Welcome to Double Feature Fridays, a weekly competition in which I challenge YOU to pair the week’s new releases with your favourite older or classic films.
Each week I name the new theatrical releases as well as a few other bonus picks of my choice. Your job is to comment with what other movie you’d like to screen in a double bill with the given films, and why. You can pick any movie you want – recent, classic, whatever – just be sure get your answers in by Thursday July 12, so the judges have enough time to make their decision.
I’ll get to the movies for this week in just a second, but first it’s time to list off last week’s winners. Fingers crossed you are among them.
ROUND 5 WINNERS:
Squasher88, who paired Ted with Lars and the Real Girl.
Andrew Robinson, who paired Magic Mike with The Girlfriend Experience and Take This Waltz with Blue Valentine.
Courtney Small, who paired Beasts of the Southern Wild with Pans Labyrinth.
Nolahn, who paired Batman Begins with Remo Williams, The Adventure Begins.
Congratulations to the winners, you updated scores have been tallied in the leaderboard at the bottom of the page. Bad luck to everyone who missed out – the good news is, you get another chance to compete…right now!!! You’re films for this week are:
The Amazing Spider-Man
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Savages
Bonus: Evil Dead
Bonus: Black Snake Moan
Time to put on those thinking caps! Sound off in the comments section below with which films you’d like to pair with this weeks selections.
DOUBLE FEATURE FRIDAY LEADERBOARD:
Nolahn (5 points)
Andy (3 points)
Andrew Robinson (3 points)
Bubbawheat (3 points)
Helen Geib (3 points)
Trey (3 points)
Aiden Redmond (2 points)
Courtney Small (2 points)
Squasher88 (1 point)
Wayne (7)
Andrew (4)
John (4)
Steve (4)
Justin (3)
Lauren (3)
Nick (3)
Andy (2)
Dave Enkosky (2)
Emily (2)
Interesting assortment this week…
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN with THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN
KATY PERRY: PIECES OF ME with PIECES OF APRIL
SAVAGES with TRAFFIC
THE EVIL DEAD with THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
BLACK SNAKE MOAN with CROSSROADS (1986)
Twitter: T_Lawson
July 6, 2012 6:44 am
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN & ARACHNOPHOBIA
KATY PERRY: PIECES OF ME & ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS: THE MOTION PICTURE
SAVAGES & BLOW
THE EVIL DEAD & MY NAME IS BRUCE
BLACK SNAKE MOAN & A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE (both loosely adapted from the novel Silas Marner)
Yay, on the board! I’ve really been struggling this season.
The Amazing Spider-man with The Fly (men infused with bugs)
Katy Perry: Pieces of Me with Spice World (pop stars’ lives)
Savages with The Savages (umm…savage?)
Evil Dead with 28 Days Later (horror)
Black Snake Moan with Snakes on a Plane (umm…snakes?)
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | SUPER (quipy super heroes)
KATY PERRY: PIECES OF ME | GLEE 3D (let these guys kill themselves dbl feature)
SAVAGES | TRAFFIC (drugs by Oliver Stone, then by Soderbergh, teach the viewer which is better dbl feature)
EVIL DEAD | THE ROOM (films by filmmakers which turned out nothing like expected dbl feature)
BLACK SNAKE MOAN | BLUES BROTHERS (people using the Blues to do the Christian thing dbl feature)
Twitter: ptsnob
July 6, 2012 7:39 pm
The Amazing Spiederman with Batman Begins
Katy Perry: Pieces of Me with Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Savages with U Turn
Evil Dead with Halloween
Black Snake Moan with Snake Eyes
Twitter: nevermindpop
July 7, 2012 10:39 pm
Black Snake Moan with Black Swan: Films hyped because of sexual content
Spider-Man with The Incredible Shrinking Man- radioactivity cuts both ways
Katy Perry with Madonna: Truth or Dare- in her footsteps
Savages with Paint Your Wagon- improbable threesomes
Evil Dead with The Quick and the Dead- Raimi and the dead
Black Snake Moan with Angel Heart- sex and demons in Cajun country
Twitter: fandangogroover
July 11, 2012 3:01 am
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN with Hanna (teenage action heroes)
KATY PERRY: PART OF ME with The Last Projectionist (random pairing, they both have scenes shot at The Electric Cinema Birmingham, films are never shot in Birmingham!)
SAVAGES with The Way of the Gun (small time crooks in over their head with the mob)
THE EVIL DEAD with Night of the Living Dead (the movies that launched the careers of the two most enduring names in horror)
BLACK SNAKE MOAN with The Opposite of Sex (Christina Ricci bad girl double bill)