Bookmans is proud to sponsor the Underground Cinema at Madcap Theatres in Tempe. All summer long, you can beat the heat with their great retro and current films. This July, Madcap goes to pot with Reefer Madness, Cropsey, a new crime documentary, and a 12-hour film marathon! Check out their July schedule:

 

 

BEST WORST MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE

Friday July 2 - The Room (8pm) & Birdemic: Shock & Terror (10pm)

$10 Double feature or $7 per Film

The Room (2003) back by popular demand! The unintentionally hilarious steaming pile of relationship drama that been hailed as Floor Plan 9 from Outer Space and without a doubt, the worst film ever made, including movies made on Betamax cameras in special education high school classes. Gag me with a plastic spoon! This will be followed by Birdemic: Shock & Terror (2008). Perhaps the most discussed and anticipated avian-based disaster film since The Birds, Birdemic is equal parts both epochal tale and cinematic warning shot. It tells the story of a couple unexpectedly and unforgettably caught in the eye of a feather-based storm an apocalyptic attack winging down from the skies in a twisted morass of feathers, talons and blood-soaked claws. Officially Rejected from Sundance 2009, it has to be seen to be believed!

FIRECRACKER FILM EXTRAVAGANZA

Saturday July 3 – 12 Hour Film Festival (7pm-7am)

$15 TICKETS ONSALE ONLINE ONLY – 35mm

What better way to welcome in Independence Day by spending it at a 12 Hour Movie Marathon at MADCAP Theaters? 6 Films ranging from 1977 to 1989 will screen in 35mm in this cinematic extravaganza. The titles remain a surprise, but patrons can be rest assured that the selections cover the vital genres of Action, Horror, Animation and …Country Music! Films selected will showcase the talents of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Englund and Harrison Ford. So saddle up for a wild night of film! Games and activities are scheduled in between films to keep patrons awake and attendees are encouraged to bring an item for the potluck dinner at the beginning of the event.

GRINDHOUSE REDUX

Friday July 9 & Saturday July 10 – Big Bad Mama (8pm) & Big Bad Mama II (10pm) – 35mm

$8 Double feature - 35mm

Big Bad Mama (1974) after the death of her lover, Wilma (Angie Dickinson) takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. She soon meets up with bank robber Fred (Tom Skerritt), who convinces her and her daughters to join him for his next big heist. In the meantime, Wilma also kidnaps the daughter of a millionaire in the hopes of getting rich off the ransom. Will Wilma and Fred be able to retire with their ill-gotten gains, or will the law eventually catch up with them? Big Bad Mama II (1987) Wilma’s back! After her husband is killed, she and her two nubile young daughters set out to rob anything belonging to the owner of the bank concerned. With their exploits being chronicled by a newspaperman who has fallen for Wilma, the girls kidnap the banker's son who in turn falls for the younger daughter and joins in the gang's exploits with increasing enthusiasm.

EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS

Friday July 30 & Saturday July 31 – Cropsey (6, 8, 10pm) $8

Growing up on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio had often heard the legend of Cropsey (2009). For the kids in their neighborhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned Willowbrook Mental Institution, who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets. Sometimes Cropsey had a hook for a hand, other times he wielded a bloody axe, but it didn’t matter, Cropsey was always out there, lurking in the shadows, waiting to get them. Now as adults Joshua and Barbara have returned to Staten Island to create Cropsey, a feature documentary that delves into the mystery behind Jennifer and four additional missing children. The film also investigates Andre Rand, the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Embarking on a mysterious journey into the underbelly of their forgotten borough, these filmmakers uncover a reality that is more terrifying than any urban legend.

CULT CLASSICS

Friday July 30 & Saturday July 31 – Reefer Madness (8 & 10pm) $8 – 35mm

Reefer Madness (1936) Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school Principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae's apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes by advising us to not incur the same tragedy. The Feature is accompanied by exclusive trailers and animations.