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What was shown in 2024: THE MATRIX in 35mm! ONE MILLION YEARS BC in 35mm! LAPSIS, READY PLAYER ONE in 70mm! DREDD, MAD MAX, PREDESTINATION, TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (aka INVASION), UPGRADE, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, DEEP BLUE SEA in 35mm! and BLAST FROM THE PAST. Plus! A bonus surprise! And, of course, Duck Dodgers! More to come
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Reply #15 - May 27th, 2012 at 10:30pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on May 27th, 2012 at 5:53pm:
Sadly GREEN SLIME was only a DVD. But, the print of REPTILICUS sounds very enticing.

Glad to hear the show went well it seems.

Hope you can make it to Boston next year!

Pass the fruit.........pogo wrote on May 27th, 2012 at 2:52pm:
Here's a link to reviews and commentary on Columbus as it actually happened. http://www.scifimarathon.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1378
A quick summary of the lesser known films.: The Last Push was an excellent small film. Source Code missed by many people, was for recent Hollywood SF, both well made & thoughtful.
Run screaming from any possible showing of  Electroma (Think Folklore without the excitement.) or
Manborg Punk without edge or style. &
Captains A creation of William Shatner's ego that even a true blue Trekkie would find bad enough to convert them to being a Wookie lover. Reduced five capable actors to blithering idiot reflections of Shatner.
Green Slime & Reptilicus: Creature features that would be loved by any genre aficionado.
You probably know the others. Look at the link for details.
Cheers from Cleveland.


ahaaa! anti shatner sentiment rears it's ugly head. i will have to see this captains doc.
 
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Reply #16 - May 28th, 2012 at 3:05pm

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Kirok,
Previously I was agnostic re Shatner. Thought most of his blowhardism was an act. Watched the original series, but like many old farts actually preferred him in his early Twilight Zone roles. Preferred Picard, but didn't hate Kirk.
Captains has to be seen to be believed. My reaction was milder than the guy sitting next to me who had been looking forward to the film. "Number one worst film I have ever seen." Admittedly, a little while later after seeing Electroma, he thought it was a dead heat for last.
Shatner directed, scripted and was totally responsible for the film. "Reduced five capable actors to blithering idiot reflections," was the worst of it. What he does to himself is his choice. What he did to others (including the film audience) is criminal.
 
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Reply #17 - May 28th, 2012 at 5:15pm

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that's to bad. in spite of his flaws i love shatner. his star trek 5 is highly underrated. chris pines portrayal of kirk in the reboot was high tribute from a fellow thesbian in that pines captured all the nuances and subtleties of the kirk character. he avoided taking the easy route; a parody of shatner's overacting.
"Shatner's World" is on broadway. i hear it's good.
 
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Reply #18 - May 28th, 2012 at 8:12pm

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kirok wrote on May 28th, 2012 at 5:15pm:
chris pines portrayal of kirk in the reboot was high tribute from a fellow thesbian in that pines captured all the nuances and subtleties of the kirk character. he avoided taking the easy route; a parody of shatner's overacting.

Are you trying to prove he's a replicant or a thesbian?
 
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Reply #19 - May 30th, 2012 at 11:55am

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IT'S HAMMER TIME! Smiley

http://www.hammerfilms.com/news/article/newsid/368/hammer-celebrations-this-summ...
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Classic Hammer is being celebrated at two events in England this summer.

The 11th Fantastic Films Weekend* runs from Friday 15 through Sunday 17 June at the National Media Museum in Bradford, Yorkshire. The festival features a heady mix of horror old and new, and this year features a Hammer Gothic strand, curated and introduced by Hammer archivist Robert J.E. Simpson. The strand includes rare big-screen outings on 35mm for The Shadow Of The Cat and Captain Clegg; plus the European premiers of the new HD master of The Quatermass Xperiment**, and a new extended cut of Ted Newsom's 1994 Hammer documentary - Flesh and Blood.

Renée Glynne, veteran Hammer script supervisor, will also be in attendance and will be interviewed on stage. The Man In Black and The Quatermass Xperiment, both of which she worked on, are screening over the weekend.

