99.3 The Fox Seeds Finals - THIS WEEK IN HISTORY and Scatterheart
Friday night at The Roxy!
Hosted by: 99.3 The Fox
Where: The Roxy
When: Friday, June 22 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Karaoke House Party
KJ Duke's Housewarming Gig - Xian's Birthday
Hosted by: Karaoke Veterans
Where: The Slack Shack
When: Saturday, June 23 from 7:00 pm to 3:00 am
Chinese Food @ the Peking
Same old drill
Hosted by: Vancouver Clubhouse
Type: Party - Birthday Party
Where: Peking
When: Sunday, June 24 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Turkish Star Wars (and More)
Hosted by: Evil Film School
Type: Education - Class
Where: blim
When: Friday, June 29 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Kayaking!
Please suggest the where!
Hosted by: Outdoor Enthusiasts - Lower Mainland Chapter
Type: Sports - Pick-Up
Where: TBD
When: Saturday, June 30 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Mountain Biking
Please suggest the where!
Hosted by: Outdoor Enthusiasts - Lower Mainland Chapter
Type: Sports - Pick-Up
Where: TBD
When: Saturday, July 14 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Commercial Drive "DriveFest"
The people of East Van Welcome YOU
Hosted by: East Van
Type: Party - Holiday Party
Where: Grandview Park
When: Sunday, July 22 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Lynn Canyon
Hosted by: Outdoor Enthusiasts - Lower Mainland Chapter
Type: Sports - Pick-Up
Where: Lynn Canyon
When: Saturday, August 18 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Fine. I'll Cross-Post.
Hey, unhip kids, want to see a movie? Sure you do. Do you want to see Coupland's script on film? Sure you do.
Everything's Going Green
2:30pm Matinee, Sunday. Tinseltown. Be early. Buy tickets. Watch movie. Don't bring anything electronic because the fuzz think you, the paying movie attendee, is the reason that the movie industry is making tens of billions, as opposed to hundreds of billions, of dollars. Which is their prime concern, you know? I am bitter. But I'll get over it. By going to a movie.
And being treated like a criminal.
If you want more info, join facebook like the rest of civilization.
Everything's Going Green
2:30pm Matinee, Sunday. Tinseltown. Be early. Buy tickets. Watch movie. Don't bring anything electronic because the fuzz think you, the paying movie attendee, is the reason that the movie industry is making tens of billions, as opposed to hundreds of billions, of dollars. Which is their prime concern, you know? I am bitter. But I'll get over it. By going to a movie.
And being treated like a criminal.
If you want more info, join facebook like the rest of civilization.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Karaoke Fundraiser
Lee's very cool friend Tammy is having a Karaoke fundraiser this Saturday for a documentary film she is working. Details are below the poster.
Where: 'The Met' 320 Abbot St. (Gastown)
When: Saturday, March 21st, 2007
9pm 'til your voice is gone!
Cheap drinks, no cover, a good cause! Look for the person with the big jar!
The documentary is about the non-profit organization 'agentsofchange.ca.' They are bicycling from Vancouver to Mexico to raise a $1,000,000 for microcredit initiatives. Microcredit is the concept that won Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Come see us make fools of ourselves! For more information about the documentary contact me directly, all the information for the event is on the flyer attached, feel free to share it!
Cheers,
Tammy Bannister
Producer/Director
Change Agent
Where: 'The Met' 320 Abbot St. (Gastown)
When: Saturday, March 21st, 2007
9pm 'til your voice is gone!
Cheap drinks, no cover, a good cause! Look for the person with the big jar!
The documentary is about the non-profit organization 'agentsofchange.ca.' They are bicycling from Vancouver to Mexico to raise a $1,000,000 for microcredit initiatives. Microcredit is the concept that won Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Come see us make fools of ourselves! For more information about the documentary contact me directly, all the information for the event is on the flyer attached, feel free to share it!
