We'll cut to the chase: Movies are one of this planet's greatest pleasures, and there's nothing quite like seeing a film at a real theater ... for free. Joint Base Lewis-McChord MWR knows it, too. This weekend, it will screen Jack Reacher 4 p.m. Sat.), Gangster Squad (7 p.m. Sat.) and Water For Elephants (4 p.m. Sun.) at the McChord Theater. Watch Tom Cruise race around in a '70s muscle car and beat people up for free. See Sean Penn play a boxer-turned-psychopathic kingpin with a scowl permanently etched into his face for free. See a surpassingly dreary circus movie where nobody fetches any water for the show's sole elephant for free.

FREE MOVIES, McChord Theater, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 253.982.5836