JAN 30th 2012

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102293/

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky will be screened on Monday, rather than the ordinary Tuesday due to scheduling conflicts. It is the greatest film of all time and I expect to see yer ass there!

JAN 24th 2012

Papillon

A man befriends a fellow criminal as they begin serving their sentence on prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/

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...and check out this great production still of McQueen. Total Badass.

JAN 17th 2012

Le Trou

Four cellmates are about to launch an elaborate escape from jail when a prisoner from a different cell is transferred in, putting their plan at risk.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054407/

JAN 10th 2012

Escape From Alcatraz

A group of inmates attempt a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison island, from which no-one had managed to escape before.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/

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JAN 3rd 2012

Brute Force

At a tough penitentiary prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039224/

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JAN 2012

Jail-Break!

Happy New Year. Movienight resumes after it's Winter hiatus with a series of jail-break spectaculars.

January 3rd: Brute Force
January 10th: Escape From Alcatraz
January 17th: Le Trou
January 24th: Papillon
January 31st: Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky

Just to mark your calendars, 'Escape From Alcatraz' has the McGoohan factor going on. This is the third time 'Story of Ricky' has popped up on the Movienight list, but since it's the best movie ever made it pretty much makes sense.

DEC 20th 2011

Raising Cain

The wife of child psychologist Carter Nix becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's seemingly obsessive concern over the upbringing of their daughter. She must face the possibility that he may be recreating the twisted mind-control experiments of his father.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105217/

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DEC 13th 2011

Ricochet

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102789/

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DEC 6th 2011

Cliffhanger

A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106582/

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DEC 2011

Evil Lithgow

This month, due to the holidays, there are only three movienights - and what better way to spend these Winter Tuesdays than with an evil John Lithgow!? I confined myself to the nineties - the prime of his scenery chewing histrionics.

December 6th: Cliffhanger
December 13th: Ricochet
December 20th: Raising Cain

If you need more evil, ruthless, dance-hating Lithgow to keep you going I recommend Blow Out, Obsession (1976), Footloose (1984) and Harry and the Hendersons.

NOV 29th 2011

Ice Station Zebra

Commander James Ferraday must lead a team to North Pole to rescue the crew of Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/

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...with our man McGoohan!

NOV 22nd 2011

The Quiller Memorandum

After two British agents are murdered in East Berlin Quiller is sent to investigate.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060880/

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NOV 15th 2011

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059749/

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NOV 8th 2011

Billion Dollar Brain

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061405/

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NOV 1st 2011

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/

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NOV 2011

The Iron Curtain: Cold War Spy Movies of the Sixties

Interrogate a drugged George Segal in The Quiller Memorandum, prevent Caine-Drain in Billion Dollar Brain and hang with Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown in the frosty climes of the Arctic circle in Ice Station Zebra! And much more!

November 1st: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
November 8th: Billion Dollar Brain
November 15th: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
November 22nd: The Quiller Memorandum
November 29th: Ice Station Zebra

OCT 25th 2011

Martin

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to resist his blood-craving urges.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077914/

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OCT 18th 2011

Daughters of Darkness

A newlywed couple are passing through a vacation resort. Their paths cross with a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067690/

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OCT 11th 2011

Dead of Night (AKA: Deathdream)

A young man killed in Vietnam inexplicably returns home as a blood drinking ghoul.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068457/

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OCT 4th 2011

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Count Dracula travels to a Dutch town to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079641/

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OCT 2011

"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires."

Vampires... I finally caved and went with horror for the Halloween month. Normally I try to avoid it, but this time I'll dive headlong. I'm not gonna play 'The Lost Boys' or 'Near Dark' because they're already imprinted in our brain-pans.

October 4th: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
October 11th: Dead of Night (AKA: Deathdream)
October 18th: Daughters of Darkness
October 25th: Martin

SEPT 27th 2011

Dark of the Sun

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through the Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to rescue $25 million in uncut diamonds.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062863/

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SEPT 20th 2011

Sahara (1943)

Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew cross the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. They and the Germans are greatly in need of water.

SEPT 13th 2011

Sands of the Kalahari

A small plane crashes in the sweltering deserts of South Africa hundreds of miles from civilization.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059675/

SEPT 6th 2011

The Naked Prey

A group of men on safari offend a local tribe. All save one are killed, but he is given the chance to run. Naked and weaponless he is set loose, the hunters hot on his heels, beginning a life-or-death hunt through wild Africa.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060736/

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SEPTEMBER 2011

Inhospitable Africa: Desert, Veld & Jungle

September 6th: Naked Prey
September 13th: Sands of the Kalahari
September 20th: Sahara (1943)
September 27th: Dark of the Sun

AUG 30th 2011

Hard Boiled

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/

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Though I like a couple action movies more than this one, it has without question the greatest action choreography and set-pieces of all time. Never rivaled, oft imitated, balletic, beautiful and over-the-top. John Woo's magnum opus - doves, bikes and pissing babies.

AUG 23rd 2011

City on Fire

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093435/

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...Look at that Chow on the poster?! Who can resist!?

AUG 16th 2011

A Better Tomorrow I & A Better Tomorrow II

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092263/

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A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094357/

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*I'm gonna start at 7:30 so we can watch both of these suckers, so come early and be prepared for a hell of a good time!

AUG 9th 2011

Full Contact

In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105851/



This one is incredible. Awesome cast of scum and villainy... Bikes, beer and booty. Chow with a killer flat-top. Boston Terrier. Monks. Explosions.

AUG 2nd 2011

The Killer

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097202/

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AUGUST 2011

Chow Yun Fat: A Salute to the Classics

This month will be Kinsey's last full-fledged month in LA, and whether he can make it to the movienights or not, I figured we should see him off in style. These films are what got me hooked on movies in the first place. When we watched these flicks religiously in ye olden times our eyes where opened to the absurd, blissful, awe inspiring possibilities of the medium. In honor of the late nights of heroic bloodshed Kinsey and my other buddies have shared in years past, let's roll 'em out and do it again.

Chow Yun Fat: trench coat wearing, baby-rescuing, hot-handed god amongst men.

August 2nd: The Killer
August 9th: Full Contact
August 16th: A Better Tomorrow/A Better Tomorrow II
August 23rd: City on Fire
August 30th: Hard Boiled



There is clearly no limit to the amount of times you can see these movies... and if you have yet to see them, then I envy you for the treat you are in for.

JUL 26th 2011

The Towering Inferno

At the opening party of a colossal but poorly constructed office building a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072308/

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JUL 19th 2011

Airport

The story of a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and the various personal problems of the people involved.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065377/

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The unrivaled Burt Lancaster and, once again, the inimitable George Kennedy!