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Director Michael Winner to appear for discussion and screenings of his cult classics The Mechanic and Scorpio

Michael Winner will appear in person for a double feature of two of his 1970’s action classics, The Mechanic and Scorpio, two of my favorite action films of all time. The event will take place on Saturday, March 12th, beginning at 7:30pm. The Egyptian Theatre will play host, which is located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, ….

Sylvester Stallone considering Death Wish remake

Sylvester Stallone told Empire that he’s been circling the possibility of doing a remake of the 1974 cult classic revenge thriller Death Wish. “I’m thinking about it… It’s a classic morality tale, where you take a civilized man and take away everything that matters to him so he becomes primitive again.” Michael Winner (The Mechanic, ….

John Woo, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Luc Besson, David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli and more to be included in new Six Shooter Film Series

Magnet Releasing announced today that it’s kicking off a second volume of its cult favorite Six Shooter Film Series with Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which begins airing this Friday On-Demand, ahead of it’s October U.S. theatrical release. Where the first Six Shooter Film Series took a broad look at smart international genre ….

Twilight Zone event to include screenings and pop culture debate marking 50th Anniversary of cult series

October 2nd, 2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of Rod Serling’s sci-fi classic show The Twilight Zone, which almost single-handedly triggered the inclusion of the television sci-fi genre into the pop culture lexicon. On that night, illustrator, author and Twilight Zone scholar Arlen Schumer will be hosting a multimedia presentation called The Twilight Zone Forever at ….

Writer hired to adapt true-life story of narcotics agent impostor

Dan Gordon (The Hurricane, Wyatt Earp), who recently wrote drafts of the upcoming mobster film Mafia Cop and the remake of Charles Bronson’s seminal 70s hitman thriller The Mechanic, has been hired to write the script for The King of Sting, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The upcoming drama revolves around the life of con ….

Cult Cinema Icons ready to explore

The DVD store has a fun new section called Cult Cinema Icons. It features film collections of actors, directors, writers and producers, that have created “cult” favorites of genre cinema, particularly in the action, adventure, horror and sci-fi genres. Along with obvious choices like Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Charles Bronson, Sonny Chiba, Quentin Tarantino and ….

A New Dirty Dozen From Warner Brothers

According to a report by Variety, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow will co-finance a remake of The Dirty Dozen, the 1967 action flick that starred Lee Marvin as a major who conscripts twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission in WWII. Joel Silver will produce with Susan Downey. The original Dirty Dozen included Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, ….