By Sarah McMillin, Contributing Writer
SAC Movie Nights are in full swing again for the fall 2017 semester.
The Student Activities Committee (SAC) assigns people within its organization to be in charge of different events.
For this semester, SAC Events Chair, senior Kelly Sweeney, oversees events in Charlie’s Coffeehouse, which includes choosing and acquiring the movies.
At the beginning of the year, Sweeney received a master list of all the available movies and their available dates from Mike Hasenmueller of Swank Motion Pictures in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sweeney used the films’ ratings to help her in choosing films, using sites such as IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. She also took the time of year and genres into consideration.
In general, horror movies tend to do well around Halloween and October. Comedy movies also draw a larger audience than some of the other genres of movies, such as the action movie “American Assassin.”
The movies are shipped to SAC and picked up on a Monday. The films then play in Charlie’s Coffeehouse on Wednesday nights and in Faylor Hall on Friday nights.
This semester, “Wonder Woman” and “Baby Driver” have already played. Upcoming movies include “Spider- Man: Homecoming,” “The Beguiled,” “Girls Trip,” “The Dark Tower” and “Dunkirk.” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Girls Trip,” “The Dark Tower” and “Dunkirk” are still showing in theaters.
Sweeney, among other students, is extremely excited for “Dunkirk” to be on campus. It is popular and, “[people are] so excited to hear that it’s coming here.”