This Week in Screenings 11/15-11/21
Friday 11/15
Blue Starlite Central is getting ready for Thanksgiving.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
A Woman Under the Influence | Alamo Drafthouse
I wonder if Quentin Tarantino chose the image they are using to advertise the movie.
Quincy Jones soundtrack.
Sam Peckinpah movie starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.
I cringe thinking about his poor nose.
The Lawnmower Man | Hyperreal Film Club
Steven King movie about lawn mowers.
Part of the Seven Deadly Scenes series presented by Cindy Popp.
This time we got Gluttony.
Saturday 11/16
THE POLAR EXPRESS | Galaxy Theatre
Or you could wait because it’s coming to IMAX next month.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Blue Starlite Central
It’s a yearly tradition.
I can see this as a Thanksgiving movie.
The Godfather Part II | Alamo Drafthouse
Some people like this one more than the first.
Sunday 11/17
The Fifth Element | Cinemark | Regal Flix Brewhouse | Violet Crown
I think it’s funny that this is part of a Classic Movies series.
It’s going to include Leonard Maltin talking about the movie.
The Godfather | Alamo Drafthouse
The first one.
Monday 11/18
2hr 34min Rated R.
2hr 30min Rated R.
When Animals Dream | Sekrit Theater
A Woman of Taste Presents.
Do you like Scandinavian horror movies like Let The Right One In? Or do you like female centered horror like Ginger Snaps?
Go watch this no matter what you answered.
Tuesday 11/19
The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Flix Brewhouse
Wouldn’t it be funny if someone showed the 1925 version and tricked everyone.
Fright Night (1985) | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Terror Tuesday series.
Directed by not that Tom Holland.
The Lawnmower Man | We Luv Video
Free beer and hop water.
If you missed it Friday at Hyperreal.
The Birdcage | Hyperreal Film Club
Better than the source material.
Wednesday 11/20
Bend it Like Beckham | Hyperreal Film Club
British Soccer movie.
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Terror Tuesday series.
I hope you don’t have to have seen the first two to understand what’s going on.
Thursday 11/21
The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover | Hyperreal Film Club
This is a pretty movie with a lot going on.
DEMOLITION MAN ('93) | EastSide Cinema
Presented by One Man’s Trash.
Problematic fave of mine.
ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN | Austin Film Society
Part of the Peter Lorre series.
Can you imagine such an island?
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