I don’t pretend to know the minds who program the non-mainstream cinema around Austin with any exactitude, so. Yeah. As to why both Hyperreal and We Luv scheduled showings of this 1992 Stephen King adaptation, shoot, man. That’s for them and God to know, and us to just never find out. In any case, if you yearn for the days when any filmic recreation of a book took the title and nothing else, then have I got a sci-fi flick for you. Breaking from King’s more mythological short story, the Pierce Brosnan vehicle instead imagines virtual reality as a generator of supernatural abilities – as well as the perfect place to bone down. If you miss Hyperreal’s Friday screening, catch We Luv’s Tuesday showing, where St. Elmo also provides free beer and hop water. – James Scott