Monday. Start of the work week. What better day to report on two frakking awesome movie events!? This week, Portland gets a double backhand from double brother directors!

November 3, 2009 - 7:45pm - Invincible Shaolin - Thrill as Dan and the demented folks with Portland Grindhouse bring you glorious kung-fu as only the Shaw Brothers can at the historic Hollywood Theatre! I could try and tell you how life-changing this viewing will provide, but humanity has no such language. Instead, I’ll let Dan himself drop the knowledge: The Venom Mob star as a group of fighters who are pitted against each other in a North Shaolin vs. South Shaolin kung fu showdown! Three South Shaolin students start intensive (and extremely strange) training to master various fighting styles and martial arts weapons. Funky style and huge sideburns reign supreme, colliding with director Chang Cheh’s trademark violence and  homo-eroticism. This movie also features some of the best training sequences in martial arts movie history. Buy advance tickets HERE.

Wednesday and Thursday give you just enough time for your eyes and ears to recover before Friday…

November 6, 2009 - 11:00pm (get there at 9pm, at the latest) - Bagdad Theater - The Cort & Fatboy Midnight Movie: Raising Arizona - Bask in the glory as hundreds of your fellow Portland Geeks celebrate The Coen Brother’s seminal classic and quite possibly Nicholas Cage’s greatest performance! Even better than beer, tots, & Coen? Our assembled masses will show the mouth-breathers at Alpha Broadcasting just what a “bunch of nerd kids” can do… All without misplacing our balls! As always, it is 21 and over, tickets are just $3 and from what you I hear at www.cortandfatboy.com, some solid mediocrity is coming. Don’t miss out!