Western Film: ORIENT EXPRESS and THE DISASTER ARTIST

Event Date: Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Playing: JAN 26 - FEB 1
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

7:00 pm (ends at 9:05 pm)

Rating:  PG

A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells of thirteen stranded strangers & one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Derek Jacobi, Josh Gad, Penélope Cruz, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Olivia Colman, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy Boynton, Sergei Polunin, Tom Bateman, Marwan Kenzari

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Based on a popular 1934 novel by Agatha Christie.

THE DISASTER ARTIST

Playing: JAN 19 - 25
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

9:20 pm (ends at 11:24 pm)

Rating:  14A

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tommy Wiseau‘s The Room (2003), starring Tommy (James Franco) and his best friend, actor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco). The two met during an acting workshop when Greg was just an aspiring actor.

Tommy takes Greg under his wing, setting him up in Los Angeles in an apartment Tommy rarely uses. While Greg soon finds an agent and a girlfriend (Alison Brie), Tommy isn’t as lucky, so he decides to write, direct and star in his own movie, despite lacking talent in any of those areas.

The Room, made on a production budget of $6 million was notoriously awful. It opened in two Los Angeles theaters in June 2003 and grossed a pitiful $1,200, but in a twist of fate, went on to earn a cult following, earning the dubious honor of being dubbed “the Citizen Kane of bad movies.”

 

Western Film Note: We play The Room 4 times a year as part of our Friday Midnight Cult Films series. It’s by far the most popular movie in the series, doing an average of 100 people each screening. The next screening is Friday, Jan 26th at Midnight.

Western Film: ORIENT EXPRESS and THE DISASTER ARTIST