Posted by Movie Geeks Club 6 days 23 hours ago.
We are fulfilling our promise of getting this club back on track with some actual democratic voting. The theme this month is documentaries. Many people have asked if we would do this so we decided this would be the right time. The reason the voting is get...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 3 weeks 6 days ago.
On the night of July 29th, we'll be screening the Hitchcock classic The Trouble with Harry. This is one of my all-time favorite Hitchcock films. To me, it stands out because it's different. It's an example of Hitchcock playing with some different ideas...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 1 month ago.
Join us tonight for a screening of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the 2005 neo-noir/black comedy film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.As always, we'll meet at Capital City Bar and Grill. Doors will open at 7:00, and the movie will start at 7:30. Don't wo...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 2 months ago.
I found this animated short today, and I found it pretty entertaining. Thought I'd share. This is nice work for a student filmmaker. Cool stuff.
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 2 months ago.
It's a tie. 16 votes for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and 16 votes for The Trouble With Harry. For the first time ever, we've had a dead tie for movie of the month. Although Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was the leader going into last night, the number of in-house votes ...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 2 months ago.
Don't forget to come out tonight and catch The Seventh Seal on the big screen at Capital City Bar and Grill. As always, the doors will open at 7:00, and the movie will start at 7:30. Drinking can commence whenever you feel like it. I'm looking forward t...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 3 months ago.
I'm not going to lie, Movie Geeks. I'm not going to pretend. I am pulling for The Trouble with Harry for next month's screening. The other four films are all great choices, as well, and I hope that everyone casts their vote with the same conviction tha...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 3 months ago.
John and I have finally compiled our list for next month's MGC nominees. We wanted to go in a different direction this month. The past couple movies have been great but the subject matter was kind of depressing. As you can see, there is no real theme h...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 3 months ago.
We had a great turnout last night for Movie Geeks Club. Most of our regulars were in the house, and we had several new faces. Thanks for coming out, folks. We screened Roman Polanski's The Pianist last night, and by the time it was over, everyone in the...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
As you know, this month we are playing our second Roman Polanski film. The Pianist is a great film and everyone was really excited about seeing Rosemary's Baby. I also think Chinatown would be a great film noir to show in the future as well. So there i...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
David Lynch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Unfinished and unrealized projects"I came across this section of David Lynch's Wiki about his unfinished or unrealized projects, and I just had to share some of them. I would love to see some of these proje...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
Your movie nominees for the May screening will be:Eraserhead (dir: David Lynch)Night on Earth (dir: Jim Jarmusch)The Seventh Seal (dir: Ingmar Bergman)The Conversation (dir: Francis Ford Copolla)The Killing (dir: Stanley Kubrick)To place your vote, leave ...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
On April 29 the Movie Geeks Club will screen the Roman Polanski World War II memoir adaptation The Pianist. As always, the doors will open at 7:00, and the movie will start at 7:30.The Pianist won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival as well as the ...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
Dan Schneider on Aguirre: The Wrath Of God: "DVD Review Of Aguirre: The Wrath Of God"Werner Herzog may just be the best film director of the last forty years. Period. And I mean worldwide. While some directors of film rely primarily on precision-think Alf...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
We are full steam ahead for Aguirre, the Wrath of God on Tuesday night. Thanks to Russ, one of our oldest and most loyal movie geeks, we will have a copy for the screening.Capital City Bar and GrillDoors open at 7:00 PM. Film starts at 7:30 PM.As always...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 4 months ago.
In order to get the performance he desired, before each shot Herzog would deliberately infuriate Kinski. After waiting for the hot-tempered actor's inevitable tantrum to "burn itself out", Herzog would then roll the camera.The camera used to shoot the fil...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 5 months ago.
Here's the problem with Aguirre, the Wrath of God (or any other Werner Herzog movie outside of Grizzly Man or Rescue Dawn): it's nearly impossible to get your hands on a copy here in Springpatch.Knowing that a problem might ensue with securing this film f...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 5 months ago.
MSN Movies - Hollywood Hitlist: "In scarier news, Variety reported this week that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production arm are working on a modern version of the classic 'Rosemary's Baby' for Paramount Pictures. It's become acceptable in Hollywoo...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 5 months ago.
Here's a film review of Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God.After seeing Werner Herzog's recent documentary My Best Fiend about his five-time lead actor Klaus Kinski, and also the animated The Road to El Dorado, it seemed like a perfect time to go b...
Posted by Movie Geeks Club 5 months ago.
A conversation with documentary filmaker Errol Morris in The Believer Magazine. It is very interesting at it gives a little more insight into Werner Herzog. Here is an exerpt. II. AN ELEPHANT WITH A MOZART SOUL EM: When Werner and I first met each ot...
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