BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Domy Books Monday Movie Nights in Houston at Domy Books - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081013T000000 DTEND:20081124T000000 DTSTAMP:20081118T114137Z SUMMARY:Domy Books Monday Movie Nights DESCRIPTION: Times: 8:30pm-10:30pm Description: Domy Books\, in assoc iation with Domy Films\, is pleased to present\, Monday Movie Nights\, curated by Brand X.October 13DemonsThey will make cemeteries their ca thedrals and the cities will be your tombs. Lamberto Bava (son of fame d Italian horror filmmaker Mario Bava) directs this creep fest as a gr oup of Berlin youths are trapped inside a movie theater and one by one are turned into prey and possessed by demons. The movie is an entirel y original and fun film that shows just what horror used to be in the 80's. Co-written by Dario Argento\, this movie almost plays like one o f Romero's infamous zombie films. What makes it unique is how it tries a different version of a well tread story and makes it something new. The soundtrack is 80's excess with a bunch of American hair metal act s filling the bill. The movie itself goes down quick and is easily som ething you would watch over and over again as you prepare for Hallowee n. 1988\, 830-1030pm\, free admission RUNTIME: 102 minOctober 20The Th ingThe ultimate in alien terror. The 1982 remake of Howard Hawks' 50's sci-fi gem\; it can be safely said that John Carpenter's remake is a superior work of cinema. From the claustrophobic sense of paranoia tha t is abundant throughout the film to the groundbreaking special effect s that still amaze to this day\, The Thing is the definition of what a great horror film should be. Kurt Russell stars as a helicopter pilot named R.J. MacReady who's assigned to a U.S. outpost with a group of scientists in Antarctica. When on an excavation mission they find some thing buried in the ice that changes humanity forever\, and that's jus t the beginning of the terror. 1982\, 830-1030pm\, free admission RUNT IME: 109 minOctober 27Dawn of the Dead (the original)When there's no m ore room in hell\, the dead will walk the earth. This is it! The undis puted king of zombie horror\, and considered by most to be one of the greatest horror films of all time… Dawn is more note worthy than most of the genre due to the metaphysical questions it asks. Its stabs at c onsumerism and morality became benchmarks for horror films to come. Fo ur individuals flee a city that has been overrun by the reanimated\, f lesh craving\, corpses of the recently deceased. The plague is not exp lained\, and the scientific community has few ideas. After refueling t heir helicopter\, the group decides to make a pit stop at a local mall before flying to the wilds of Canada. This is where most of the film' s setting takes place. Our group decides to hunker down and enjoy life in the adequately stocked mall\, but soon realize that the utopia may not be as perfect as they imagined. Dawn of the Dead marks the debut of horror effects wizard Tom Savini. His makeup effects in the film in spired a new generation of artists. They are over the top and gory as hell. Extremely graphic\, they set a new standard for gore effects. Th is film is the first sequel to Night of the Living Dead\, also directe d by George Romero. Co-produced by Italian horror director Dario Argen to\, it is considered to be responsible for jump-starting the European zombie craze of the 70s and 80s. 1979\, 830-1030pm\, free admission R UNTIME: 126 minNovember 3Halloween 3The night no one comes home. Argua bly the most hated in the Halloween series\, the second sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween strays away from the rest by not involving shap e-slasher\, Michael Myers. Nope\, instead Halloween 3 is about a sinis ter plot that involves brain washing\, moon rocks\, and an evil toy co mpany that makes really dated masks. Add to that another tour de force performance from Tom Atkins and you have another Brand X Monday Night . One of the best parts about Halloween 3 is the score that producer\, and the director of the first installment\, John Carpenter did for th e film. Creepy\, original and heavy with synths the movie is worth wat ching if for nothing else than an entirely original score. Not to forg et you get to continue with your Halloween celebration into November a s we kick off a month of political cinema. 1982\, 830-1030pm\, free ad mission RUNTIME: 96 minNovember 10They LiveYou see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You thin k they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong. Call it a si gn of the times. Whether you're talking about the decadent 80s from we nce it came or the current socioeconomic state our world finds itself in\, you'll be hard pressed not to fins something to relate to in this film. They Live is a brilliant satire on the old class vs. class stru ggle\; the elite vs. the down and out working class. Without a doubt p utting forth its message\, it takes unapologetic stabs at corrupt poli ticians\, the out touch upper class and those that would sell out thei r fellow man just to get a piece of the pie\; not to mention the shame lessness of advertisers. Professional wrestler\, Roddy Piper makes a b rilliantly entertaining performance as a man with no name character th at happens across the reality behind all the world's ills by putting o n a pair of sunglasses. Why not? It isn't pretty\, either… I'd like to say this film is more relevant today than it was when it was made\, b ut\, honestly\, things haven't changed all that much. Speaking persona lly\, as your humble synopsis writer\, I gave a copy of this film to m y former superior at a local corporation when my job\, along with many others\, was sold out to a company overseas. I felt somewhat vindicat ed. 1988\, 830-1030pm\, free admission RUNTIME: 93 minNovember 17Marat hon Man (pictured) Dustin Hoffman plays a graduate student who trains for marathon races as a hobby. When his brother (Roy Scheider) comes t o town for a visit and to deliver stolen diamonds for a Nazi in exile played by Sir Laurence Olivier\, Hoffman's character becomes a victim of an international cat and mouse game and is hunted by the sadistic N azi. A fantastic thriller and classic a Hoffman picture. 1976\, 830-10 30pm\, free admission RUNTIME: 125 minNovember 24Network"NETWORK"... t he humanoids\, the love story\, the trials and tribulations\, the savi or of television\, the attempted suicides\, the assassination -- it's ALL coming along with a galaxy of stars you know and love! Howard Beal e (Peter Finch) finally reached his breaking point\, unfortunately on the nightly news and in front of millions of viewers. While initially punished\, Beale is eventually brought back into television's fold. At first to high ratings and supervisor smiles\, quickly though\, his ho nest truth becomes too much for the manufactured “truth” of the networ k. A dark comedy through and through\, Network does not just show us t he cutthroat\, ratings driven underside of television\, it shows us ho w broken the human condition has become\, from the bosses and creators down to the consumer humanoids\, we're shown what we traded at the al ter of the cathode ray gun. The film\, with strong performances from F aye Dunaway\, William Holden\, Robert Duvall\, and Ned Betty\, receive d numerous Academy Awards\, including the only posthumous award given to Peter Finch. In the end\, Network is not simply a cinematic take on television\, but a film that leaves the viewer questioning everything they think they know\, including their own humanity. 1976\, 830-1030p m\, free admission RUNTIME: 121 min LOCATION:Domy Books @ 1709 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77098 United Sta tes SEQUENCE:1227008497 UID:E0-001-016975662-5 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-016975662-5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR