Well, if you feel like going out tonight, I'd suggest you reconsider, as I'm sure the roads are the same as they are around The Shadow Over Portland office. A solid sheet of snow covered with freaking ice. I know I have a lot of great things to share with this edition of the Weekly Update, but I suspect a lot of events and theaters are closed through the holiday season, as it's too damn dangerous to drive.
But if you feel the need to head out, please check the links on this site, or go online and check out the venue you're heading to and make sure it's open. Because it's probably not.
Okay, so the theater's closed. Now what do we do?
Of course, you can always look forward to next week, as the Weekly Update does. Or check out the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar, to plan out your New Year. Either way, I suggest staying home this weekend, and, just so you know, Violent Night is on VOD and is perfect holiday viewing. No, I don't get any commission if you check it out online, but it's a holly, gory good time.
Well, that's what I've got for now. I'll be back next week with more great events happening under The Shadow Over Portland. Stay safe, keep warm, and I'll be back next Friday.
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Happening This Week
Live Attractions
Johnson Farms (89719 Sprague Rd in Eugene, OR) presents Strangest Things Haunted Farm,
with 14 mazes/attractions to give your holidays a fright! The Haunted
Farm is open Fridays and Saturdays in December. Follow the attraction
on Facebook.
The Marvel Universe of Super Heroes makes a stop at OMSI
(1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) through April 9, 2023. Marvel (see
what I did there) at the hundred of artifacts, from original comic book
pages, interactive displays, life-size statues of Marvel heroes,
costumes and props from films and TV programs, and MUCH MORE.
Excelsior!
The Museum of Pop Culture (325 5th Ave N in Seattle, WA) has Jim Henson puppets and set pieces from the 2019 Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on display now. You can read about the display, and the work the museum put into displaying the artifacts, at the link.
Back in Theaters
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The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will show the holiday fantasy classic It's a Wonderful Life tonight at 7:30 pm, with additional screenings through Thursday, December 29.
First Run Features
Please
check the link to find out if the theater you want to see this feature
at is showing it in 2D or 3D. Some are doing both.
Violent Night, featuring Santa Claus taking down a bunch of mercenaries, opens tonight at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), and the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, December 28). You can read my review of the movie here.
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The (maybe) long awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster, Avatar: The Way of Water, is playing at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Tuesday, December 29), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Columbia Theatre - Saint Helens (212 S 1st St in St Helens, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Mount Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 22), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, December 28), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, December 26), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Tuesday, December 29), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific in Kelso, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 22), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), the Palace Theater (200N Water St in Silverton, OR; scheduled through Monday, December 19), and the following McMenamin locations: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Bagdad Theater and Pub (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled to Wednesday, January 4), Old St. Francis School (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29), Power Station Theater (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, January 5), Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centrailia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, January 5), and the St Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 29).
The apocalyptic black comedy White Noise is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 22), the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID; scheduled through Sunday, December 18), and the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, December 21).
Bones and All, a coming of age romantic cannibal road film (another film description I never expected to write), is playing at the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, December 29).
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The MCU's latest film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is playing at the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, December 29), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Saturday, December 24).
Film Festival Submission Information
The Crypticon Seattle Film Festival is now open for submissions. The Late Deadline is April 4, 2023. Visit the link for all the details.
Auditions
The Majestic Theatre (155 SW 2nd St in Corvallis, OR) is holding auditions for its production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Monday and Tuesday January 9 and 10, 2023, from 6 to 9 pm, by appointment only. Click on the link for details.
December, 2022
Friday, December 23
The Krampus Ball takes place at 7 pm tonight at The BAD Space
(2572 19th St in Southeast Salem, OR). Dress in standard holiday fare,
or Krampus grab, and bring the kids, as this event is all ages. Just
make sure they haven't been naughty this year.
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The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Guillermo Del Toro's stop motion classic (yeah, I'm calling it that) Pinocchio today at 6 pm and Tuesday, December 27, at 3:30 pm.
The Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) will show the creepy holiday classic Rare Exports through Christmas Day.
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The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the Christmas action classic Die Hard tonight at 11:30 pm and tomorrow at 9:20 pm..
I've read a few articles on adding this film to the holiday action flick catagory, and I can agree with them. Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show The Long Kiss Goodnight
tonight and tomorrow at 10 pm. Seriously, it's a Lifetime Christmas
movie with F-bombs and terrorists, and Geena Davis as a kick-ass action
hero.
Saturday, December 24
The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show the slasher Christmas Evil,
about a Santa-obsessed man who begins killing people he considers bad,
tonight at 8 pm. Just so you know, this film came out four years before
Silent Night, Deadly Night.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the holdiay fantasy It's a Wonderful Life tonight at 6:30 pm.
Wednesday, December 28
The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) is showing the George Lucas Sci Fi classic Star Wars, with the local 501st Cloud City Garrison (501st Legion) and Kashyyyk Base (Rebel Legion) today at 7 pm.
Friday, December 30
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The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) kicks off the January Revival Series: Sci Fi with the director's cut of RoboCop through Thursday, January 5.
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Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) is showing Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse tonight at 7 pm.
Looks like you have another place to do the Time Warp again! The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show, hosted by the Geekenders, tonight at 11:45 pm. Doors open at 11 pm.
Saturday, December 31
Kathryn Bigelow's underseen sci fi noir film Strange Days is being showing in GLORIOUS 35mm at The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) through Monday, January 2.
January, 2023
Sunday, January 1
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the fantasy classic The Princess Bride today at 1:45 pm.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Stanley Kubrick's The Shining tonight at 9:45 pm.
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) invites you to spend New Years Day
watching two John Carpenter/Kurt Russell classics, as they screen Escape from New York at 3 pm, and Big Trouble in Little China at 6 pm. Separate admission required.