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RiffTrax Live With THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION on August 15th and 20th

 Following the sidesplitting kick-off to the 2019 “RiffTrax Live” series with the wonderfully awful rubber monster B-movie “Octaman,” and the Casper Van Dien sword-and-laser swashbuckling space odyssey “Star Raiders” in June, RiffTrax’s Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (of Mystery Science Theater 3000® fame) are back in cinemas in August with “RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion.” One of the most popular MST3K movies ever, comedy fans won’t want to miss this epic riff on the 1975 science fiction horror cult classic presented by RiffTrax and Fathom Events.

Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 8 p.m. ET (live) / 7 p.m. CT (live) / 7 p.m. MT (tape delayed) / 8 p.m. PT (tape delayed) and rebroadcast on Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. local time.

Tickets for “RiffTrax Live: 2019” titles can be purchased at www.fathomevents.com/series/rifftrax-live and participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). SYNOPSIS: There’s a monster in Wisconsin, and it’s going to slowly, VERY slowly, strike TERROR INTO YOUR HEART! Sure your grandma could outrun it, but TERROR is more fun! When a fiery meteor lands in the woods, strange things begin to happen in this small Wisconsin town — even weirder than usual, and that’s a pretty high bar! While the townspeople are picked off by spiders of varying sizes, two esteemed scientists ramble around the countryside in a late model sedan, where they find friendship, romance and a big mechanical spider built on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis! Starring Alan Hale Jr, the (Skipper from “Gilligan’s Island”), Barbara Hale (“Perry Mason,” and no relation to the Skipper) and Robert Easton, who’s been in more movies than a No Smoking disclaimer, The Giant Spider Invasion” explodes across the screen in a pristine new digital transfer.

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE Plays Midnights at The Tivoli This Weekend

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“Into the weenie mobile, weenie man away!”

Okay, you have a big decision to make this weekend: do you seen RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD at midnight at The Hi-Pointe Friday and MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE at The Tivoli midnight on Saturday, or do you see MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE at The Tivoli midnight Friday and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD at midnight at The Hi-Pointe on Saturday? Either way, there’s a couple of fun midnight shows in St. Louis this weekend (read my take on the RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD screening HERE)

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If you’re unacquainted with the origin of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE, a cult cable series on the Sci-Fi Channel, fret not. Think of Mad Magazine meets a live-action version of Beavis & Butthead, and you’re on your way to the moon. Instead of having Burger World’s Dickheads of the Month unspooling wisecracks over Ratt and Warrant video clips, you have two androids, Gypsy and Crow, and their human pal, Michael J Nelson, unspooling wisecracks over an endless stream of  Z-grade films. They are held captive aboard a bone-shaped space vessel by an evil scientist, Dr Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulie who also co-wrote the script), who plans to conquer the world by exposing Earthlings to celluloid crap and, in the movie, the choice of deconstruction is the 1954 sci-fi schlocker, THIS ISLAND EARTH (which is actually a good, if mildly cheesy, film – I’ve shown it at Super-8 Movie Madness). No household names with eye-candy looks, no costly visual trickery and certainly not much of a plot, MST-3K has less to do with science-fiction than the cannibalization of popular culture; their gleeful nitpicks are peppered with a litany of pop culture references from The Addams Family and TOP GUN, to Kate Moss, the Matsushita Corporation and even William Shatner. The namechecking may alienate some and the jokes are of a hit-and-miss variety but when it does hit, it hurts.

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You’ll have the chance to see MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE in its big screen glory when it plays  July 11th and 12th at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.

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The Tivoli’s located at 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, MO. Admission is a mere $8!

The Tivoli’s website can be found HERE

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/st.louis/tivolitheatre.htm

Here’s the Reel Late at the Tivoli Line-up for the next few weeks:

July 18-19            2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

July 25-26            CLUE

Aug. 1-2               THIS IS SPINAL TAP 30th anniversary, digitally restored

Aug. 8-9               AKIRA           

Aug. 15-16           TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – The Original!

Aug. 22-23           ARMY OF DARKNESS

Aug. 29-30           BLAZING SADDLES

Sept. 5-6              PURPLE RAIN – 30th anniversary

Sept. 12-13         GHOST IN THE SHELL

WAMG Interview: Mike Nelson

Michael J. Nelson is best known as the creator and host of the hilarious Emmy and Peabody Award-winning show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Mr. Nelson has amassed a large loyal fan base that enjoys his sarcastically sharp and often brutal form of comedy that pokes fun of movies that “have it coming.” Mike travels all over the country to speak and is frequently a guest on numerous radio and TV shows. He has also written three books: Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese, Mind Over Matters and A Year at the Movies. Even though MST3K is no longer running, Mr. Nelson has joined the legions of people who see the Internet as the future of entertainment, bringing his trademark humor to a new website called RiffTrax.com

We Are Movie Geeks had an opportunity to sit down and speak with Mike Nelson over the phone. Here is the interview for you to enjoy …