Metro Cinema Society: Turkey Shoot 2008

Turkey Shoot 2008

Join Dave Clarke, Jeff Page and their sarcastic friends as they make fun of cinema’s most ridiculous movies.

Turkey Shoot: Over the Top

Director: Menahem Golan

USA 1987, 93 min

Jan 21 (2009) @ 8pm

“Rocky, Rambo, Cobra and now Hawk, in the biggest fight of his life.” – original tagline

Turkey Shoot: Ice Castles

Director: Donald Wrye

USA 1978, 108 min

Feb 18 (2009) @ 8pm

Lexie is a figure skater with big dreams. Then, in a freak accident, she goes blind! Only one weepy seventies teen actor can help her fulfill her dream – Robby Benson. Join Dave Clarke and Jeff Page (themselves once blind... view more

Turkey Shoot: On Deadly Ground

Director: Steven Seagal

USA 1994, 100 min

Mar 11 (2009) @ 8pm

Co-produced, directed by and starring the humble Steven Seagal, this movie is that rare combination - an action film/environmental lecture. We think it should be re-titled "An Insufferable Truth". Seagal plays Forrest (get it?) Taft, a mystical martial artist/environmentalist, who's... view more

Turkey Shoot: Exorcist II: The Heretic

Director: John Boorman

USA 1977, 118 min

Apr 22 (2009) @ 8pm

This sequel to the 1973 horror masterpiece demonstrates why filmmakers should quit while they're ahead. Linda Blair returns as Regan, a girl possessed by a priest killing demon. This time she's joined by Richard Burton, who can travel the acting road from brilliant to crap in 1.2 seconds, Louise (Nurse Ratched) Fletcher, and James Earl Jones in a thong.  The original tagline was "It's four years later...what does she remember?" After watching this, you'll pray for amnesia.

Turkey Shoot: Top Gun

Director: Tony Scott

USA 1986, 110 min

May 20 (2009) @ 8pm

Dave "Leatherface" Clarke and Jeff "Pudding Pop" Page are playing by their own rules this month. They're strapping themselves into their fighter jet (bickering over which has to be the wingman), and taking on the biggest bogie of them all... view more

Turkey Shoot: St Elmo's Fire

Director: Joel Schumacher

USA 1985, 110 min

Jun 24 (2009) @ 8pm

The quintessential Brat Pack movie, this is the perfect mixture of '80's and crap. What could be more appealing that a bunch of self absorbed college graduates in penny loafers and mullets as they whine about the future? Hey, come... view more