The Cosmopolitan’s Dive In Movies series—where for just $3 you can watch a doubleheader of classic flicks at the Boulevard Pool—is an anomaly, a fun, cheap, family-friendly way to spend a Monday night on the Strip. The hip casino has extended this event and created the perfect affordable date night with Dinner and a Movie ($40), which includes admission to the pool movies on top of a satisfying three-course dinner at the Henry.

The Henry is essentially Cosmo’s coffee shop, a swanky diner located on the northern end of the casino level. The set menu for Dinner and a Movie offers rather large portions and impressive flavors. For an appetizer, choose between shrimp salad lettuce wraps (which come with an additional charge of $5), grilled naan bread with vegetables or goat cheese and tomato “stuffed” zucchini. Entrée options are prime rib, roasted chicken or salmon, and dessert is two scoops of ice cream or sorbet.

We sampled the naan, great slabs of bread covered in roasted peppers, artichokes, basil pesto and ricotta, and the smaller, lighter, yet equally flavorful zucchini dish, which is not really stuffed. Canoes of zucchini floating in a pond of delicious, lemon-zested marinara are topped with a tomato jam and warm chevre goat cheese. Our main courses were the totally decent chicken paillard, lightly pan-fried with a salad of arugula, bacon, fingerling potatoes and roasted tomatoes, and the better pan-roasted salmon Nicoise. The perfectly moist fish topped a similar salad, though this one was dressed with green goddess, loaded with tarragon, chives and pepper. Two plain scoops of chocolate ice cream is always enough dessert.

Upstairs, we caught the second half of The Breakfast Club from a mezzanine-level cabana. It was a little too warm and windy to sit through Rebel Without a Cause, and though there were snacks and drinks available for purchase, we were too full from dinner to indulge further. I was initially surprised how many kids and young families turned out to splash in the pool and watch movies; there were more than just hotel guests present. But for three bucks a pop, it shouldn’t be surprising.

The dinner and movie deal is available Mondays through mid-September from 5 to 10 p.m. You can find information on Dive In Movies and Dinner and a Movie at the Cosmo website’s Endless Summer page. I’m thinking about returning on September 2 so I can catch that celebratory Bellagio fountains scene at the end of Ocean’s Eleven and then walk to the north side of the Boulevard Pool and watch the actual Bellagio fountains.

Here’s the rest of the summer schedule of Dive In Movies:

July 22: Lord of the Flies and Stand By Me.

August 5: When Harry Met Sally and My Fair Lady.

August 12: The Little Rascals and Tommy Boy.

September 2: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Ocean’s Eleven.

September 9: Karate Kid and Rocky.

September 16: Clueless and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.