Cult Cinema

Watch cult classic Battle Royale on the big screen and stay for a midnight screening of The Warriors

Hot on the heels of Anchor Bay Entertainment’s recently released gorgeous collector’s edition of the cult classic Battle Royale, IFC Center tonight starts an exclusive New York City theatrical run of Kinji Fukasaku’s teen survival epic, featuring a high-definition digital projection. A long-unavailable underground hit, veteran director Fukasaku’s incredibly violent, still-shocking and deeply influential genre ….

Ridley Scott retrospective starts tomorrow at Walter Reade Theater

Check out the films of filmmaker Ridley Scott before he made the highly anticipated Prometheus. A look back at Scott’s complete library of classics, favorites and Oscar nominated work includes Alien, a young Tom Cruise in Legend, Blade Runner: the Final Cut, the Nicholas Cage and Sam Rockwell grifter film Matchstick Men, and a brand ….

Zoe Saldana joining Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez in Danny Trejo’s Machete sequel Machete Kills

Danny Trejo spoke to MovieHole about his next project, Robert Rodriguez’s highly-anticipated follow-up to the modern day Mexploitation film Machete, titled Machete Kills. Trejo says that the film kicks off in about three weeks, and says “The sequel to Machete, Machete Kills is going to be a lot more over-the-top than Machete. We’ve got Sofia ….

Starship Troopers 15th Anniversary cast and crew reunion headed to Arclight

In 1997, director Paul Verhoeven created Starship Troopers, and what is now a sci-fi cult classic exploded onto the screen with a rousing mix of intergalactic warfare, raw teen angst and sly political satire. Loosely based on Robert Heinlein’s controversial, award-winning novel, the film startled audiences and critics alike with its bloodsoaked man-vs-bugs warfare and ….

First official images from Quentin Tarantino’s western epic Django Unchained

Fans got a view of the teaser poster for Quentin Tarantino’s western Django Unchained a few weeks ago, and now Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first official images from the upcoming Spaghetti Western, which is set for release in North America on Christmas Day and then in the UK on January 18th, 2013. First is ….

Win a 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray and Book of Ralph Bakshi’s cult classic animated film Wizards

Twentieth Century Fox’s first-ever animated film, created by renowned director Ralph Bakshi, Wizards, will be released in a 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + Book on March 13th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the “epic fantasy of peace and magic” stars the voice talent of Star Wars icon Mark Hamill. The ….

Details and new images from the remake of cult horror classic Mother’s Day

There’s nothing more comforting than the love of a Mother for her children. But beware any Mother when her children are threatened. And for a certain diabolical Mother and her vicious progeny, she’ll send anyone who threatens her brood straight to Hell. Anchor Bay Films presents the May 8th release of Mother’s Day on Blu-ray ….