What: “Fun with Dick and Jane”

When: 6:30 and 9 p.m. Friday

Where: Room 101 in the College of Design Building

Director: Dean Parisot

Starring: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin

Length: 90 minutes

Rating: PG-13 for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional humorous drug references

Awards and nominations: None

Why you should see it: In a remake of a 1977 Jane Fonda film, Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni are a wealthy couple cast out of their privileged life when Dick Harper, played by Carrey, loses his job shortly after getting promoted. Meanwhile, Jane, played by Leoni, has quit her job because Dick had received the promotion.

With their money gone, the Harpers find themselves on the verge of losing their possessions and become a comedic Bonnie and Clyde pair to steal back their lives.

What: “Gods and Monsters” (1998)

When: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday

Where: Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union

Director: Bill Condon

Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave

Length: 105 minutes

Rating: R for sexual material and language

Awards and nominations: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Supporting Actress; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress; Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture and Actor; Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor and Supporting Actress

Why you should see it: Hollywood explores one of its own in “Gods and Monsters.” James Whale, played by Ian McKellen, has passed his glory days in Hollywood in 1957.

After suffering from a stroke, he can’t help but relive his experiences as an important director and Marine in World War I. He tells his memories to his gardener, Clayton Boone, played by Brendan Fraser, with whom he becomes friends. As his life slips away, he asks Boone to model for him.