‘Strange Visitors’: Summer Series Announcement
Summer in the Valley will soon be in full swing, from the crowded winery patios to the many gorgeous beaches along the Bay of Fundy. If you’re looking for somewhere to cool off in the evenings, we’ve got you covered here at the Whittle.
Get ready to crack open a cold drink, sit back, and enjoy the best of 80s, 90s, and 2000s cinema with our annual retro summer film series. This year, we’re inviting an otherworldly presence with our theme, ‘Strange Visitors’.
We teased each of our summer series films with an emoji combo on social media, and we got so many good guesses! So without further ado, here are the titles hitting our marquee this summer:
Alien (1979)
🗓️ Fri, Jul 3 🕐8:00pm
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a member of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks the explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Runtime: 1h 57m
Rating: 18A
🌟 Sci-Fi 🌟 Horror 🌟
Donnie Darko (2001)
Kindly sponsored by The Real Scoop Ice Cream & Espresso Shop.
🗓️ Fri, Jul 17 🕐8:00pm
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Runtime: 1h 54m
Rating: PG
🌟 Fantasy 🌟 Drama 🌟 Mystery 🌟
Blade Runner (1982)
🗓️ Sat, Jul 18 🕐8:00pm
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Runtime: 1h 58m
Rating: 14A
🌟 Sci-Fi 🌟 Drama 🌟 Thriller 🌟
WALL·E (2008)
🗓️ Fri, Jul 24 🕐7:00pm
Kindly sponsored by the Town of Wolfville.
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Runtime: 1h 38m
Rating: G
🌟 Animation 🌟 Family 🌟 Sci-Fi 🌟
Pleasantville (1999)
🗓️ Sat, Jul 25 🕐8:00pm
Kindly sponsored by Exit Realty Town & Country.
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Runtime: 2h 4m
Rating: PG
🌟 Fantasy 🌟 Comedy 🌟 Drama 🌟
The Matrix (1999)
🗓️ Fri, Jul 31 🕐8:00pm
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Runtime: 2h 16m
Rating: 14A
🌟 Action 🌟 Sci-Fi 🌟
Arrival (2016)
🗓️ Sat, Aug 1 🕐8:00pm
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Runtime: 1h 56m
Rating: PG
🌟 Drama 🌟 Sci- Fi 🌟 Mystery 🌟
I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
🗓️ Sat, Aug 22 🕐8:00pm
In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack.
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rating: PG
🌟 Horror 🌟 Drama 🌟
The Fifth Element (1997)
🗓️ Fri, Aug 28 🕐8:00pm
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Runtime: 2h 6m
Rating: 14A
🌟Sci-Fi🌟Action🌟Adventure🌟
Galaxy Quest (1999)
🗓️ Sat, Aug 29 🕐8:00pm
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Runtime: 1h 42m
Rating: PG
🌟Comedy🌟 Sci-Fi🌟Adventure🌟