Category: Events
Seattle’s EMP Museum becomes Museum of Pop Culture
If you’re in the Seattle area and enjoy great music (as many Seattle natives do), sci-fi & horror movies, vintage television shows and FilmFetish.com, then you’re familiar with the EMP Museum. Well EMP is changing its name to the Museum of Pop Culture. To celebrate the change, the facility now known as MoPOP will be …
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René Carson
October 20, 2016
AMC Television is currently streaming a batch of iconic martial arts films that inspired their own high-flying action series Into the Badlands. The movies are completely free for a limited time, with no login required to view them. The films include Shaolin, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zen, Let the Bullets Fly, The Man From Nowhere, Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero.
Access the full movie streams at amc.com/movies.
RZA to premiere live re-score of cult classic 36th Chamber of Shaolin during Beyond Fest in Hollywood
Wu-Tang Clan, award winning musician and filmmaker RZA will premiere his live re-score of the martial arts epic, Lau Kar-leung’s The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, during next month’s Beyond Fest, the highest attended genre film festival in the U.S. According to Beyond Fest’s website, RZA first saw The 36th Chamber of Shaolin on television when …
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Gene Wilder classics Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles
To honor the life of comedy legend Gene Wilder – who passed away Monday due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, at the age of 83 – two of the comedian’s most celebrated movies are getting the revival treatment at movie theaters this weekend. AMC Theaters will screen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing …
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Asbury Park Zombie Walk 2016 date confirmed
It looks like Asbury Park’s New Jersey Zombie Walk is back from the dead. The organizers of the event have posted a graphic to the official Facebook page for the walking-deadocon, with the date 10 . 01 . 16. That’s perfect, as there will be no conflicts with New York Comic Con 2016, which runs …
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Comic Cons headed to the high seas could be industry game-changer
Fan2Sea has announced the full lineup of guests, entertainment and activities for its maiden voyage aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas, which sets sail from January 19–23, 2017 out of Tampa, Florida, with stops in Key West and Cozumel, Mexico. The pop culture-themed cruise will feature panels, nightly parties, movie marathons, themed dinners …
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#NYCC2016 #NYCC New York Comic-Con expands to Madison Square Garden for 2016
It looks like one building can no longer handle all of the content that’s coming to New York Comic-Con these days. As a solution, just as they did in 2015, organizers are expanding to additional venues outside of Jacob K. Javits Center, to welcome the massive crowds expected to attend the more popular panels this …
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Star Trek: Bridge Crew virtual reality video game and large gaming zone coming to Star Trek: Mission New York
CBS Consumer Products and ReedPOP are bringing a gamer’s dream to this year’s Star Trek: Mission New York with Star Trek: Bridge Crew, an all-new virtual reality video game from Ubisoft. Star Trek: Mission New York will take place September 2–4 at the Javits Center, the birthplace of the original Star Trek Convention. To help …
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The Musikfest 2016 full lineup
The Musikfest 2016 Premium Lineup (requiring tickets) RUN-DMC Saturday, August 6 Dierks Bentley Sunday, August 7 Swift Technique presents a Tribute to Prince With Band From Mars (David Bowie Tribute) Monday, August 8 BOSTON: 40th Anniversary Tuesday, August 9 Don Henley Wednesday, August 10 BUSH & Chevelle Thursday, August 11 Sabrina Carpenter Friday, August 12 …
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Cult classic Phantasm and new sequel Phantasm: Ravager heading to theaters
Well Go USA Entertainment announced that the company has nabbed North American rights for Don Coscarelli’s iconic Phantasm series, including an all-new 4K restoration of the original 1979 cult classic Phantasm: Remastered, never-before-seen HD restorations of 1994’s Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead and 1998’s Phantasm IV: Oblivion, and the long-anticipated debut of the fifth …
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Game of Death villain Mel Novak and The Blacklist’s Harry Lennix to appear at first-ever Martial Con
Cult Cinema Icon Mel Novak, the quintessential action movie villain, will appear at the inaugural edition of Martial Con this August in Long Beach, California. Novak has battled many legendary Hollywood heroes and is best known as the iconic Stick the Assassin in Bruce Lee’s Game of Death. Novak also starred in Black Belt Jones …
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Partial lineup announced for Rock and Shock Horror and Music Fest 2016
Mass Concerts has announced the first celebrity guests and musical acts for the Rock and Shock Horror and Music Convention in New England. On October 14th through 16th, Rock and Shock will celebrate their 13th year bringing the best in horror and music to Worcester, Massachusetts. The convention features celebrity guests, live bands, vendors and …
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