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Anyone familiar with Michael Showalter's work - be it his groundbreaking comedy troupes, The State and Stella, or his widely cherished cult films which he co-wrote with David Wain - is well aware that Showalter is a comedic mastermind; a...

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(The name appears to reference the 1970s cult film Soylent Green, in which humans ate a strange food that turned out to be other humans, but Rhinehart says that in the book version, soylent was made of soya and lentils.)

The chain is famous for League's strict anti-texting policy, as well as the stars who show up to premiere films at the Austin location and the special posters designed for many of the screenings, which may pair cult classics with themed foods.

After first being introduced in 1998 to promote the film Mulan, the sauce gained a cult following, stoked by the television series Rick and Morty, which made an episode featuring the sauce.

In November 2014, Sony Pictures was preparing the release of the controversial film, The Interview, which mocks Kim Jong - un's cult - y regime.

But we'd do well to define what «cult» actually means, both inside the Christian church - i.e., Christians use the term largely to differentiate other religions which deviate from orthodox, historical and Biblical Christianity - and outside, where it's thrown around to describe everything from followers of Kevin Smith films to any organization that's secretive and raises boat loads of money.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

Phil Dorcas, ELNA president, says that every year some attendees insist on viewing the 1965 cult horror film Incubus, which features continuous Esperanto dialogue — and William Shatner.

In 1991, Oedekerk also wrote a script for a motion picture, High Strung, in which he played the lead; the film didn't do well at the box office, but it later gained a cult following, and was reissued after bit player Jim Carey rose to fame.

Reynolds» superb turn as unhinged central character goes a long way towards smoothing over The Voices» various faults, which finally does confirm the film's place as a distinctive black comedy that is, in essence, an instant cult classic.

But amazingly for a 50's space flick its a very intelligent and deep adventure which has become a full top level cult and the quintessential science fiction film up alongside the likes of» 2001: A Space Odyssey».

Word - of - mouth on Reservoir Dogs began to build at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, which led to scores of glowing reviews, making the film a cult hit.

The hard - working actress has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects both in film and television, starting with her acting debut in the movie JOE, which she soon followed with the 1975 cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Other screen work includes the films AFFINITY, for which she won Best Actress at Nymphe d'Or, MR. SELFRIDGE, THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER, Anya in the cult series UTOPIA, SECRET STATE with Gabriel Byrne, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED and IN BRUGES.

The film follows the making of «The Room» - directed by and starring Wiseau - which has been dubbed the worst movie ever made but went on to gain a cult following.

Carrie is a film adaptation of Stephen King's work, which got turned into a cult horror classic in 1976 and was directed by Brain De Palma.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines -LSB-...]

Director / writer Joseph Kosinski «s story (the script is credited to Karl Gadjusek and Michael DeBruyn, with William Monahan and Michael Arndt among those who worked on the film too) cribs liberally from other more familiar sci - fi tales, including one recent cult hit which mentioning the name of would likely tip you off to the film's big secrets.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines like «Oh hi, Mark» and «You're tearing me apart, Lisa» as they watch the film onscreen — in between throwing plastic spoons.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated, headed by Reverend Henry Kane (Beck).

Those cult fans will love Warner Archive's DVD, which presents the film in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

It's an instant cult classic that I can see a lot of people discovering on the home video front and not so much theatrically, which is a shame, because films like this need audiences support to help fund future projects for talented filmmakers like Martin McDonagh.

Occasionally, characters wear the iconic wide - brim, super-tall hat made famous in Alejandro Jodorowsky's druggy, cosmic 1973 cult film The Holy Mountain, which, like Dirty Computer, deals with personal freedom and sexual liberation.

Just a discussion of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre requires an examination of the Apollonian / Dionysian divide, of the ways in which the cult of man breeds animalism even as it restrains it and the ways in which politics can sometimes bolster a film rather than unhorse it.

Gervasi's previous work includes the cult classic ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL, and the feature film THE BIG TEASE, which ripped the lid off hairdressing competitions.

Original cast members Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander present the first - ever screening of the cult classic's third film, in which the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon — while an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead.

The book and the film on which it's based share a tone of hipster sexual frustration metaphor in the Jay McInerney mold, here caged, as it usually is, in pumped - up bodies trying not to seem gay so as to ease admittance into these exclusive cults of machismo and sadomasochism.

