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Pick of the Day: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Alamo Bike Tour (in NYC) 8/5, 8/7, 8/9

July 31, 2023

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Today brought the sad news of the passing of Paul Reubens, known and beloved by millions as Pee Wee Herman. His iconic performance in Tim Burton’s iconic film debut of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure will live on in cinema history for ages to come as something that was able to put a smile on a face of nearly anyone who watched it, no matter their age (far before Pixar figured out how to do that).

The good folks at Alamo Drafthouse already had a very special run of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure screenings at their NYC theaters (Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island) complete with the one and only legendary bike.

Unsurprisingly, tickets for the Brooklyn and Manhattan screenings are sold out, but there are a literal handful of tickets left for the Staten Island screening on Sat. Aug. 5th at 7PM for $15.50. At the very least, we’re betting the bike will probably be in the lobby for you to admire as well as honor Reubens’ memory.

Never one to disappoint, Alamo Drafthouse made a great little trailer for this very special event:

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Pick of the Day: Dishoom Dishoom (in LA) 4/28

April 18, 2023

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Milan Patel and Neeraj Srinivasan‘s Dishoom Dishoom is back in LA for the first time in 2023. Not only is the delightful MST3K roast-y watch along for specifically Indian/Bollywood movies returning to Tinseltown, but doing so in one of its most fitting venues yet, The Alamo Drafthouse in DTLA.

For this edition of Dishoom Dishoom, Milan and Neeraj will be gleefully and lovingly sending up very over-the-top action/thriller Pathaan with very special guests Subhah Agarwal and Ahmed Bharoocha at 8PM on Fri. Apr. 28th. Best of all, because this is one of the very special live events at Alamo Drafthouse in their Video Vortex/Lobby/Bar area, it’ll be free to attend and enjoy.

Set a reminder for next Fri. and follow @dishoomcomedy on IG for more updates.

Pick of the Day: Super Dating Simulator-Love! at the Demon Hunter Agency (in LA) 2/16

February 6, 2023

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What a perfect time of year for the return of one of our favorite romance based comedy shows in existence, Super Dating Simulator. Inspired by the craze for Japanese video game dating simulator, it’s an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure-ish, live-in-person comedy game show where comedic actors act at the will of the audience, while dressed up as outlandish anime-style characters.

In this particular edition that’s coming right after Valentine’s Day, Super Dating Simulator will be taking on a love story appropriate for our times, Love! at the Demon Hunter Agency, and will be bringing it to DTLA’s Alamo Drafthouse on Thurs. Feb. 16th at 8PM.

Best of all, the show is completely free to attend. Get more details and stay on top of Super Dating Simulator updates @superdatingsimulator on IG.

Pick of the Day: Protected Under Parody: An Alamo Drafthouse Sketch Show (in LA) 8/6

With the continued absence of ArcLight, the impending opening of Vidiots, and more folks needing to know about Brain Dead Studios, the swath of very cool, indie movie theaters that did just more than just show movies.

The Alamo Drafthouse in DTLA is actually one such theater, especially because, this Saturday, they’ll be doing a very, very, very special, exclusive sketch comedy show with many of LA’s finest from all corners of sketch, clowning, etc. to do a mash-up of cult movie darlings, Empire Records and Donnie Darko.

The likes of Ekeme Ekanem, Eli Leonard, Elijah Taylor, Ian Abramson, Ian Farley, Jon Barnett, Matt Catanzano, Luke Rampersad, Natasha Mercado, Nikki Black, and Victor Torres will be putting up this wild show at, arguably, the perfect venue to have it at.

As if that wasn’t enough, Jonathan Lipnicki will be joining in on the mash-up extravaganza AND the show itself will be free attend (after you find out where to park downtown).

Called Protected Under Parody: An Alamo Drafthouse Sketch Show, it’ll be all going up at Sat. Aug. 6th at 7:30PM PT at The Video Vortex inside of Alamo Drafthouse. Get more details here and then set a reminder on your calendar.

April 4, 2018

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Of the things that you could get nostalgic about from the 90s, Wayne’s World is definitely something worth revisiting in a big, dark room with friends and strangers alike, followed by an Q&A with the director.

Get tickets here for that exact thing happening next Sunday at The Regent in DTLA.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Alamo Drafthouse Is Officially and Finally Coming to DTLA in 2018

June 9, 2017

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Alamo Drafthouse Is Officially and Finally Coming to DTLA in 2018

Of the indie/arthouse theater chains around, the Alamo Drafthouse has seen success where many others have struggled. Moving to LA was part of a nationwide expansion enacted over the last few years due to their popularity in their original locations.

Though a ballpark timeframe for when Los Angeles would get its very own Alamo Drafthouse has been foggy for quite some time now, 2018 is the target for when Alamo Drafthouse will join the shopping/dining/working complex known as The Bloc in DTLA’s Financial District.

