'X-Men,' 'Lethal Weapon' and 'Dirty Dancing': Florida Theatre bringing classic movies back this summer

Tom Szaroleta, Florida Times-Union
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Princess Buttercup is coming to Jacksonville this summer. So are Ritchie Valens, Wolverine, Baby and Mike Wazowski.

They are the stars of the Florida Theatre's Summer Movie Classics series, which gives fans a chance to watch classic movies in a classic movie palace.

The movies will be shown at 2 p.m. Sundays on the big screen at the downtown Jacksonville theater, which opened in 1927 as a silent movie house. Tickets are $10 per showing, or 10 tickets for $50.

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"Monsters, Inc." will be shown as part of the Florida Theatre's Summer Movie Classics series.
"Monsters, Inc." will be shown as part of the Florida Theatre's Summer Movie Classics series.

Here's the schedule:

June 26: "Men in Black"

July 3: "X-Men"

July 10: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"

July 17: "La Bamba"

July 24: "The Princess Bride"

July 31: "Lethal Weapon"

Aug. 7: "Matilda"

Aug. 14: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

Aug. 21: "Dirty Dancing"

Aug. 28: "Monsters, Inc."

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