Everyone has at one time or another paid good money to see some overblown Hollywood stinker that they'd rather not talk about. Or maybe there were the direct-to-video wonders that find their way into people's VCRs when all the copies of Titanic were already rented. The abundance of bad cinema could be seen as a tribute to mankind's collective lapses of judgment, with dubious examples such as Yentl, Bride of Chucky, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, and the all-midget musical western, The Terror of Tiny Town. In any case, we're going to write our own reviews, sticking with the time-honored 3 x 5 index-card format so nobody gets too bogged down with the plot details, whatever they might be.

But, as usual, there will be a twist. Everyone gets to write down they favorite bad movies onto a large list, and you'll have to choose something from the list that you didn't suggest, but have in fact seen. Think of it as a cathartic writing exercise where the best way to confront a pained memory is to wrestle it head-on and deliver the final body slam in the form of rapier-sharp prose. Or something like that. Mixed metaphors are always welcome to the dive-bar writing style.

Bring along 3 x 5 index cards, pens and/or pencils, and a good list of crappy movies.

Here's a starting point for those of you looking to waste time at work:

http://www.badmovies.org/

Thursday, Feb 7
5:30 to 8 PM
Hanaro Cocktails (formerly Old Rick's Gold Room?) - opposite Edinburgh Castle
939 Geary at Polk in SF

Muni Limo Lines: 2, 3, 4, 19, 38, 49