Mothra, Willy Wonka and Harry Potter landing at Loew’s in June

June will be a rare month for Friends of the Loew’s, the group behind the monthly revival film screening series going on over at the Loew’s Jersey. It’s rare because this June the group will host two weekends of classic movies, instead of the usual one. Things start off this weekend, with screenings of classic ….

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 ….

Romantic sci-fi action thriller The Machine gets distributor

Content has nabbed worldwide rights to The Machine, an original romantic sci-fi thriller. Directed by Caradog James (Little White Lies) and currently being cast, The Machine is produced by John Giwa-Amu from Red and Black Films & will be unveiled this week at The Cannes Film Festival. The Machine, part sci-fi action thriller and part ….

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 ….

Guy Pearce sci-fi thriller Lockout gets new release date

Lockout, the upcoming sci-fi thriller from the producers of Taken, will now be released one week earlier in the U.S., on April 13th, 2012. In Lockout, falsely convicted former government agent Snow (Guy Pearce) must rescue the President’s daughter (Maggie Grace) from an outer space maximum security prison after it is taken over by violent ….