Cult Classics
Films you know and love that have a special meaning for you that you may not have seen in a while. Come revisit some of your favorites.
Galaxy Quest
- Thu, Nov 14
Director: Dean Parisot Run Time: 101 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1999
Starring: Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub
For four years, the crew of the NSEA Protector embarked on thrilling space missions—until their show was canceled. Twenty years later, aliens under siege mistake the Galaxy Quest TV broadcasts for 'historical documents' and recruit the washed-up actors to save the universe. Now, with no script, no director, and no clue, they must deliver the performance of a lifetime.
Bad Santa
- Thu, Dec 12
Director: Terry Zwigoff Run Time: 92 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2003
Starring: Bernie Mac, Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Lauren Graham, Tony Cox
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is coming to town and he doesn't give a flying reindeer if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his socks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus!
The Player
- Thu, Jan 9
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 124 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1992
Starring: Fred Ward, Greta Scacchi, Peter Gallagher, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg
A Hollywood studio executive with a shaky moral compass (Tim Robbins) finds himself caught up in a criminal situation that would be right at home in one of his movie projects, in this biting industry satire from Robert Altman. Mixing elements of film noir with sly insider comedy, The Player, based on a novel by Michael Tolkin, functions as both a nifty stylish murder story and a commentary on its own making, and it is stocked with a heroic supporting cast (Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, Greta Scacchi, Dean Stockwell, Fred Ward) and a lineup of star cameos that make for an astonishing Hollywood who’s who. This complexly woven grand entertainment (which kicks off with one of American cinema’s most audacious and acclaimed opening shots) was the film that marked Altman’s triumphant commercial comeback in the early 1990s.