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Caddyshack

2007-11-28T11:57:00.000-08:00

98 Minutes (1980)- Harold Ramis
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Selector: MOFO

Danny Noonan is a young caddy at Bushwood Country Club who has no idea about where his future will lead. His best chance at getting his life on track is to earn a caddy scholarship from Judge Elihu Smails, the owner of the Country Club. Al Czervik is a rude, and overly eccentric millionaire who has interests in purchasing Bushwood. Judge Smails shows a quick disliking towards Al and soon there is a conflict between the Judge and Al, the Judge and Danny, and even between the Judge and Ty Webb the charming golfer who is slowly helping Danny figure out his real goals. On the outside of this is Carl Spackler the Golf Course Grounds keeper, who's goal is eliminate a rampaging gopher who is chewing up holes throughout the golf course.

007: Goldfinger

2007-11-15T09:37:00.000-08:00

112 Minutes (1964)- Guy Hamilton
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Selector: East Bay J

The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger has initiated "Operation Grand Slam," a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin (its accessory package includes built-in machine guns, a smoke screen and an ejector seat), must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries. First there's Oddjob, the mute servant who kills at the toss of a lethal hat; next, the beautiful Jill Masterson, who gives new meaning to the phrase "golden girl"; and finally, sexy pilot Pussy Galore, whose romantic feelings for Bond complicate her involvement in Goldfinger's high-flying scheme.

Shakes The Clown

2007-11-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

87 Minutes (1991)- Bobcat Goldthwait
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Selector: Bubbleman

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control. When someone murders Shakes' boss and makes it look like Shakes did it, he goes undercover, posing as a hated mime, and tries to find information that will clear his name.

The Changeling

2007-10-31T14:06:00.000-07:00

115 Minutes (1980) - Peter Medak
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Selector: MONA

It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a murdered child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.

Session 9

2007-10-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

97 Minutes (2001) - Brad Anderson
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Selector: Big Save Scott*

An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil's old girlfriend, and Gordon's new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins.

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The Shining

2007-10-23T10:21:00.000-07:00

142 Minutes (1980) - Stanley Kubrick
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Selector: HiGrade

Torrance, a beleaguered writer and recovering alcoholic, has just secured a seasonal position as the caretaker for the Overlook Hotel. Seems like a cake job. You get to spend all winter cooped up in a big hotel with all the food, space, and fun you can enjoy. No guests to fool with and just a little up keep of the grounds and building. There will be plenty of time to work on your book and, of course, slaughter your family.

So along with his wife Wendy and their boy Danny, the Torrances head off to enjoy a little family bonding at the old Overlook Hotel. Oh...I forget to mention that Danny is bringing along his imaginary friend Tony, the little boy who lives in the back of his mouth and helps him to see things that aren't suppose to be there. "The Shining" allows Danny to see the past, present, and future digressions of the Overlook. It's haunting existence becomes quite evident as he witnesses the death and destruction that has come to called this place home. An evil that is looking to add three new guest...permanently. REDRUM REDRUM!!!!!

Slowly this evil begins to wear down Jack's defenses as the winter snow falls driving him to the brink of insanity. It is so easy to hit a man when he is down as Jack is re-introduced to an old, dear friend..... booze. When Wendy stumbles upon Jack's next bestseller, "All work and no play...." she know that it is time to get Danny the hell out of there. But it seems that the Hotel won't make that easy. Directed by the ghostly apparition of Grady, the former caretaker who chopped up his family, Jack heads out to correct his little problem. Here's Johnny!!!!! Axe blows and one liners fly as Jack chops his way towards the film's chilling conclusion. Will the Overlook be checking in three new guest or will the maze be the place for ultimate checkout?

The Host (Gwoemul)

2007-10-23T10:15:00.000-07:00

119 Minutes (2006) - Joon-ho Bong
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Selector: MONA

The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival and the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, THE HOST is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama. Gang-du works at a food-stand on the banks of the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his daughter, Hyun-seo, who is angry with him for missing a teacher-parent meeting at school. As Gang-du walks out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a large crowd of people have gathered, taking pictures and talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge. The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam, when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to crush and eat people. Gang-du and his daughter run for their lives, but suddenly the being grabs Hyun-seo and disappears back into the river. The government announces that the monstrous thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Gang-du soon makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Host.

Young Frankenstein

2007-10-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

106 Minutes (1974) - Mel Brooks
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Selector: Jack

Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, this film is a parody of 1930s Universal horror movies. Determined to live down his family's reputation, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein insists on pronouncing his name "Fronckensteen" and denies interest in replicating his grandfather's experiments. But when he is lured by Frau Blucher to discover the tantalizingly titled journal "How I Did It" in his grandfather's castle, he cannot resist. With the help of voluptuous Inga, wall-eyed assistant Igor “Eye-gor”, and a purloined brain, Frankenstein creates his monster. Igor, however, stole the wrong brain, and the monster tears off into the countryside, encountering a little girl and a blind hermit. Frankenstein finds the monster and trains him to do a little "Puttin' On the Ritz" soft-shoe, but the monster escapes again, this time seducing Frankenstein's uptight fiancée Elizabeth with his, ahem, sweet mystery. His love life and experiment in shambles, Frankenstein finally finds a way to create the being he had planned. Shooting in gleaming black-and-white, with sets and props from the original 1930s film and appropriate fright music by John Morris, Brooks' cheeky attitude towards the Hollywood past attracted a large audience, turning it into one of the most popular 1974 releases after (what else?) Blazing Saddles.

