The thinking man's alternative to the Cleveland International Film Festival: The Ohio 24 Hour Sci Fi Marathon, March 15

Event preview by Charles Cassady, Jr.

Ever since LeBron left, the only thing significant about Cleveland, we can all agree, is the Case Western-Reserve University Science-Fiction Marathon, a customary kickoff to the winter-spring series of the CWRU Film Society.

If you are reading this now...you missed it. It was over months ago. And you probably couldn't have gone anyway. The CWRU Sci-Fi Marathon, for reasons only known to the evil secret society that assures everything in Cleveland goes wrong, happens in mid-January: bitter cold, blizzards, icebergs, glaciers, your severance-pay money running out from your job layoff at Thanksgiving, and the trail end of your bout of food poisoning from Christmas dinner.

Yes, you've missed out on the CWRU Sci Fi Marathon. But I like using that line about LeBron.

And I also like to call attention to something truly frightening. Many years ago a similar science-fiction marathon in Columbus would take place exactly a week after the grueling CWRU sci-fl and fantasy endurance test. I actually heard that hardcore devotees would undergo the CWRU marathon, spend a few days recovering, then go downstate and do it all again the subsequent weekend.

This was when Clinton was in the White House. We all had things better then.

Sci-Fi Fest at the Cedar Lee Theatre

[Press release from Cleveland Cinemas.]

 

The Cedar Lee Theatre (2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts) will be treating science-fiction fans to a marathon of classic flicks as atomic monsters and evil aliens return to the big screen. On Saturday May 4, 2013, the theatre will present its first ever SCI-FI FEST as part of the ongoing Melt Bar & Grilled Late Shift series.

“Just as our 12 Hours of Terror marathon at the Capitol Theatre has become an annual event for horror devotees, we’re hoping to do the same for sci-fi fanatics at the Cedar Lee Theatre,” says Dave Huffman, Cleveland Cinemas’ Director of Marketing and programmer for the Melt Bar & Grilled Late Shift. “I love all the films we’re showing and I can’t wait to see them on the big screen.”