Overview
Both Mondays and the winter season have a pretty iffy rep; constantly scorned for following sunnier, happier, seemingly more leisurely times. But wintry Mondays are about to become something to look forward to; with one Sydney establishment taking it upon themselves to sweeten the start-of-week deal with a good ol' fashioned free movie night. Manly Wharf Hotel is transforming their main bar into a mini seaside cinema every Monday night from tonight until September.
Locked in for Monday nights from June 1 to September 29, Manly Wharf Hotel's new weekly Monday Night Movies series combines bean bags, $10 movie meals and plenty of popcorn with one pretty excellent film program running on the hotel's two-metre TV — we're talking cult favourites, sleepover classics and a few 'movies you should have seen by now'. Kicking off with perfect seaside film Jaws on June 1, the lineup includes surf classic Big Wednesday, White Russian-accompaniment The Big Lebowski, immortal tearjerker The Notebook, George Miller's original Mad Max, Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs and plenty more.
It's a pretty cheap and easy way to start your week off on an effortlessly good note, with the Wharf Hotel kitchen cranking out a $10 movie menu just for Monday nights — think pub classics like barbecue chicken or Margherita pizzas, veggie, beef and chicken burgers. Or you could pop into the Burger Liquor Lobster pop-up and nab a cheeky lobster roll. There'll be $10 Tooheys New and Hahn Super Dry jugs and $10 weekly cocktails — also in jugs. Best bit? You can order from your bean bag; the MWH staff will be running a Gold Class-like in-seat service (without the Gold Class price tag).
MANLY WHARF HOTEL MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES PROGRAM:
Monday June 1 Jaws
Monday June 8 Big Wednesday
Monday June 15 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Monday June 22 The Wolf of Wall Street
Monday June 29 The Big Lebowski
Monday July 6 Pulp Fiction
Monday July 13 The Notebook
Monday July 20 Ocean’s Eleven
Monday July 27 Thelma and Louise
Monday 3 August The Blues Brothers
Monday 10 August Reservoir Dogs
Monday 17 August Legend of Ron Burgundy
Monday 31 August Wayne’s World
Monday 7 September Fight Club
Monday 14 September The Hangover
Monday 21 September Mad Max
Monday 28 September Silence of the Lambs