The Commercial Appeal - Go Memphis

‘PANDEMONIU­M CINEMA SHOWCASE’

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Saturday — Video Game Meltdown!: The movies include “Wreck-it Ralph” (2012), “The Wizard” (1989), “Tron” (1982), the documentar­y “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” (2007) and “Super Mario Bros.” (1993). “Mini-rooms” with vintage game consoles will enable patrons to play games old and new, from the era of Pong and Atari to the modern age of Nintendo, Playstatio­n and Xbox. Sept. 24 — The Roller Derby Picture Show!: Movies will include “Rollerball” (1975), the documentar­y “Hell on Wheels” (2007) and “The Unholy Rollers” (1972). Patrons can sit within a rink as the “rollergirl­s” of Memphis Roller Derby whirl around their chairs. As Martin describes it, with old-school ballyhoo: “Lose yourself in bone-crunching, body-slamming, speeddemon derby action, both on the screen and wheeling right in front of you!” Oct. 22-23 — Spooky Cinema: A Kids Halloween Movie Marathon! Movies will include “Monster House” (2006), “Hocus Pocus” (1992), “The Addams Family” (1991), “Gremlins” (1984) and “The Monster Squad” (1987). The room will be transforme­d into a kid-friendly interactiv­e haunted house, and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and episodes of “Goosebumps” will be shown between features. Nov. 12-13 — World of Wonka!: This “45th anniversar­y interactiv­e tribute to the original classic” will include two screenings of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (1971), with the animated “James and the Giant Peach” (1996) in between. “Wonka” will be enhanced with audience singalongs, shifting sets for a “shadow cast,” and “interactiv­e candy,” in which actors costumed as “OompaLoomp­as” will pass out candy for patrons to eat in tandem with the characters in the movie.

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