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Houston's Rooftop Cinema Club drive-in spreads the love with new February lineup

Expect all the love this month at the drive-in.

Photo courtesy of Rooftop Cinema Club

Houston’s Rooftop Cinema Club is revving up to showcase the city’s largest drive-in movie screen at The Drive-In off Navigation on Thursday, January 21. And to spread the love, Rooftop Cinema has unveiled its February movie listings as part of its new season.

Fans can expect a 64-foot screen at its new permanent location, 2300 Runnels St. As for movies, look for Valentine’s Day — and Galentine’s Day — favorites, inspirational films starring Black actors, and a special tribute to director John Hughes and his classics, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty Pink, according to a press release.

Tickets for the new season are currently on sale online.

Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days
Valentine’s Day guests will be treated to two cinematic classics: Love & Basketball and the quintessential tale of romance, The Notebook. Ladies can band together on February 13 for a Galentine’s Day celebration of friendship and laughter with Bridesmaids and Girls Trip.

Black History Month
The venue will celebrate films led by Black actors and filmmakers, including If Beale Street Could Talk, Poetic Justice, The Five Heartbeats, and more.

John Hughes’ birthday
The iconic ’80s director will be celebrated on his birthday (February 18) at 7:30 pm with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off followed by Pretty in Pink at 10:30 pm.

Ticket information
Tickets will range from $22–36 per vehicle. (Children three and under will not count as vehicle occupants.) Parking spots are first-come-first-serve, and guests will be escorted by ushers once they arrive, per the venue.

Weekend (Friday–Sunday)

The Movie Buddy $26 – reserves one vehicle for up to two guests
The Movie Squad $36 – reserves one vehicle for three or more guests

Weekday (Wednesday and Thursday)

The Movie Buddy $22 – reserves one vehicle for up to two guests
The Movie Squad $27 – reserves one vehicle for three or more guests

Community Screenings

Rooftop’s popular Community Screenings offer discounted prices at $5 per vehicle for up to two occupants and $10 per vehicle for three or more. Ticket proceeds will benefit The Beacon, a non-profit organization that serves the Houston homeless community.

Here is the complete drive-in schedule from February 3-28, per the venue.

February 3: Father of The Bride; 50 First Dates

February 4: Romeo + Juliet; Friday the 13th

February 5: Love & Monsters; Poetic Justice

February 6: Aladdin; Selena

February 7: Casablanca; House Party

February 10: She’s the Man; If Beale Street Could Talk (Community Screening)

February 11: Dirty Dancing; The Best Man

February 12: Lady & The Tramp; Crazy Rich Asians

February 13: Bridesmaids; Girls Trip (Galentine’s Day)

February 14: Love & Basketball; The Notebook (Valentine’s Day)

February 17: Clueless; The Bodyguard

February 18: Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Pretty in Pink (John Hughes’ Birthday)

February 19: Happy Feet; Freaky

February 20: The Incredibles; Candyman

February 21: Breakfast at Tiffany's; Queen & Slim

February 24: Grease; The Five Heartbeats (Community Screening)

February 25: Jurassic Park; Fight Club

February 26: The Goonies; Friday

February 27: Ratatouille; Creed

February 28: Private event for 7 pm screening; The Silence of The Lambs

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Movie Review

Shaun the Sheep welcomes spooky season with PG-scary new movie

Photo courtesy of Aardman / Sky UK LTD / StudioCanal 2026

Shaun the Sheep in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

Since his introduction over 30 years ago, the Aardman Animations character Shaun the Sheep has been almost as popular as the studio’s flagship characters, Wallace and Gromit. There is never a shortage of trouble Shaun can get into as he leads his flock and proves to be a thorn in the side of his farmer and Bitzer, the farmer’s loyal sheepdog.

His antics lead everyone down some slightly spooky roads in the new film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. At first, things are only slightly awry as Shaun and the flock are growing a secret pumpkin patch to have their own jack-o-lanterns. But when the farmer accidentally destroys the pumpkin patch, Shaun tries to regrow it quickly with a Frankenstein-esque experiment.

However, disaster looms when Shaun uses an old bottle of Hair-Gro as the container for the serum he creates. Naturally, the balding farmer uses it on his head, and everyone soon discovers how truly successful it is, with pumpkins growing out of control and the farmer sprouting hair all over his body. Through a series of mishaps, the farmer becomes the titular beast, creating mayhem while Shaun and others try to stop him.

Directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, and written by Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow, the film goes down just as easy as every other Aardman project has. They get the Halloween vibes started from the opening credits, with things like the sheep doing the “Thriller” dance, and continue the fun throughout, referencing everything from Psycho to Friday the 13th in a nice, PG way.

With no script — every character is mute save for reaction noises — the movie relies on sight gags for its humor, and the Aardman team is endlessly inventive in that respect. Sometimes it’s small things like a sheep using toilet paper rolls as binoculars, and sometimes it’s something like forcing the Bigfoot-like farmer to be shaped into a rectangle as he escapes through a window. But there’s a never-ending stream of such moments, so even if one doesn’t tickle your funny bone, chances are the next one will.

The biggest benefit of the characters not talking is that there’s no need for deep character development. The filmmakers do a great job of giving the basic traits of each character, and then use those attributes to color everyone’s actions for the rest of the film. Shaun is the troublemaker, the farmer is a bumbling fool, Bitzer is preternaturally smart, and the town’s vet is empathetic, and the combination of those characters and others makes for a highly entertaining blend.

Like all Aardman creations, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is a fun lark that doesn’t make its audience think too hard. With just enough references to keep viewers engaged but not so many as to be overbearing, the film puts its well-worn characters to good use once again, delivering a Halloween season story that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is now playing in theaters.

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