Join us this summer for FREE FAMILY FUN at the Port Isabel Lighthouse!
Season 9 continues on June 28, 2013! You are invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and friends and family for a memorable evening on the grounds of the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse. All summer movies start EVERY Friday in JUNE & JULY at 9:30 p.m. just after South Padre Island’s Fireworks display over the Laguna Madre Bay. COST: FREE! For more information call 956/943-7602. museumdirector@copitx.com. Schedule is subject to change.
JUNE 28
PARANORMAN
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mitz-Plasse
Focus Features; Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell
Rated PG; 92 minutes; 2012
When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
JULY 5
LORAX
Animated Feature
Voices by: Zac Efron, Danny Devito, Taylor Swift
Universal Pictures
Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda
Rated PG; 86 minutes; 2012
This animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
JULY 12
AN AMERICAN TAIL
Animated Feature
Voices of Dom DeLuise,Christopher Plummer, Madeline Kahn
Universal Pictures; Directed by Don Bluth
Rated G; 80 minutes; 1986
Featuring the hit song Somewhere Out There, AN AMERICAN TAIL is the story of the Mousekewitz family’s journey to America and their young son, Fievel, who gets lost along the way. Landing in a bottle, he washes ashore in New York harbor where, determined to find his family, he comes face to face with the perils and opportunities of the New World.
JULY 19
SCOOBY DOO
Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Rowan Atkinson, Linda Cardellini, Scott Innes (voice of Scooby-Doo), Isla Fisher
Warner Bros.; Directed by Raja Gosnell
Rated PG; 2002
Scooby Dooby Doo… Where are you? Find out in this hilarious live-action update of the still popular television animated series, which started in 1969. Scooby is up to his usual wacky adventures with the rest of the gang, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma… and of course they are all toolin’ around town in everyone’s favorite ride – the Mystery Machine. Scooby and the gang find themselves on Spooky Island, a giant amusement park where they have to all pull together and solve a mystery.
JULY 26
SURF’S UP
Animated Feature
Voices by: Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, Jeff Bridges
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Ash Brannon
Rated PG; 85 minutes; 2007
This stylish CGI animated comedy is based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. A documentary crew takes the audiences behind the scenes at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship and talks to the newest star Cody Maverick. He starts off as a cocky rookie but soon discovers that a true winner isn’t always the one who comes in first.