There are quite a few new movies out this week which I know we would like to see as well as plan for October. Because Charlie doesn’t want to go Trick Or Treating we will be seeing a movie and I thought you might like to know what is playing this October at Alamo DraftHouse.
The first movie I would like to share with you is Wolfman’s Got Nards which isn’t a movie I would see. I believe Charlie and David might like to watch this film.
Star of THE MONSTER SQUAD André Gower is coming to Alamo Drafthouse to showcase his new documentary WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS, a loving tribute to THE MONSTER SQUAD and its legion of fans.
Join us for this heartfelt and funny celebration of fan culture, friendship, and anti-monster justice, followed by a Q&A with Gower.
ABOUT WolfMan’s Got Nards
Where were you when you learned WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS?
Star of THE MONSTER SQUAD André Gower is coming to Alamo Drafthouse to showcase his new documentary WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS, a loving tribute to THE MONSTER SQUAD and its legion of fans.
When it was released in 1987, THE MONSTER SQUAD was a critical and box office failure, but decades of word of mouth eventually turned it into a cult phenomenon.
Through interviews with the cast, crew, filmmakers, academics, celebrities, original reviewers, and everyday fans, as well as through never-before-seen footage, WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS turns the lens on an audience of self-proclaimed misfits who have kept THE MONSTER SQUAD alive for more than thirty years.
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While practicing violin on her roof in Shanghai, Yi (Chloe Bennet, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.) hears a noise and finds herself face to face with a monster – a scared, soft, somewhat flatulent Yeti that just wants to go back home.
Enlisting some neighborhood friends for help, they embark on an adventure to bring him back to his family, while avoiding the greedy tycoon Burnish (Eddie Izzard) intent on capturing the cryptid for his own evil glory.
Jill Culton (OPEN SEASON) directs this gorgeous, Dreamworks-animated journey with detailed portraits of both the bustling city and the sweeping heights of the Himalayas. Filled with fantastical flair like magical hill-surfing and riding airborne cloud fish, it’s also surprisingly well-grounded in real human emotion and experience.
A story of grief, hope, and friendship set against an epic landscape, ABOMINABLE finds real heart at the highest point on Earth.
THE DEATH OF DICK LONG
2019 | 100 MIN | R
THINGS ARE GETTING REAL WEIRD IN ALABAMA.
Holy Crap. Dick is dead. Died last night after band practice, and his bandmates, Zeke and Earl (Michael Abbott Jr. and Andre Hyland), don’t want anybody finding out how.
That’s too bad though, ‘cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama, and these guys suck at covering their tracks. The authorities haven’t ID’d the body just yet, but Zeke’s wife (Virginia Newcomb) and his daughter are suspicious already.
From a screenplay by Billy Chew, director Daniel Scheinert (one half of the SWISS ARMY MAN duo known as Daniels) expertly balances the hilarity and heartache of what happens when dark secrets are dragged kicking and screaming into the light.
| Live Q&A with Special Guests In Person with the The Ultimate WILLY WONKA Party. I can tell you if David knew about this he would have already purchased tickets. But I haven’t meantioned the movie to Charlie or David because I want to get tickets and surpsise David because of all the nice things he does for Charlie and I and he loves Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the Ompa Loompas. |
| The Ultimate WILLY WONKA Party |
With Paris Themmen and Julie Dawn Cole live in person.
All guests are encouraged to dress up as their favorite character, set-piece, or prop from the film. And show up early for a scrumdiddlyumptious karaoke contest!
Come with me, and you’ll be in a wooorld of pure imagination… and you’ll also be in a theater with two of the original kids from WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY!
We’ll have a full Q&A after the screening, so you can ask Paris Themmen (Mike TeeVee) what it was like to be so tiny and ask Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) what happened after she got dumped down the Bad Egg chute. Plus, each member of the audience will receive a special edition Wonka poster signed by Paris and Julie!
Whether you’re a kid or just a kid at heart, this candy-colored movie is a delightful confection that you’ll enjoy again and again. And for this screening, we’re pulling out all the stops with bubbles, candy (of course!), sniffable wallpaper, a pre-show karaoke contest, and more. We’d hate to ruin it all for you, so sign the contract on the bottom line and enter the magical world of Willy Wonka.
| Dismember the Alamo You can bet your bottom dollar you will not find me inside this festival because I don’t watch Horror movies of any kind and if I didn’t I wouldn’t sleep. |
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But I bet if I shared this event with David and Charlie they might like to go and I could even see my niece Alyssa and her best friend Juanita attending the event.
