The Wright Stuff II: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot/Miami Blues Double Bill Jan. 30th & 31st (30th Sold Out - Standby Line Only)
* A last chance to see The Wright Stuff II - final double bill this evening at 7:30pm
* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Sunday the 30th to introduce the films.
*The Sunday show is now SOLD OUT. Any tickets that become available will be sold on a first come first served basis to those waiting in a stand by line the night of the event.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Sun: TBA; Mon: 7:30
Miami Blues Sun: TBA; Mon: 9:45
Edgar says: Two fantastic crime films, both with legendary, beloved actors, neither of which as are well known as they should be. I aim to change this with this double bill.
Michael Cimino’s Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is a buddy movie classic, with the amazing combination of Clint Eastwood in his prime and Jeff Bridges in one his earliest starring roles. This handsome duo head up a tough, funny and frequently insane heist movie. I dearly love this movie. With Bridges now attaining the same legend status as Clint himself, it will be great to watch this again with a crowd.
Edgar says: George Armitage’s Miami Blues is another film slightly ahead of its time. In 1990 its combination of tough, funny noir and flashes of shocking violence seemed to bemuse audiences. Only five years later would Tarantino turn what was once for cult appreciation only into a global smasheroo. This very entertaining Miami lowlife romp has at its heart two great badass performances, the grizzled Fred Ward as Hoke Mosely and the frequently shirtless and impressively hairy Alec Baldwin as the charming psychopath Junior. This film is a little gem of broken fingers, lost digits and missing teeth. Anyone who has seen my amateur film Dead Right will know that I stole a joke from Miami Blues. I am willing to be shamed by screening it now.
