CUTTING ROOM

By Ryan SyRek

Apparently, in the 1985 film “Silver Bullet,” Gary Busey yells “Holy jumped-up, bald-headed Jesus palomino!” A bit long for a tattoo, but I’ll make it work. On June 9 at 7 p.m., if you go to Alamo Drafthouse Omaha, you not only get to hear that line yelled in the vicinity of Corey Haim, you can also get a copy of “Where Wolf” signed by the creators of that graphic novel, Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli. I just want to be clear here: Should you attend, you will have the privilege of not only seeing an adaptation that Stephen King wrote the script for, but you will be able to pick up a comic book about a lycanthrope loose in the Lone Star State. I don’t know what you people want from this column, but I sincerely hope this is the sort of news you need.

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Or maybe you want family friendly stuff? Fewer “werewolves murdering people with baseball bats,” which apparently happens twice in “Silver Bullet,” and more “something to do with small humans when school is out?” The SumTur Amphitheater in Papillion is showing twilight movies that feature 0% Gary Busey/Corey Haim. On June 10 at dusk you can see “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” On June 17, you can see “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” And on June 24, you can see “Marcel: The Shell With Shoes On.” The last one is an A24 movie, so you can use it to introduce the concept of midsommar to your wee ones. Tickets for all are free, so maybe give someone at SumTur a consensual high-five?

“Arrival” is one of the best science-fiction movies to leave me in the fetal position. Yes, I said “one of,” as the number of films that qualify for that list is arguably I-should-talk-to-a-therapist-level long. Good news: Film Streams wants me to relive that pain … in the name of science! That is to say, Science on Screen is an ongoing series in which arthouse theaters around the country show movies that involve scientific shenanigans and then engage in a post-screening discussion. On June 6, you can head down to the Ruth Sokolof Theater, watch the performance that should have won Amy Adams an Academy Award, and listen to a panel talk about the science of human language. I’d volunteer to serve on it, but I’m only an expert in cursing. “Holy jumped-up bald-headed Jesus palomino!”

Finally, they don’t make a ton of comedies anymore. At least, they don’t make broadly popular, completely stupid-hilarious mainstream blockbusters.

The pandemic laugh-blocked “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” from launching a goofy-renaissance. As a consolation, you can go to Aksarben Cinema on June 14 and ACX Cinema in Elkhorn on June 14 & 21 to watch “Airplane,” which maybe was the apex of funny for us as a civilization, Barb and Star excluded. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Wednesday than yucking it up to Lloyd Bridges sniffing glue, can you? If so, don’t tell me. I picked the wrong day to stop making bold proclamations.

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