Only one week until THE FOOT FIST WAY, the comedy of the summer. Mark our words. We love Danny McBride, and so do Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jonah Hill and everyone who has seen his videos on FunnyOrDie.com. In fact, when Patton Oswalt and Janeane Garofalo were here for the RATATOUILLE promo screening last year they brought this film along for an advance showing just because they liked it so much.

To get you in the mood, here are a couple of Danny’s funniest Fred Simmons commercials:

This one’s about discipline.

This one’s about not being gay.

They said it couldn’t be done. So we did it!

As you well know, mankind’s battle against zombies has been raging for generations. But the finest chronicle of the war between the dead and the living is undeniable George Romero’s flawless 1978 epic: the original DAWN OF THE DEAD!

We at the Alamo are indeed proud soldiers in this conflict, and are heading out to the original shooting location of the Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, PA for a special JUNE 21 screening of the BEST ZOMBIE MOVIE THAT WILL EVER BE MADE!

Details are below!

MONSTERS HD presents a special screening of DAWN OF THE DEAD inside the infamous Monroeville Mall! For the first time ever, George A. Romero’s 1978 horror masterpiece will play on a big screen in the famous Pittsburgh attraction where the movie was filmed! Beginning just one hour after the Mall closes on Saturday evening, June 21st, this special event tops an already stacked horror extravaganza planned for the upcoming HorrorHound Weekend event in Pennsylvania (located at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart in Monroeville, PA) the weekend of June 20-22nd, 2008!

The Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow will be projecting this screening inside the Mall as part of one of the largest collaborations the horror industry has ever witnessed; HorrorHound Weekend is a conjoined production of HorrorHound Magazine, Bloody-Disgusting.com (the web’s #1 horror movie news site), and Re-Evolution Entertainment. On top of these top-tier horror entities, a number of other media and studio reps from the industry will be on-hand to celebrate three days of horror, including (but not limited to): Monsters HD, Anchor Bay, Rue Morgue Magazine, Dread Central, Night of the Living Podcast, Deadpit Radio, Amok Time Toys, Toe Tag Pictures, and Time and Space Toys.

During the weekend of June 20-22nd, 2008, these various horror heavy-hitters will be surrounded by one of the most impressive horror celebrity guest lists to hit the Mid-West, ranging from legendary horror director John Landis (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) and top tier stars such as Jason Mewes (CLERKS), Doug Bradley (HELLRAISER), and Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS) to first-time convention guests: Ottaviano Dell’Acqua (the iconic worm-zombie from Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE), Al Cliver (ZOMBIE), Darryl Ferruci (CREEPSHOW), and Griffin Dunne (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) – just to name a few! For three days, fans can meet their favorite celebrities and have the opportunity to obtain autographs and/or photo-ops! Special movie screenings and panels are planned to coincide with the many guests, including a special demonstration by Pittsburgh’s own Tom Savini as well as a special panel from Toe Tag Pictures, and a screening of the upcoming documentary on AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON entitled BEWARE THE MOON (accompanied by the docu’s director, Paul Davis, coming in all the way from London, England).

The DAWN OF THE DEAD screening will take place where the Monroeville Mall’s old clock tower once stood, on a 50-foot screen, which will take over the Mall after closing time, Saturday June 21st. Over 500 fans will pack this special section of the Mall, right down the hall from Time and Space Toys’ brick and mortar location, Toy Galaxy (who helped bring this event together), where refreshments will be available. Admission to this special screening is available at the HorrorHound Weekend event – located across the street, inside the Pittsburgh ExpoMart – for a modest $5, all proceeds of which will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation! Toe Tag Pictures will be doing zombie make-up on guests all day leading up to the screening to help make this evening all the more memorable, as over ten DAWN alumni will be on-hand during the screening to ensure the night’s authenticity.

On top of these amazing guests and events, a special Bloody-Disgusting.com Film Festival is planned over the course of Friday and Saturday, featuring first-chance screenings of new films (including horror legend Dario Argento’s MOTHER OF TEARS), while a host of special fan-friendly shows and vendors will be on hand ranging from a 1930s-style Circus attraction and original film prop displays and photo-ops to horror-centric toy companies showcasing new prototypes of upcoming products and film studios teasing upcoming projects, not to mention the various new film promotional goodies (swag), posters, and contests being held all three days!! More information on our various celebrity guests, film screenings, vendors and events can be located on www.horrorhoundweekend.com!