The Producers

2007-09-26T09:53:00.000-07:00

88 Minutes (1968) - Mel Brooks
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Selector: Bubbleman

Theatrical producer Max Bialystock was once the toast of Broadway. Now he lives in his seedy office, cadging cash contributions from wealthy old ladies in exchange for sexual favors. Even worse: he's reduced to wearing a cardboard belt. Max's new accountant Leo Bloom, the soul of honesty, suggests that Max produce a hit to try to recoup his losses, but Max knows that it's too late for that. Offhandedly, Leo muses that, if Max found investors for a flop, he could legally keep all the extra money. Suddenly, Max's eyes light up—and in that moment, Leo Bloom is gloriously corruptible. "I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!" cries Leo as Max embraces him. Together, Max and Leo conspire to select the worst play, the worst playwright, the worst director, and the worst actor to collaborate on their guaranteed flop. That play is Springtime for Hitler, "a delightful romp... with Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun." The playwright is Franz Liebkind, an unreconstructed Nazi who, in drunken delirium, insists that Hitler was a better painter than Churchill: "He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon, two coats!" The director is pompous transvestite Roger De Bris, who is preparing to go to a costume party garbed as Marie Antoinette when Max and Leo come calling. And the star, selected after extensive auditions, is hippie-freak Lorenzo S. Dubois—L.S.D. for short. At the end of several weeks, Max has sold 25,000% of the show; and, as a finishing touch, Max bribes the opening-night critics for a favorable review, knowing full well that such a gesture is the kiss of death. The curtains part, and Springtime for Hitler opens with perhaps the most tasteless production number in the history of films. At the end of this extravaganza, the audience sits in dumbfounded silence. Gleefully, Max and Leo repair to a corner bar to celebrate their failure. But then...

Snatch.

2007-09-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

102 Minutes (2000) - Guy Ritchie
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Selector: HiGrade

Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!

Cidade de Deus

2007-09-20T11:13:00.000-07:00

130 Minutes (2002) - Fernando Meirelles
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Selector: MOFO

Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that—in the early 80's—became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Buscapé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Buscapé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Buscapé is not the real protagonist of the film—only the narrator—he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Buscapé's perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence.

The Taking of Pelham 123

2007-09-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

104 Minutes (1974) - Joseph Sargent
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Selector: MONA

Pelham 1-2-3, a subway train, becomes the focal point of the most audacious and unusual terrorist attack ever seen. Four gunmen, going by color codenames, seize the train and hold its passengers and conductor hostage halfway between underground stations, demanding a 1 million dollar ransom, in 1 hour, or else they will begin executing hostages. Lt. Zachary Garber of the New York City Transit Police must contend with City Hall red tape, the unrelenting demands of the hijackers, and the ever-ticking clock in his efforts to save the passengers and bring the hijackers to justice. With the gunmen and their hostages in a tunnel surrounded by police on all sides, how can they possibly escape?

Dog Day Afternoon

2007-08-31T09:15:00.000-07:00

124 Minutes (1975) - Sidney Lumet
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Selector: Jack

The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. 4 hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. 8 hours later, it was the hottest thing on live T.V. 12 hours later, it was all history. And it's all true...

Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.

Straw Dogs

2007-08-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

118 Minutes (1971) - Sam Peckinpah
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Selector: Bubbleman

Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, mathematician David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house...

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

2007-08-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

107 Minutes (1998) - Guy Ritchie
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Selector: HiGrade

Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash...

The Natural

2007-08-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

134 Minutes (1984)- Barry Levinson
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Selector: East Bay J

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.

Welcome to the Dollhouse

2007-08-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

88 Minutes (1995)- Todd Solondz
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Selector: EnkyEnky*

Seventh-grade is no fun. Especially for Dawn Weiner when everyone at school calls you 'Dog-Face' or 'Wiener-Dog.' Not to mention if your older brother is 'King of the Nerds' and your younger sister is a cutesy ballerina who gets you in trouble but is your parents' favorite. And that's just the beginning—her life seems to be falling apart when she faces rejection from the older guy in her brother's band that she has a crush on, her parents want to tear down her 'Special People's Club' clubhouse, and her sister is abducted....

*Associate Selection

Risky Business

2007-07-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

98 Minutes (1983)- Paul Brickman
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Selector: MONA

Left alone in the wealthy northern Chicago suburbs with the family house and Porsche at his disposal, Joel, through his scheming friends, finds himself entertaining to-die-for lady-of-the-night Lana. After meeting Joel's enthusiastic friends, Lana spots a business opportunity, and suggests bringing in some of her equally stunning colleagues. Joel is aghast at such an idea, at least until the Porsche accidentally falls into Lake Michigan, requiring a quick infusion of ready cash.

