Running a revenge for hire business is some DIRTY WORK!
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. – Norm MacDonald
I ain’t apologizing for anything, especially if it’s a joke. – Artie Lange
Directed by Bob Saget, co-written and starring Norm MacDonald, Dirty Work is the funniest buddy comedy about two losers opening a highly successful business specializing in revenge. Two friends, Sam and Mitch, need to find $50,000 to pay for Sam’s dad’s heart surgery fast! When they’re fired for getting revenge on their abusive theater-owner boss, they have a great money-making idea: a revenge-for-hire business. The friends are soon successful but not all their clients are good customers. When real estate developer Travis Cole tricks them into vandalizing a building that isn’t his, Sam and Mitch concoct their best revenge plan yet.
Part of Nitehawk’s summer program COMEDIANS IN FILM (Late Nite).
An elegant New York socialite comes undone in San Francisco after her life falls to pieces.
This show is not about laughter. It’s about comedy. You don’t have to laugh to enjoy it. – Andrew Dice Clay
Offending people is a necessary and healthy act. Every time you say something that’s offensive to another person you just caused a discussion. You just forced them to have to think. – Louis CK
Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine shows the dire consequences that can result when people avert their eyes from reality and the truth they don’t want to see. When Jasmine’s (brilliantly played by Cate Blanchett) marriage falls apart, she moves into her estranged sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull her life, and her mind, back together. And while what is happening to her echoes the real-life Bernie Madoff scandal, the real problem for Jasmine is that she’s the unwitting instrument of her own downfall. One of Allen’s best.
Part of Nitehawk’s summer program COMEDIANS IN FILM (The Serious Comedian).
In the sci-fi thriller MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, a father goes on the run to protect his young son and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers.
What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Ultimately his father risks everything to protect Alton and help fulfill a destiny that could change the world forever, in this genre–defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human.
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London in SING STREET.
Sing Street tells the story of a 14-year-old named Cosmo growing up in 80’s Dublin who must break free of a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, deal with his drop-out older brother’s antics, and survive a new public school where the kids are rough and the brothers are tougher. Cosmo writes a song, forms a scrappy band with some school mates, writes more songs, and shoots some wicked music videos. How to shoot pop videos in a recession ridden country? Beg, borrow and steal. And steal. But when he realizes he can’t save his family, he must make a family of his own.
Los Angeles really overheats in the erupting VOLCANO!
Angelenos are prepared for earthquakes but what happens when an earthquakes releases a hidden volcano?! That’s what happens in Volcano: a massive quake erupts in downtown Los Angeles and rocks the city so hard that Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city’s response. Just as geologist Dr. Amy Barnes warns of a lurking volcano, another earthquake hits and unleashes the molten lava! Roark and Barnes work to figure out how to divert the lava while the inhabitants of the city learn they have much more in common than in differences.
Part of Nitehawk’s April WHEN NATURE ATTACKS brunch series.
Brace yourself as a killer comet heads to Earth for a real DEEP IMPACT.
On a dark night, a scientist discovers a comet is hurling itself towards earth but dies in a car crash before he can alert the world. Fast forward a year…the U.S. government keeps the crisis under wraps but crack reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) uncovers the truth which forces U.S. President Beck (Morgan Freeman) to announce his plan. That plan is to nuke it in space and, when that doesn’t work out, hide and pray. According to astronomers, Deep Impact is actually the more accurate of the two killer comet films released the same year (other is Armageddon, naturally) while, according to us, it’s scientifically proven fun.
Part of Nitehawk’s April WHEN NATURE ATTACKS brunch series.
The FORCE AWAKENS at Nitehawk!
Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey, a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi Knights.
May the force be with you!
BROOKLYN tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right.
Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.
Come spend a romantic brunch with your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day…Nitehawk’s LIVE SOUND CINEMA presents THE ARTIST with a live score by Reel Orchestrette!
Silent movie stars, talkie pictures, two lovers, and one cute dog make up the Best Picture Academy Award Winner, The Artist. In the 1920s, actor George Valentin is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller and, what’s more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies further separates the potential lovers, as George’s career begins to fade while Peppy’s star rises.
Reel Orchestrette (Bradford Reed & Geoff Gersh) is dedicated to the art of live musical accompaniment to silent films. Reed & Gersh have been collaborating together for almost 20 years, they formed Reel Orchestrette in 2012.