Cheers,
Tammy Bannister
Producer/Director
Change Agent
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Klimt
7:00pm Thursday Apr. 5, Vancity Theatre.
Far from a classical historical biopic, Raoul Ruiz’s warped take on the life of famed art nouveaux symbolist Gustav Klimt—here played by one John Malkovich—treats fin-de-siècle Vienna as a vibrant, lively painting waiting to be immortalized. Ruiz sees Klimt’s life as something deeply personal that can only be understood through the painter’s own eyes, and forges a feverishly stylish portrait of erotic deception and delusion, coming and going from Klimt’s death bed, through his studio, and into smoky Viennese cafes and high society. “The time portrayed in the film was one of the highlights of Viennese culture, which had burst onto the scene very quickly and in which the first seeds of decay were evident almost straight away, since such brilliance rarely lasts. We have Klimt, his private life, the world around him in all its splendour, but in the background we feel something malignant that quietly gains prominence, something contagious.”—Raoul Ruiz
Monday, March 26, 2007
Blaxploitation Rarities II - This Friday (March 30)
Hey Kids!
Just a reminder that Blaxpolitation Rarities II is happening this Friday, March 30th.
Doors open at 7pm, get there on time to get a good seat.
7:30pm - Black Shampoo [1976]: John Daniels (Candy Tangerine Man) plays Mr. Jonathan, a hairdresser as loved by the ladies as he is feared by the mob. When his new receptionist starts getting hassled by some mobsters, he takes matters into his own hands. With a chainsaw! Funny, fast & outrageous.
9:15pm - Savage! [1973]: Who cares what it's about, there's a big black dude named "Savage" with an all girl gang. And machine guns! Machine guns!
Admission: $5 - $10 (sliding scale)
And if you can't make it this month, here's what's in store for April & May:
April: Psych-Out!
BJ Lang Presents (The Manipulator): Mickey Rooney freaks out and kidnaps a woman so he can subject her to his "acting".
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness: Writer-Director Anthony Newly also stars as Hieronymus Merkin, a Hollywood director having a massive midlife crisis who decides to make a film about his life and all the mistakes he's made. Self absorbed? You be the judge.
May: Shatner: The Early Years
Incubus [1965]: Satanic cult? Check. Shatner? Check. In Esperanto?! Check.
The Intruder [1962]: A young and sexy Shatner plays a charismatic racist in this Roger Corman pic.
Hope to see you there!
~meeko
Friday, March 02, 2007
B&B Presents: Ecological Apocalypse II: Nature’s Revenge
I had so much fun the last time around, I have decided to do a second round of Man Vs. Ecology Pictures.
Again, it is going to be a documentary saddled up next to a Cheesy B-movie.
7:00 pm
Manufactured Landscapes (2006) Canada
I usually do not do this, but I will use the text out of the studio’s promotion to give you an Idea. It is just that eloquent.
“Manufactured Landscapes is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of ‘manufactured landscapes’ – quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as stunning or beautiful, and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them.
The film follows Burtynsky to China as he travels the country photographing the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. Sites such as the Three Gorges Dam, which is bigger by 50% than any other dam in the world and displaced over a million people, factory floors over a kilometre long, and the breathtaking scale of Shanghai’s urban renewal are subjects for his lens and our motion picture camera.
Shot in Super-16mm film, Manufactured Landscapes extends the narrative streams of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing us to meditate on our profound impact on the planet and witness both the epicentres of industrial endeavour and the dumping grounds of its waste. What makes the photographs so powerful is his refusal in them to be didactic. We are all implicated here, they tell us: there are no easy answers. The film continues this approach of presenting complexity, without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. In the process, it tries to shift our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it.”
To give you a further idea of the quality of this Doc., when I was in T.O. during the Toronto International Film Festival in September I was in an elevator with a bunch of film makers who were raving about how visually astounding this film was. When I checked it had been sold out almost right away.
