ENCORE SCREENING:  TO BE TAKEI 1:00 PM Sunday, October 19, at the Guild Cinema Part of the Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival All Tickets $10.00 – Cash or Check Only 2014, directed by Jennifer Kroot, 90 mins. Star Trek legend and Facebook sensation George Takei is thoroughly examined in this hilarious, emotionally touching, and entertaining documentary. The film looks at the many roles played by this eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist, … Continue reading Encore: To Be Takei at Guild! →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, October 20, at 7:30 pm Pacific Paradise Restaurant, northeast corner of San Pedro & Candelaria NE Back (side) Room of Restaurant – Albuquerque, NM The October book for discussion is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (trade paperback), which won the Nebula & Hugo Awards for Best Novel, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Pacific Paradise closes at 9:00 pm, so we try to … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

MILEHICON 46 IN DENVER MILEHICON 46 is October 24-26, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Tech Center (south end) of Denver, CO.  Special Guests are Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Michael Swanwick, Jeanne Stein and artists Kaja & Phil Foglio.  Other participants include Connie Willis, Mario Acevedo, Paolo Bacigalupi, Carol Berg, Courtney Willis, Ed Bryant, Doug Beason, Robin Owens, Cynthia Felice, Susan Krinard, Peri Charlifu, Carrie Vaughn, Warren Hammond, … Continue reading Milehicon 46 in Denver →

Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 24-25 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Jim Sharman – 1975, 100m. Special Presentation – All seats $20.00 (includes prop bag valued at $5.00) ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ONLINE, CLICK HERE. Another chance to re-live a classic!  Pride & Equality Magazine presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show for its fourth year. A full cast and props will … Continue reading Rocky Horror at Guild →

MILEHICON 46 IN DENVER MILEHICON 46 is October 24-26, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Tech Center (south end) of Denver, CO.  Special Guests are Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Michael Swanwick, Jeanne Stein and artists Kaja & Phil Foglio.  Other participants include Connie Willis, Mario Acevedo, Paolo Bacigalupi, Carol Berg, Courtney Willis, Ed Bryant, Doug Beason, Robin Owens, Cynthia Felice, Susan Krinard, Peri Charlifu, Carrie Vaughn, Warren Hammond, … Continue reading Milehicon 46 in Denver →

Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 24-25 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Jim Sharman – 1975, 100m. Special Presentation – All seats $20.00 (includes prop bag valued at $5.00) ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ONLINE, CLICK HERE. Another chance to re-live a classic!  Pride & Equality Magazine presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show for its fourth year. A full cast and props will … Continue reading Rocky Horror at Guild →

MILEHICON 46 IN DENVER MILEHICON 46 is October 24-26, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Tech Center (south end) of Denver, CO.  Special Guests are Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Michael Swanwick, Jeanne Stein and artists Kaja & Phil Foglio.  Other participants include Connie Willis, Mario Acevedo, Paolo Bacigalupi, Carol Berg, Courtney Willis, Ed Bryant, Doug Beason, Robin Owens, Cynthia Felice, Susan Krinard, Peri Charlifu, Carrie Vaughn, Warren Hammond, … Continue reading Milehicon 46 in Denver →

RiffTrax presents Anaconda Two Nights Only for Halloween Weekend! Thursday, October  30 – 7:00 pm only at the Century Rio, Century Downtown and Regal Cottonwood. Encore presentation 7:30 pm Tuesday, November 4. Original Film Directed by Luis Llosa – 1997 Columbia Pictures. 2014 Riffing/Commentary provided by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett – approximately 120m. The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back in select cinemas nationwide … Continue reading RiffTrax Tackles Anaconda →

Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 31-November 1 – 10:15 pm only! Directed by Tommy Wirkola – 2014, 100m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 47 Continuing from where 2009’s Dead Snow ended, Martin (Vegar Hoel) wakes up in a hospital after he crashed his car while trying to escape from Nazi zombie Colonel Herzog … Continue reading Dead Snow 2 invades Guild Cinema! →

Paranormal author – and Bubonicon participant – Darynda Jones is joined by local romance author Katie Lane in a signing event humorously dubbed “the Grim Reaper vs. Santa Claus” November 1 at Page One Books. Jones’ newest installment in the further adventures of Charley Davidson, Albuquerque’s detective with a dark-side, is Seventh Grave and No Body.  Earlier this year, Jones also published “Sixth Grave on the Edge.”  Lane’s latest romance … Continue reading Darynda Jones/Katie Lane signing →

Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 31-November 1 – 10:15 pm only! Directed by Tommy Wirkola – 2014, 100m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 47 Continuing from where 2009’s Dead Snow ended, Martin (Vegar Hoel) wakes up in a hospital after he crashed his car while trying to escape from Nazi zombie Colonel Herzog … Continue reading Dead Snow 2 invades Guild Cinema! →

ABCs of Death 2 at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 7-8 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Various – 2014, 125m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 ABCs OF DEATH 2 is the follow-up to the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning from Nigeria to UK to Brazil and everywhere in between. It features segments directed by over two dozen of the … Continue reading ABCs of Death 2 at Guild →

