Somewhere between Xanadu and Pearl Harbour amid rubber sharks, giant spiders, Martians and evil leprechauns live Nicko & Joe's Bad Film Club.
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Have you ever been stuck watching a film at the cinema and wanted to laugh out loud at the saccharine sweetness of a sappy moment? Wanted to shout, “THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN” during any number of films starring Tom Cruise? Felt the urge to throw popcorn at the screen in protest? Well now you can!
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The Bad Film Club has created a place where like-minded folk can gather to celebrate the guilty joy that is a good bad movie and re-create that living room atmosphere of a night in with friends. For the first time the shackles of polite cinema etiquette are discarded as the audience are encouraged to jeer, heckle and participate with the film creating a unique interactive cinema experience. Because, as we know, nothing is as much fun as watching a bad film with friends but, then again, nothing can be more soul-destroying than watching one alone.
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Armed only with their wit and their laser pointers, the duo take you on a journey through bad plot lines, terrible dialogue, awful acting and some of the worst special effects known to man. And all the while they provide a live DVD style commentary, just in case you missed the worst bits.
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Just to prove it's not just Nicko & Joe who love bad movies they’ve has some pretty special guests perform at The Bad Film Club including Stewart Lee, Phil Nichol, Brendon Burns, Robin Ince, Rhys Thomas, Glenn Wool and Simon Munnery. So what started back in January 2006 as a tiny club for film masochists has grown, mutated and transformed into a popular cult hit, touring the country with residencies at The Barbican in London, Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, and The Edinburgh Comedy Festival
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“Watching a bad film on your own can be a pointless, soul-destroying experience. In company, though, it can be painfully hilarious” The Guardian
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"Watch awful films accompanied by live commentary and try not to die laughing" - Empire
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"Taking the piss out of such movies in the rowdy, bear-pit atmosphere that Nicko and Joe encourage is, I think, a way of reclaiming some of the time we've lost to all those bad films…I suspect this goes to the heart of the Bad Film Club's appeal." - Time Out
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"Rather than making the audience suffer in silence, some films are better for having invective hurled at them" - The Sunday Times
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"Cinema doesn't get any better - or worse - than this" - South China Morning Post
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