9:00 pm
Gojira tai Hedorah AKA Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971) Japan
For a bit of fun at the end of the evening I want to show this classic and campy Kaiju monster battle. It had not been released yet during the last Ecological Apocalypse night.
The Gojira series, especially the original, is one of the best for popularizing concern over threats to the Earths Balance. Lost in the 1950s American Version is that Godzilla started out as an anti nuclear testing statement, especially due to the activity in the pacific during the Cold War. This 1971 version directed by Yoshimitsu Banno was more intended for children and the ecological statement is fairly weak. Keep in mind that weak usually lends to more laughter. In this version: Gojira, defender of the Earth, has become a national phenomenon, akin to the Loch Ness Monster, especially for children. The monster has been ingrained into the Japanese consciousness. However, the Japanese citizens and industrialists still do not realize that destroying the balance of the Earth will summon the millennia-old protector. The story follows a young boy who finds a creature, which thrives on toxic waste, naming it Hedorah, a pun on the Japanese word for sludge, hedoro. This monster sucks on smokestacks, oozes at the screaming populace, and belches poisonous fumes. In his dreams, the boy wishes for Gojira to defeat Hedorah and for people be persuaded to stop polluting the earth. Gojira, as the great protector of the planet’s balance, fights the monster in a rage against humanity’s destruction of his ecology.
If Manufactured Landscapes is unavailable, I will alternate with:
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) USA a blockbuster disaster flick about climate change.
Again, it is going to be a documentary saddled up next to a Cheesy B-movie.
7:00 pm
Manufactured Landscapes (2006) Canada
I usually do not do this, but I will use the text out of the studio’s promotion to give you an Idea. It is just that eloquent.
“Manufactured Landscapes is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of ‘manufactured landscapes’ – quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as stunning or beautiful, and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them.
The film follows Burtynsky to China as he travels the country photographing the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. Sites such as the Three Gorges Dam, which is bigger by 50% than any other dam in the world and displaced over a million people, factory floors over a kilometre long, and the breathtaking scale of Shanghai’s urban renewal are subjects for his lens and our motion picture camera.
Shot in Super-16mm film, Manufactured Landscapes extends the narrative streams of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing us to meditate on our profound impact on the planet and witness both the epicentres of industrial endeavour and the dumping grounds of its waste. What makes the photographs so powerful is his refusal in them to be didactic. We are all implicated here, they tell us: there are no easy answers. The film continues this approach of presenting complexity, without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. In the process, it tries to shift our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it.”
To give you a further idea of the quality of this Doc., when I was in T.O. during the Toronto International Film Festival in September I was in an elevator with a bunch of film makers who were raving about how visually astounding this film was. When I checked it had been sold out almost right away.
9:00 pm
Gojira tai Hedorah AKA Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971) Japan
For a bit of fun at the end of the evening I want to show this classic and campy Kaiju monster battle. It had not been released yet during the last Ecological Apocalypse night.
The Gojira series, especially the original, is one of the best for popularizing concern over threats to the Earths Balance. Lost in the 1950s American Version is that Godzilla started out as an anti nuclear testing statement, especially due to the activity in the pacific during the Cold War. This 1971 version directed by Yoshimitsu Banno was more intended for children and the ecological statement is fairly weak. Keep in mind that weak usually lends to more laughter. In this version: Gojira, defender of the Earth, has become a national phenomenon, akin to the Loch Ness Monster, especially for children. The monster has been ingrained into the Japanese consciousness. However, the Japanese citizens and industrialists still do not realize that destroying the balance of the Earth will summon the millennia-old protector. The story follows a young boy who finds a creature, which thrives on toxic waste, naming it Hedorah, a pun on the Japanese word for sludge, hedoro. This monster sucks on smokestacks, oozes at the screaming populace, and belches poisonous fumes. In his dreams, the boy wishes for Gojira to defeat Hedorah and for people be persuaded to stop polluting the earth. Gojira, as the great protector of the planet’s balance, fights the monster in a rage against humanity’s destruction of his ecology.