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The Graduate

2007-07-18T11:45:00.000-07:00

105 Minutes (1967)- Mike Nichols
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Selector: Bubbleman

Ben, a confused twenty-one year old, has recently graduated college and is worried about his future. He does not simply want to follow the commercial path of his affluent family and their friends. His life becomes complicated when, at his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home. This leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine.

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Do The Right Thing

2007-07-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

120 Minutes (1989)- Spike Lee
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Selector: East Bay J

It's the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Three businesses dominate the block: a storefront radio station, where a smooth-talkin' deejay spins the platters that matter; a convenience store owned by a Korean couple; and Sal's Famous Pizzeria, the only white-operated business in the neighborhood. Sal serves up slices with his two sons, genial Vito and angry, racist Pino. Sal has one black employee, Mookie, who wants to "get paid" but lacks ambition. His sister Jade, who has a greater sense of purpose and a "real" job, wants Mookie to start dealing with his responsibilities, most notably his son with girlfriend Tina. Two of Mookie's best friends are Radio Raheem, a monolith of a man who rarely speaks, preferring to blast Public Enemy's rap song Fight The Power on his massive boom box; and Buggin' Out , nicknamed for his coke-bottle glasses and habit of losing his cool. When Buggin' Out notes that Sal's "Wall of Fame," includes no people of color, he eventually demands a neighborhood boycott, on a day when tensions are already running high, that incurs tragic consequence.

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Bad News Bears

2007-07-04T11:29:00.000-07:00

102 Minutes (1976)- Michael Ritchie
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Selector: MONA

Takes an unflinching look at the underbelly of little league baseball in Southern California. Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around. Brimming with confidence, the Bears look to sweep into the championship game and avenge an earlier loss to their nemesis, the Yankees.

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Rockers

2007-06-27T11:17:00.000-07:00

100 Minutes (1978)- Ted Bafaloukos
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Selector: HiGrade

A Trenchtown variant on Robin Hood, this is the Jamaica-set story of a drummer, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace (playing, like other musicians in the film, a version of himself) who, talented though he is, is mightily fed up with being ripped off by the local music business. Unable and unwilling to survive on occasional recording sessions and gigs, he opts to buy a red motorcycle and distribute records to the sound systems around the island himself. The first result of his part-self-centered, part-idealistic efforts is a severe beating and a stolen bike. An excellent soundtrack, and a script which digresses through explanations of the Rasta faith and countless idiosyncratic solidarity rituals, make for a delightful piece of whimsy. Complete with subtitles transliterating the Rasta patois.

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Los Olvidados

2007-06-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

90 Minutes (1950)- Luis Bunuel
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Selector: MOFO

Looks unflinchingly at life in a Mexican slum. At the center of the story are Pedro, a young boy who is walking the line between delinquency and responsibility, and Jaibo, an older, charismatic boy who has already chosen the former path. Jaibo exerts his influence over almost every boy in the village, and when he accidentally murders the only good role model Pedro has and sleeps with Pedro's mother, it seems the path Pedro is to take has already determined itself.

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Deliverance

2007-06-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

109 Minutes (1972)- John Boorman
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Selector: Bubbleman

The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it's gone, adventurer and outdoor fanatic Lewis, organizes a trip for him and his friends Ed, Drew and Bobby to canoe their way from top to bottom in search of great adventure. Little do they know, they're in for much more than they originally bargained for when two mountain men take Ed and Bobby hostage. In a brave attempt to save his friends, Lewis kills one of the mountain men. Now they've got a dead person on their hands and there's no going back... especially deep in the American back-country where nobody's on your side..

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Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

2007-06-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

116 Minutes (1999)- Jim Jarmusch
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Selector: HiGrade

In Jersey City, a hit man follows the "Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai." He lives alone, in simplicity with homing pigeons for company, calling himself Ghost Dog. His retainer (master), who saved his life eight years ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss' daughter witnesses one of Ghost Dog's hits, he becomes expendable. The first victims are his birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he speaks with his best friend, a Haitian who sells ice cream in the park, although neither speaks the others language, but somehow can communicate effectively, and with a child with whom he discusses books. Can he stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?.

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La Haine

2007-05-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

97 Minutes (1995)- Mathieu Kossovitz
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Selector: MOFO

The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody.

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Brazil

2007-05-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

143 Minutes (1985)- Terry Gilliam
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Selector: MONA

In a highly structured and bureaucratic state, the government has installed extreme and highly counterproductive measures for which to track down terrorists. A "bug" in the system mixes up the last name of a terrorist (Tuttle) and an innocent man (ironically enough Buttle). Thus, the wrong man (Buttle) is arrested and killed while Tuttle continues to roam free. Sam Lowry, an average man with a mother who "knows people", is assigned to investigate the error. At the same time, Jill layton, Buttle's neighbor, is trying to report the mistake to authorities. Due to the extremely inefficient bureaucracy, she finds the process to be very tedious. Meanwhile, Sam Lowry, who has been dreaming about Jill, gets sidetracked by his fantasies and ends up also being a victim of the counter productivity of the government.

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