About HorrorHound Weekend:

HorrorHound Weekend is a recurring convention seen in the Indianapolis, Indiana area, venturing outside of its “home base” for the first time to help bring this fun and excitement to the Pittsburgh area and the many horror movie fans in the surrounding area. To learn more about HorrorHound Weekend, please visit www.horrorhoundweekend.com today, or e-mail weekend@horrorhound.com for specific questions pertaining to the show, potential celebrity interview possibilities, a complete vendor and celebrity guest list, image requests, and promotional or sponsorship opportunities. Our Indianapolis events average between 2,000-4,000 fans, with the next big event in Indiana planned this August 29-31st.

Wow. These all just came in today. It’s times like this that make me so happy to work where I do.

For the 1st set, we told the 3 artists to go ‘European’ on the posters…don’t show faces…make ‘em arty. On this one, we picked 3 artists who could NAIL a likeness of the actors. I’m pretty freaking happy how it turned out.

Jesse Philips on A Fistful of Dollars. 24×36. Metallic Variant available. Printed by DnL. Numbered individually.
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VARIANT with Metallic inks

Stainboy on For a Few Dollars More.
Metallic Inks. Signed and Numbered. 32×22. Printed by Diesel Fuel.
Stainboy sent me images of the pencils on this as he was working on it. This MF’r can draw. He did his first ‘penciled/halftoned’ poster look for us. A Stainboy first!

And Billy Perkins on The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly-
We thought a triptych would be a good concept, and Billy really stepped up to the plate on his first poster for Alamo and Mondo Tees.
12×38. Signed and Numbered. As a set or individually. I can’t believe how badass these are. How great will these look hanging as a set? I need more walls. Printed by DnL.

All posters are available for a limited time on MONDOTEES. You can buy them as sets, or individually. Don’t sleep on it…or you’ll be sad.

Last Wednesday night, as we were gearing up for the midnight opening of INDIANA JONES AND THE CRYSTAL SKULL, a team of dedicated superfans joined us for a VIP experience like nothing we’d done before – the Ultimate Indiana Jones Adventure. 50 fedora-wearing Indy enthusiasts boarded a bus bound for a jungle adventure of swinging through the trees at Cypress Valley Canopy Tours, a feast of crocodile and alligator while watching a close up live snake show featuring rattlesnakes in the audience and cobras being kissed, then bussed back to the Alamo South Lamar for the feature itself. As usual for an Alamo event, we had a cooler full of beer on the bus, and the whole experience set an incredible tone of excitement for the movie, getting me personally amped up in a way I hadn’t been since my mom took me to McDonald’s for a Batman happy meal before we stood in line all day for the 1989 BATMAN movie when I was in fifth grade.

Thomas Humphreys of 501 Studios was on the trip as well, and he cut together this little music video of the first half of the experience, so if you were with us you can relive it, and if you missed out on this one you can make sure you don’t miss our next Ultimate Adventure:

In 1986, the fledgling Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was only 4 years old, but already on it’s way to become the nation’s largest breast cancer awareness organization. Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has donated over 1 billion to breast cancer research and health services and currently mobilizes over 75,000 volunteers nationwide!

In 1986, a little movie written by John Hughes defined a generation of freaks, outcasts, punks, metalheads and the all-too-familiar ‘richies’ as predestined cliques unable to melt into the mold of a fine 80’s cheese. Or could they overcome their differences in the name of love? Today,the film PRETTY IN PINK has donated over 100 trillion to Breast Cancer research and health…alright that’s a bold-faced lie, but the film wears the right color and is about to do some serious good.

Wear pink this Saturday for the 80’s Prom Benefit for Susan G. Komen for Cure! Presented by Grapevine Market and sponsored by PakMail and Kerby Lane, here’s your chance to go back to prom (this time, with the right person), and all proceeds will go toward Breast Cancer awareness and research to find the cure! Gourmet hors d’oeuvres, a live DJ, dancing- and come dressed in your prom best for a chance to be crowned Prom King and Queen! And plenty of other surprises, door prizes and 80’s indulgences! And stick around for a special Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow screening of the Brat-Classic PRETTY IN PINK!