If Manufactured Landscapes is unavailable, I will alternate with:
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) USA a blockbuster disaster flick about climate change.
Friday, February 09, 2007
B&B Presents: Samouraï Noir
February 11, 2007
This Sunday night we present two films about non-Japanese hitmen obsessed with the Samurai Code of Bushido.
7:30 pm
Le Samouraï (1967) France
Jef Costello is a perfectionist hitman who never gets caught. After a hit gone wrong with surviving witnesses and an ever elusive alibi, Jef is backed into a corner. His code of solitary honour predisposes him to complete his task, yet under an air of the inevitability of death. Jean-Pierre Melville’s use and deconstruction of the American Noir Genre in this picture has heavily influenced other film makers. John Woo noted that everything about Le Samouraï is perfect, and was a central inspiration for The Killer (1989).
9:30 pm
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) USA
Acclaimed writer and director Jim Jarmusch was also heavily influenced by Le Samouraï in the development of Ghost Dog. The story follows an African American hitman, played by Forest Whitaker, who is self-retained within the local New York mob and strictly follows the Bushido code of Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai. When he becomes expendable can Ghost Dog maintain his code of honour and still confront his mob superiors? Jarmusch’s films often capture and are based around moments, yet his slow direction style in this picture is balanced by a beat heavy soundtrack compiled and composed by Wu Tang Clan’s the RZA. This is one of my favourite films, even though I haven’t seen it since it came out. I’m exited to see it through new eyes along with its French inspiration.
This Sunday night we present two films about non-Japanese hitmen obsessed with the Samurai Code of Bushido.
7:30 pm
Le Samouraï (1967) France
Jef Costello is a perfectionist hitman who never gets caught. After a hit gone wrong with surviving witnesses and an ever elusive alibi, Jef is backed into a corner. His code of solitary honour predisposes him to complete his task, yet under an air of the inevitability of death. Jean-Pierre Melville’s use and deconstruction of the American Noir Genre in this picture has heavily influenced other film makers. John Woo noted that everything about Le Samouraï is perfect, and was a central inspiration for The Killer (1989).
9:30 pm
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) USA
Acclaimed writer and director Jim Jarmusch was also heavily influenced by Le Samouraï in the development of Ghost Dog. The story follows an African American hitman, played by Forest Whitaker, who is self-retained within the local New York mob and strictly follows the Bushido code of Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai. When he becomes expendable can Ghost Dog maintain his code of honour and still confront his mob superiors? Jarmusch’s films often capture and are based around moments, yet his slow direction style in this picture is balanced by a beat heavy soundtrack compiled and composed by Wu Tang Clan’s the RZA. This is one of my favourite films, even though I haven’t seen it since it came out. I’m exited to see it through new eyes along with its French inspiration.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
The B&B Presents: Christian Scare Films
Just in case anyone questioned my fears of religion... This Sunday, I will be presenting two recent flicks about when Evangelism thinks too much of itself and goes too far.
7:00 pm
Jesus Camp (2006) USA
"Onward Christian Soldiers!" A documentary on the not so innocent side of Evangelist Summer camps. The Trailer proved terrifying.
9:00 pm
1950s Christian Scare Films
As a treat, and only if there is time, I will show some Christian Documentary Shorts from the 50s. I hope these documentaries prove to be edifying, if not hilarious.
9:30 pm
Saved (2004) USA
"They without sin cast the first stone." When a girl in an Evangelical Christian highschool winds up pregnant she finds herself becoming ostrasized and demonized, by her classmates and former friends. Maculay Culkin shows up as a Blastphemous Parapalegic. I am told this one's very funny.
Let me know if you're gonna make it out.