Summon your witch magick! Polish your machete! Because the haunted vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) are open and there’s no turning back. DISMEMBER THE ALAMO is a three-film mystery horror movie marathon that delivers 1001% fun directly to your degenerate soul.
Just like a blood pact with Satan . . . BUT BETTER.
The night’s lineup will remain a secret until just before showtime, guaranteeing maximum tricks ‘n’ treats. Join us this Halloween season as we celebrate the cream-of-the-rot from AGFA’s phantasmic collection with mystery movies, mystery surprises, and mysteries of every cerebral un-plane imaginable.
JUDY is one movie I have been waiting to come out as I can’t wait to watch this film. I just don’t think Charlie will like it to much nor, would he want to see it.
David would with me and he might actually end up liking the movie that is if he doesn’t fall asleep. I guess I should see if my sister or my best friend would see Judy with me instead of David.
With her dazzling performance, featuring singing, dancing, triumph, and frailty, Renée Zellweger’s turn as screen legend Judy Garland officially announces the arrival of awards season.
JUDY focuses primarily on the winter of 1968, a defining moment in Judy Garland’s life. While instantly recognizable as an American icon, she no longer has the star power she once wielded. Financial struggles, as well as substance abuse problems, leave her with no money and the possibility of losing custody of her children.
To save herself, Judy accepts a contract for a series of concerts in London that remind the world what made her a legend, but which also shine a light on her acute personal struggles.
Featuring elegant direction from Rupert Goold (TRUE STORY), JUDY is not merely a biopic, but an exploration of what it means to be famous, what it takes to be famous, and what it costs.
Like Heart of Darkness set at the end of the universe, AD ASTRA is a gritty exploration of the harshness and sheer uninhabitability of deep space. Engineer Roy McBride (Brad Pitt, THE BIG SHORT) leads a spaceship on a journey to find his long-lost father (Tommy Lee Jones, JASON BOURNE), last seen tracking down aliens somewhere around Neptune. But to get there, they’ll have to face cosmic explosions, government conspiracies, and hey, what was the deal with those aliens again?
Directed by James Gray (THE LOST CITY OF Z) and featuring a stellar supporting cast (including Ruth Negga and Donald Sutherland), AD ASTRA is a cerebral sci-fi thriller for those of us whose favorite cinematic genre is “everything goes completely bat-shit in outer space.” Get your helmet on and strap in.
DOWNTON ABBEY is a movie David has said he would like to see which surprised me. I think before we see DOWNTON ABBEY I think we should watch the TV show so we would know what is happening.
With its affectionate portrait of an aristocratic family and their household staff, DOWNTON ABBEY became one of the most beloved television series of all time. And now the Crawleys and the downstairs gang are back in their very own feature-length film for one more dramatic look at a bygone era.
When last we saw them, it seemed like the family and staff at DOWNTON ABBEY had been through just about everything one could imagine, from death to marriage to heartbreak to war, and everything in between. But they still have one last surprise in store for them: a visit from the royal family.
Everyone is back, from the downstairs (Carson, Mrs. Hughes, Thomas, Bates, and Anna) to the upstairs (Lord and Lady Grantham, Mary, Edith, and, of course, the Dowager Countess). There will be drama. There will be heartache. There will be more pointed barbs than you can shake a croquet mallet at. Join us for one last visit to DOWNTON ABBEY .
When I was growing up I was in love with Sylvester Stallone and never missed one of his films including Rambo and Rocky. David and Charlie are just like me and they both want to see RAMBO: LAST BLOOD.
I’m thinking I might let Charlie and David go out to lunch and to see RAMBO: LAST BLOOD. I will watch Hustlers so they can have guy time with no, women then I will rent RAMBO: LAST BLOOD from Redbox once it comes out on DVD.
This new, final chapter in the legendary ’80s action franchise finds John Rambo as a solitary old veteran, alone on his Arizona ranch save for the circling demons of his blood-soaked past. But when a friend’s granddaughter goes missing in Mexico, the beefy septuagenarian heads south on a rescue mission only to find a violent world of kidnapping, sex-trafficking, and power-crazed cartel lords. Will he make it out alive, armed only with his wits, crossbow, and many, many guns?
Co-written by Sly Stallone himself and directed by action vet Adrian Grunburg (GET THE GRINGO), this gory, vengeful update redefines the parameters for “gritty reboot.” John Rambo draws from a lifetime of combat to rain down hell on his enemies, and even uses his cunning to rig up a HOME ALONE-style series of brutal booby traps. Just because he’s haunted by the past doesn’t mean he won’t shoot it full of arrows till it explodes.
