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L.A. Readers! The New Beverly Film Explosion Starts Tonight With CLASS OF 1984 And 3:15: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!!!

Never enough time by Big_Daddy_Nero	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:00:08 PM
Never enough time to make a clever comment racing to be first.. or second..
I loved Class of 1984 as a kid by Continentalop	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:00:29 PM
Total Guilty pleasure. But I have never seen 3:15. Hmm. I was supposed to meet some girl tonight. Maybe I will tell her I am sick and go to the New Beverly instead.
Loved My Bodyguard by Big_Daddy_Nero	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:01:40 PM
Is that BM for short?
I saw Class of 1984 in the theater when it first came out... by LaneMyersClassic	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:05:09 PM
My brother and I were laughing our asses off at the metal detectors in the school. Metal detectors?! In school!? Hahaha! Not so funny anymore.
Class of 1984 freaked me the hell out!! by BackRiverCatfish	Jun 2nd, 2009 04:16:14 PM
Dick Van Pattens kid?
'3:15 : A Time to Die', is that the same film? by pokadoo	Jun 2nd, 2009 05:03:51 PM
Did I imagine that title? Might have been a U.K. retitle. I only vagely remember what happenned in the film, but it was cool. As is Class of 1984, which I've watched heaps!
You best not blaspheme Clu! by Jawa 007	Jun 2nd, 2009 05:12:48 PM
Love that the guy is a regular at the New Bev. Gotta love a guy who loves movies the way he does.
luvlie by BadMrWonkaSucksCock	Jun 2nd, 2009 05:36:47 PM

Those who will not learn from the past... by Rocco Curioso	Jun 2nd, 2009 05:44:54 PM
are doomed to wear jeans jackets and drive IROC Z-28s. Would I willingly relive even a moment of that stinky butt of a decade? No way... dude.
SIgh... by Lazarus Long	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:02:07 PM
I miss the New Beverly that played a lot more foreign and classic films instead of this kind of b-movie crap, which has been way too prevelant in the last year or so. Their long-time manager died a while back so maybe that's the reason. Luckily later this month at there are Powell & Pressburger, Polanski, and Douglas Sirk double features, and I was impressed by the Paradjanov films they showed in May.
TIM VAN PATTON FOR THE EXPENDABLES!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:33:33 PM
Holy shit is Stegman not the most hardcore high schooler ever?
THAT BAD GUY IN 3:15 MUST BE LIKE 25 FEET TALL by BringingSexyBack	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:34:35 PM
Jesus!
HIGH SCHOOL BLOODY MUSICAL by BringingSexyBack	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:39:33 PM
Stegman is part Will Hunting, part Satan's spawn.
EVEN THE BLACK GUYS WERE IN FEAR OF STEGMAN AND HIS GANG by BringingSexyBack	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:40:03 PM
of tuffs.
Class of 1984 is a good one by Vern	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:07:55 PM
The best part is the way it all comes together into the perfect climax when the teacher throws Stegman through a skylight into the gym where his music recital is going on. If you haven't seen it I also recommend Class of 1999. Same director, otherwise unrelated, it takes place in a ridiculous ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK inspired future where schools are prisons and the teachers (including Pam Grier) are military robots. Lots of good low budget Terminator-rip-off effects, and filmed in Seattle too.
New Beverly still rules ... by 300 monkeys	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:13:10 PM
They are still showing all the foreign and classic stuff, but they've added more grindhouse and b-movie madness, because things that don't evolve, you know, die.
300 monkeys by Continentalop	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:46:28 PM
Actually, I think ever since the death of the owner (sorry, but his name escapes me right now) the New Beverly has played less classics, art house and foreign films and more grindhouse/exploitation films. I mean it is always nice to see Spider Baby on the big screen, but it is kind of sad that you can't really see a Bunuel or a Shohei Imamura film at a theatre (Egyptian excluded).
BSB - the bad guy is 25 tall and his fly is down by Continentalop	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:47:12 PM
Why do you think they are looking on in horror
class of 1984 by TheExterminator	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:49:59 PM
class film..not seen the other film yet tho. have to check it
oh no wait by TheExterminator	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:52:36 PM
yes i have
One of the MAIN reasons to live in L.A.! by danger_havok	Jun 3rd, 2009 12:49:40 AM
You know there is a higher being when you have a theater like the New Beverly. Thanks New Bev! "WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?" - DANGER HAVOK
Great Start! by cahcat	Jun 3rd, 2009 02:47:55 AM
Night one at the New Beverly was GREAT! Tom Holland was AWESOME! Had a great Q&A. There were great trailers too!! I had never seen 3:15 and LOVED it! Young Adam Baldwin = hot! Great cast, a cameo by JOHN DOE?!?! Dude! So many cool peeps in that movie! Yup! Can't wait for night two! WITCH FLICKS!
Why has no-one mentioned by evilody	Jun 3rd, 2009 08:12:02 AM
The piss-poor Alice Cooper song from Class of 1984? It was "I am the Future" which was ironic since he was already about 40 at the time
Class of 1984 is great... by eustisclay	Jun 3rd, 2009 10:09:01 AM
but my favorite of the killer teenagers has always been Massacre at Central High. Don't know why this film hasn't been released on dvd. Maybe it's too close to the Columbine tragedy(though I'd have thought the same thing about 1984). On the flip side they could do a double feature on kick ass teachers, The Substitute and The Principal.
Evilody by Vern	Jun 3rd, 2009 12:39:11 PM
I agree, that song is terrible! I was surprised when I saw it was Alice Cooper. It sounded like some kid who was in the movie had a shitty band and they wanted to keep it cheap. And the funniest part is it's written by the great Lalo Schifrin.
TUFF TURF was a great film - Spader by npjs55	Jun 4th, 2009 05:49:39 AM
I have really great memories of this film , still have the OST on cassette.

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