7:00 pm
Jesus Camp (2006) USA
"Onward Christian Soldiers!" A documentary on the not so innocent side of Evangelist Summer camps. The Trailer proved terrifying.
9:00 pm
1950s Christian Scare Films
As a treat, and only if there is time, I will show some Christian Documentary Shorts from the 50s. I hope these documentaries prove to be edifying, if not hilarious.
9:30 pm
Saved (2004) USA
"They without sin cast the first stone." When a girl in an Evangelical Christian highschool winds up pregnant she finds herself becoming ostrasized and demonized, by her classmates and former friends. Maculay Culkin shows up as a Blastphemous Parapalegic. I am told this one's very funny.
Let me know if you're gonna make it out.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth
7:20pm, Thursday February 1
Fifth Aveune Cinemas
It's a movie. Let me know and I'll make sure there are enough seats.
And, people, tag your posts.
Fifth Aveune Cinemas
It's a movie. Let me know and I'll make sure there are enough seats.
And, people, tag your posts.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
The B&B Presents: Ladies Night
Tonight is the second night of previously screened (at this movie night) films by B-town. Tonight is all about the ladies getting their sweet sweet revengeance. Two beautifully filmed, yet violent pictures from Asia.
7:00 pm
Lady Vengeance (2005) South Korea
Chan Wook Park’s final episode in his lauded Vengeance Trilogy. Started in 2002 with Sympathy for Mister Vengeance and followed up by Old Boy these independently watchable films are known for their cinematic beauty intertwined with violence. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is said to play like a heady opera of wrongful imprisonment and elaborate brutal revenge.
9:00 pm
Lady Snowblood (1973) Japan
This film from the Toho studios a favorite in this house for the Japanese Exploitation genre stars one of our favorite actresses of the 70s Meiko Kaji. Kaji - with her distinctively capturing looks of death - plays Lady Snoowblood who, through the brutal slaying of her parents, lives for only one reason, bloody revenge!
Next Week: Religion is Scary!
Jesus Camp and Saved
7:00 pm
Lady Vengeance (2005) South Korea
Chan Wook Park’s final episode in his lauded Vengeance Trilogy. Started in 2002 with Sympathy for Mister Vengeance and followed up by Old Boy these independently watchable films are known for their cinematic beauty intertwined with violence. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is said to play like a heady opera of wrongful imprisonment and elaborate brutal revenge.
9:00 pm
Lady Snowblood (1973) Japan
This film from the Toho studios a favorite in this house for the Japanese Exploitation genre stars one of our favorite actresses of the 70s Meiko Kaji. Kaji - with her distinctively capturing looks of death - plays Lady Snoowblood who, through the brutal slaying of her parents, lives for only one reason, bloody revenge!
Next Week: Religion is Scary!
Jesus Camp and Saved
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
EFS February Heads Up
Hey kids,
Before I depart for Sin City and a four day booze bender, I though I would give you a heads up on next month's EFS:
Evil Film School Presents: New York Sleazy
When: Friday, February 23rd
Two lost gems from the golden age of exploitation.
7:30pm - Telephone Book [1971]: Wacky comedy about one girl's quest to date the world's greatest obscene caller. Ahead of it's time.
9:15pm - Who Killed Teddy Bear [1965]: Post "Rebel" Sal Mineo is a creepy stalker with serious sexual hang-ups. First rate trash that's still creepy.
Doors: 7pm, Admission $5 - $10 Sliding scale
For more info: evilfilmschool@gmail.com or www.evilfilmschool.com
p.s. It's also my birthday that night, so get there early if you want birthday cake!
Before I depart for Sin City and a four day booze bender, I though I would give you a heads up on next month's EFS:
Evil Film School Presents: New York Sleazy
When: Friday, February 23rd
Two lost gems from the golden age of exploitation.
7:30pm - Telephone Book [1971]: Wacky comedy about one girl's quest to date the world's greatest obscene caller. Ahead of it's time.
