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The Strange Brew Film Series Has Moved! MALLRATS Wednesday Night at Urban Chestnut


“Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn for Sega.”


Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series has moved! The new location is Urban Chestnut in the Grove (4465 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis 63110). The kickoff film for the new locale is Kevin Smith’s 1995 comedy MALLRATS. It’s this Wednesday, June 6th. The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5.


Shift the central idea of Clerks from a convenience store to a shopping mall. Trade a pair of slacker salesmen for two newly dumped layabouts. Bring in Jay and Silent Bob for some new hijinks. Add an ill-conceived game show, a puffed-up security chief and a topless prognosticator of fortunes, and you have MALLRATS (1995).


MALLRATS was widely panned upon its initial release, but the years have been good to the film and it has developed into the type of cult classic perfect for Strange Brew.

Smith demonstrated once again his mastery of sharp-witted dialogue and his ability to draw fully realized characters you’d love to meet despite — or perhaps because of — their many flaws.The best of the lot is Jason Lee, a Smith movie staple, as Brodie. He’s obsessed with comic books and Sega games, and his fixations cost him his long-suffering girlfriend Rene (Shannen Doherty). Brodie’s best friend is T.S. (Jeremy London), who also loses his girlfriend Brandi (Claire Forlani) after another in a long stream of arguments.The quartet of dumpers and dumpees all end up at the mall, where paths inevitably cross. They also interact with various friends and foes: the supportive gal pal Gwen (Joey Lauren Adams), the sexually precocious Tricia (Renee Humphrey), the shark-like suitor Shannon (Ben Affleck) and, of course, Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith). For a comic book fan, MALLRATS is an awfully funny experience. Did I mention the Stan Lee cameo!?! Don’t miss it Wednesday night at Urban Chestnut!

A Facebook invite for the screening can be found HERE
The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5. There will be food to order and plenty of pints of Urban Chestnut’s famous home-brewed beer.

 

3D ‘House of Usher’ On Its Way

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Green Knight Ventures, the indie company behind the upcoming Colin Firth thriller, ‘The Meat Trade,’ is producing a 3D update of Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.’  Entitled simply ‘The Ushers,’ the film will star  Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott and Rufus Sewell.  Stephen Kay, whose only venture thus far into cinemas has been the 2000 remake of ‘Get Carter,’ will direct.

The original story centered on a man who must contend with a house haunted by a recently deceased sister.  This updated version will featre a brother and sister who begin to feel trapped in their Martha’s Vineyard home.  They decide to bring in a real estate broker to help settle their differences.

Gian Marco Masoni is serving as screenwriter.  No production start date nor a release date have been announced, though this will likely see a release straight to dvd.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter