FILM

Join Alamo Drafthouse and Market Square Park for Back to the Future - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow. Market Square Park downtown officially reopened on Aug. 28, 2010. The renovated park -- framed by Preston, Congress, Milam and Travis Streets -- will now include a sizable dog run, along with a lawn and patio area.

For those of us who don’t want to schlep out to the burbs, we’re bringing the Alamo experience to Market Square Park.

Wednesday, July 13:  Jaws.

In the 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is.

The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down).

The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about.

Niko Niko’s is open Mon-Fri from 7 am to 8 pm and Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm, extended hours during events. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome. Food and beverages (including beer and wine) are sold at Niko Niko’s. Alcohol is not allowed to be brought into the park; it can only be bought at the café.