Outdoor summer movies have lots in common with other types of warm-weather fun — namely, that all you need is a blanket, a beverage and a couple of hours to fully enjoy them. Related Articles Things To Do | Live-action “Little Mermaid” largely sticks to what worked in the 1989 animated version Things To Do | Summer movie guide: Every highly-anticipated release now through Labor Day Things To Do | A fleshing out of familiar villain helps give “Peter Pan & Wendy” new life | Movie review Things To Do | “Wild Life,” from “Free Solo”‘s Jimmy Chin is a rickety helicopter tour of a fascinating marriage As usual, many of the films on this annual roundup are all-ages appropriate, with new and classic animation and comedy and romance — but also kinetic genre flicks and crowd pleasers. Most are free or cheap, and start around dusk (8:30 p.m.).