OMSI's Sci-Fi Film Fest Begins This Week

PORTLAND, OR — OMSI's annual sci-fi film festival begins this week, and this year's movie lineup includes a stellar list of recent blockbuster hits and the classics that inspired them. Passes for the whole festival and individual movie tickets are available now.

From Aug. 8 to 26 more than 20 of the highest rated sci-fi films will be shown at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's (OMSI) Empirical Theater, which boasts a four-story screen. Adult tickets are $7 per show or $30 for the entire festival, which has 42 individual screenings scheduled.

Movies this year include new releases such as "Ready Player One," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Solo: A Star Wars Story," as well as classics like "Dune," "They Live," and "Back to the Future" — the specific screening for which will also be part of a special Reel Science event Aug. 8, featuring guest speaker and astrophysicist Ethan Siegel.

Other special events during the festival include the Reel Eats event Aug. 23, which will reportedly pair a "playfully designed" menu with a screening of Ridley Scott's original "Blade Runner," and the screenings of "Forbidden Planet," "A.I.," and "Ex Machina," in the Robot Theater Aug. 18. Attendees to the Robot Theater presentation will also receive free passes to OMSI's current feature exhibit Robot Revolution.

Open from March 17 through Sept. 3, Robot Revolution takes a look at how robots are reshaping our present and how they'll affect our future.

For tickets to OMSI's sci-fi film festival, or any of its other attractions, visit Ticketing.OMSI.edu or call 503-797-4000 (OMSI members receive $3 off any pass option).

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Here's the full sci-fi film festival lineup, dates and times:

Wednesday, Aug. 8

• 6:30 p.m. — "Back to the Future," a Reel Science presentation featuring Portland professor, author, and astrophysicist Ethan Siegel on "The Science of Traveling To The Future.... And Back. "

Thursday, Aug. 9

• 6:30 p.m. — "Soylent Green"
• 8:15 p.m. — "Aliens"

Friday, Aug. 10

• 6 p.m. — "They Live"
• 7:45 p.m. — "12 Monkeys"
• 10 p.m. — "Deadpool 2"

Saturday, Aug. 11

• 5 p.m. — "Galaxy Quest"
• 6:45 p.m. — "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
• 9:15 p.m. — "Aliens"

Sunday, Aug. 12

• 4 p.m. — "Galaxy Quest"
• 6 p.m. — "Back to the Future"
• 8 p.m. — "Avengers: Infinity War"

Monday, Aug. 13

• 5:30 p.m. — "Ready Player One"
• 8 p.m. — "They Live"

Tuesday, Aug. 14

• 5:15 p.m. — "Soylent Green"

Wednesday, Aug. 15

• 6 p.m. — "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
• 8:30 p.m. — "12 Monkeys"

Thursday, Aug. 16

• 6:30 p.m. — "Annihilation"
• 8:30 p.m. — "Ex Machina"

Friday, Aug. 17

• 5 p.m. — "Avengers: Infinity War"
• 8 p.m. — "Dune"
• 10:30 p.m. — "Eraserhead"

Saturday, Aug. 18

• 5 p.m. — "Forbidden Planet"
• 6:45 p.m. — "A.I."
• 9 p.m. — "Ex Machina"

Sunday, Aug. 19

• 5 p.m. — "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
• 7:15 p.m. — "Solo: A Star Wars Story"

Monday, Aug. 20

• 5 p.m. — "Deadpool 2"
• 7 p.m. — "Forbidden Planet"
• 8:45 p.m. — "A.I."

Tuesday, Aug. 21

• No Screenings

Wednesday, Aug. 22

• 6:30 p.m. — "Alphaville"
• 8:15 p.m. — "Dune"

Thursday, Aug. 23

• 7 p.m. — "Blade Runner" (Final Cut), a Reel Eats presentation accompanied by 10-12 curated bites arranged in numbered boxes matching key moments in the film.

Friday, Aug. 24

• 5:30 p.m. — "The Last Starfighter"
• 7:45 p.m. — "The Matrix"
• 10:30 p.m. — "Eraserhead"

Saturday, Aug. 25

• 5 p.m. — "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
• 7 p.m. — "Blade Runner" (Final Cut)
• 9:15 p.m. — "Blade Runner 2049"

Sunday, Aug. 26

• 5 p.m. — "The Last Starfighter"
• 7 p.m. — "The Matrix"

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