9:15pm - Who Killed Teddy Bear [1965]: Post "Rebel" Sal Mineo is a creepy stalker with serious sexual hang-ups. First rate trash that's still creepy.
Doors: 7pm, Admission $5 - $10 Sliding scale
For more info: evilfilmschool@gmail.com or www.evilfilmschool.com
p.s. It's also my birthday that night, so get there early if you want birthday cake!
Saturday, November 25, 2006
The B&B Presents: Gang Colours
This Sunday is going to be a bit different from previous Sundays, and before that Mondays, in that we are going to program both films that BJ has seen before, but it?s OK because I have not. This double bill is all about the Gang War?so? Come out and Playyy?.
7:00 pm
Switchblade Sisters (1975) USA
?Mothers... lock up your sons. The Switchblade Sisters are coming!?
From the director of Coffy and Foxy Brown, so you know it?s gotta be a girl gang movie of the highest caliber and with a bit of stylistic charm to boot. It focuses on the ?Dagger Debs? a snarling ladies auxiliary of the ?Silver Daggers?. Both are embroiled with infighting and defending their turf from rival gangs and the new threat of a community action team.
9:00 pm
The Warriors (1979) USA
?There are Armies of The Night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.?
The gangs of New York all seem to be wearing themed costumes in this late 70s battle royale from the point of view of a small time gang that has been set up in the killing of one of the major gang bosses in the city. They have to face off with Yankees themed rogues holding baseball bats, Roller Derby punks, and of course the gang of Marcel Marceau Mimes.
Extra points for those who come in costume for any themed gang - real, fictional, ridiculous, or a mixture of all three.
7:00 pm
Switchblade Sisters (1975) USA
?Mothers... lock up your sons. The Switchblade Sisters are coming!?
From the director of Coffy and Foxy Brown, so you know it?s gotta be a girl gang movie of the highest caliber and with a bit of stylistic charm to boot. It focuses on the ?Dagger Debs? a snarling ladies auxiliary of the ?Silver Daggers?. Both are embroiled with infighting and defending their turf from rival gangs and the new threat of a community action team.
9:00 pm
The Warriors (1979) USA
?There are Armies of The Night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.?
The gangs of New York all seem to be wearing themed costumes in this late 70s battle royale from the point of view of a small time gang that has been set up in the killing of one of the major gang bosses in the city. They have to face off with Yankees themed rogues holding baseball bats, Roller Derby punks, and of course the gang of Marcel Marceau Mimes.
Extra points for those who come in costume for any themed gang - real, fictional, ridiculous, or a mixture of all three.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Evil Film School: Not This Friday!
Hey Kids,
So, because I am a goof, I did not realize that Blim had actually scheduled Evil Film School for Thursday November 30th, not the 24th as I had been advertising.
DO NOT GO TO BLIM THIS FRIDAY!!
Turkish Wizard of Oz will be happening on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30th.
A big huge apology to anyone this might inconvenience.
Thank you,
~meeko
So, because I am a goof, I did not realize that Blim had actually scheduled Evil Film School for Thursday November 30th, not the 24th as I had been advertising.
DO NOT GO TO BLIM THIS FRIDAY!!
Turkish Wizard of Oz will be happening on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30th.
A big huge apology to anyone this might inconvenience.
Thank you,
~meeko
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The B&B Presents: Ecological Apocalypse
After a somewhat tenuous run these days Brendan ? and a reluctant BJ - have decided to try to give Sunday night movies another chance. We hope too have a good turnout, because tonight we are showing the thrills and chills of climate change. In a double bill that starts off serious and later turns a bit wackier.
7:00 pm
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) USA
The immensely powerful and honest and from all accounts accurate portrayal of climate shift made yet to date. The fact that it focuses on - Inventor of the Environment and First Emperor of the Moon - Al Gore should not be something that scares you off?
