Cinematic Kookiness Oct-Nov 2009 Portland

Gamera v Guiron

We start with the EPIC
FILMUSIK: Gamera vs. Guiron
Nov. 4th, 6th, 11th and 13th, 7pm
Hollywood Theatre – $10 Students/Seniors $8
Live soundtrack, live voice, all cheese! Check out the trailer.

Whet your whistle with The Room!
http://cinema21.com/#theroom
Cinema 21!
Next screening October 24
So bad it’s good – one friend calls it the new rocky horror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Room_(film)

And for Halloween – back to the Hollywood Theater for Phantom of the Opera!
Opens: Saturday, October 31
Looks like the Lon Cheney 1925 silent with live pipe organ
http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org/engaging/coming_soon.html

Handmade NW :: Events Check out what we’re doing and you’re invited to join! :)

Handmade NW :: Events Check out what we’re doing and you’re invited to join! .

The Asylum | MEGA SHARK VS GIANT OCTOPUS

The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.

http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=155

Test Your Women’s History IQ Take the Quiz, Pass It On | Girl with Pen

1. In 2009, women make up what percent of the U.S. Congress?
A.  3%
B.  17%
C.  33%
D.  50%

2. How many CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are female?
A. 12
B. 28
C. 59
D. 84

plenty more at

http://girlwpen.com/?p=1572

Modern Love – A Memory Magically Interrupted – NYTimes.com

My BF’s ma has just been diagnosed – so within the heartbreak there is some levity and healing. This article really reflects that

“YOUR grandmother has Alzheimer’s, right?” the doctor asked me, scrawling notes into a floppy manila folder.

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Christopher Silas Neal

I hadn’t expected to discuss my grandmother’s Alzheimer’s with him. I was hoping to hear some explanation as to why, apart from her memory, my grandmother’s overall health seemed so mysteriously improved. Her lupus, for instance, had all but disappeared from her blood work.

“Yes, but …” I began.

“Well, there is a theory,” he said, interrupting, “that people with Alzheimer’s heal themselves of their diseases. Because they forget they have them.”

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