New listings for midnight movies. Definitely some I'll have to catch, including the one this Friday. On the other hand, some I'll have to pass on. I never understood the appeal of The Matrix. Be on the lookout for movie reviews of all those flicks I'll be in attendance at (as indicated by the *)
(*)The Breakfast Club · Nov 22 & 23
Dog Soldiers · Nov 29 & 30
(*)Donnie Darko · Dec 6 & 7
(*)Edward Scissorhands · Dec 13 & 14
(*)A Christmas Story · Dec 20 & 21
(*)Dr. Strangelove · Dec 27 & 28
The Matrix · Jan 3 & 4
(*)(*)Office Space · Jan 10 & 11
Yes, that means I'll be seeing Office Space twice.
River Oaks Theater is also playing It's A Wonderful Life (presumably the original, black&white version) on 12/18. Details are cut & pasted below:
Sure, you can watch it on TV, but this most beloved of Jimmy Stewart films must be seen two stories high with hundreds of others to be fully appreciated! Join us for a joyful community gathering and celebration, with special guests and prizes, courtesy of Landmark Theatres, The Houston Chronicle, KRTS 92.1 and Birra Poretti’s Restaurant. Tickets for this film event are not for sale! But you can pick them up beginning at 4:00pm the day of the show—just bring a new, unopened, unwrapped toy to the box office for a free pass for admission to the film. All toys will go directly to the Houston Chapter of Toys for Tots.
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Gee, I'd like to see A Christmas Story and enjoy it this season, but since starting 11/29 every second rate cable outlet will run it 24/7 as they have been for the last few years, it will dampen my enthusiasm somewhat.
BTW, I was an absolute dead ringer for Peter Billingsley when I was 6 yrs old. The horror.....
P.S. Why in hell would you see Edward Scissorhands? What a piece of crap, just like everything else Burton's ever done (with the singular exception of Pee Wee's Big Adventure).
Oh come on ... ITS THE BIG SCREEN MAN!!!! Who wouldn't want to see Its A Wonderful Life on the big screen?!?!? You can change the channels on cable for the month solid that they'll be running it.
Scissorhands is by no means one of my top-rated movies, but I like the premise of it at least. Its a good story, even if it is done in typical Tim Burton overblown fashion. Besides, where else do I need to be on a Friday at midnight?
Really looking forward to Breakfast Club and Office Space the most. Irony is that they're at the polar ends of this series.
ACK! Mixing up my Christmas movies as I'm obviously a tad more pumped for IAWL than I am for ACS. Same argument applies, however.
For the record, I'm the one man on the planet who has never seen It's a Wonderful Life. I guess that helps make your case, in that if I can avoid IAWL on cable all season long, I can avoid Story as well.