2015 in Review
With 2016 rapidly approaching, let’s take a moment to look back on our very first year of greasy people getting together on Monday nights to watch some extra greasy movies. Here’s MMN’s annual review:
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Hard Core Logo; A Rockumentary Done Right
I hadn’t heard of Hard Core Logo until I was researching films for this week’s Canadiana-Rama. It hasn’t been on any of the viewing lists I’ve ever seen about rock-docs, hasn’t been mentioned by any […]
A Scanner Darkly; or Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t After You
For Narc Week our (smaller than usual) movie crew watched A Scanner Darkly, a hyper-stylized adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s novel by the same name. The movie stars Monday Movie Night favourite and Island charter president […]
Stone Cold: Red Hot with Action
– Guest Review by G-Mark Wasting no time, Stone Cold opens with instant violence, setting the tone for the rest of the film. Bursting into a convenience store, a team of criminals–sporting hairstyles that would […]
A Fish Called Wanda: Don’t call me stupid!
Our choice for the Heist Hold Up was the classic heist-comedy A Fish Called Wanda. This movie holds the distinct and rather dubious honour of being the only film in history to have killed someone. […]
Uncle Touchy’s Choice: Blue Lagoon
As it was our new Victoria/Vancouver Island chapter’s second week as a member of the Monday Movie Night empire, our Island Invasion theme was filled with great options. There were Academy Award winners, block buster […]
A Fistful of Dollars – Keep The Change, The Existentialism Is On Me
Westerns tend to fall into one of two categories; there are the cowboys vs indians/white hat good guys shooting black hat bad guys, and there are the dark, gritty, revisionist Westerns where no one is […]