USA · 2011 · 82 min · Dir. Jason Trost
With Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy
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Cult ClassicFriday Night
★ Best Picture
★ Best Location
★ Best Surprise/Reveal — DDR fighting
★ Most Politically Incorrect Moment — all dialog and scenes
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USA · 2005 · 79 min · Dir. John S. Rad
With Melody Wiggins, Keiran Mulroney, Michael Gradilone
Twenty-six years in the making, John S. Rad's magnum opus follows Mina — a woman who, after watching her fiancé die on a California beach, vows revenge on every predatory man she encounters. Meanwhile, a detective investigates from what appears to be an entirely different film. Elliptical, inexplicable, utterly sincere. The perfect opening shot.
Opening NightActionCult Classic
★ Best Song, Theme, or Soundtrack — Synth music
★ Worst Actor — John S. Rad
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USA · 1993 · 98 min · Dir. John Dahl
With Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle
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.
Saturday
Neo-Noir
35mm Print
★ Most Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property — Pushing Lara Flynn Boyle off the train
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USA · 2011 · 104 min · Dir. Patrick Lussier
With Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner
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.
Saturday NightAction
★ Best Scene — Sex gunfight
★ Best Quote — "He killed them while we was fucking! It had never happened to me before. Has that ever happened to you?"
★ Worst FX — 3D gimmicks
★ The Weng Weng Award for Excellence — Nicolas Cage
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USA / UK · 1978 · 107 min · Dir. Richard Attenborough
With Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
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.
Closing NightThriller1978
★ Most Overacting — Anthony Hopkins
★ Most Provocative Use of a Prop — Fats as a murder weapon
★ Worst Movie
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