This Is Your Density

We're iffy about midnight movies. Sure, some classics are best experienced on a big screen, but as the cost of building your own home theater goes down, so does the desire to stay up late and drive out to see Some Like It Hot one more time. Must be why...

By sam Machkovech

February 2, 2006

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We're iffy about midnight movies. Sure, some classics are best experienced on a big screen, but as the cost of building your own home theater goes down, so does the desire to stay up late and drive out to see Some Like It Hot one more time. Must be why the Palace Theatre, 300 S. Main St. in Fort Worth, is trying something different with tonight's screening of Back to the Future. For one, it's at 6:30 p.m., not midnight, and the whole screening will be draped in BttF-loving stuff. Like, dudes, a DeLorean will be parked in front of the theater, and even better is the menu for the dinner that comes with the movie—Biff’s Burgers with Marty McFries, Stolen Plutonium Potatoes and, yes, the Power of Loaf (bread). Entry costs $25. Call 817-410-3100.
Fri., Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m.

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