Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | Prof Picks with Dr. Thomas Powers

This Fall we have partnered with local professors to bring an all new season of of our Prof Picks Series to the big screen! Local professors and experts curate a film for the big screen, introduce the movie and then, after the film, they host a post movie Q&A in the theater! The Series kicks off on September 17th with a classic curated by Dr. Thomas Powers, Assistant Professor of English at Montgomery County Community College. Don't miss BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA at 7pm. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: amblertheater.org/specials

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲: John Carpenter’s imaginative action adventure is a throwback to the movie serials of the past. Kurt Russell plays a hard-boiled delivery truck driver who must rescue his best friend’s fiancee from a sorcerer and crime boss under the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Carpenter’s unique vision is perfectly encapsulated in this bizarre, fun camp classic.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿: Dr. Thomas Powers teaches English at Montgomery County Community College, where he has recently developed and taught a course on the graphic novel. He is also the author of Gender and the Quest in British Science-Fiction Television: An Analysis of Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Red Dwarf and Torchwood (McFarland, 2016) and has composed numerous articles for the Eisner-Award-winning Back Issue! magazine, which specializes in Bronze Age comics history.

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 $𝟭𝟬 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿! Learn more at amblertheater.org/membership

You may also like the following events from The Ambler Theater:

• This Thursday, 7th August, 07:00 pm, The Great Dictator (1940) | Hollywood Summer Nights Series in Ambler
• This Saturday, 9th August, 12:30 pm, Titanic (1997) | Hollywood Summer Nights Series in Ambler
• This Sunday, 10th August, 04:00 pm, Cosmic Dawn (2025) w/ NASA TV Producer & Ambler Native James Tralie- FREE FOR MEMBERS in Ambler

Also check out other Entertainment events in Ambler, Arts events in Ambler, Workshops in Ambler.