TweetFilm No. 15 – Beetlejuice

“It’s showtime.”

Thanks to the Emerging Writers’ Festival for hosting the Looking For Alibrandi TweetFilm and to everyone that came along and made it great! We now return to our regular programming on the second Tuesday of the month, with the afterlife’s leading bio-exorcist, Beetlejuice!

Tim Burton’s second feature as a director, and the only movie to successfully combine the music of Danny Elfman and Harry Belafonte, Beetlejuice is a uniquely weird comedy. And whatever your opinion of Burton’s later work, it’s hard to find detractors of this entry into the canon. So on Tuesday June 12, 7:30, grab your Handbook For The Recently Diseased Deceased, watch out for sandworms, and say this hashtag three times:

#tfbeetlejuice

(Of course, only using it once will do it)

We also have some special prizes to give away thanks to Classic Comics and Auction Figures! You may recall that there was a Beetlejuice cartoon for a while there, and a line of comics based on this show were produced as well – the hard-working archivists at Classic Comics have tracked down four issues for us to give away leading up to Tuesday. Keep an eye on @tweet_film for more details of the competition and how to win. We also have a Beetlejuice action figure thanks to Auction Figures to give away to the best tweeter at the screening. And why not follow @ClassicComics and @AuctionFigures as well? Go on, it’s better than following that guy at your workplace who doesn’t know how to @-reply properly.

As usual, Melbourne folks can come to the free screening at Loop, located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday June 12, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

IMDb

Trailer

Opening credits to the Beetlejuice cartoon

TweetFilm at Emerging Writers’ Festival 2012 – Looking For Alibrandi

We are proud and excited to be back at the Emerging Writers’ Festival for the second year in a row with another Australian literature-themed TweetFilm! After the success of last year’s dose of share house craziness, we’re going back to high school, and screening the film Looking For Alibrandi, based on the much-loved novel by Sydney author Melina Marchetta.

Important note to our regulars! As this TweetFilm is part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, bookings are required, which you can do here.

We’re at our usual venue Loop, on Monday May 28, at a slightly later starting time of 8:15 (arrive from 8:00), using this hashtag:

#tfalibrandi

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Monday May 28, arrive from 8:00 pm for an 8:15 start.

IMDb

Trailer

Event page at EWF website

TweetFilm No. 14 – The Big Lebowski

“Eight-year-olds, dude.”

Who hasn’t sat around quoting this movie verbatim for probably far too long? Definitely one of the Coen Bros.’ most enduringly popular flicks, The Big Lebowski has a cult following to rival Rocky Horror (and it’s a lot easier to dress in costume for it). So what better way to celebrate your love for The Dude, Walter, Donnie, Jesus, Bunny, Maude and so on than joining us for this month’s TweetFilm?

On Tuesday May 8, at 7:30 pm, you’d better be into the whole brevity thing man, because you’re only gonna have 140 characters, even less when you use this hashtag:

#tflebowski

We’re back at our regular venue Loop this month, and they’re getting into the Lebowski spirit as well. On the night of the screening, there will be mini White Russians available for only $6! I tried to get them to install a bowling alley, but they said this was cheaper.

If you’re in Melbourne, Loop is located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday May 8, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

IMDb

Trailer

White Russian

TweetFilm No. 13 – The Lost Boys

Remember when teen vampire movies had actual vampires in them? We do. So for this month’s TweetFilm on April 10 at 7:30 pm, we’d like to invite you back to a better time for the teen vampire flick – the 80s of course, for The Lost Boys. What’s the hashtag, you ask?

#tflostboys

Once again we will have some prizes to give away, thanks to @ClassicComics and @AuctionFigures – this month there are three copies of the graphic novel The Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs, as well as an action figure of David (Kiefer Sutherland). To be in with a chance to win, make sure you follow @tweet_film on Twitter and keep an eye out for announcements.

For this month only, we will be at a different location – Gertrude’s Brown Couch, at 30 Gertrude St Fitzroy.

Getting to Gertrude’s is easy, it’s walking distance from Parliament station, or you can catch the 96 and 86 trams to the corner of Nicholson and Gertrude Sts.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Gertrude’s Brown Couch, 30 Gertrude St Fitzroy / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday April 10, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

The Lost Boys on IMDb

Trailer

TweetFilm No. 12 – Planet of the Apes

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!”

It’s well known that here at TweetFilm headquarters, we’re big fans of science fiction. It may not be as well known that the founder of TweetFilm is also a big fan of apes. Especially the intelligent, world-dominant variety. Well, this month we get to tick both of those boxes with the original 1968 dystopian classic, Planet of the Apes.

Now, while it may seem ridiculous to do so, I’m going to avoid mentioning the big twist at the end of the film. Yes, that one, the one everyone knows about. Why? Because I know at least one person who has never seen it and has somehow never found out what it is, and they’re hopefully attending this month’s event. So let’s all pretend we have no idea what I’m talking about, ok?

Tuesday, March 13 – this hashtag will be a mad house! A MAD HOUSE!

