The Strange Brew Cult Movie night returns at their new home, the Arkadin Cinema & Bar, with a nostalgic screening of Fred Savage in THE WIZARD on Wednesday, July 7 at 8:30 pm (movie starts at sundown on the backlot Patio). The Arkadin is located at 5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, MO 63116. If you’ve never seen “The Wizard” starring Fred Savage & Jenny Lewis, it’s a strange flick where three kids travel across the country alone to play in a Nintendo contest and visit a dinosaur theme park. It might just be a 2-hour long advertisement for Nintendo, but it’s definitely a late 80s/ early 90s idealized vision of a childhood adventure.
Jon Scorfina will be hosting a Super Mario Bros. 3 tournament (two-minute tries for the high score) before the flick with prizes and we’ll have a Rilo Kiley/ Jenny Lewis soundtrack playing in the background. Tickets are $9 and available here: https://arkadin.square.site/product/the-wizard/109…There is limited seating so get your tickets early
Brand new to
the Vestron Video Collector’s Series at #19, the family-friendly gateway to
young horror fans, Little Monsters,arrives on Blu-ray™ and Digital September 15 from Lionsgate. Newly remastered
in shocking high definition, this funny family fantasy-adventure stars Golden Globe® nominee Fred Savage
(1991, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical,
“The Wonder Years”), Primetime Emmy® nominee Howie Mandel (2008,
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, “Deal or No
Deal”), Daniel Stern, and Emmy® nominee Margaret Whitton (2014, Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming,
Casting By). With 6 new special features, including an all new
interview with Howie Mandel, the Little
MonstersBlu-ray will be available for
the suggested retail price of $17.99.
New to the Vestron
Collector’s Series, Little Monsters is the story of Brian (Fred Savage),
a sixth-grader who’s recently moved to a new town and made friends with Maurice
(Howie Mandel) — the monster who lives under Brian’s bed! Maurice introduces
Brian to the world of monsters, where junk food rules, adults aren’t allowed,
and the fun and games never end. But when Brian’s brother is kidnapped, it’s
time for Brian to get serious and fight the monsters on their turf in this zany
cult favorite.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
*NEW* Audio Commentary with Jarret Gahan, Editor-in-Chief
of CultofMonster.com
*NEW* Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
with Composer David Newman
*NEW* “Call Him Maurice” – An Interview with
Actor Howie Mandel
*NEW* “Beneath the Bed” – An Interview with
Producer Andrew Licht
*NEW* “Monsters Big & Small” – An Interview
with Special Makeup Effects Creator Robert Short
*NEW* Vintage Interviews with Actors Fred
Savage, Ben Savage, Special Makeup Effects Creator Robert Short, and
Director Richard Alan Greenberg
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
“Making Maurice” – Vintage Footage
of Howie Mandel’s Makeup Transformation
Vintage EPK & VHS Promo
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
CAST
Fred Savage TV’s “The Wonder Years,” The Princess Bride, The Boy Who
Could Fly
Daniel Stern City Slickers, Home Alone, TV’s “The Wonder Years”
Margaret Whitton Major League, The Secret of My Success, The Man Without a Face
and Howie Mandel TV’s “Deal or No Deal,” Gremlins, TV’s “Bobby’s World”
” Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. “
There is nothing more fun (or romantic) than a Tenacious Eats ‘Movies For Foodies’ Film Series event! This time it’s the beloved 1987 cult classicTHE PRINCESS BRIDE. It’s February 14th (that’s Valentine’s Day Guys!) from 6:30 to 10pm at The Mahler Ballroom (4915 Washington Blvd, St. Louis). Ticket information can be found HERE. A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
Doors open at 6:30PM with a special movie themed Selfie Station, cash bar and multiple rounds of film and music trivia for tons of prizes and tickets to future Tenacious Eats Shows!
*Film begins at 7:00PM along with special Teats Treats! No dress code. Costumes always encouraged and rewarded!
*Film will be paused to introduce each course.
*Selfie Station!
*Trivia
$100.00 per person. $125.00 per person day of event. Seating is limited and space cannot be guaranteed unless purchased in advance.
This menu is like a fairy tale!
First Course “As You Wish” Coq au Vin mini pies, Amish chicken, turnip, riesling, Herbs de Provence, Marcoot Alpine cheese, dates, apples, whipped parsnip top and a Sweet Knocker cider reduction.
Second Course “My Name is Inigo Montoya Prepare to Die!” Housemade chorizo, crawfish, hominy, jamon, pomodoro and chickpea stew. Served with 12 month Manchego cheese and bittersweet chocolate sauce.
Third Course “Never go in Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line!” Farmer’s plate of beet pickled egg, cheese, figs, olives and Salam Bedu Sicilian sausage.
