Movie Night: Deadly Races

Ah, and another year has already come to a close. This Friday marks the last movie night of Winter term 2012, and that means the theme of the evening is, in keeping with tradition, "decidedly irresponsible motoring."

Heading up the bill, of course, is the classic  Death Race 2000, in which men in psychedelic battle-convertibles and silly helmets race across America in the far-flung dystopian future of twelve years ago. Seventies sci-fi/action cinema at its finest.

And to accompany it, we have the mindbending anime Redline, another film about all the ridiculously dangerous racing that will very definitely happen in the future. That aforelinked trailer looks like it would be right at home on a 90's arcade machine with a flashing INSERT COIN subtitle, and I mean that as the highest sort of praise.

Having seen neither of these myself, I'm rather excited. As usual, the appointed time and place is Buchanan 215 at 5:30pm. See you there.

Movie Night: Universal Classics

It's every-other-Friday again. Tonight we're honoring the 100th anniversary of Universal Studios by choosing two of their classic films: Frankenstein followed by Back to the Future.

Buchanan 215 at 5:30pm.

Movie Night: Mutant Animals

It's movie night again. Tonight's theme: the dangers of radiation, specifically "it invariably turns wildlife into unstoppable killing machines."
 
The lineup includes the 1957 let's-call-it-a-classic Attack of the Crab Monsters, followed by the wonderfully titled Day of the Animals, which is essentially "some hikers vs. all animals of all kinds."

Time and place are 5:30pm in Buchanan B215 respectively.

Movie Night: Robots

It's every-other-week again! Tonight's theme is robots, and, secondarily, things breaking (usually robots.) I for one am quite excited, as I consider myself a staunch robot-enthusiast.

The bill includes the recent sci-fi/sports feature Real Steel, and the 1993 Raygun Gothic mech-romp Robot Wars.

Buchanan B215 at 5:30pm. See you there.

Movie Night: Pirates vs. Ninjas

We're back for 2012! And this Friday, movie nights resume as usual. This weeks theme: Pirates vs. Ninjas, in honor of dated memes everywhere.

Representing pirates is Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl - the first one, from when the franchise retained some measure of adventuresome charm - and representing ninjas is Ninja Assassin, which is exactly what it says on the tin and all the better for it.

See you at 5pm in Buchanan B213.

Movie Night: Christmas Roulette

It's finally over. The midterms, papers, and projects of November have run their grisly course, like the ravages of some terrible academic disease. And to celebrate: a final movie night to end both the week and the term.

This Friday's theme is horrendous Christmas movies, and horrendous movies in general. The first film of the night is Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, and the second is to be decided by an insidious device that Hunter refers to as his "Christmas Roulette." This contraption will select at random one of the many films that are too terrible for us to propose for viewing without deferring responsibility to the impartial hand of random chance. The candidates include such gems as The Room, Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus, Dungeons & Dragons, Samurai Cop, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. God help us all.

Time and place are 5:30pm and Buchanan B213, respectively.

Movie Night: Supernatural Teen Drama

It's another of those bi-weekly Friday nights, and this time the theme is "horror icons hijacked by teen drama." Get yourself to Buchanan B213 at 5:30pm for the infamous Twilight and it's precursor from the mid-nineties, The Craft. A teenage girl empowerment fantasy and a teenage girl disempowerment fantasy! How the times change. Anticipate even more jeering and unsolicited uproarious laughter than usual.