ABCs of Death 2 at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 7-8 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Various – 2014, 125m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 ABCs OF DEATH 2 is the follow-up to the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning from Nigeria to UK to Brazil and everywhere in between. It features segments directed by over two dozen of the … Continue reading ABCs of Death 2 at Guild →

November Programming: A Visit from NM Space Historian Loretta Hall! Local author (and former Bubonicon science speaker) Loretta Hall will be talking to us (with visual aids) about her latest non-fiction astro-effort, Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words, which was released this past June. In her book, “Ninety space pioneers describe their experiences while working on space research and exploration from the 1940s through the space shuttle program. Some of … Continue reading Albuq SF Society →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, November 17, at 7:30 pm Pacific Paradise Restaurant, northeast corner of San Pedro & Candelaria NE Side Room (to the left side) of Restaurant – Albuquerque, NM The November book for discussion is Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (trade paperback), which won the Hugo Award in 2013. Pacific Paradise closes at 9:00 pm, so we try to keep our individual reviews … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

V/H/S Viral at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 21-22 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Various – 2014, 97m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime (99% sure) A police chase after a deranged ice cream truck has captivated the attention of the greater Los Angeles area. Dozens of fame-obsessed teens flock to the streets with their video cameras and … Continue reading V/H/S Viral at Guild Cinema →

V/H/S Viral at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 21-22 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Various – 2014, 97m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime (99% sure) A police chase after a deranged ice cream truck has captivated the attention of the greater Los Angeles area. Dozens of fame-obsessed teens flock to the streets with their video cameras and … Continue reading V/H/S Viral at Guild Cinema →

Science Fiction authors – and Bubonicon participants – Connie Willis and Melinda Snodgrass will give a talk on “A Contract with the Reader” November 25 at Page One Books. The most recent publication for Willis was The Best of Connie Willis, which won the Locus Award for best collection this past June. Snodgrass’ most recent publications are Wild Cards: Lowball (editor) and Box Office Poison (as Phillipa Bornikova). So, please … Continue reading C. Willis & M. Snodgrass Signing/Talk →

Joe R. Lansdale’s Christmas with the Dead at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 28-29 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Terrill Lee Lankford – 2012 – 96m, not rated.  Screenplay by Keith Lansdale from Joe R. Lansdale’s short story.  The cast features singer Kasey Lansdale, and the film was produced by Joe & Karen Lansdale – so it’s a Lansdale family effort! A Bubonicon 47 Presentation – All … Continue reading Christmas with the Dead @ Guild →

This Island Earth and Forbidden Planet at the Guild Cinema Saturday-Sunday, November 29-30 This Island Earth – 2:00 & 6:00 pm Forbidden Planet – 4:oo & 8:00 pm This Island Earth directed by Joseph M. Newman – 1955 – 86m. The Visitor directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox – 1956 – 98m. Special Thanks to Bubonicon 47 for Promotional Assistance This Island Earth:  In a ‘close encounter,’  two Earthling scientists (Rex … Continue reading Sci-Fi Double Feature at Guild Cinema →

Joe R. Lansdale’s Christmas with the Dead at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, November 28-29 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Terrill Lee Lankford – 2012 – 96m, not rated.  Screenplay by Keith Lansdale from Joe R. Lansdale’s short story.  The cast features singer Kasey Lansdale, and the film was produced by Joe & Karen Lansdale – so it’s a Lansdale family effort! A Bubonicon 47 Presentation – All … Continue reading Christmas with the Dead @ Guild →

This Island Earth and Forbidden Planet at the Guild Cinema Saturday-Sunday, November 29-30 This Island Earth – 2:00 & 6:00 pm Forbidden Planet – 4:oo & 8:00 pm This Island Earth directed by Joseph M. Newman – 1955 – 86m. The Visitor directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox – 1956 – 98m. Special Thanks to Bubonicon 47 for Promotional Assistance This Island Earth:  In a ‘close encounter,’  two Earthling scientists (Rex … Continue reading Sci-Fi Double Feature at Guild Cinema →

RiffTrax presents Santa Claus (the Mexican exploitation one) ONE Night Only for the Christmas season! Thursday, December 4 – 7:00 pm only at the Century Rio, Century Downtown and Regal Cottonwood. Original Film Directed by René Cardona – 1959 Mexico. 2014 Riffing/Commentary provided by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett – approximately 120m. The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back in select cinemas nationwide on Thursday, December … Continue reading RiffTrax Bags Up “Santa Claus” →

Paranormal author Darynda Jones and fantasy author Jeffe Kennedy will be celebrating the release of Seventh Grave and No Body and The Tears of the Rose: The Twelve Kingdoms Book 2, respectively, with a chat and signing Friday, December 5! In Jone’s 7th Grave novel, “Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip … Continue reading D. Jones/J. Kennedy Signing →

Fantasy author Jeffe Kennedy and romance author Celeste Bradley will be celebrating the release of The Tears of the Rose: Mark of the Tala Book 2 and With This Ring, respectively, with a chat and signing Sunday, December 7! In Kennedy’s 2nd Mark of Tala novel, “Three sisters. Motherless daughters of the high king. The eldest is the warrior-woman heir;the middle child is shy and full of witchy intuition; and … Continue reading Kennedy/Bradley signing →