BOLT screening cancelled due to licensing issues

I would hardly say playing something like Chronicles to be pushing religion. While I do agree that specific Christian parallels may be found in individual Narnia books and characters you would have to refer to Lewis himself for an accurate take on the issue.

C.S. Lewis was an adult convert to Christianity and had previously authored some works on Christian apologetics and fiction with Christian themes. However, he did not originally intend to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his Narnia stories. As he wrote in Of Other Worlds:

Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument, then collected information about child psychology and decided what age group I’d write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out 'allegories' to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn’t write in that way. It all began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn't anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord.

Lewis is also considered an expert on the subject of allegory as he did write The Allegory of Love. He maintained that the books were not allegory, and preferred to call the Christian aspects of them "suppositional". This indicates Lewis' view of Narnia as a fictional parallel universe.

I like the idea 'Tim.'

I can see how some people may complain that a religious agenda would be pushed through cinema if a church held such a movie night. However, most churches understand a minimal amount about outreach and know that certain events are opportunities to reach out to the community and not alienate them.

Besides what couldn't be gained if the movies shown were of the same family standard as BOLT or Cars or something? I don't see the city allowing "The Passion of Christ" to be shown and I don't think the churches would want that either.

Perhaps a concerned citizen could start a letter of support and solicit signatures and then present it to Movie Star. I think it would be a great idea to see a local business "step up" and provide this once-a-month service to the community.