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[ May 14, 2010; ] Location: Laemmle Royal Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles

Description: The newly restored version of METROPOLIS, German director Fritz Lang’s silent science fiction classic, made its Los Angeles debut on April 25 as part of the Turner Classic Movies film festival. Now it moves into the Royal Theatre for an open-ended engagement.

Touted as the precursor [...]

[ May 28, 2010 to June 3, 2010. ] Location: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA

Description: George A. Romero’s follow-up to DIARY OF THE DEAD gets a one-week run at the Nuart, including a midnight screening on Friday. Dread Central calls this one of the best in the series, which stretches all the way back to 1968’s seminal NIGHT OF [...]

[ May 21, 2010 2:00 pm to May 23, 2010 7:00 pm. ] Location: Marriot Los Angeles Airport, 5855 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles

Description: This three-day convention, presented in association with Dark Sky Films, will feature a bloody barrel-full of guests: Dario Argento, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Adam Green, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Dick warlock, Richard Brooker, Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Carmpton, Bruce Abbot, and Dennis Paoli. There will be films running all weekend; a gruesome art gallery, a zombie ball, musical events, and a costuem contest.

[ May 19, 2010; 7:00 pm; ]

Location: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA

Description: The 2009 reboot of the STAR TREK franchise screens as part of the Warner Grand’s WOW (Wedensday at the Warner) series. Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his trusted team on the starship USS Enterprise boldly go where no man has gone before in this [...]

[ May 16, 2010 to May 17, 2010. ] Location: New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

Description: The 1933 version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a script by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, and Sterling Holloway) screens on a double bill with a second feature to be announced. This in case you missed the [...]

[ May 22, 2010; 11:59 pm; 11:59 pm; ] Location: New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

Description: George A. Romero’s masterpiece of low-budget, black-and-white horror screens at midnight, courtesy of Shock Till You Drop. Director-cinematographer-editor (and co-writer) George Romero set a new standard for horror with this low-budget opus, which launched a trilogy later continued with DAWN OF THE DEAD and DAY OF [...]

[ April 29, 2010 7:30 pm to May 1, 2010 7:30 pm. ] The American Cinematheque presents this four-day series of science fiction films at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Titles include THE TIME MACHINE, TERMINATOR 2, BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, two PLANET OF THE APES films, and the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy. It’s more mind-bending time-twisting than the average mind can grasp [...]

[ May 7, 2010 10:45 pm to May 12, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Location: Bay Theatre, 340 Main Street, Seal Beach, CA 90740

Description: Stanley Kubrick’s nightmarish vision of the future, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, screens for four days: Friday at 10:45pm, Sunday at 6pm, Monday at 8pm, and Wednesday at 8pm (no Tuesday screening).
Start Date: 2010-05-07
End Date: 2010-05-12

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[ May 2, 2010 6:00 pm to May 5, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Location: Bay Theatre, 340 Main Street, Seal Beach, CA 90740

Description: The classic fantasy, based on L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, transported to Oz by a twister. Screens three days: Sunday at 6pm, Monday at 8pm, and Wednesday at 6pm (no screening on Tuesday).
Start Date: 2010-05-02
End Date: 2010-05-05

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