It all goes down at Grapevine Market in Austin on Saturday, May 24th. It starts at 7PM and you can save $5 if you get your ticket online here!

Do good. Have fun.

School’s out, graduation weekend has come and gone, and the temperature is pushing past the 90s. Hell yeah. Hello, summer! It’s nice to have you back. This summer is already shaping up to be one of the least disappointing in terms of blockbusters, too, with IRON MAN obviously being hands-down *amazing*, and after some rumors of meh-ness and fears of another EPISODE I debacle,, INDIANA JONES is getting really good reviews, too. Add in the fact that I don’t think they make enough liquor in the world to fill the cosmos we’ll all be drinking during SEX AND THE CITY, and I almost don’t care whether the water in Barton Creek is flowing like mad this year or not!

FEATURED SHOWS AND EVENTS AT THE ALAMO RITZ

- INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL -
: Alamo Ritz : Opens Weds, May 21 : Midnight :

You know you’re going to see it, so you should see it in the theaters. And when you’re seeing something in the theaters, you should *always* go to the Alamo, but that holds especially true for INDIANA JONES. Join us at the Ritz for menu specials as well as a USA vs. Russia vodka special. Can Tito’s defeat the forces of Stoli? Your mouth will be the battleground. Plus, all three Austin Alamos will have menu specials based on the locations of all four INDY movies!

- THE ALAMO CRAWFISH BOIL -
: Tim & Karrie League’s House :Sat, May 24 : 5pm

This one isn’t at the Ritz, it’s at Tim and Karrie’s *other* house, the one where they actually sleep. Chef John Bullington is coming over, we’re setting up tables and chairs, and we’re going to be boiling living creatures so we can eat them. The crawfish will be hot, the beer will be cold, and the good times are guaranteed.

- SEX AND THE CITY -
: Alamo Ritz : Opens May 30 :

Holy Manolo Blahniks! The opening weekend of SEX AND THE CITY at the Ritz is already sold out! If you don’t want to miss out on the ultimate girl’s nights out this summer, with Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte, and most importantly cosmos, grab your tickets to the second weekend now! If you can handle a first viewing without cosmos, scroll down to the Village part of this email and grab your tickets to their shows on opening weekend, then come back for a cosmo with your second viewing!

- the MONSTER ROCK Sing-Along -
: Alamo Ritz : Thurs, June 5 :

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – this show will DESTROY YOUR FACE. Consider it the sequel to our annual LOVE BITES Power Ballad Sing-Along; the MONSTER ROCK Sing-Along has several of those same rockers, but this time their amps are plugged in. Plus, we’ve added bands that never got pussy enough to sing a ballad and couldn’t help rocking out ALL THE TIME. Expect a lot of explosions, girls in bikinis, and men wearing three inches of make up under their rocking perms.

- the TOM JONES Birthday Sing-Along -
: Alamo Ritz : Sat, June 7 :

A few years back, Tom Jones was considered a corny idol for your mom, but that era of foolishness is now forever behind us and everyone now knows that he is, and always has been, the ultimate man’s man, the powerhouse you need in any self-respecting bachelor pad, and the only reason any of us continue going to Las Vegas now that the entirety of the strip is covered with that pansy theme park stuff. Tom is swank, hip, and sexy in a way that some of you still can’t admit to, but deep down every single one of us aspires to imitate.

FEATURED SHOWS AND EVENTS AT THE ALAMO SOUTH LAMAR

- Uwe Boll’s POSTAL -
: Alamo South Lamar : Opens Fri, May 23 :

POSTAL is insulting, irreverent, politically incorrect and funny as hell. Cult director Uwe Boll has been called all the bad names in the book by the critics. Now he’s fighting back. From the opening scene that takes place inside the cockpit as terrorists fly a jet into the twin towers, POSTAL grabs you by your nutsack, squeezes hard, and never lets go. Sometimes it hurts, but later on you start to miss the pain, and then no other hooker will be good enough for you.

