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In hindsight, they were destined to be together – the horror equivalent of Astaire and Rogers.
H.R. Giger’s skeletal alien design and Sigourney Weaver’s lean jaw structure was a match made in the cinema’s heavens. In ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1979 | R | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Ridley Scott Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 PM
35mm 30th Anniversary Screening
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The monster speaks! And now he wants a mate! This Universal Studios sequel to 1931’s classic, Frankenstein, re-teamed Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the creature, with director James Whale, who resisted doing the film ... read more |
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1935 | Not Rated | Horror, Sci-Fi | d. James Whale Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 03:00 PM
HD Cinema
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Deep in the jungles of Peru in close proximity to a large radioactive deposit, Dr. Thorkel, “the world’s greatest authority on organic molecular structure”, is experimenting with the atomic makeup of living cellular tissue. Brought to the screen by the ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1940 | Not Rated | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Ernest B. Schoedsack Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 AM
35mm First Sci-Fi feature in TECHNICOLOR!
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A secret government organization drafts five medical specialists who are miniaturized and injected into the human body of an injured foreign scientist to perform a delicate operation from the inside. They must travel through the bloodstream to ... read more |
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Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects 1966 Sponsored by 1966 | PG | Adventure, Sci-Fi | d. Richard Fleischer Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence Philanthropy Theatre
Thursday, Aug 13 at 03:30 PM
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Superior science fiction which was under-promoted and generally overlooked when originally released, is cleverly and faithfully adapted from Daniel Defoe’s novel of 1719—Robinson Crusoe.
An American astronaut is marooned on Mars and encounters a stranger from another planet. They ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | Not Rated | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | d. Byron Haskin Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West Philanthropy Theatre
Thursday, Aug 13 at 01:00 PM
Digital 45th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
After being turned down by several major studios, the project was taken by newcomer director George Lucas to Alan Ladd Jr. at Fox who green-lighted it and put it on their production schedule.
With a small budget for a ... read more |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Film Editing, Costume Design 1977 1977 | PG | Sci-Fi, Adventure | d. George Lucas Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 06:00 PM
35mm aka Episode IV: A New Hope (Special Edition)
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After being turned down by several major studios, the project was taken by newcomer director George Lucas to Alan Ladd Jr. at Fox who green-lighted it and put it on their production schedule.
With a small budget for a ... read more |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Film Editing, Costume Design 1977 1977 | PG | Sci-Fi, Adventure | d. George Lucas Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 09:00 PM
35mm Second Screening
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The sleeper box office hit celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year and, along with Conan the Barbarian two years earlier, firmly established a former “Mr. Universe” and multi-awarded bodybuilding champ and present California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the cinema’s premiere action ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1984 | R | Sci-Fi, Action | d. James Cameron Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 8 at 10:00 PM
Archival 35mm 25th Anniversary Screening
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“I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is” - Richard Masur as “Clark”
Returning from the 26th World Science Fiction Convention on a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles ... read more |
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1982 | R | Horror, Sci-Fi | d. John Carpenter Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 09:30 PM
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Seven time Academy Award-winning producer George Pal’s first foray into the works of British author H.G. Wells was updated to the present and relocated from England to southern California. Based on the 1898 novel, the story is of a ... read more |
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Best Special Visual Effects 1953 Sponsored by 1953 | Not Rated | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Byron Haskin Gene Barry, Ann Robinson Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 12:45 PM
Archival 35mm
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