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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A CHEAP SEAT IN A COOL ROOM WITH AN ADDED DOSE OF NOSTALGIA, HARKINS BRICKTOWN 16 IS BRINGING ITS 80S FILM SERIES TO THE SCREEN FOR THE NEXT MONTH. A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THE FREAKIEST FLICKS AND THE BEST COMEDIES TO GRACE THE SCREEN DURING THE DECADE, EACH MOVIE PLAYS TWICE ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. TICKETS ARE $5. Aug. 13 and 17

The Breakfast Club (R) Gremlins (PG)

Aug. 20 and 24

The NeverEnding Story (PG) Pretty in Pink (PG-13)

Aug. 27 and 31

Little Shop of Horrors (PG-13) Risky Business (R)

Sept. 3 and 7

Labyrinth (PG) National Lampoon’s Vacation (R)

Alan Cumming in My Old School, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

My Old School

If you’re a fan of topsy-turvy, twisting and curving narratives, My Old School is right up your alley.

Billed as a documentary but containing animated rather than human reenactments and the protagonist being portrayed by Alan Cummings rather than the real “Brandon Lee,” this flick will keep your eyes wide through its 110-minute duration. An extra layer of weirdness is added to the production if you know the filmmaker was a classmate of Brandon Lee, who lets the story unfold with expert pacing.

But that’s what the movie is, not what it’s about. The official synopsis from Magnolia Pictures: “In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend. Brandon had been privately tutored in Canada while he accompanied his mother, an opera diva, on tour before her tragic death. The preternaturally bright student surprised teachers by blazing toward his goal of entering medical school, displaying a wealth of knowledge beyond his years.”

There’s more to the story than that, but press releases like trailers say too much these days. Finding out the rest is up to you.

My Old School opens Aug. 12 at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24.

Not the first rodeo

Rodeo Cinema is going above and beyond normal screenings, with added elements to create a more immersive moviegoing experience.

Cat Video Fest

This year’s Cat Video Fest will not take place at Myriad Gardens but inside Rodeo Cinema’s Stockyards location. If two hours of adorable cats and kittens is your thing, then drop by one of three showings on Aug. 13 or two on Aug. 14. A portion of the proceeds go to feline-benefitting causes.

OH HAI, Greg

On Aug. 25, Greg Sestero so enjoyed his last visit to Oklahoma City that he’s returning to lead a double feature of The Room and an early look at his new 88-minute feature Miracle Valley, reportedly also the first film to shoot Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water.

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

Jeff Buckley, John Cale and Bob Dylan are among just some of the performers that shine light on one of the most popular but widelyinterpreted songs of the century. Each showing Aug. 10-12 will be accompanied by acoustic music in the lobby by Michael Todd.

The Unusual (Calling of) Charlie Christmas

Adam Hampton rolls out his local hit from 2012’s deadCenter Film Festival that went on to successful runs elsewhere. From IMDB: “A socially awkward high school janitor still haunted by the loss of his father finds strength and purpose after receiving mysterious spiritual instruction to become a costumed vigilante in Oklahoma.” Enough said. One showing only, 8 p.m. Aug. 12.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The date has yet to be announced, but there will be an encore performance of Blake O’s live scoring of a screening of Robert Wiene’s seminal German expressionist silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). The soundtrack includes looped string instruments that continuously swell as the film progresses. The next film to be scored live by Blake O. is F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922), another horror film from the same period.