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Fifty-five years after first appearing in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON – modestly budgeted but moody monster movie – the Gill Man made his singing debut this morning at Universal Studios Hollywood. The facility that housed the Dracula stage show decades ago is now home to “The Creature from the Black Lagoon: A Raging, [...]

[ August 14, 2009; 11:59 pm; ]  The overlooked 1981 sequel to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW screens at midnight. It’s no match for the original, but if you’re a Rocky fan looking to do something besides the Time Warp again, here’s your chance.

Location: Nuart Theatre – 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. West Los Angeles 90025 (310) 478-6379
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Date: August 14 [...]

[ August 21, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] The 1945 film, based on the Noel Coward play about a married couple haunted by the husband’s first wife, screens for two days on a double bill with the 2008 Noel Coward adaptation, EASY VIRTUE. The program runs once on Friday, starting at 7:30pm. Screenings start at 3:40 on Saturday with the last one starting [...]

It’s only the end of June, but Warner Grand Theatre already has this stage production, based on Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, scheduled for December.
From the theatre’s website:
Beginning on Saturday, December 12, the Relevant Stage continues its annual tradition of offering The Christmas Carol, a stage adaptation of Dickens’s classic story “A Christmas Carol” to families [...]

[ August 15, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] The first sequel to the much-loved John Carpenter film is not very good, but it looks like a masterpiece compared to the sequels that followed, not to mention the Rob Zombie remake.

Location: New Beverly Cinema – 7165 Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles
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Date: August 15 at midnight

[ August 7, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] Aussie film about a killer pig (yes, a killer pig) screens as part of the Nuart’s Cine-Insomnia series. Director Russell Mulcahey went on to helm the first HIGHLANDER film.

Location: Nuart Theatre – 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. West Los Angeles 90025 (310) 478-6379
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Date: Friday, August 07 at midnight

“Muppets, Music & Magic,” the CineFamil’s tribute to Jim Henson, continues with this mind-blowing collections of short subjects, commercials, and other rarities.
From the website:
Highlights include: an industrial film for Wilson’s Meat that must be seen to be believed, commercials featuring the LaChoy Dragon (a full-body character that caused Frank Oz to swear off doing any [...]

The CineFamily presents a midnight screening of this 1982 fantasy film, directed by Jim Henson, as part of their Friday night series “Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy.”
From the official website:
The last thing anyone expected from the creator of The Muppets, Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal was its creator’s ambitious bid for status as [...]

The CineFamily presents this three-week series of screenings on Friday nights in July, including THE MUPPET MOVIE, MUPPET FAIRY TALES, and LABYRINTH. Things kick off on Friday, July 10 with MUPPET HISTORY 101 & MUPPET MUSIC MOMENTS at 8:00pm, followed by THE DARK CRYSTAL at midnight.

[ August 1, 2009; 11:59 pm; ]  The low-budget 1985 cult film from producer Charles Band - a series of episodes in which a computer nerd battles evil opponents a la videogames – gets the midnight movie treatment.

Location: New Beverly Cinema – 7165 Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles
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Date: August 01 at midnight

[ July 31, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] F. W. Murnau’s 1926 silent classic film version of the legendary man who sold his soul, screens with new musical accompaniment performed by BonJon. Murnau is best known for directing NOSFERATU, the 1922 unofficial adaptation of DRACULA, but FAUST is surely the greater work.

Location: Nuart Theatre – 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. West Los Angeles 90025 [...]

[ July 24, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] Two anthology films offering vignettes set in their respective cities. TOKYO is laced with fantasy elements, including one odd-ball episode in which a homicidal homeless man takes on the role of “monster.”

Location: New Beverly Cinema – 7165 Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles
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Dates: July 24-25

[ June 18, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] James Mason stars at the Flying Dutchman, a sea captain doomed to sail the seas in search of the woman who will die for him. Part of LACMA’s tribute to Mason.

Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art – 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000
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Start Time: 19:30
Date: July 18 at [...]

Just in time for the 4th of July, Universal Studios Hollywood debuts a brand new live show inspired by the 1954 3D classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Universal pormises an “all original score and dazzling Broadway-lvel production values.” Universal will be previewing the attraction for the press on Tuesday, June 30; the event includes an appearance by actress Julie Adams, who starred as the object of the Creature’s affections in the original film.

Presumably, the Creature’s Rocking Ragin’ Show, although a year-round attraction, will be a big incorporated into Universal’s 2009 Halloween Horror Nights.

Location: Universal Studios, Hollywood – 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
Phone: 1-800-UNIVERSAL
Opens: July 1

[ July 18, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] James Mason stars as the mysterious Captain Nemo (Latin for “no one”) in this magnificent Disney live-action adaptation of Jules Verne\’s classic science fiction novel. Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre co-star. If nothing else, this film deserves to be scene on the big screen for the giant squid sequence (achieved with live-action effects). Part of [...]

[ July 31, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] The American Cinematheque presents James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action films, THE TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2. See what Arnold Schwarzengger used to do for a living before driving California into the ground. Film editor Mark Goldberg will answer questions between the films.

Location: Aero Theatre – 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica
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Date: July 31 at [...]

[ July 30, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] The American Cinematheque presents a “giant Monsters and Japanese Sci-Fi Night, ” featuring GODZILLA, MOTHRA, & KING GHIDORA: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE. The later is a classic from the Golden Age of Toho science fiction, directed by Ishiro Honda with effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. GMKG is the 2001 film from [...]

Every Picture Tells A Story Book Store will be hosting a reception for the panelists from the screenings of THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS and BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (which take place across the street at the Aero Theatre at 7:30pm).  Producer Michael Uslan, Michael Mallory, novelist, pop culture historian and the author [...]

[ July 29, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] A new sixty-minute documentary on artists and writers from the Golden Age of Comic Books screens on a double bill with the 1993 feature film version of the Batman animated TV show. There will be a discussion in between films with producer Michael Uslan, Michael Mallory, novelist, pop culture historian and the author of Marvel: [...]

[ July 17, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] Director John Frankenheimer’s 1979 monster movie (written by THE OMEN’s David Seltzer) was over-shadowed by ALIEN, but it is still a lot of fun, even though you can’t take the heavy-handed ecological theme seriously. The monster, when finally glimpsed, looks like a cuddly teddy bear, but the kid in the sleeping bag reduced to a [...]

James Mason stars in this modern update of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, portraying a modern family man who turns into a malicious tyrant after taking a new experimental drug. Nicolas Ray (REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE) directed. Part of the museum’s James Mason on Film series.
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art – 5905 Wilshire [...]

The American Cinematheque presents MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. Note: The Cinematheque is screening HOLY GRAIL earlier this month at the Aero Theatre, on a double bill with LIFE OF BRIAN.
Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood
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Date: July 23 at 7:30pm

[ July 25, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] The American Cinemathques offers a family matinee marathon of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.

Location: Aero Theatre – 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica
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Date: July 25 at 5:00pm