F This Movie Returns With Second All-Twitter Film Festival

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 31, 2013 10:40PM

Last year the local film blog F This Movie launched the first ever all-Twitter film festival. The premise of the fest was simple: Obtain copies of each film (whether via DVD/Blu-ray or online) play it at a scheduled time and follow along with commentary on Twitter. Last year's lineup of of films from 1982, the year F This Movie's Patrick Bromley called his favorite year in cinema, was stellar: Blade Runner, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, The Dark Crystal, The Road Warrior, and Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. That was a high water year for fantasy, science fiction and teen sex comedies.

Bromley said the films for Saturday's "F This Movie Fest 2" will focus on action films from 1991, which he calls a seminal year for action movies. That was the year James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger dominated the box office with Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which closes out the festival at 8 p.m. 1991 was also the year Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan went to Hell and back in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey; director Joe Johnston's first attempt at helming a superhero epic, The Rocketeer, failed at the box office; Wesley Snipes was pure menace as Nino Brown in New Jack City; and Bruce Willis (still clinging on to what hair he had left) paired up with Damon Wayans in The Last Boy Scout.

Bromley has put together another solid lineup. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was good mindless fun. New Jack City turned Snipes into a star. Johnston would recycle many of the stylistic touches of The Rocketeer 20 years later in Captain America: The First Avenger and The Last Boy Scout found Willis in his Die Hard-era Everyman action hero prime, Wayans more than capable of matching one liners and punches with him.

In order to follow along with the festival all you have to do is make sure you have a copy of each film. It can be a physical copy or available online. At the designated times, pop the film in and follow along or chime in on the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #fthismoviefest. Most of the films are available on Netflix Instant, Amazon Prime or Amazon Instant Video, Blockbuster@Home or Vudu.

To see the full schedule for F This Movie fest 2, click here.