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In the tradition of Mystery Science Theater 3000,
except you can't tell which ones are the robots.
— David Manning

Cinema is our culture's dominant art form.
It holds up a mirror to who we are.
It reflects our society, our dreams, our hopes, our fears.
Our films are how future generations are going to judge us.

Unfortunately, most of them suck.

Seriously, though—ever notice how you can't walk down the street or open a magazine or stand in line at a store or simply exist without ads for some dumbass multi-zillion dollar movie about a talking kangaroo being shoved down your throat?

And then they expect you to pay fifteen dollars to see it in some googolplex, and after sitting through a half hour of commercials? Or watch it on DVD and have to sit through even more commercials and anti-piracy ads that you can't skip past? Doesn't it all just piss you off?

If so—or if you just like to have a good time—then Bad Movie Night is for you.

Laugh with the hosts riffing on the movie. Yell your own comments. Try to figure out what the hell "Skull Films!" means. Help yourself to the free popcorn. Enjoy the intoxicating, brown-bagged beverage of your choice purchased from the store across the street. (Don't worry if the guy behind the counter glares at you. He does that to everyone.)

Best of all, only pay five measly bucks.

Join us.

Read!	Sherilyn Connelly's essay about Bad Movie Night at Medialoper.
Watch!	The Bad Movie Night slideshow on sfgate.com.			click and print me!
Listen!	An audience recording of our 1/6/08 show (Snakes on a Plane) on some guy's blog.
Obey!	The Bad Movie Survival Guide on io9, written by us.
Pine!	All the Bad Movie Nights you missed from 2008, 2007 and 2005-2006!
Print!	The current flyer. (4" x 10.5", 260KB jpeg) Suitable for taping to your fridge, framing, or wrapping fish.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

(snakes on a plane)

You heard about it. You laughed about it.

You probably even blogged about it, you motherfuckin' nerd.

But you didn't actually pay ten bucks to see it, did you?

spot the phallic symbol!

Didn't think so. You probably barely even remember that it existed.

But that's okay. We here at Bad Movie Night exist to make sure you get a chance to see internet-famous financial flops which you'll probably never get around to putting in your NetFlix queue.

It's our tradition here. It's how we started 2008, after all.

And that year turned out great, huh?

2009 will be better. We promise.*

*promise not valid

Your hosts Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Speigelman and Geekboy
have not yet had enough of the motherfucking snakes.

Upcoming Phlegms:

January 11, 2009 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull George Lucas and Steven Spielberg dip back into the well, and the results feel more like The Phantom Menace than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Shia LaPandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em and other mutts.

January 18, 2009 The Incredible Hulk (2008) Edward Norton hits the steroids. Smashy wackiness ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Spiegelman, Geekboy and other puny weaklings.

January 25, 2009 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The second film in the Narnia series, and since it's a godless universe, it won't be the last. Update: there is a god. Pevensie pandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Mikl-Em, Geekboy and other orphans.

February 1, 2009 Point Break Cop infiltrates adrenaline junkies to catch thieves. It's kinda like The Fast and the Furious, except instead of Vin Diesel and that one guy, it's Patrick Swayze and that one guy. Mulleted wackiness ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Spiegelman, Geekboy and other beach bums.

February 8, 2009 The Devil's Advocate Keanu Reeves (pictured here with Aileen Wuornos) joins a law firm run by Al Pacino, played by the Devil. Scenery-chewing pandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Mikl-Em, A.J. Margolis and other infernal proponents.

February 15, 2009 The Matrix Carrie-Ann Moss wears PVC. We're not sure what else the film is about. Polyvinyl chloride-clad wackiness ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Geekboy, Jerome Bragg and other agents.

February 22, 2009 Johnny Mnemonic In a wondrous far-off super-science future where the internet is composed of Amiga graphics, Keanu plays a guy who can hold 320GB in his head. He's like the most awesome iPod ever! High bit-rate pandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Geekboy, Wylie Herman and other terabytes.

March 1, 2009 Xanadu Olivia Newton-John plays an angel or something who helps a guy with feathered hair open a roller disco joint. It's even gayer than it sounds. Neon wackiness ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Geekboy, Mike Spiegelman and other muses.

March 8, 2009 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton in a very, very seventies movie sorta kinda not really based on Abbey Road. Or maybe it was Revolver? One of those Rolling Stones albums. Bell-bottomed pandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Geekboy, Gerri Lawlor and other lovely meter maids.

March 15, 2009 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Gwen Stefani was right—this shit is bananas. Sure, she was referring to something else entirely, but it doesn't change the fact that this movie is B-A-N-A-N-AS. Wackiness which is neither bad, dangerous nor invincible ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Wylie Herman, Mike Spiegelman and other bad touchers.

March 22, 2009 From Justin to Kelly That one kinda hot chick and that guy with the bad 'fro from American Idol in a musical based on the sixties beach pictures, but updated to include text-messaging. Because that's what the world needed. SMS pandemonium reigns. Hosts: Jim Fourniadis, Damien Chacona, Andy Wenger and other graven images.

Bad Movie Night's Fourth Anniversary! March 29, 2009 Red Dawn Patrick Swayze (not pictured here) plays a high-school football player leading a bunch of kids in a battle against multicultural commies. Fun fact: being our anniversary show, this will be the fifth time we've done this movie. Socialized wackiness ensues. Hosts: Sherilyn Connelly, Maura Sipila, Geekboy and other Wolverines!!!11!!1

Movies will be announced on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (We're pretty sure Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be one of them, though.)

5/3/09: Diamonds are Forever 5/10/09: Live and Let Die 5/17/09: A View to a Kill 5/24/09: License to Kill 5/31/09: Die Another Day

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