I’m so excited because JOKER Opens October 4th. I grew up watching Batman and Robin with David and Suzzane. Then with Charlie when he arrived along with David.
I can’t wait to watch Joker because most people like Batman or Robin but my favorite characters are Penguin and Joker. I don’t think I could chose between the two. I have a question for you out of those two who do you like the most and why?
A UNIQUELY DARK LOOK AT AN ICONIC VILLAIN.
You know the story.
Dark alley. String of pearls. Orphaned child. Dark Knight. But what if we viewed everything leading up to the creation of Batman from a totally different angle?
For eighty years the Joker has provided a twisted counterpoint to Batman, testing both the Caped Crusader and Gotham City’s values and convictions in ways both silly and sinister.
In JOKER, director and screenwriter Todd Phillips and lead actor Joaquin Phoenix have given one of the most (in)famous characters in all of fiction his own creation myth, a critique in its own way to Batman’s well-worn origin story.
Don’t expect a movie about the Clown Prince of Crime. JOKER is the story of a man called Arthur Fleck… an impoverished, forgotten, and desperately lonely man that’s struggling at his job as a clown-for-hire. Struggling to be a comedian. Struggling to care for his elderly mother. Struggling with a mental illness that causes him to laugh uncontrollably.
And all around him, ‘80s-era Gotham City struggles – with growing poverty, rampant crime, and an increasing resentment toward Gotham’s wealthy elite, most prominently represented by Thomas Wayne.
It’s in this powder keg of a setting that fate, a faltering social safety net, and Arthur’s crumbling psyche collide to send Arthur – and Gotham – down a dark, irrevocable path.
Anchored by Phoenix’s wiry, disturbing portrayal of a man left behind by society and set in a grimy, realistic version of Gotham City, JOKER isn’t like any comic book movie you’ve ever seen – inspired by Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER and THE KING OF COMEDY, it synthesizes elements of both films (most especially a delightful turn as a late-night host by Robert De Niro) into something original and deeply terrifying.
It’s R-rated, and for good reason. Leave the kids at home, they won’t like it anyway – there’s no Batman to be found. Part character study, part social commentary, part crime epic, JOKER is an unflinching look at the man who becomes the Clown Prince of Crime, and it’s one of the best comic-book-based movies ever made.
No joke.
| Opens October 11th |
| EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE |
DIRECTOR
Vince Gilligan
STARRING
Charles Baker, Aaron Paul
AGE POLICY
18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with an adult. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.
Written and directed by series creator Vince Gilligan, EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE was shot almost entirely in secret in Albuquerque last year and is now careening into theaters for a limited time.
The film begins where Breaking Bad ended in the acclaimed series finale “Felina,” with Jesse Pinkman finally escaping his white supremacist captors in the titular coupe, barreling on toward an uncertain future.
Aaron Paul reprises his role as the troubled Jesse, joined by his meth addict-slash-piano prodigy friend Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) in his quest to evade the police and his own lurking demons. Featuring some familiar faces and a horde of surprises, EL CAMINO is gritty thrill ride through the Southwest that will satisfy casual fans and diehards alike.
I know a lot of people who are waiting to watch this new movie including my family and I would like to attend the Sneak Peak and to dress up for the premier but I don’t think Charlie or David would with me.
WEDDINGS ARE COMPLICATED. SO ARE WICKED FAIRY GODMOTHERS.
Prince Phillip and Queen Aurora have just got engaged, and everyone in the kingdom is rejoicing. Everyone except, of course, Aurora’s wicked fairy godmother Maleficent, who can’t stand the idea of Phillip’s mother gathering Aurora up as her own.
Family ties get complicated when weddings are involved, and Maleficent once more turns her magic against the kingdom – and Aurora’s mother-in-law to be – in order to prevent nuptial disaster.
Everyone’s favorite Disney villainess returns in MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL. Angelina Jolie returns to the character she turned into an unlikely antihero, joined by fellow returnees Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville, and new cast additions Chiwetel Ejiofor (THE LION KING), Ed Skrein (ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL), and Michelle Pfeiffer (ANT-MAN AND THE WASP), and she’s brought all her delicious villainy to the party.
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL brings all the original’s clever fairytale twists and sinister magic back to the screen. With a top-notch cast and huge-scale visual effects, this sequel pits the armies of the kingdom and the magic of the Moors against each other, escalating to all-out war. Mothers-in-law can be like that.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
