Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – a 2022 re-imagined animated fantasy – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Thursday, December 2-8 – 3:45 & 8:00 pm daily Directed by Guillermo del Toro – 2022 – 116m. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) and award-winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson re-imagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio … Continue reading Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” @ Guild →

Programming: Holiday Party — Our 18th Annual Holiday Dessert Cook-Off  +  Short Holiday-Oriented Silly SF Films. + The Challenge Ingredient for this year is “Chocolate.”  [Put on your thinking caps for this one to be different!  Be creative!]  Please bring enough of your dish (and we’re happy stretching the definition of dessert – sweet or savory) for 20-32 people to sample, plus serving utensils. You Must Label your dish with its … Continue reading ABQ SF Society: Holiday Party →

Trading Places – the 1983 Eddie Murphy/Dan Ackroyd comedy – at the Guild Cinema Friday, December 9 – 10:30 pm Directed by John Landis – 1983 -116m.   All Seats $10.00. Bubonicon 54 and local artists Jon Sanchez/Jeremy Montoya are bringing the door prizes! GET ADVANCE TICKETS NOW! Join New Mexico Entertainment for a special screening of Trading Places at The Guild Cinema.  Presale ticket holders will be entered to win … Continue reading “Trading Places” at Guild Cinema →

Starship Troopers – 25th Anniversary of the cult classic military space film – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, December 10 – 10:30 pm Directed by Paul Verhoeven – 1997 -129m.   All Seats $8.00. SPECIAL THANKS TO BUBONICON 54, WHO IS PROVIDING DOOR PRIZES! From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects … Continue reading “Starship Troopers” Invade Guild Cinema →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE”! Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are “taking movie riffing back onstage” once again in a livestreamed event – this time 6:00 pm MT Tuesday, December 13, 2022. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are riffing on 1959’s Teenagers from Outer Space (written & directed by Tom Graeff)!   This show will … Continue reading The Mads Meet “Teenagers from Outer Space” →

Krampus – the 2015 holiday comedy horror flick – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, December 17 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Michael Dougherty – 2015 -98m.  All Seats $10.00. A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON ONLINE – CHECK BACK HERE SHORTLY!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 54! A darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul, reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday! When his dysfunctional … Continue reading “Krampus” Visits Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, December 19, 2022, at 7:30 pm Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40). For December, we will discuss Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (2017 Tordotcom trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep our individual … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Merry Christmas To All!  Relax and Enjoy the Day… (And Happy Kwanzaa, too.  Plus continued good wishes for the Hanukkah season!)

Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands – “The Eds” Double Feature – at the Guild Cinema – 2 Movies For The Price Of One! Saturday-Sunday, December 31 & January 1 ED WOOD — 1:15 & 6:00 pm EDWARD SCISSORHANDS — 3:45 & 8:30 pm – Ed Wood – directed by Tim Burton – 1994 – 124m – No Matinees.   Part of the Guild’s “The Eds by Tim & Johnny” Celebration! HAPPY … Continue reading “The Eds” Double Feature @ Guild Cinema →

Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands – “The Eds” Double Feature – at the Guild Cinema – 2 Movies For The Price Of One! Saturday-Sunday, December 31 & January 1 ED WOOD — 1:15 & 6:00 pm EDWARD SCISSORHANDS — 3:45 & 8:30 pm – Ed Wood – directed by Tim Burton – 1994 – 124m – No Matinees.   Part of the Guild’s “The Eds by Tim & Johnny” Celebration! HAPPY … Continue reading “The Eds” Double Feature @ Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, January 7, 2023, at 2:00 pm Location is Juan Tabo Public Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE (between Candelaria & Comanche, on the west side of the street), Albuquerque, NM The January 2023 graphic novel for discussion is In: A Graphic Novel by Will McPhail.  [Mariner Books 2021]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic novel discussion. Contact Information: Send the … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Alucarda – the 1977 Mexican Horror Classic – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, January 7 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Juan Lopez Moctezuma – 1977 – 74m.  All Seats $8.00. AN ANDROIDVISION SPECIAL! The Psychotronic Video Guide describes this film as “the strongest, most imaginative, and visual witch movie since Ken Russell’s The Devils.”  It tells of the strange friendship between two young girls Justine and Alucarda, and how … Continue reading Mexican Horror “Alucarda” @ Guild Cinema →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “A NIGHT OF SHORTS X”! Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are “taking movie riffing back onstage” once again in a livestreamed event – this time 6:00 pm MT Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are riffing on A Night of Shorts X – an all-new batch of bizarre short features!   … Continue reading The Mads Face “Night of Shorts X” →

