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big trouble in little china

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August 1, 2016
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The Vista Theatre in Los Feliz is putting on a special midnight screening to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the action/adventure/horror/comedy cult classic Big Trouble in Little China from director John Carpenter.

It takes place next week on Friday, August 12th. Tickets are $11.50 and you can (and should) get them here.

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“Big Trouble in Little China” Gets an Oral History Compiled by Uproxx

July 9, 2016
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For how beloved the cult martial arts action comedy is these days, it’d be odd for it have anything less than a stellar opening weekend, right?

Actually, Big Trouble in Little China earned its high status amongst cult movies for good reason. It was believed, in the early stages of production that it’d be a big franchise tentpole, but big rewrites, limited ad budget, poor initial reviews, legal battles, etc. made this 80s gem fall short of those lofty expectations.

Uproxx put together a solid oral history of how all of that happened including the filmmakers’ perspective of the film’s rise from the ashes, providing Kurt Russell with one of his more iconic roles that he has ever played.

“Big Trouble in Little China” Remake In The Works With Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Possibly Starring

June 1, 2015
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(via Variety)

We guess it was inevitable that one of the funniest action/horror movies of all time would needlessly get a remake. Let’s just hope it does star The Rock.

Big Trouble in Little China was definitely a highlight of both Kurt Russell and John Carpenter’s careers and pretty much perfect, in our opinion, the way it is. 

However, if a remake is going forward, take some solace in that it might star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who made an earthquake disaster movie make bank over the weekend and that the writer of X-Men: First Class and Thor is co-writing it.

Worst comes to worst, Honest Trailers will surely have something spot on to say about it.

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