Fourth Course “Fezzik’s Restorative Lamb” Baby New Zealand lamb chop, mushroom bread pudding, potato parisienne, parsley, English peas, carrot, served with a lamb and fig glace.
Fifth Course “To Blave! Max’s Miracle Pill” Dark chocolate coated magic. (Miracle Max’s top secret cure).
Sixth Course “Wuv, Twue Wuv…” Chiffon wedding cake, French buttercream, layers of passion fruit and orange and white chocolate creme anglaise.
One of the best qualities of THE PRINCESS BRIDE is that it simultaneously manages to be both fairytale and fairytale parody. It lampoons the whole world of fairytale and fantasy while, at the same time, celebrating it. Most of the characters within play it for laughs other than the title character (who is, after all, a fairytale princess and not a female Groucho Marx) and Mandy Patinkin’s Spanish revenge-bent swordsman.
The cast, largely composed of lesser-known talents (at the time) and notably absent the big megastars that were then dominating the box office, is superb. The romantic leads were basically unknowns; the beautiful and talented (nice English accent!) Robin Wright and the suave and handsome Cary Elwes. Wally Shawn is also perfectly cast as the supremely intelligent (or so he thinks) Vizzini. Andre the Giant plays the role of giant that was (literally) made for him to play — he does a good job and is very appealing as the archetypal gentle giant. Chris Sarandon gets to go way over the top to great effect as Prince Humperinck (apologies to Englebert, but did they choose the name just ‘cos it’s inherently funny?) and Christopher Guest shows off both another flawless British accent and the ability to quite effectively and quietly capture the feel of your basic model psychopathic sadist. Peter Cook even gets to make an appearance as a clergyman with a speech impediment. Billy Crystal is great and his ad-libs add to the film. Carol Kane is also effective — both of them in extreme make-up — as his wife. Back in the present day reality, Peter Falk is terrific as the grandfather who’s patiently reading the tale to his grandson, well played by young Fred Savage.
I have yet to meet someone who has seen THE PRINCESS BRIDE and didn’t love it
Tenacious Eats is… Unexpected! Visceral! Titillating! Brought to you in High Definition Taste-O-Vision! (Special glasses, not required)
By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.
Tenacious Eats only works with locally produced food procured by them and hard-to-find ingredients, imported from places that specialize in them. With each new film, we write a new menu specific to its story. Sometimes the menu is literal and sometimes it is inspired interpretation. In all cases, each dining experience is different because each film is different.
This December, get ready for a fairy tale that gives zero F’s.
Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL from 20th Century Fox.. The theatrical sneak preview will be on December 11 at 7pm.
Add you name and email in our comments section below.
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house.
Audiences of almost all ages will soon be able to enjoy the Merc with the Mouth’s reimagining of Deadpool 2 filtered through the prism of childlike innocence.
“Fox has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006,” Ryan Reynolds told Deadline. “I’ve said no since 2006. Now, this one time, I said ‘Yes’ on two conditions. First, a portion of the proceeds had to go to charity. Second, I wanted to kidnap Fred Savage. The second condition took some explaining…”
Fred Savage will join Reynolds in new scenes for ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL in an homage to Savage’s starring role in the 1987 bedtime-story classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Fred remarked, “while my participation in this film was anything but voluntary, I am happy to learn that Fudge Cancer will be the beneficiary of this shameless cash grab”
For every ticket sold, $1 will go to the charity Fudge Cancer – previously known as Fuck Cancer, who have graciously changed their name to be more PG-13 friendly for the 12 days of ONCE UPON A DEAD POOL’S release.
ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL opens in theaters for a limited engagement this holiday season from December 12 through December 24, 2018.
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Thirty years after its release, the endlessly quotable adventure-romance-fantasy-comedy ThePrincessBride returns to movie theaters for two days only on Sunday, October 15, and Wednesday, October 18 as part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series from Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies. The screening will include a special, newly created introduction by TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz and the film’s acclaimed director, Rob Reiner, who will discuss ThePrincessBride and its legacy. Check out this new 30th anniversary trailer:
Swept up in the passions of their rekindled true love, Westley (Cary Elwes) and Buttercup (Robin Wright) encounter great obstacles — giants, fire swamps, rodents of unusual size — to be together in an epic tale that grandfather (Peter Falk) reads to grandson (Fred Savage). The greatest obstacle of all: despicable Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), set on making Buttercup his wife to wage war on his enemies. The lovers seek help from Fezzik (André the Giant), a gentle giant with a knack for rhyming, and Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), a skilled swordsman dedicated to the revenge business. In this hilariously epic adventure, the lengths Westley and Buttercup must go for true love are indeed “inconceivable” … and unforgettable.
WHO: Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
WHEN: Sunday, October 15 – 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (local time)
Wednesday, October 18 – 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (local time) WHERE: Tickets for ThePrincessBride can be purchased online by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in nearly 700 select movie theaters through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
