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Elijah Wood to appear at weekend screenings of his remake of grindhouse classic Maniac

Elijah Wood is scheduled to appear at IFC Center’s Friday and Saturday 9:20 PM screenings of Maniac, the remake of the William Lustig’s grindhouse cult classic, in which he stars. Described as a smart and stylish re-boot of Lustig’s slasher cult classic, the new Maniac is an intimate and terrifying trip into the downward spiraling ….

Sci-Fi, Myths and Monsters series to include Ray Harryhausen film retrospective

Starting next Friday, June 7th, the Loew’s Jersey will feature a series of films showcasing sci-fi myths and monsters. The event will include two of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen’s greatest creations, including 20 Million Miles To Earth and a 50th Anniversary Screening of the cult classic Jason & the Argonauts. Also screening will be ….

Snake Plissken, Neil Gaiman, Richard Donner, Leonard Nimoy and Scott Pilgrim coming to Cape Town Film Fest

Entertainment Weekly and the American Cinematheque are sponsoring the Cape Town Film Festival, which makes its debut with a 7-day event starting this Wednesday. Sci-fi, super-hero and fantasy fans will have the opportunity to see their cult favorite films return to the big screen along with rare live Q&A sessions with their filmmakers and stars ….

Classic Western screening marathon celebrates Dead Man’s Burden

Jared Moshé makes his feature directing debut with the hard-edged classical western Dead Man’s Burden, opening Friday, May 3rd at the Village East in New York City. On Monday April 29th, a seminal Western classics screening marathon will celebrate the release of Dead Man’s Burden in Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn bar and screening room ….

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, Transformers 4 and 3 more Paramount blockbusters coming to IMAX

IMAX and Paramount Pictures have announced an agreement to release five of Paramount’s upcoming films in the immersive IMAX format under an extension of the two companies’ long-standing agreement. The pact features some of Paramount’s most highly anticipated tentpole films, including Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 (June 2014) as well as its co-production of Christopher Nolan’s ….

40th Anniversary Enter the Dragon screening and kung fu movie poster exhibit coming to L.A. next week

The Academy will present a special 40th Anniversary screening of Bruce Lee’s cult classic martial arts epic Enter the Dragon, with special guest appearances including John Saxon and Bob Wall, Enter the Dragon producers Paul Heller & Fred Weintraub, cinematographer Gil Hubbs, screenwriter Michael Allin and Bruce’s daughter Shannon Lee. The screening will be presented ….

Return of the Old School Kung Fu Fest bringing Angel Terminators, Shaolin and Wu Tang back

It’s been 10 years since the organizers of New York’s Subway Cinema had a good old fashioned Old School Kung Fu Fest. So from April 19th through the 21st they’ll be screening a series of kung fu movies from the 70’s and 80’s that pop your lock, rattle your chops, and put the pain inside ….

Tom Cruise to host free screening and live 9 city simulcast Q&A for sci-fi epic Oblivion

IMAX, Universal Pictures and Los Angeles Times have announced that the next feature in The Times’ Hero Complex IMAX Screening Series will be Universal Pictures’ Oblivion. An interactive, live Q&A with Tom Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski, moderated by Times film writer Rebecca Keegan, will follow the screening in the IMAX® theatre at New York ….

Pam Grier’s autobiography optioned for movie project

While making an appearance during a Lincoln Center Film Society Retrospective of her most memorable roles, Pam Grier mentioned that her autobiography, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, which she wrote with Andrea Cagan, has been optioned for an upcoming film on her life. It sounded like the project is still in early development, however ….

Rob Zombie and Wes Craven to appear at 10th Annual New York City Horror Film Festival

Horror, suspense and fantasy will be taking over the Tribeca Cinemas during the 10th annual New York City Horror Film Festival. More than 60 shorts and feature films will be presented in 12 programs beginning Thursday, November 8th. As the country’s most respected horror film festival, independent filmmakers from across the globe come to screen ….

#nycc #comiccon Tai Chi Zero to screen at New York Comic-Con 2012

The New York Asian Film Festival, Variance Films, and Well Go USA will present a special sneak preview screening of the off-the-wall steampunk kung fu movie Tai Chi Zero. Plus, if you show up in your best steampunk or kung fu flick-inspired costume, you might win what screening sponsors are calling, an awesome prize. The ….

#nycc #comiccon Steampunk kung fu film Tai Chi Zero to screen at New York Comic-Con 2012

The New York Asian Film Festival, Variance Films, and Well Go USA will present a special sneak preview screening of the off-the-wall steampunk kung fu movie Tai Chi Zero. Plus, if you show up in your best steampunk or kung fu flick-inspired costume, you might win what screening sponsors are calling, an awesome prize. The ….