Sidewalk Cinema offers free screenings of 'Barbie', 'Jaws'

13 APP. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, BUT SOME BIG RELEASES AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS WEEKEND ARE CERTAINLY CAUSING EXCITEMENT FOR THE SILVER SCREEN THAT WE HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN IN A LONG TIME. YEAH, NO ONE LOCAL FILM CENTER IS EVEN OFFERING FREE TICKETS AND POPCORN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. WVTM 13 CHIP SCARBOROUGH TAKES US TO THE ULTIMATE MOVIE SCREENING. I’M IN MY BARBIE ERA. IT’S A MOVIE EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. WALK INTO THE SIDEWALK FILM CENTER AND CINEMA LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE AT A HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE. FREE TICKETS AND POPCORN THIS WEEKEND, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH PLUTO TV. WELL, I LOVE SIDEWALK AND THEY DO STUFF LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME FOR FUN MOVIES, SO IT’S REALLY PINK, WHICH IS NICE. THIS WEEKEND’S FREE SCREENINGS HERE AT THE SIDEWALK CINEMA REALLY OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, JAWS AND THEN FOR THE OTHER CROWD. BARBIE, WE ACTUALLY RESERVED OUR JAWS TICKETS WAY EARLIER THAN OUR BARBIE TICKETS. SO WE KIND OF GOT TO SEE BARBIE OUT OF LUCK. THE FREE SCREENINGS COME JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE 25TH SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL IN BIRMINGHAM, DURING A TIME WHEN FILM PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ACTIVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA, ESPECIALLY AT A HIGH POINT RIGHT BEFORE COVID HAPPENED, WE HAD A TON OF TOP TIER FILMS COMING. IT WAS REALLY BOOMING HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, COVID SHUT THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND LIKE MOST PLACES, IT’S COMING BACK SLOWLY. BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR IT’S REALLY STARTING TO PICK BACK UP. AND THE ACTUAL MOVIE PRODUCTION BRINGS A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT FOR PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. I THINK IT’S PRETTY AWESOME. I ALSO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, SO A LOT OF MY KIDS ARE ALSO INTO THEATER AND THEY GET TO DO EXTRAS AND ALL THE MOVIES THAT COME TO TOWN AND FILM HERE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE G