{"id":243792,"date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/marks-hosts-free-outdoor-movies-shown-on-inflatable-25-foot-screen\/"},"modified":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","slug":"marks-hosts-free-outdoor-movies-shown-on-inflatable-25-foot-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/marks-hosts-free-outdoor-movies-shown-on-inflatable-25-foot-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Marks hosts free outdoor movies shown on inflatable, 25-foot screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

por Scott Marks
\nCr\u00edtico de cine SDUN
\n<\/strong>
\n\"Marks<\/a>This summer it has once again my pleasure to team with CommCinema (\u201cCommunity,\u201d not Commie!) to show free outdoor movies throughout San Diego County. When you consider that in this dire economy it costs a family of four something like 40 bucks to go to a movie, this is a terrific night out with the kids.<\/p>\n

Cinema began when Auguste and Louis Lumiere would haul their generator and projection equipment to a public square, string up a sheet and run movies. The sheet has been replaced by a 25-foot inflatable screen, the digital projection equipment is no bigger than a Motel 8 refrigerator and there are no cranks to turn. And did I mention that the entire \u201ctheater\u201d system is compact enough to fit in a car? The screen actually rolls up like a six-foot black burrito.<\/p>\n

The venues are generally spectacular. For the past two summers I\u2019ve spent my Friday and Saturday evenings exhibiting movies on everything from Little League diamonds to spacious parks in housing developments and surfside amphitheaters. The biggest screen on which I project a film is 33 feet\u2014we have all been in multiplex theaters with much smaller images (and concrete walls instead of a field of stars).<\/p>\n

The outdoor movies continue throughout the summer. The movies begin at sundown (generally around 8 p.m.) and I suggest you get there early with your lawn chairs and blankets because the good seats tend to fill quickly. What follows is a list of the remaining films, or go to commcinema.com for updates:<\/p>\n

Fri., Aug. 20<\/strong>\t\u201cUp\u201d at Tidelands Park, Coronado
\nSat., Aug. 21<\/strong>\t\u201cToy Story\u201d at 4-S Ranch Community Park
\nFri., Aug. 27<\/strong>\t\u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d at Lemon Grove Recreation Center
\nSat., Aug. 28<\/strong>\t\u201cPark Planet 51\u201d at Poway Community Park
\nFri., Sept. 3<\/strong>\t\u201cUp\u201d at Point Loma Community Park
\nSat., Sept. 4<\/strong>\t\u201cSwiss Family Robinson\u201d at Oceanside Pier
\nFri., Sept. 10<\/strong>\t\u201cNacho Libre\u201d at Kimball Bowl, National City
\ns\u00e1bado 11 de septiembre<\/strong>\t\u201cAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel\u201d at Lindo Lake Park, Lakeside
\nFri., Sept. 17<\/strong>\t\u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d at Tidelands Park, Coronado
\nSat., Sept. 18<\/strong>\t\u201cThe Blind Side\u201d at 4-S Ranch Community Park<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Scott Marks SDUN Film Critic This summer it has once again my pleasure to team with CommCinema (\u201cCommunity,\u201d not Commie!) to show free outdoor movies throughout San Diego County. When you consider that in this dire economy it costs a family of four something like 40 bucks to go to a movie, this is […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1292,"featured_media":243793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Marks hosts free outdoor movies shown on inflatable, 25-foot screen","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}