Presented by the Chicago Film Society, which calls it the «New Wave cult film your horrible teenage self should have shoplifted from the video store.»

The ever - growing cult behind Russell and his work will undoubtedly enjoy this riveting look back on the maverick director right in the midst of filming his chaotic classic, which, negative press notwithstanding, ended up kicking off a series of successes in the 1970s.

Coming from a director credited for cult classics such as The Craft and Dick, I had a level of expectation for this film, which by the end of the 90 minutes was not met.

The Disaster Artist, which is directed by James and out in wide release Friday, is a comedy chronicling the making of 2003's The Room — the film written by, starring, and directed by Tommy Wiseau, which has been christened both the worst movie ever made and, in the years since, a cult classic.

I think when more people see this film they will really connect with it and in my opinion it is destined to become a cult classic just like most the films to which it is paying homage.

This past Monday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, filming began on the latest Child's Play sequel Cult of Chucky, which is the seventh entry in the iconic...

It's shot in black and white which adds some style, and it has a haunting score by Abel Korzeniowski (of A Single Man, W.E.), but this is a film that is destined to be loved by a small audience, and be much more of a cult classic than anything.

The film is easily the funniest, most exhilaratingly ridiculous picture in a year in which Snakes on a Plane aspired to the same camp / cult heights, and it does it the only way that you can: by being deadly serious.

Gerwig envisions a program in which locals apprentice with seasoned crew members (if only such an agenda were in place when Memoirs of a Geisha and The Assassination of Richard Nixon were filming in the area), citing how the cult fantasy show Xena: Warrior Princess laid the groundwork in New Zealand for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, some of the biggest productions in motion picture history.

He's made quite the name for himself over the years in the world of genre film, writing three movies for Danny Boyle (two of which he directed), — «28 Days Later,» «Sunshine,» and «28 Weeks Later» — one for Mark Romanek («Never Let Me Go»), and he also penned the 2012 cult fave «Dredd.»

Overall, the film, which was produced by Tim & Eric themselves along with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Dave Kneebone, is a true celebration of an off - brand style of niche cult humor that so many viewers still look for in shows like The Eric Andre Show, Check It Out!

Most notorious for being the movie red - hot Mark Hamill (Comic Book: The Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the film.

If you grew up as a horror film fanatic in the 1980s, you may have run through most of the American slasher flicks and occult thrillers — and then you rented Lucio Fulci's 1980 cult favourite Zombie, which hopefully led you to all sorts of gore - laden apocalyptic mayhem from Italian splatter - slingers like Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare -LRB-...)

This is probably director Brian Trenchard - Smith's finest movie, which also includes the cult films Turkey Shoot and The Man from Hong Kong that end up being shown at the drive - in during the picture.

There are small nods to almost all the cult films from that decade, which is fine for a novel but a little more expensive to produce on screen, where copyright issues are something of a minefield.

Pegg and Frost went on to co-write the lackluster extraterrestrial comedy «Paul» on their own (and Pegg appeared in two «Star Trek» pictures) while Wright made the stellar «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,» a film which failed to connect in its initial release but has become something of an instant cult classic.

The 127 Hours star's latest film will be released on December 1, with the movie dramatising the making of Wiseau's cult 2003 classic The Room — which has been dubbed «The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made».

4 — Which French actress has reportedly hit out at director Quentin Tarantino for his treatment of women in his cult films?

We just heard about Vincent Cassel joining the cast of Bourne 5, and now we've got a new trailer for Partisan, the creepy - looking film that features Cassel as a sort of cult leader who acts as head of a closed community and trains young urchins to do his bidding, which is often violent.

Factory's new, horror - focused branch Scream Factory, which quickly built a pedigree for wonderful releases of cult films.

Test audiences didn't enjoy the direction the franchise went with the cult mythology so huge chunks of the film were re-shot to make the film feel like your average slasher, which is what the result felt like.

I did not care for this film at all, and while this is a good marketing push from A24, it's going to be forgotten, which is cool because it will be a cult classic even faster.

Four years later, he returned with «Birth,» starring Nicole Kidman, a strange, unclassifiable, but deeply wonderful film that didn't find the audience or critical reception it deserved at the time, but which has gone on to be something of a cult favorite.