Hammer Has Risen From The Grave**
A two-day retrospective graced with a galaxy of guests and screenings. Friday the 13th and Saturday 14th July 2012.
Screenings will include Hammer favourites and rarities, plus a world premiere of the newly restored HD release of the company’s seminal Gothic horror The Curse of Frankenstein...


Great news for our friends in the UK, but most of us "...Can't Touch This!"  Wink

*http://hammerfilms.com/events/event/id/68/hammer-gothic-at-fantastic-films-weeke...

**http://stage.hammerfilms.com/productions/film/filmid/106/the-quatermass-xperimen...

***http://hammerfilms.com/events/event/id/67/hammer-has-risen-from-the-grave
 
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Reply #20 - Aug 16th, 2012 at 4:24pm

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Mrs. F and I are heading out to the Randolph DVD player er, Cinema to see the Rifftrax live fathom event this evening. For anyone not familiar:

http://www.fathomevents.com/originals/event/rifftrax_manos.aspx?d=8/16/2012.

Rifftrax is the current project of half of the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000. We've caught a few of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett's other shows and found them to be pretty good--MST without the Robots.

Anyone else going?
 
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Reply #21 - Aug 16th, 2012 at 7:11pm

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Hey cats, if anyone is adventurous and wants to make the trip out, here's the official lineup and ticket info link for SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK, the 4th Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon!

http://www.scifimarathon.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1408
 
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Reply #22 - Sep 9th, 2012 at 6:07am

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Here's a film festival of short Sci-Fi and fantasy films for the coming weekend at the Somerville Theater:

http://www.etheriafilmfestival.com/
 
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Reply #23 - Sep 11th, 2012 at 2:36am

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There's a short sic-fi film festival out here in Seattle that runs just before the 'thon. It's held at the Cinerama.
 
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Reply #24 - Sep 15th, 2012 at 7:40pm

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Sci-fi London runs from 9-11 November this year.
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/

Here They give a good review to Paranorman:
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/news/cinema/2012/09/paranorman

Here are some of the winners of their "make a short film in 48 hours challenge":
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/48-hour-film-challenge
Oh, and check out their Jury!
 
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Reply #25 - Sep 30th, 2012 at 5:11pm

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More from Sci-fi London:

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As the festival approaches we are delighted to announce 5 world premieres we are screening!

We are almost complete with the festival line-up and will have details of dates and times very soon.

This year we are honoured to be holding FIVE, yes five world premieres at the festival, and they are amazing films and London, you get to see them first!
-Death
-Ghosts With sh!t Jobs
-True Love
-Cycle
-Strange Frame (with the voices of Tim Curry, Alan Tudyk and George Takei)


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I count myself among those who love a good premier and despise a bad one. The track record for premiers from the UK and Ireland has been very good for the last couple of years and they have the Gorts to prove it! -RF
 
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Reply #26 - Sep 30th, 2012 at 6:19pm

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Huh, I'm pretty sure I saw GWSJ back in July.  Maybe they've done a little work on it and what I saw is retroactively a work in progress.
 
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Reply #27 - Mar 2nd, 2013 at 4:58pm

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LACMA's highly successful engagement with the Stanley Kubrick exhibition is now in its second half, and the museum's always creative film programmer Bernardo Rondeau has put together the coinciding screening series "Beyond the Infinite: Science Fiction After Kubrick." It runs March 22 - April 6, and includes Andrei Tarkovksy's "Solaris," Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (starring David Bowie) and Saul Bass' "Phase IV," including the lost alternate ending recently unveiled at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse. Vintage trailers for all films in the series below.

The full program lineup is...
Phase IV
Silent Running
THX-1138
The Terminal Man
Dark Star
Solaris ('72) (long vers?)
Zardoz
Fantastic Planet
Quintet
The Man Who Fell to Earth



http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/lacma-beyond-the-infinite

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Reply #28 - Mar 2nd, 2013 at 5:38pm

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It's not all in one day. Just double features. I'm going to try and hit a couple if I can.
 
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Reply #29 - Mar 2nd, 2013 at 6:37pm

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It's not all in one day. Just double features. I'm going to try and hit a couple if I can.


I'm glad it's not a Marathon!

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Not all 24-Hour Marathons are as good as Boston Sci-fi! Wink
 
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