A new mix tape in anticipation of Fathers Day! This time the theme is biker movies in honor of my dad who, back in the 70's, was out in California building custom bikes, looking like he was straight out of easy rider.
One of the stars of Easy Rider happens to be Jack Nicholson, who also happens to be the star of a movie called The Shining, which just so happens to be the Fathers Day Horror for the Holidays movie at the MOA. (See what I did there? Boom.)
Check out the mix, make your own and share it here, and have a happy Father's day!
May 29, 2014
May 11, 2014
Horror for the Holidays movie: Breeders! at the MoA Tonight!
Tonight! Sunday May 11th at 7:30 will be the Mothers Day movie Breeders! It is this months Horror for the Holidays movie and to celebrate once again we will be giving away a limited number of button packs! Arrive early and grab one while they last! As always at these screenings there will be a vintage 35mm trailer pack before the show!
May 9, 2014
Foreign-body birthing movies.
Not
familiar with the “foreign-body birth” genre? Well, I kinda
coined the term to write this, but it refers to any movie where a
woman (or theoretically a man, but it's Mother's day folks!) is
forcibly or corrosively impregnated by an
alien/robot/demon/were-kangaroo, carries the fetus to term, and births whatever creature
results from the coupling.
Now
that you're familiar with the genre, I'll tell you: Never, in the
history of cinema, has there been a compelling reason to show a
foreign-body birth on film. Never has anyone I know ever
exclaimed: “Oh my god! The birthing scene though! So amazing
right?!”
What's
that? A “foreign-body” birth is necessary for your story? Well,
go right a head and put that in there if it helps you tell your
story. But for the love of everything not cringe-worthy; do not
show it on screen.
No
one want's to see them.
They're
uncomfortable, they're 100% not needed to convey ideas, and they're
usually written by men. Men don't have a natural fear of giving birth
like women do, and I get the curiosity to explore things you'll never
be able to tangibly experience. Toying with biology is common place in
storytelling, but seriously, really, truly; we do not need to
see a non-human creatures coming out of a vag.
And,
while we're on this topic, we don't need rape in movies either.
ever.
So,
how about we spend this Mother's Day examining how amazingly
disrespectful it is to force things into or out of vaginas. It's
degrading to not only to the women on screen, but the people involved
at all points of the creative process. There are better ways to
convey pure evil, helplessness, power recovery, inhumanity, et. al.
without relying on these tropes, so let's keep them out of our
pop-culture. Let's do it for our moms, sisters, wives, neighbors,
co-workers, and audience members at large. Let's do it not just
because it's the right thing, let's do it because there are far
cleverer ways to convey these ideas.
Happy
Mothers day! And if you don't celebrate greeting card holidays, happy
birthday to everyone born in May, including my mom!
-Colette
May 7, 2014
Tim Kincaid and the Kansas City Trilogy.
It's
easy to write off artists who's work doesn't live up to the cultural
standard of “good”. But, quite often, you find amazing things
when you investigate those creating off the beaten path. Tim Kincaid
does not disappoint in that arena.
If
you're not sure who Tim Kincaid is, we completely understand. Most of
his film career he wrote-directed porn films under the name Joe Gauge
but, for a brief stint in the late 80s he made seven fantastically
bad straight-to-video genera movies. Breeders, Robot Holocaust, and Mutant Hunt are some of his better know
written-directed works, but he's also responsible for Necropolis and
Enemy Territory (the only movie to star Ray Parker Jr.) as a result of his producing. His movies were
shot with almost no budget, contain spectacularly awkward
performances, have production levels impossible to recreate while
trying, and perfectly incapsulate the singular time in history where
most of the country was simultaneously frightened of and intrigued by
New York City; and so far, we love them all!
Though,
as bad as they are, all of these cult classics retain their
popularity today regularly selling for $80 on VHS, when you can find
them. But despite all this, Tim Kincaid's legacy does not lie outside
his porn stint.
In
the early 70s, when the longstanding gay male stereotype in porn (and
the rest of cinema) was “effeminate” city-living men, Tim Kincaid
made porn films about blue collar workers hooking up in working class
settings. His portrayals of gay men as people from all walks of life,
influenced a generation of people. As a result, the “Kansas City Trilogy" is
Tim Kincaid's true legacy. He makes porn again today, and he
discusses some of the modern “taboos” he's breaking in this great
interview with BUTT magazine . He also
talks about making the Kansas City Trilogy and leaving porn to do
“mainstream” work while he and his wife raised their sons (one of
whom now makes soundtracks for his porn flicks).
All
these discoveries have made us extra excited to watch a Tim Kincaid
classic on the big screen. Come
see it with us this weekend after a lovely Mother's Day dinner!
Breeders, Sunday May 11th (Mother's Day!!) @ Theaters at MOA $5, 7:30
May 6, 2014
Critters 3 & 4 Double Feature
Each
Critters movie is exponentially harder to watch than the last, but at least they keep it interesting by making each entry uniquely
uncomfortable!
Critters
3
This installment in the series starts off with a flashback-mashup-preview of the first two movies before throwing down the goofy gauntlet and never looking back.
I venture to say we've never seen a movie as goofy as this one,
and that's saying something...
The
plot unfolds something like this: A midwestern family is
at the tail end of their RV vacation when they get a flat tire. While
dad repairs the tire Krite eggs make their way onto the camper, and
the kids happen upon Charlie, a stranger who's brimming with ominous warnings who shares some of those warnings with them. Once
the RV tire is fixed the family returns home, unwittingly bringing the
Crite eggs back with them. In short order Critters infest their
apartment building and the epic goof-fest begins! Will Charlie
make it the city to save them? Will the Krites over run the city?
Will the dad get a job at the phone company?!? Will the goofiness
ever end?!?!?
Things
to watch for: Some stronger than
usual female characters (a mainstay for Critters
movies), and awkward teenage dialogue at every single opportunity!
Yep,
that's: Leonardo DiCaprio.
That
lady moments with: Frances Bay (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet) and Diana Bellamy (one or two episodes of every tv show in the 80s). Between these two
ladies lies more than 250 acting credits. If you watched any amount of television between 1977 and 2011, you'll likely recognize them both.
Our
rating: Better with a loud group.
Specs
(our copy):
Format: VHS
Previews: Freddy’s Dead
Tag line: “You are what
they eat.”
Choice line from the
synopsis: “They're orphaned, they're hungry, they're multiplying
and they're CRITTERS....”
VHS release company: New
Line Home Video
Running time: 86 min
VHS release: 1991
Critters
4
The polar opposite in tone, this
installment was made in a goofiness vacuum, making it the least fun
of the series by far. This one picks up exactly where the last film left off.
The
plot unfolds something like this: Charlie has to preserve the
universe's last two Krite eggs in a pod programed to jettison into
space. Charlie manages get himself into the pod with the eggs and together they're cryogenic frozen and jettison into space. Fifty-three years later, a space
salvage crew discovers the pod floating through space. They agree to return the pod to it's owners for a
hefty reward, until the captain decided to crack open the pod!
Charlie and the Krites are released and duke it out one last time, all while floating through space.
Who
steals the show: Brad Dorrif and Angela Basset.
They are both so much better than the material they're working with.
Our
rating: Hard to watch on many levels.
Specs
(our copy):
Format: VHS
Previews: Excessive
Force, Year of the Comet, The Player
Tag line: “In space,
they love to hear you scream!”
Choice line from the
synopsis: “This time they're hungry to conquer the galaxy, with
an appetite for mankind that's out of this world.”
VHS release company: New
Line Home Video
Running time: 94 min
VHS release: 1992
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