Strikes and Spares

Day Job

January 2024 •English

An animated documentary that follows the lives of the over-qualified young staff of a local bowling alley.

Spend the first of the month

January 1965 •Greek

Shrek the Third

May 2007 •English

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

Greedy

March 1994 •English

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

The Big Lebowski

March 1998 •English

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

Superman III

June 1983 •English

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

Mystery Men

August 1999 •English

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

King of the Pins

April 1950 •English

Comedy short about Buddy Hackett as an incompetent bowler.

Split

August 2016 •English

As her 30th birthday looms, an over-achieving woman with a thing for bowlers decides to marry the man of her dreams in just under a month.

Die Aufschneider

February 2007 •German

Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle

May 1941 •English

Rip Van Winkle is being thrown out for nonpayment of rent (for twenty years). Popeye happens by and carts the sleeper home, but soon discovers that Rip has a sleepwalking problem that gets both of them into some trouble with some dwarves.

The Bowling Alley-Cat

July 1942 •English

Tom and Jerry are in a bowling alley. Both spend a lot of time sliding on the well-polished lanes. Eventually, Jerry takes up residence among the pins and Tom tries to bowl him down.

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

January 1988 •English

Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, a group of college students accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit that creates demons and loves sexy women.

Mr. Wonderful

October 1993 •English

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.

Now You See It...

January 2005 •English

While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.

Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation

April 2009 •English

A sorority mixer at a local bowling alley goes terribly wrong when the five women who own the building turn out to not be what they seem.

Buffalo '66

January 1998 •English

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

7-10 Split

February 2007 •English

An aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose his best girl and best friend...

Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer

July 2012 •English

Atom is an amazing zombie killer, has a horny girlfriend...and is the best bowler in the league! But don't tell that to Dario and the Slashers, the evil bowling rivals who will stop at nothing to thwart Atom and his buddies. When all of his problems come to a head, Atom must battle his worst nightmare--ZOMBIES! May the bloodbath begin! let's ROCK and BOWL in this outrageous horror comedy!

The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

August 1901 •English

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder.