september 1

Or, there’s the “Free Flicks” finale at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade, with Sept. 1’s offering being “Back to the Future.’’ The sun goes down, the movie goes up.  For a new wrinkle on an escapist film, think about Michael J. Fox courageously battling Parkinson’s Disease and tirelessly lobbying for stem cell research in real life as you watch him time travel on screen. We’ve got to think you’ll consider issues such as youth, aging and fate, as your kids just get wrapped up in the whiz-bang stuff. Which makes it fun for the whole family, right?

Esplanade along Storrow Drive, hatchshell.com