- Fantastic Fest presents MACHINE GIRL -
: Alamo South Lamar : Monday, June 2 : 10pm :

Initially slated for Fantastic Fest 2008, THE MACHINE GIRL was bought by Media Blasters and will come out before the fest. So we’re offering up this giddy gorefest as a free screening for Fantastic Fest badge-holders. One more reason to get a badge early. Look for more of these in the months leading up to the big event!

FEATURED SHOWS AND EVENTS AT THE ALAMO VILLAGE

- SEX AND THE CITY -
: Alamo Village : Opens Fri, May 30 :

Okay, so we don’t have a full liquor license at the Village, and therefore can’t serve you cosmos with the movie. But we still have delicious sangrias and wines and everything else to offer you, and if you want to be among the first to find out if Big dies or Steve really cheated on Miranda or Charlotte runs back to Trey after hearing about Bunny’s horrible accident, you can join us at the Village on opening weekend!

Fantastic Fest guest, pal of the Alamo and enemy of film critics everywhere, Uwe Boll has been given the honor of a lead story in last weekend’s New York Times! Though the feature doesn’t blindly praise all of the director’s work, it does give him the rare opportunity to state his case in the major media, and explain why his title of “Worst Director of All Time” is a bit less than fair.

Read the article HERE!

It also covers his most recent film POSTAL, which debuted to packed houses at Fantastic Fest 2007 and will be returning to the Alamo South Lamar THIS FRIDAY to obliterate the boundaries of good taste. Get your tickets HERE!

Congratulations, Uwe!

I don’t know how I’ve lived in Texas for so many years and never experienced one before, but it wasn’t until last month’s rehearsal for our upcoming CRAWFISH BOIL that I’d ever been to one of these magical evenings at all. Now I can’t get enough of them and am all sorts of excited for this Saturday’s real deal at Tim and Karrie’s house. Why? First of all, because crawfish scare me. This isn’t a big surprise to me, as I have an irrational fear of ALL fish, but while my fear of regular fish is something I can’t explain at all, I feel like having a bit of trepidation around a big vat of live crawfish makes sense, because those suckers have claws.

However, even though I’m a total pansy and get creeped out by their claws, I still found out that I love me some crawfish, especially when they’re boiled. First of all, boiling living things = pretty awesome. Especially when they’re living things that creep you out when they’re moving around.

And secondly, they’re the ones with the sharp pinchers, but once they’re safely dead, my hands become the claws that pick apart their silly little shells and get their tasty meat into my mouth. Take that, crawfish!

But the real surprise to me (because I’m an idiot) is that you don’t just boil crawfish at a crawfish boil. Wha?? I know! But it’s not just the crawfish that go into the pot, and then into your mouth and your belly. You also get all sorts of other goodies, like the greatest corn and potatoes ever, for starters, and it’s all so awesomely spiced with cajun goodness, especially when our chef John Bullington is involved. He did the dry run for us, and he’s going to be out there cooking them up again for us this Saturday at the League’s house, and I’m going to be there for more.

You can join us for all the crawfish you can eat and a keg of cold beer to wash them down with for $25, and tickets, while they last, are available RIGHT HERE. We’re not screening a movie or doing anything film-related for this event, but we recently found out that there are, in fact, other ways to have fun, too. This is an intriguing new possibility to us, and so while we’ll always love movies first and foremost, every once in a while we might do something like boiling crawfish just… because we like to do it. Come on out on Saturday, and we’ll see you there!

We were happy but not surprised when we opened the Austin Chronicle to find that SON OF RAMBOW was their Four Star Pick of the Week. Read the review here.

Bob Mondello at NPR’s All Things Considered loved it too.

We think SON OF RAMBOW is destined to become one of those “cool kids classics.” Even though it’s not marketed as a kids’ film per se, if we had kids – we’d watch it twelve times. In fact we may even adopt some kids just so we can watch it with them. The story of kids growing up in the ’80s, learning to love film and finding an outlet in it has the ring of real truth and the performances by the kids are among the best we’ve seen.

Click here to read more about it and buy tickets.

Note that the film is rated PG-13 for mild “violence and reckless behavior.” Which you’ll probably see more of on the drive over than in the film.