This portrayal is way more charismatic than any of the spin on him as former vice president and former next president of the United States from years past. Do not also be run off due to the fact that it is a movie about a power point presentation? Think of it more as a well-edited concert movie with more engaging action going on than environmental groupies and guitar solos.
9:00 pm
Slipstream (1989) UK
Mark Hamil?s first foray back onto the silver screen since the Star Wars franchise is as a badie villain cop in the future, trying to recapture his prisoner from a bounty hunter who intends to get the bounty for himself. This all likely mediocre story unfolds on a planet Earth devastated by human generated pollution, floods and ravaging winds known as ?the Slipstream?, and where humans are left only as small pockets living in canyons and where kites that pick up on these high powered storms are the most reliable form of transportation.
It was a hard decision of what to add as the second half of the double bill, two other top contenders were, and, if Slipstream is terrible without any B-movie hilarity, still are:
Gojira tai Hedorâ AKA "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" (1971) Japan
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) USA
7:00 pm
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) USA
The immensely powerful and honest and from all accounts accurate portrayal of climate shift made yet to date. The fact that it focuses on - Inventor of the Environment and First Emperor of the Moon - Al Gore should not be something that scares you off?
This portrayal is way more charismatic than any of the spin on him as former vice president and former next president of the United States from years past. Do not also be run off due to the fact that it is a movie about a power point presentation? Think of it more as a well-edited concert movie with more engaging action going on than environmental groupies and guitar solos.
9:00 pm
Slipstream (1989) UK
Mark Hamil?s first foray back onto the silver screen since the Star Wars franchise is as a badie villain cop in the future, trying to recapture his prisoner from a bounty hunter who intends to get the bounty for himself. This all likely mediocre story unfolds on a planet Earth devastated by human generated pollution, floods and ravaging winds known as ?the Slipstream?, and where humans are left only as small pockets living in canyons and where kites that pick up on these high powered storms are the most reliable form of transportation.
It was a hard decision of what to add as the second half of the double bill, two other top contenders were, and, if Slipstream is terrible without any B-movie hilarity, still are:
Gojira tai Hedorâ AKA "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" (1971) Japan
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) USA
Friday, November 03, 2006
JAGSHEMASH!
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
meet at SUNDAY 9:20 PARAMOUNT. Of course some of you will be seeing it beforehand, but maybe movie so hilarious you see twice. Yes.
meet at SUNDAY 9:20 PARAMOUNT. Of course some of you will be seeing it beforehand, but maybe movie so hilarious you see twice. Yes.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
B&B Presents: British horror by same guy. The Gods marvel at my ingenuity.
Sun. Oct. 22
The British cut.
The British cut.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
EFS After Party / Halloween Party!!
When: FRIDAY, Oct 27th
Where: Kat's place (18th & Columbia, address will be in the forum)
What: Halloween Party!
Aparently Kat's new place used to be quite notorious for their Halloween parties, so they've decided to resurect the tradition!
Times to follow, but it's a party so no one's gonna show up until after 9pm anyways. For those attending the Monster Mash, we'll all trundle our butts down after the movie.
Woo!
Where: Kat's place (18th & Columbia, address will be in the forum)
What: Halloween Party!
Aparently Kat's new place used to be quite notorious for their Halloween parties, so they've decided to resurect the tradition!
Times to follow, but it's a party so no one's gonna show up until after 9pm anyways. For those attending the Monster Mash, we'll all trundle our butts down after the movie.
Woo!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Monster Mash - Oct 27th!
Hey Kids!
Have Halloween weekend plans yet? Well, now you do!
What - Evil Film School's First Annual Monster Mash
When - Friday Oct 27th
Doors - 7pm
Admission - $5 - $10 sliding scale
It's a Halloween Party with a horror shorts program, costume contest (with AWESOME) prizes and of course, the main attraction: The Monster Squad [1987]. Directed by Fred Dekker (House, Night of the Creeps) and written by Shane Black (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang; Leathal Weapon), this is sure to be a major nostalgia fest for many of our regulars.
