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Win free screening tickets to Yoroi Samurai Zombie and 20th Century Boys

I recently posted the schedule for the upcoming New York Asian Film Festival, which is taking place June 19th to July 5th at the IFC Center and Japan Society in New York City. The festival features over 50 films, shorts, and special events, along with more than a dozen guest filmmakers. I just received an ….

Blofeld comes back, setting in Afghanistan and a new writer – getting things straight on the next James Bond film

I’ve been reading so much about the as-yet-untitled upcoming James Bond 23 film, it’s getting hard to keep up. I usually don’t discuss early development on projects this big, since much of the early news is so hard to confirm. But this is getting interesting. So just to bring everyone up to date on what’s ….

H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2009

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival promotes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales through the cinematic adaptations by professional and amateur filmmakers. The festival was founded in 1995 by Andrew Migliore in the hope that H.P. Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as a master of gothic horror and his work more faithfully ….

Abertoir Horror Festival 2009

The award winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre is the largest and busiest arts centre in Wales, with a wide-ranging programme of events and activities across all art forms. It is recognised as a national centre for arts development. With more than 20 films on offer from around the world, including UK premieres, cult screenings and classics, ….

Atlanta HorrorFest 2009

The modern age of digital filmmaking has flooded the market with tons of films, especially horror films, one indistinguishable from the next. This is your chance to prove your film’s worth. Feature and short, slasher, ghost story, zombie, horror-comedy, suspense, and horror documentary films are accepted. Our film festival is operated and judged by the ….

B Movie Celebration 2009

From their beginnings to the present day, B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and others whose careers are waning. Celebrated filmmakers such as Anthony Mann and Jonathan Demme learned their craft in B movies. B movies are where actors such as John Wayne and Jack Nicholson became established, ….

Danny Trejo not in Expendables, but is filming Machete in just a few weeks

According to GATW, by way of Empire News, Danny Trejo confirmed in an interview at CineVegas that he is not appearing in Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming action opus The Expendables as previously thought. He went on to say that his name was associated with the film for some unknown reason and that he was never contacted ….