Coming Attractions Monday, May 6 From Star to Civil Wars
It has been said that the ten volume, leather bound special edition encyclopedia set entitled “The Age Of Man”, carries the sub-title “Our History of War”. And so we move from a war movie shot on a distant galaxy far, far away to one currently taking place in our own backyard. Only the characters and costumes have been changed to protect Hollywood intellectual properties. It’s the same story the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows. With that as segue, let’s fly to the schedule.
MONDAY, MAY 6 - PHANTOM MENACE @ 4 & 6:45
TUESDAY, MAY 7 - PHANTOM MENACE @ 4 & 6:45 - Oh, Oh OCAP
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 - PHANTOM MENACE @ 4 & 6:45
THURSDAY, MAY 9 - PHANTOM MENACE @ 4 & 6:45
FRIDAY, MAY 10 - CIVIL WAR @ 4:25 & 6:45 - BIFF, Film to be named @ 9
SATURDAY, MAY 11 - PEARL DJANGO - Doors at 6 - Show at 6:30.
SUNDAY, MAY 12 - CIVIL WAR @ 2:10, 4:25 & 6:45
MON-THU, MAY 13-16 - CIVIL WAR @ 4:25 & 6:45
PHANTOM MENACE notes:
The 25th Anniversary release on The Force of May, stimulated a decent box office day at the HLT, but everything else has been rather lackluster. Sci-Fi just not our thing? A weak attempt at a prequel backstory? Jar Jar Binks? Whatever your, justified, opinion, the only thing Disney did to draw this reporters ire was to insist we screen their trailer for the upcoming ACOLYTE series. Which, according to the climatic ‘big voice’ conclusion of said trailer streams on Disney Plus on June 14. EFFECTIVELY LEAVING US (Your favorite local one-screen) SHUT OUT, IN THE DARK AND SKIPPED OVER LIKE SOME STALE LEFTOVER PIZZA) Yo, Disney Marketing Department folks, although I suspect this might have come from a desk a few rungs higher on their food chain) DO NOT BITE THE HAND THAT HAS FED YOU FOR 88 F****ING YEARS. You fat bastards. You slime ball knuckle draggers. You sacks of fetid gelding vomit. You…… well, you get the idea. I’ll have to rewatch WICKED LITTLE LETTERS again if I really want to spice things up. I should take the trailer down if for no other reasons than to demonstrate that at least someone in this industry still operates under general principals. That would be us in case you are wondering.
CIVIL WAR. As if all of the above wasn’t enough, CW is Writer/Director Alex Garland’s story of a journey across a dystopian future America that follows a team of embedded journalists in a race against time to reach DC before rebel forces attempt a coup on the White House incumbents. My initial reaction to this, as I am sure was probably yours, was: Which side will they take? The answer to that, it appears, is no one’s. Left to your ambiguous bias and depending on what channel you tune into for the evening news. I, of course, will be cheering for the good guys, which I hope are the journalists. We shall see. Following is one of the many comments from IMDB:
The genius of this film rests partially in an absurd alliance between California and Texas, two of the most opposite states in the Union. By joining this ideological odd couple, the story immunizes itself against accusations of partisanship or cultural favortism. Yet it also beckons us to imagine what kind of national crisis could bring such opposites together.
Yes, one can only imagine.
Lastly today, I would like to announce that starting next week, seven days from today, I will be releasing one chapter a week of a reading of my screenplay, Once An Enemy. It is a 'based on the true story' (historical fiction) of the Japanese pilot who dropped four bombs on the United State during WWII. He also became an honorary citizen of the town he bombed. Tune in and hear the tale.
See you at the HLT.
Kevin
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