USA · 2022 · 108 min · Dir. Mike Cheslik
With Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski
A 19th-century applejack salesman must transform himself into the world's greatest fur trapper to survive the wilderness and win a merchant's daughter. Silent-era slapstick meets Looney Tunes chaos — completely unhinged, utterly magnificent.
Closing Night
Slapstick
Instant Cult Classic
★ Best Picture (tie)
★ Best Location — Beaver Fort
★ Best Song, Theme, or Soundtrack
★ Most Provocative Use of a Prop — Beaver Stripper Pole
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USA · 1989 · 93 min · Dir. John Stewart
With Barri Murphy, Gregory Scott Cummins, William Hubbard Knight
A woman on the run from diamond thieves is protected by two FBI agents in an unbroken cascade of car chases, shootouts, and explosions. Independently financed, shot on a shoestring, and more carnage per dollar than anything Hollywood has ever produced.
Opening Night
Stunt Spectacular
Independent Cinema
★ Best Picture (tie)
★ Most Overacting — Drago
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USA · 1990 · 91 min · Dir. Craig R. Baxley
With Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley
A renegade Houston cop teams with a straitlaced FBI agent to stop an alien drug lord harvesting human endorphins with a lethal CD launcher. Dolph Lundgren stares down extraterrestrial evil, utterly unfazed.
Saturday Afternoon
Sci-Fi Action
Dolph Lundgren
★ Best Quote — "The university of suck my dick"
★ Most Chuck Norris-like Performance — Dolph Lundgren
★ Worst Movie (tie)
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USA · 1973 · 111 min · Dir. Don Siegel
With Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr
A small-time crop-duster robber and his crew accidentally clean out a mob money-laundry bank and must now stay ahead of the syndicate's relentless hitman. Don Siegel's crackling neo-noir — Walter Matthau at his coolest, most calculating best.
Saturday Evening
Neo-Noir
Don Siegel
★ Best Surprise/Reveal — Matthau bedding Miss Fort & Molly's accent
★ Most Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property
★ Most Politically Incorrect Moment
★ Worst Movie (tie)
★ Worst FX — Screeching tires
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USA · 1981 · 108 min · Dir. Brian De Palma
With John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
A B-movie sound engineer accidentally records the assassination of a presidential candidate — and then can't get anyone to believe him. Brian De Palma's paranoid masterpiece, dripping with technique and dread from the first frame to the last.
Saturday Night
Conspiracy Thriller
De Palma
★ Best Scene — Opening "movie within a movie"
★ Worst Actor — Nancy Allen
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