JULY 23rd 2013

Kinjite: The Forbidden Subjects

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097670/

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JULY 16th 2013

Streetwalkin'

Cookie and her brother run away from their loveless mother in the province and arrive in New York. At the train station Cookie meets the fancy man Duke.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088195/

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JULY 9th 2013

Angel

15 year-old Molly is the best in her class in high school. Nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as prostitute "Angel" on Sunset Blvd.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086896/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

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JULY 2nd 2013

Fear City

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087247/

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JULY 2013

Urban Sleaze

Pimps, pros, panty-sniffers, punks and pukes - the 80s were a glorious time for streetwalking prostitutes. Time capsules of a paranoid era when any hapless teenager was a waiting target for a ruthless pimp, serial killers prowl the neon streets and Morgan Freeman wears a leather kangol hat.

July 2nd:  Fear City
July 9th:   Angel
July 16th: Streetwalkin'
July 23rd: Kinjite: The Forbidden Subjects
July 30th: Street Smart

JUNE 25th 2013

The Pack

The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076516/

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JUNE 18th 2013

Framed

A gambler kills the sheriff of a small village in an accident. But as nobody believes him, he is condemned to a long sentence in prison. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073015/

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JUNE 11th 2013

Golden Needles

Various factions are fighting each other to gain possession of a very special statue. The statue itself is not worth much, the needles inside it are the true prize. These "golden needles" hold extraordinary and unique properties, if inserted in the right positions in a man he will gain super sexual prowess, if placed incorrectly he dies.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071568/

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JUNE 4th 2013

Walking Tall (1973)

Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070895/

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JUNE 2013

Joe Don Baker

After the runaway success of Walking Tall Joe Don Baker escaped, albeit briefly, being typecast as a heavy, a thug, a heel, a redneck enforcer and actually had a period in which he could play the redneck leading man instead. We will explore this short, glorious era.

We've watched Walking Tall a couple times for Movienight's past, but it's really the springboard for JDB fever, so...

June 4th:  Walking Tall
June 11th: Golden Needles
June 18th: Framed
June 25th: The Pack

MAY 28th 2013

Stargate

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/

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MAY 21st 2013

StageFright

A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until the cast members begin to turn up dead.

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092576/

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MAY 14th 2013

McBain

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the oppressive presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102422/

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MAY 7th 2013

The Ultimate Warrior

Atomic holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D.: In a devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073835/

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MAY 2013

Hounds of the Golden Turd

Since May is my birthday month we're gonna relax with some golden turds. Join us on our quest. And don't misunderstand me, just because these are turdly doesn't mean they aren't awesome. Turdliness is next to godliness.

Bring some beer. I'll announce these as we go along.

APR 30th 2013

Slap Shot

 A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076723/

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APR 23rd 2013

Kansas City Bomber

Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068795/

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APR 16th 2013

Junior Bonner

Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family. Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068786/

APR 9th 2013

...All the Marbles

Harry manages The California Dolls, a female wrestling tag team touring America.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081964/

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APR 2nd 2013

North Dallas Forty

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079640/

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APR 2013

Sports!

We did Future Sports... now we have a grab bag of more or less normal sports.

Apr 2nd: North Dallas Forty
Apr 9th: All the Marbles
Apr 16th: Junior Bonner
Apr 23rd: Kansas City Bomber
Apr 30th: Slapshot

Sports!

MAR 26th 2013

Crazy Heart

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1263670/?ref_=sr_1

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MAR 19th 2013

Tender Mercies

A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086423/

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MAR 12th 2013

Songwriter

Doc Jenkins is a singer/songwriter who gets tangled up in a bad publishing deal. He and former singing partner Blackie Buck try to execute a plan to get out of it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088153/

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MAR 5th 2013

Payday

A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069067/

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MAR 2013

Ramblin' Men: Country Music in Film

Rip Torn, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Robert Duvall, Jeff Bridges... and some extra Duvall for good measure! Ranging from the raucous life of binge drinking and life on the road to themes of Christian redemption, the C & W scene has provided much grist for cinema.

Mar 5th: Payday
Mar 12th: Songwriter
Mar 19th: Tender Mercies
Mar 26th: Crazy Heart

FEB 26th 2013

Dredd

In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

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FEB 19th 2013

Killer Joe

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his mother in order to collect the insurance.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726669/

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FEB 12th 2013

Lawless

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits.

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/

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FEB 5th 2013

End of Watch

The daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855199/

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FEB 2013

2012 Roundup

As the Oscars near everyone waits with baited breath to see which masturbatory turd or generic pap will be deemed the greatest cinematic achievement of the year - meanwhile, we movienighters can celebrate the under-represented genre fare of 2012. These movies aren't without flaws, some are seriously maligned by them, but these are still my picks for genre films of the year (barring the few exceptions that actually did get Oscar attention)...

Feb 5th: End of Watch
Feb 12th: Lawless
Feb 19th: Killer Joe
Feb 26th: Dredd

JAN 29th 2013

The Great Silence

A mute gunslinger faces off against a gang of bounty hunters in the great blizzard of 1899, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063032/

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JAN 22nd 2013

Navajo Joe

The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061587/

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JAN 15th 2013

Compañeros

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to Mexican revolutionaries, but the money is locked in a bank safe. Ultimately he must join forces with the reluctant guerrilla Vasco to retrieve the loot.

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066612/

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JAN 8th 2013

Django

A coffin-dragging gunslinger enters a town caught between two feuding factions, the KKK and a gang of Mexican Bandits.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060315/

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JAN 2013

Corbucci's West

In an effort to get Movienight back on track after the devastation the "Wheel of Dogshit" rent upon us in December, I'm taking it back to it's roots. To celebrate Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' (which is a lot of fun and gets a high recommendation) we'll be playing some of Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Westerns this month. We've actually screened most of these before but that was a long time ago and they're pretty much the reason Movienight exists - so what better way to get the new year rolling?

January 8th: Django
January 15th: Compañeros
January 22nd: Navajo Joe
January 29th: The Great Silence