Tonight’s Contenders: Heist Holdup
“It’s a perfect plan. So inspired. So devious. Yet so simple.” The plan, the execution, and the aftermath. These are the three components that make up any great heist movie. The optional fourth component to […]
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Tonight’s Contenders: Best Picture Punch-Up
Once again it’s the time of year when we turn to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to tell us who paid the most money for a small gold-plated statue. This tradition of […]
Tonight’s Contenders: Western Shootout
Tonight we celebrate a genre that has been largely forgotten in the modern movie era, the Western. Set in a time when the Old West was still wild, the Western is a nostalgic look back […]
Tonight’s Contenders: Groundhog Day Edition
This year Monday Movie Nights is fortunate enough to land on the day that decides our meteorological fate for the next six weeks. Yes, I’m talking about Groundhog Day. To celebrate this momentous date we […]
Tonight’s Contenders: Apocalypse!
Two minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom Iron Maiden, Two Minutes to Midnight – August 6, 1984 News broke this morning that members of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of […]
Heathers: Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count.
-Guest review by Eliza Our movie choice for the 80s appreciation theme was “Heathers”. It is essentially an 80s version of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls, including stereotypical high school ‘queen bee’ bullies, the dumb jocks, […]
Under the Skin
Under the Skin was our choice for the Science Fiction Edition of Monday Movie Nights. The film focuses on a mysterious extraterrestrial played by Scarlett Johansson as she preys on solitary, lonely men in the […]
Tonight’s Contenders: Science Fiction Showdown
“The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It’s all lies. But they’re entertaining lies. And in the end, isn’t that the real truth? The answer is: No.” – […]
Tonight’s Contenders: Nicolas Cage Night
Welcome to 2015 fellow Monday Movie Nighters! To start the New Year right we are celebrating the career of one of Hollywood’s true thespians. He has graced the silver screen for over thirty years and […]