As Sundance Sunset Cinemas was recently given up to AMC, this announcement couldn’t come any sooner as you’ll now have an indie theater on the Eastside of town to watch those darling indie comedies and dramedies rather than hustling over to any of the ArcLights or The Landmark in West LA.

Also, Alamo Drafthouse does happen to have some of the best introductory videos that warn to not talk or text that get updated quite often as opposed to by the decade like most other theaters.

Alamo Drafthouse Enlists Janeane Garofalo for Latest and Greatest PSA to Not Talk, Text, Etc. at the Movies

November 1, 2016

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As Alamo Drafthouse expands further and further across the nation, these PSAs explaining why you shouldn’t talk, text, or be on your phone in general seem to only get better and better.

Just watch their latest one with Janeane Garofalo that really gives a historical context to why you shouldn’t be on your phone during the movies.

IDIOCRACY’s 10 Year Anniversary To Be Celebrated with Alamo Drafthouse Screenings and Q&A with Mike Judge & Cast

September 21, 2016

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IDIOCRACY’s 10 Year Anniversary To Be Celebrated with Alamo Drafthouse Screenings and Q&A with Mike Judge & Cast

It’s the 10 year anniversary of the film, but there also has never been a better time for American citizens to see this movie than now.

On October 4th, Alamo Drafthouse will be doing a special one-night only engagement screening of Mike Judge’s Idiocracy complete with a Q&A with Judge and the cast to be live streamed from the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

The drafthouse has theaters across the country and you can find where they are and get your tickets at the link above.

July 11, 2016

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HBO, Alamo Drafthouse, and The Regent present a special sneak preview of the first two episodes of the upcoming Vice Principals starring Danny McBride and Walton Goggins on Tuesday, July 12th at 8PM at The Regent Theater (448 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA).

Admission is free with RSVP and you can (and should) get in on that here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

“The Interview” Actually Set To Screen on Christmas Day at Dallas/Fort Worth’s Alamo Drafthouse and Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre

December 23, 2014

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See the movie North Korea really, REALLY doesn’t want you to see….this time for realsies. http://t.co/cZ2x1KUHjA pic.twitter.com/VlLeDVb17L

— Alamo Drafthouse DFW (@AlamoDFW) December 23, 2014

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Interview is now back on track for its original release date, Christmas Day, though just not with the expansive nationwide release that Sony had originally planned on.

The Interview -Times Christmas Day 4pm 5pm 6:30 7:30 9:35 12/26 to 1/1 times will be announced tomorrow. On 2 screens

— Plaza Atlanta (@PlazaAtlanta) December 23, 2014

As of this post, both the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA are set to give The Interview a run on their screens starting on Christmas Day.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a Sony insider says that there are indeed plans for a VOD release, but further details are not available at this time.

So, hopefully, by the end of today, we’ll find that a bunch of other indie, art house theaters will follow and screen the Interview and we can, as a country, go back to watching and making movies without being intimidated by a foreign regime.

Dallas/Fort Worth’s Alamo Drafthouse To Do a Free Screening of “Team America: World Police” in Place of “The Interview” UPDATE: Screening Canceled

December 18, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

With Sony giving up on releasing Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s The Interview in any way, plenty of folks, us included, are outraged. Even with threats that referenced 9/11, plenty like Judd Apatow were willing to go to theaters to see The Interview in theaters.

Leave it to one of the best theater chains around, Alamo Drafthouse, to do something about this. Their Dallas/Fort Worth location was planning on screening The Interview and will now do one free screening of Team America: World Police on Dec. 27th at 7PM.

For those of you not familiar, Team America was the last comedy, from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, where American forces take on a North Korean dictator known as Kim Jong-Il.

So, with this in mind, take President Obama’s advice on the whole matter and go to the movies and maybe chant “America, F*ck Yeah!” while you’re at it.

UPDATE: Paramount Pictures has pulled this and other screenings of Team America: World Police. (via Deadline)

Alamo Drafthouse to Have Unlimited Anchorman 2 Pass Starting New Year’s Day

December 31, 2013

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Alamo Drafthouse to Have Unlimited Anchorman 2 Pass Starting New Year’s Day

Paramount and Alamo Drafthouse have stuck a deal to allow for a different type of Anchorman 2 superpass that will allow one to see the film as many times as they wish during Anchorman 2’s run at an Alamo Drafthouse theater.

We can only hope this catches on and they do the same for something like Wolf of Wall Street.

Doug Benson Inks Deal for ‘Movie Interruption’ with Alamo Drafthouse

November 25, 2013

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Doug Benson Inks Deal for ‘Movie Interruption’ with Alamo Drafthouse

Doug Benson has achieved the dreams of many in that he has just gotten a deal to make fun of movies across the country in one of the coolest theater chains, Alamo Drafthouse.