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Arguably the most anticipated is Spider-Man: No Way Home, debuting in December. The internet has been lit up with rumors of casting and
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cameos, but let’s slow that roll. Even Spidey fans have aging brains.
BOB SAGET
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A whole lotta folks know Bob Saget from saccharine shows like Full
Moviegoers can lay out a blanket and hum along to “City of Stars”
2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home? No worries. Slab Cinema has a fun
House and America’s Funniest Home Videos. Less known is that his stand-
under San Antonio’s night sky at Slab Cinema’s upcoming screening
summer evening featuring a dusk screening of the film to jog those
up act is pretty much exactly the opposite of those acting and hosting
of the 2017 Oscar-nominated film La La Land. La La Land tells the story
pre-COVID memory banks. Far From Home features regular leads Tom
Having trouble remembering what happened in the last installment,
gigs, featuring darker and more off-color jokes. Apparently, going blue
Holland, Samuel L. Jackson and Zendaya, as well as the franchise
paid off: Saget’s comedy specials have popped up anywhere from HBO
debut of Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. The movie will be preceded by
to Amazon Prime to Netflix. He earned himself a Grammy nom with
family-friendly activities. Heck, the festivities are even pet-friendly, so
his 2014 stand-up album That’s What I’m Talking About and even scored
feel free to bring your friendly neighborhood spider. Free, 7 p.m., Travis
a New York Times bestseller with his book Dirty Daddy. If that’s not
Park, 301 E. Travis St., (210) 207-3677, slabcinema.com. — MM
enough, he directed the cult classic Norm Macdonald flick Dirty Work
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and has been involved with a host of other TV and film projects. For his current tour, which includes a one-night stop here in the Alamo City, Saget is presenting fans with more than an hour of new material. $60-
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240, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., LOL Comedy Club, 618 Northwest Loop 410, (210)
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541-8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio. — Mike McMahan
Online screenings have become a thing during the pandemic, and even as reasons abound for optimism about COVID, it’s not too late for an evening that doesn’t require leaving home. Texas Public Radio’s Cinema Tuesdays continues its series of online watch parties with 2012’s Flight. The film stars Denzel Washington as a commercial airline pilot who is hailed as a hero after a miraculous landing, though he’s later revealed to have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The story is
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of Mia and Sebastian, brought together in Hollywood by their shared passion for music and dreams of making it big. However, as romance buds, the trajectories of their individual successes and dreams bring forth difficult questions about the future of their relationship. The screening is one of three scheduled for the month at Slab’s Legacy Park location, preceded by Singin’ in the Rain on June 1 and followed by The Motorcycle Diaries on June 22. All shows begin at dusk, about 15 minutes after sundown. Seating is limited and tickets are required. $5-10, 8 p.m., Slab Cinema, 103 W. Houston St., slabcinema.com. — Dana Nichols
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SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME You may have heard of a small series of art films known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kidding aside, Marvel movies are blockbusters among blockbusters, and the comic brand is poised to crush the rest of 2021, with no less than four films set to drop before year’s end.
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“loosely inspired” by the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 in 2000. Flight marked director Robert Zemeckis’s return to live-action cinema, 12 years after Cast Away. The film earned Washington an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and was generally well-reviewed, currently sporting a 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. Register for TPR’s event in advance to be eligible for a door prize, then join the discussion after the film in a virtual lobby. Free (requires Amazon Prime), 7:30 p.m., tpr. Courtesy Photo / LOL Comedy Club
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org/tpr-cinema-tuesdays. — MM
