U.S. poster revealed for The Raid 2, plus director & star to discuss film at advance screening this weekend

Gareth Evans returns to direct a second installment of the runaway martial arts action hit The Raid. U.S. distributor Sony Pictures Classics has just revealed the official U.S. release poster for the film, which brings back rookie cop Rama (Iko Uwais), after fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen. Leading ….

Death Proof and Kill Bill film screening series will lead up to Raze preview and Zoë Bell Q&A interview at MOMI

International action star Zoë Bell, who was discovered by Quentin Tarantino, will appear at the Museum of the Moving Image for a preview screening of her new action film Raze, on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. In this relentlessly hyperviolent action film directed by Josh Waller, she stars as a woman forced to do battle with ….

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey starts 45th anniversary theatrical run Christmas Day

Tomorrow the IFC Center in New York City will start a 45th anniversary run of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, presenting a DCP projection from Christmas Day through Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi masterwork does nothing less than trace the arc of civilization, from prehistoric prehumans to ….

#nycc2013 @PersonInterest @TheFollowingFOX @ny_comic_con adds cast & crew from Person of Interest & The Following to TV lineup

New York Comic-Con has made some big additions to its television panel and screening lineup for 2013. Warner Bros. Television returns to NYCC with two locally-produced shows in the New York area: last season’s #1 new series The Following and acclaimed third-season crime thriller Person of Interest. Confirmed to attend New York Comic-Con 2013 for ….

#nycc #nycc2013 @lloydkaufman Troma to screen 5 minutes of Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 2 at New York Comic-Con 2013

Troma Entertainment has announced that co-founder Lloyd Kaufman will be screening five minutes from Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 2 at the 2013 edition of New York Comic-Con. The screening will take place at the Troma Booth, #426, starting at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 12th, featuring a special introduction from The Toxic ….

Cult classics Blues Brothers, Bullitt and Duel to mark return of Loew’s big screen revival screenings

Summer’s almost over (seems like it never really started) and The Loew’s Jersey monthly revival film screening series returns with a bang – along with multiple car & truck chases. Mark your calendars for the weekend of September 27th, when the classic theater will screen the cult classics John Landis’s The Blues Brothers, along with ….

Tsui Hark’s crime thriller Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon to make IMAX debut

IMAX, in partnership with China Film Co-Production and Huayi Brothers Media, have announced that Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, filmmaker Tsui Hark’s follow-up to his 2010 action thriller Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame, will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format and released into IMAX theatres in China starting on ….

#nycc #nycc2013 Full TV panel schedule: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., True Blood, Star Wars Rebels, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, The Following panels confirmed

Reed Pop has revealed the complete television-related panels list for the 2013 edition of New York Comic-Con. This year, organizers are showing the incredible growth of New York Comic-Con by including a “Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings” panel on Thursday evening, similar to the event that takes place on preview night at San Diego Comic-Con. ….

#nycc #nycc2013 Full movie panel schedule: Spike Lee’s Oldboy cast confirmed for New York Comic-Con; possibly Fox previews for Maze Runner, new X-Men or Planet of the Apes as well

Reed Pop has revealed the complete panels list for the 2013 edition of New York Comic-Con. As with previous years, there is a concentrated focus on television and comics panels. Highlights for the film-related panels include: Zoë Bell will preview her new action film Raze; Twilight’s Kellan Lutz and famed action movie director Renny Harlin ….

Actress Sheila Frazier to attend 40th Anniversary screening of cult classic Super Fly

Next Friday, August 16th, The Museum of the Moving Image will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the landmark blaxploitation film Super Fly, with a screening of the film at 7PM, as part of the Changing the Picture and Fun City: New York in the Movies 1967–75 film series. Actress Sheila Frazier, who played Georgia opposite ….

Advance Black Sails screening landing at San Diego Comic-Con 2013

On Thursday, July 18th, Starz will host an exclusive sneak peek screening of their original drama from Executive Producer Michael Bay, Black Sails, during San Diego Comic-Con 2013. The first episode of the show will be screened for fans during Comic-Con 2013, with special guests from the program to be announced. The pirate adventure Black ….