Starring: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts
Let’s face it. Most college football teams are pretty bad. Games can still be fun though, and if there’s a killer marching band? Even better. This is Devon Miles’ (Nick Cannon) world, a Harlem street drummer who caught a full ride at Atlanta A&T University, a (made up) college whose pride and joy is its marching band. A cocky hotshot, Devon isn’t an immediate fit to the stiff, classically oriented program, and his aggressive quest to prove himself the best drummer in school ostracizes him from his bandmates. But as the football season marches on, Devon must mend bridges to save his corps in time for the BET Big Southern Classic — an epic televised showdown of the country’s best marching bands.
Comedian Kevin Maher hosts a two-hour variety show celebrating Rip-Off Cinema, that bold cross-genre phenomenon of copycat films, knockbusters and rushed productions that borrow from popular films. The evening includes all kinds of cash-grab films, including the best, the worst, the weirdest and the most shameless. Plus the Bollywood re-telling of a classic American horror.
Guests include:
- John Cribbs (writer from ThePinkSmoke.com)
- Marcus Pinn (writer, PinnlandEmpire.com)
- Jamie Righetti (host of THE SCREAM SQUAD podcast)
- Bob Sikoryak (Creator of MASTERPIECE COMICS)
- Kate Wilkinson (Writer, Wig Wurq)
Nitehawk and Shudder team up for the New York City premiere of the ultimate J-Horror showdown between the vengeful spirits of Ringu and Ju-On: The Grudge in SADAKO VS. KAYAKO.
Introduction by Shudder Curator, Sam Zimmerman. Screening also includes Shudder subscriptions giveaways to select audience members!
After viewing a legendary cursed videotape, Natsumi discovers she has only two days before she will be killed by the demonic entity known as Sadako. The only way to break the curse: pitting the demon Sadako against Kayako, an accursed spirit possessing a haunted house where everyone who enters disappears.
Sadako vs. Kayako brings the characters from Ringu and Ju-On: The Grudge back to the big screen in a wildly fun, tongue-in-cheek thrill ride that finally answers the question: whose curse is stronger?
THE DEUCE is proud to present (after over two years of digging!) the ultra-rare DIRTY LITTLE BILLY!
The film is Stan Dragoti’s gritty, unsensationalistic portrait of a young Billy the Kid – with Michael J. Pollard in the starring role … Opening in May, 1973 at the dirtiest little single screen on 42nd – the notorious Anco – DIRTY LITTLE BILLY is not to be missed…
Plus: Prizes and surprises, and music by Maestro Jeff at the after-party at Lo-Res! Presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
Each screening features a NY Distilling Company Cocktail Special.
THE DEUCE goes up in smoke on 4/20 with ice cream vendors Cheech and Chong peddling their NICE DREAMS.
The film is the duo’s third feature and one of 1981’s biggest summer blockbusters (grossing $37 million!). Opening at the Lyric Theatre on June 5, NICE DREAMS features special guests Sandra Bernhard, Paul Reubens, and Timothy Leary!
Plus: Prizes and surprises, and music by Maestro Jeff at the after-party at Lo-Res! Presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
Each screening features a NY Distilling Company Cocktail Special.
THE DEUCE returns (yet again) to the Eastern-most movie palace on the block – the New Amsterdam – for Bogdanovich’s hit rom-com WHAT’S UP DOC?
Originally premiering at Radio City Music Hall on March 10, 1972, WHAT’S UP DOC? hit the Deuce for a Spring re-run at the New Amsterdam… where it played with B-picture MAN IN THE WILDERNESS…Join Babs, Ryan, and the Deuce-Jockeys for our screwbally Valentine’s date night!
Plus: Prizes and surprises, and music by Maestro Jeff at the after-party at Lo-Res! Presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
Join THE DEUCE on their first jaunt to the Loew’s Criterion (east side of Broadway, at 44th Street) for the February 5, 1975 premiere of REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER.
REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER is Milton Katselas’ thrill ride into the seedy underbelly of 1970s NYC, as seen through the eyes of NYPD officers Michael Moriarty, Susan Blakely, and Yaphet Kotto!
Plus: Prizes and surprises, and music by Maestro Jeff at the after-party at Lo-Res! Presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
Nitehawk and Motherboard present THE RUNNING MAN 30th Anniversary Inauguration Special Event.
How a wild Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie predicted Trump’s America. Pre-screening presentation featuring special guests.
The future’s not so bright in The Running Man. Set in a dystopian American circa 2019, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a wrongly convicted cop in this science fiction action film. Accused of killing rioters, Ben Richards is sent to jail but escapes only to find himself on the popular television show called, you guessed, it “The Running Man.” In order to regain his freedom, he must battle a bunch of professional killers on this brutal execution slash game-show. In order to prove his innocence, he has to tap into government computers to prove the guilt of the regime who’s trying to frame him.
As part of our Harry Potter 20 celebration series, Nitehawk has teamed up with The Strand to co-host an epic debate on the ye old question: which is better, the books or the films? Books versus Film: Harry Potter will see two teams face off in a battle royale to the finish line and you will help decide. There will be topics, there will be drinks, and there will be blood.
Please note that Matt Zoller Seitz (Film side has been replaced by Erin Whitney from Screen Crush).
BOOKS TEAM – THE STRAND
ALISE MORALES
Alise Morales is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is an improviser on UCBT’s Lloyd Night, and a contributing writer for websites such as Betches and Reductress. You can see her performing all over the city and in festivals across the country.
ALIZA WEINBERGER
Aliza Weinberger comes to you from the Internet, where she does audience development and books coverage for Mashable.com. She spends her free time on the creative team of Mischief Management, a company that puts on fan conventions including the annual Harry Potter event LeakyCon. One time she wrote a full-length Potter fanfiction play for them about Teddy Lupin.
FILM TEAM – NITEHAWK CINEMA
MATT JACOBS
Matthew Jacobs is an entertainment reporter at The Huffington Post, where he primarily writes about film. A Louisiana native, Matt enjoys Mike Nichols movies, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcoms and Madonna minutiae. His favorite “Harry Potter” character is Dobby.
ERIN WHITNEY
Erin Whitney is the Senior Editor of ScreenCrush.com, where they write about film and TV. When not talking Game of Thrones theories or waiting for the next Terrence Malick film, Erin’s probably binge-watching Law & Order: SVU. Their favorite Harry Potter film is The Half-Blood Prince.
