The B&B Presents: Gang Colours
This Sunday is going to be a bit different from previous Sundays, and before that Mondays, in that we are going to program both films that BJ has seen before, but it’s OK because I have not. This double bill is all about the Gang War…so… Come out and Playyy….
7:00 pm
Switchblade Sisters (1975) USA“Mothers... lock up your sons. The Switchblade Sisters are coming!”
From the director of Coffy and Foxy Brown, so you know it’s gotta be a girl gang movie of the highest caliber and with a bit of stylistic charm to boot. It focuses on the “Dagger Debs” a snarling ladies auxiliary of the “Silver Daggers”. Both are embroiled with infighting and defending their turf from rival gangs and the new threat of a community action team.
9:00 pm
The Warriors (1979) USA“There are Armies of The Night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.”
The gangs of New York all seem to be wearing themed costumes in this late 70s battle royale from the point of view of a small time gang that has been set up in the killing of one of the major gang bosses in the city. They have to face off with Yankees themed rogues holding baseball bats, Roller Derby punks, and of course the gang of Marcel Marceau Mimes.
Extra points for those who come in costume for any themed gang - real, fictional, ridiculous, or a mixture of all three.
The B&B Presents: Ecological Apocalypse
After a somewhat tenuous run these days Brendan – and a reluctant BJ - have decided to try to give Sunday night movies another chance. Also, for the first time, members of my department have been invited. We hope too have a good turnout, because tonight we are showing the thrills and chills of climate change. In a double bill that starts off serious and later turns a bit wackier.
7:00 pm
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) USAThe immensely powerful and honest and from all accounts accurate portrayal of climate shift made yet to date. The fact that it focuses on
- Inventor of the Environment and First Emperor of the Moon - Al Gore should not be something that scares you off…
This portrayal is way more charismatic than any of the spin on him as former vice president and former next president of the United States from years past. Do not also be run off due to the fact that it is a movie about a power point presentation… Think of it more as a well-edited concert movie with more engaging action going on than environmental groupies and guitar solos.
9:00 pm
Slipstream (1989) UKMark Hamil’s first foray back onto the silver screen since the Star Wars franchise is as a badie villain cop in the future, trying to recapture his prisoner from a bounty hunter who intends to get the bounty for himself. This all likely mediocre story unfolds on a planet Earth devastated by human generated pollution, floods and ravaging winds known as “the Slipstream”, and where humans are left only as small pockets living in canyons and where kites that pick up on these high powered storms are the most reliable form of transportation.
It was a hard decision of what to add as the second half of the double bill, two other top contenders were, and, if Slipstream is terrible without any B-movie hilarity, still are:
Gojira tai Hedorâ AKA "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" (1971) JapanThe Day After Tomorrow (2004) USA
