A drifter rolls into the tiny Wyoming town of Red Rock looking for work and is immediately mistaken for a hitman by the local bar owner. John Dahl's sleek neo-noir crackles with wrong-place, wrong-time dread, and Cage — haunted, broke, almost doing the right thing — has never been more watchably trapped. The perfect opener for a weekend in the foothills.
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A man escapes from Hell — literally — to stop a cult from sacrificing his granddaughter. Cage drives fast cars, shoots people, and never once removes his sunglasses. One of the great Saturday night movies ever made.
A ventriloquist's dummy begins to take control of its owner in Attenborough's deeply unsettling psychological thriller. Hopkins is terrifyingly good. Our closing night selection — leave the lights on for the drive back through the mountains.