Remember, costumes are manditory, and if you don't have your own, one may be provided for you.
Shorts start at 7:30pm, costume contest stars at 8:30pm and The Monster Squad will be on around 9pm. Bring your friends!!
Prizes provided by Fright Rags and Happy Bats Cinema! Thanks guys!
Have Halloween weekend plans yet? Well, now you do!
What - Evil Film School's First Annual Monster Mash
When - Friday Oct 27th
Doors - 7pm
Admission - $5 - $10 sliding scale
It's a Halloween Party with a horror shorts program, costume contest (with AWESOME) prizes and of course, the main attraction: The Monster Squad [1987]. Directed by Fred Dekker (House, Night of the Creeps) and written by Shane Black (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang; Leathal Weapon), this is sure to be a major nostalgia fest for many of our regulars.
Remember, costumes are manditory, and if you don't have your own, one may be provided for you.
Shorts start at 7:30pm, costume contest stars at 8:30pm and The Monster Squad will be on around 9pm. Bring your friends!!
Prizes provided by Fright Rags and Happy Bats Cinema! Thanks guys!
Sunday, October 01, 2006
B&B Presents: Let's keep this Soul Train running.
Wow a post only a few hours before we're supposed to start. Coincidently complementing last Friday's Evil Film School (s'true I've been putting off this night since August) is a couple of essential Blaxploitation films.
Sun. Oct.1
Sadly I won't be there due to a certain Korean Monster movie. Why you guys didn't rush to get tickets is beyond me. Anyways hopefully I'll see ya on the tail end of the night
Sun. Oct.1
Sadly I won't be there due to a certain Korean Monster movie. Why you guys didn't rush to get tickets is beyond me. Anyways hopefully I'll see ya on the tail end of the night
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Evil Film School - This Friday!!
Hey Kids,
Bothering you once again to remind all fans of Blaxploitation to get their butts down to Blim this Friday for Blaxploitation Rarities. Once again, the line-up:
7:30pm: Darktown Strutters - Action musical with "Thumper" from Diamonds are Forever. A MUST SEE!
9:30pm: Candy Tangerine Man - Sleazy. Violent. Pimpin'... Sam Jackon wants you to see this M.F. movie.
And... Mark your calendars in Blood Red Ink for (drumroll)...
Evil Film School Presents - The First Annual Halloween Monster Mash!!
Doors 7pm
Admission $5 - 10 slidding scale
7:30pm - Horror Shorts Massacre
8:30pm - Costume Contest (Prizes!)
9pm - The Monster Squad [1986] - The cult hit from the 80's is back!
Costumes mandatory. Free admission to anyone dressed as a Universal monster (Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, the Creature From the Black Lagoon, Bride of Frankenstein, etc).
For more info go to www.evilfilmschool.com or email evilfilmschool@gmail.com
Bothering you once again to remind all fans of Blaxploitation to get their butts down to Blim this Friday for Blaxploitation Rarities. Once again, the line-up:
7:30pm: Darktown Strutters - Action musical with "Thumper" from Diamonds are Forever. A MUST SEE!
9:30pm: Candy Tangerine Man - Sleazy. Violent. Pimpin'... Sam Jackon wants you to see this M.F. movie.
And... Mark your calendars in Blood Red Ink for (drumroll)...
Evil Film School Presents - The First Annual Halloween Monster Mash!!
Doors 7pm
Admission $5 - 10 slidding scale
7:30pm - Horror Shorts Massacre
8:30pm - Costume Contest (Prizes!)
9pm - The Monster Squad [1986] - The cult hit from the 80's is back!
Costumes mandatory. Free admission to anyone dressed as a Universal monster (Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, the Creature From the Black Lagoon, Bride of Frankenstein, etc).
For more info go to www.evilfilmschool.com or email evilfilmschool@gmail.com
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