What you can watch at the drive-ins, and 4 reopened movie theaters, in Milwaukee on Fourth of July weekend – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Major League," the 1989 baseball comedy filmed mainly in Milwaukee, is showing at the Milky Way Drive-In in Franklin on the Fourth of July.(Photo: Journal Sentinel files)

The Fourth of July weekend usually isone of the biggest movie-going times of the year.

During the pandemic, maybe not so much.Only a handful of theatersand a couplepop-up drive-insare open, with safety measures in place.

But there aremovies playing in the Milwaukee area this Fourth of July. Here's a guide; check theater websites for showtimes and safety precautions.

Parking Lot Cinema,Marcus'outdoorexperiment, continues at two Milwaukee-area locations. Movies start at 9 p.m.;gates openat 7. See marcustheatres.com for details.

The pop-up drive-in outside Franklin Field nowshares time (and parking spaces) with the Milwaukee Milkmen; the professional baseball team starts its season Friday at the ballpark, at 7900 Crystal Ridge Drive in Franklin.

This weekend, baseball will be on the drive-in screen, too. Tickets are $35 per car per movie, available atmilkywaydrivein.com.The lineup:

Saturday: 6:30 p.m., "Major League"; 9:15 p.m., "Moneyball"

Sunday: 6:30 p.m., "A League of Their Own"; 9:15 p.m., "Bull Durham"

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Marcus has two Milwaukee-area theaters open. Admission is $5; see marcustheatres.com for tickets and showtimes.

Fox-Bay, the neighborhood theaterat 334 E. Silver Spring Drive in Whitefish Bay, was the first movie house to open in the Milwaukee area after lockdown restrictions started easing in late May with mostly second-run movies and recent blockbusters. Starting Friday, Fox-Bay is showing "Batman Begins,""The Matrix,"and Alfred Hitchcock classics "Psycho" and "The Birds," and it'scontinuing its run of "Irresistible," the Jon Stewart political comedy set in Wisconsin. Admission is $5; seefoxbaycinemagrill.comfor details.

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Cedarburg's community movietheater, atW62-N567 Washington Ave., reopened June 26. The Rivoli is showing "Knives Out" at 7 p.m. Friday and Sunday, and the live-action "The Jungle Book" at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $4. (Both continue through Thursday, July 9.) Seerivoliofcedarburg.comfor info.

Contact Chris Foran at chris.foran@jrn.com. Followhimon Twitter at @cforan12.

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