#tfplanetapes

And, for the second month in a row, we are proud to partner with Classic Comics to give away some Planet of the Apes comic books! The giveaway has already started on Twitter, all you need to do is follow @tweet_film and @ClassicComics and answer some simple Apes trivia to win. We’ll also be giving away a special prize on the night of the screening, donated by @AuctionFigures – a figure from the 2001 Tim Burton version of Planet of the Apes. There will also be extra comics to give away, and considering the screening is free, you actually stand to make a profit by coming along!

If you’re in Melbourne, the free screening will be at our usual venue of Loop, located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday March 13, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

Planet of the Apes on IMDb

Trailer

TweetFilm No. 11 – Jurassic Park (with bonus giveaway!)

“Hold on to your butts.”

We are back with the greatest dinosaur film of all time (including the future – c’mon, who’s ever gonna beat this?). Welcome… to Jurassic Park.

I consider this film to be a turning point in my childhood – watching it in the cinema was one of the key experiences that made me a film geek. I was front row centre, and at the end of the T-Rex scene I realised that I’d torn up my ticket stub without realising it. No doubt many of you spent countless hours running around your backyard pretending to be a velociraptor. Go on, admit it.

Tuesday, February 14th (guaranteed to be an enjoyable Valentine’s date movie), the hashtag will find a way:

#tfjurassicpark

And, as an extra bonus this month, in association with Classic Comics (who have long supported us and are located just across the road from our screening venue), we will be giving away some Jurassic Park comics!

The giveaway starts Wednesday Feb 8th, and the only way to enter is to follow @tweet_film on Twitter. And while you’re at it, follow @ClassicComics on Twitter as well! There will also be extra comics given away at the screening, so there are plenty of chances to win.

As usual, Melbourne folks can come to the free screening at Loop, located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday January 14, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

Jurassic Park on IMDb

Trailer

Biological issues in Jurassic Park (i.e. what they got wrong, if you want to be that person at your next party)

TweetFilm No. 10 – TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze

Note that it was bodacious demand – not just regular demand.

Time to kick off TweetFilm for 2012! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. But now it’s back to work, and nothing says back to work like four mutated turtles, right?

For the first 2012 TweetFilm, we’re revisiting those catch-phrase-spouting, weapon-carrying-but-not-using, Renaissance-named amphibians in their second cinematic adventure: the one where Shredder returns from being crushed in a garbage truck and Vanilla Ice makes a cameo and tie-in single.

Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 – cry cowabunga and let slip the turtles of war, using the hashtag:

#tftmnt2

As usual, Melbourne folks can come to the free screening at Loop, located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Tuesday January 10, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret Of The Ooze on IMDb

Trailer (yes, that is a shot of Michelangelo holding a keytar)

Etymology of the word ‘cowabunga’

TweetFilm No. 9 – Die Hard

 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

It’s time for another TweetFilm already! And it’s our very first Christmas special, so of course we’re screening the undisputed greatest Christmas movie of all time – Die Hard. A pillar of 80s action, and a must for any connoisseur of explosions/guns/Alan Rickman, Die Hard holds up as a brilliantly fun piece of cinematic excess. So yippee ki-yay, motherfuckers, let’s TweetFilm it.

Wednesday December 7, come on out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs – just make sure you use this hashtag:

#tfdiehard

As usual, Melbourne folks can come to the free screening at Loop, located at 23 Meyers Place in the CBD, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Wednesday December 7, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start

Die Hard on IMDb

Trailer

“Die Hard” by Guyz Nite, a pretty decent musical summary of the series

TweetFilm No. 8 – The Matrix

What is the Matrix? Why, it’s this month’s TweetFilm of course!

What to say about this icon of the late 90s? It cemented Keanu’s place in popular culture, influenced action and sci-fi movies for the next decade, coined the phrase ‘bullet-time,’ and fueled countless pub conversations about entry-level philosophy in a way that has not been done since (except possibly Inception).

While I was sorely tempted to make the hashtag #whoa, or #iknowkungfu, I’ve decided to stick with tradition:

#tfmatrix

For those in Melbourne who want to come to the free screening, we will be returning to our gracious hosts, Loop, which is located at 23 Meyers Place, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Wednesday November 16, arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start

The Matrix on IMDb

Trailer

Even though this is based on the second one, it’s still a great parody so it’s worth linking

TweetFilm No. 7 – Ghostbusters

Firstly, many thanks to all who came out to support TweetFilm at our new venue last month, it was a really fun night. We’ll be back at Loop again this month, Wednesday October 12. Since it’s the month of Halloween, we thought it only fitting to choose a film with some… paranormal activity. What? No, not Paranormal Activity. No, this!

A comedy about starting your own small business. Sort of. Even if you haven’t seen this movie (and if not, HOW?), you already know half the lines, because your friends have all seen it and can quote it word for word. To this date, no one can ask to see a storage facility without giggling a little to themselves.

So, if there’s something strange in your neigbourhood, I would recommend using the following hashtag:

#tfghostbusters

Loop is located at 23 Meyers Place, at the Parliament end of Bourke St.

Not in Melbourne, or can’t get there but still want to take part? No problem! We’ll be synchronising our start time with timeanddate.com’s Melbourne page as usual, so you can take part at home. Read our how-to page for all the details.

So, to sum up…
Where: Loop, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne / anywhere with a DVD player
When: Wednesday October 12,arrive from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start

Ghostbusters on IMDb

Trailer

Ray Parker Jr.’s retirement plan