It’s ABQ COMIC CON 2023 The ABQ Comic Con is January 13-15, 2023, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown.  Announced Guests include Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox from CHiPS, Ashley Greene (Twilight), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), Angela Staines (Space 1999), Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire), Kristina Klebe (Hellboy), voice actor Julie Brown, artist Larry Welz, artist Bob Hall, artist Bill Andres, and many more. Hours are 4:00-8:00 pm … Continue reading ABQ Comic Con 2023 →

Programming – The Annual Group Book Discussion – What We Read in 2022 Come prepared to tell club members What You Read in 2022 [last 12 months] and would recommend to others.  Choose 2-4 books, and practice keeping remarks short and to the point.  You might also consider one or two books that people should avoid! (We’ll have a 3 1/2-minute timer, so it’s kind of like “beat the clock.”) … Continue reading ABQ SF Society →

Akira – the 1988 classic anime’s 35th anniversary – at the Guild Cinema Friday, January 13 – 10:30 pm – English Subtitles Saturday, January 14 – 1:00 pm – English Dubbed Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo – 1988 -124m.   All Seats $10.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine Special event! Bubonicon 54 and local artists Jon Sanchez/Jeremy Montoya are bringing the door prizes! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join New Mexico … Continue reading “Akira” Comes To Guild Cinema →

It’s ABQ COMIC CON 2023 The ABQ Comic Con is January 13-15, 2023, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown.  Announced Guests include Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox from CHiPS, Ashley Greene (Twilight), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), Angela Staines (Space 1999), Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire), Kristina Klebe (Hellboy), voice actor Julie Brown, artist Larry Welz, artist Bob Hall, artist Bill Andres, and many more. Hours are 4:00-8:00 pm … Continue reading ABQ Comic Con 2023 continues →

Akira – the 1988 classic anime’s 35th anniversary – at the Guild Cinema Friday, January 13 – 10:30 pm – English Subtitles Saturday, January 14 – 1:00 pm – English Dubbed Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo – 1988 -124m.   All Seats $10.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine Special event! Bubonicon 54 and local artists Jon Sanchez/Jeremy Montoya are bringing the door prizes! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join New Mexico … Continue reading “Akira” Comes To Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, January 16, 2023, at 7:30 pm Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40). For January 2023, we will discuss Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne (2021 Del Rey trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Flaming Ears – a restored ’90s Super 8 “Cyberdyke” sci-fi flick – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, January 17-19 – 4:30 & 6:30 pm daily Directed by Ursula Puerrer & A. Hans Scheirl – 1992 – 84m – Germany/Austria – In German with English Subtitles. A mind-melting laser blast of “cyberdyke” avant-garde science fiction shot on Super 8 and then blown up to 16mm, the dazzlingly grungy, proudly low-rent Flaming … Continue reading “Flaming Ears” @ Guild Cinema →

Flaming Ears – a restored ’90s Super 8 “Cyberdyke” sci-fi flick – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, January 17-19 – 4:30 & 6:30 pm daily Directed by Ursula Puerrer & A. Hans Scheirl – 1992 – 84m – Germany/Austria – In German with English Subtitles. A mind-melting laser blast of “cyberdyke” avant-garde science fiction shot on Super 8 and then blown up to 16mm, the dazzlingly grungy, proudly low-rent Flaming … Continue reading “Flaming Ears” @ Guild Cinema →

“DAWN OF THE READ” BOOK CLUB Meeting Date / Location: Thursday, January 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm Location is the Tony Hillerman Public Library, 8205 Apache Ave NE (just west of Wyoming and south of Menaul). For January, the group will discuss Ring by Koji Suzuki (2004 Vertical). Contact Information: Call the library’s information desk at 505-291-6264. Website Listing:  libevents.abqlibrary.org.

The Menu -the 2022 black comedy thriller – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, January 24-26 – 3:30 & 5:45 pm daily Directed by Mark Mylod – 2022 – 107m. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Judith Light, Hong Chau. A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, … Continue reading “The Menu” Comes To Guild Cinema →

The Menu -the 2022 black comedy thriller – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, January 24-26 – 3:30 & 5:45 pm daily Directed by Mark Mylod – 2022 – 107m. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Judith Light, Hong Chau. A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, … Continue reading “The Menu” Comes To Guild Cinema →