEMPE, AZ — With school almost out for the summer, you may be looking for ways to keep the kids entertained without spending a lot of money.
How about going to the movies? Sounds expensive, and between the tickets, popcorn, and candy, a morning or afternoon outing can quickly add up. How do ten movies for $5 sound?
Pollack Tempe Cinemas, the discount second-run theater in Tempe, recently announced the return of its "Summer Movie Club," where it will screen one kid-friendly movie (rated G or PG) each week for ten weeks. The lineup includes "Hotel Transylvania 3," "Monsters vs. Aliens," "Small Foot," "Boss Baby," and "Megamind," plus five others.
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The first week starts the week of Memorial Day, May 27, and runs through August 2.
A summer pass is $5 for those four and older. That breaks down to $0.50 per movie. If you do not want to buy a pass, individual tickets to these movies and the rest of the theater's showings are $3.50. On Tuesdays, admission is $2.50.
The club movies will be shown Monday - Friday at 10 a.m., according to the website. Passes can be bought at the theater box office, 1825 E Elliot Rd., Tempe, AZ 85284.
Summer Movie Club schedule:
- May 27-31, "Hotel Transylvania 3"
- June 3-7, "The Croods"
- June 10-14, "The LEGO Ninjago Movie"
- June 16-21, "Monsters vs. Aliens"
- June 24-28, "Small Foot"
- July 1-5, "Boss Baby"
- July 8-12, "Madagascar"
- July 15-19, "The Iron Giant"
- July 22-26, "Megamind"
- July 28 - August 2, "Peter Rabbit"
Harkins Theatre also has a summer movie program where they show ten kid-friendly movies for ten weeks.
It starts the week of Memorial Day. A season pass is $7 and individual movies are $2. Movies will be screened at 9:45 a.m. each day.
Harkins' lineup includes "Happy Feet," "How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World," "Despicable Me 2," "Hotel Transylvania 3," "Smallfoot," "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part," "Sherlock Gnomes," "Trolls," "Penguins of Madagascar," and "Shrek."
Visit www.harkins.com/movies/summer-movie-fun to see the schedule and which theaters are hosting it.
