SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our RE-EVALUATING MICHAEL BAY series! Saturday, January 15, 2022
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90013
730pm THE ROCK (1996, dir by Michael Bay, Disney, 35mm, 136mns)
945pm ARMAGEDDON (1998, dir by Michael Bay, Disney, 35mm, 151mns)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***ALL AUDIENCE will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL VACCINATION CARD READY BEFORE ENTERING THE THEATER. If you have an exemption, please have proof of a negative PCR level COVID test within 3 days of the screening.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
***EVERYONE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING INSIDE THE THEATER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION.
2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.
We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!
3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer your complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!
Today we complete our 2 day series RE-EVALUATING MICHAEL BAY with the two movies that rocketed Michael Bay to the "summer blockbuster director club".
Although Bad Boys had been a surprise hit, it really was Bay's next movie The Rock that established the "Bay" formula.
The idea (from a screenplay co-written by JJ Abrams) is pure high-concept summer: a deranged general (Ed Harris chewin' it up and lovin' it) takes over Alcatraz, the prison island, and threatens to launch missiles from there unless his demands are met. Left with no options, the authorities have to employ the only convict who successfully escaped. . .played by Sean "Motherf@#$*n" Connery with an assist from misfit tech nerd Nicolas Cage to break back in!
You get explosions. You get Sean Connery firing off one-liners like his stint as James Bond was just a warm-up. You get Nicholas Cage realizing he likes these big budget movies. You get Bay doing that thing he does with complementary and opposite color schemes that shows he has a totally solid art background. . .
And. . .you get a lot of fun.
We follow this up with Bay's own follow-up, the big budget "regular Joe oil drillers are the only ones who can save us from an asteroid hurtling to our planet" summer blockbuster ARMAGEDDON.
Oh brother! You get Bruce Willis chasing Ben Affleck with a shotgun. You get an Aerosmith hit song. You get Steve Buscemi. . You get Billy Bob Thornton. . .
This movie plays like The Right Stuff meets The Dirty Dozen meets an American country song about how liberals and left-wingers are all a bunch of. . .
In many ways, Armageddon represents the best and the most stereotypical of Michael Bay. But it's undeniable that Bay has come to deliver the goods and plant his flag on the rarefied moon soil of bankable summer blockbuster directors.
And. . .come on. . .let's admit it. At the end of the day, Armageddon is like a big overloaded cake with marshmallows, candy, chocolate, and ice cream. And sometimes, you just gotta have a big scoop.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll get a bunch of slo-mo American flag shots. You'll get a father-daughter story you didn't expect. You'll get thrown into the vortex of Bayhem. You can and you should question but you may also need to re-evaluate. . .
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
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REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
We will have a staff member on duty to monitor all cars parked in the street-art alleyway at our entrance.
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