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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 at the CASTRO theatre in San Francisco, CA. "COLONiZiNG 'R US" Triple Bill (BEST OF MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS!) (ONLY $12 FOR one or ALL THREE FILMS!) 7:00pm - ALiENS (1986) Written & Directed by JAMES CAMERON Containing: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton & Jenette Goldstein Dare I say there is no better 80s action film than James Cameron's slime-drippin', acid-sprayin', chest-burstin' extravaganza?! While colonizing has always been one of America's favorite pastimes, these inhabitants don't seem too eager to play along. Come cheer on the baadasssss female of the decade, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as she does her best to survive in this interspecies world war. 35mm print courtesy of 20th Century Fox. 137min WATCH ORiGiNAL TRAILER Playing with... 9:30pm - STARSHiP TROOPERS (1997) Written by Ed Neumeier; Directed by Paul Verhoeven; Containing: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris & Michael Ironside Misunderstood by nearly every critic upon release close to fifteen years ago, Paul Verhoeven's follow-up to SHOWGIRLS ranks against Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) as the greatest satire about war ever made. Hyper-violent and hypnotically subversive, this facist-allegory brilliantly uses 90210-type acting to emphasize the cluelessness of 1990s youth, while eerily exposing how easy it is to brainwash an entire society into committing genocide. Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (EL TOPO) considers it to be the only great American film of the past 30 years. WARNING: Film includes excessive blood and massive amounts of insect & human guts. Preceded by some gloriously nasty 1990s trailers. Widescreen 35mm print courtesy of Columbia. 129 min. WATCH ORiGiNAL TRAILER  Playing with... 11:59pm - DARK STAR (1974) Written by Dan O'Bannon; Directed by John Carpenter Containing: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon & Nick Castle A team of spaced-out wacky American astronauts have orders to search the universe, blowing up all "unstable" planets they come across. Along the way they argue with their computerized bomb, ask the 'big' questions in life and fight aliens that look exactly like beach balls! John Carpenter's low-budget UCLA student debut combines pertinent politics, hi-larious hi-jinx & super spiffy special effects culminating in the greatest student film of all time. Extremely RARE 35mm print!  NOTE: Due to the short length (82min) there will be a trailer reel of choice John Carpenter trailers preceding the film. WATCH ORiGiNAL TRAILER  Admission is $12 for one or all three films! UPCOMING     |     PAST MIDNITES     |     THE MANIAC     |     PRESS