Weekend Drive-In Guide: Oct. 15 - 17

I really should have written this entry last night. Already, two AWESOME films have aired on THIS TV: "Night of the Comet" and "Deep Space" (with a stellar cast that includes Charles Napier, Julie Newmar and Ron Glass!).

Anyways, the rest of the weekend looks to be just as cool. Dig this Saturday line-up:

Encore Mystery
11:30 a.m. CST: "Bubba Ho Tep"
Bruce Campbell as Elvis teams with Ossie Davis as a guy who thinks he's JFK. They battle a mummy who is stealing souls in a Texas nursing home. Directed by Don "Phantasm" Coscarelli, this movie is excellent. Campbell kicks ass as the King.

Encore Action
1:30 p.m. CST: "Starship Troopers"
Humans take on bugs in this adaptation of Robert Heinlein's novel. I can't think of another movie with more gunfire than this war-crazy epic. The awesome cast includes Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown and Neil Patrick Harris (in Nazi-like regalia). It also includes a young (and hot) Denise Richards.

Encore
7 p.m. CST: "Superman" marathon
See all four "Superman" movies on Saturday night! For my money, "Superman the Movie" is the best of the bunch. "Superman II" ups the action ante with superpowered Kryptonian villains. "III" goes off the deep end by adding Richard Pryor to the cast. And "IV" is a pretty awful anti-nukes movie. No matter how cheesy these films might seem today, they are still waaaay better than the depressing "Superman Returns."