A Small Smorgasboard of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror
The venerable New Beverly Cinema will be a bit short on science-fiction, horror, and fantasy movies during the first months of the new year, but there are a handful of titles scheduled that should appeal to fans. Check them out below.
Title: Future -Kill
Description: The 1985 exploitation effort (which reteams Edwin Neal and Marilyn Burns, from the [...]
Spirit of the Beehive at New Beverly
This beloved foreign language film is about a young girl who drifts off into her own fantasy world after being traumatized by a screening of James Whales 1931 classic fright film, FRANKENSTEIN. Although not truly a horror film, it is informed by the genre, capturing a fairy-tale sort of child’s eye view of the world. [...]
7th Voyage of Sinbad & Jason and the Argonauts
Two of Ray Harryhausen\’s best special effects fantasy films screen together for three days at the New Beverly. 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD is the first stop-motion monster movie shot in color; it is the perfect fantasy film for kids of all ages. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS strikes a slightly more serious tone (it is inspired [...]
Jules Verne Double Bill
From Tuesday through Thursday, the New Beverly CInema (7165 Beverly Blvd) presents a double bill of titles starring French science-fiction author Jules Verne’s famous Captain Nemo: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) and MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961). The first is the lavish Disney classic starring James Mason; the later is somewhat lesse expensive but still entertaining effort with stop-motion [...]
New Beverly Halloween Film Fest & All-Night Horror Show
With Halloween rapidly approaching, the New Beverly Cinema has scheduled a slew of fantasy and horror films for your viewing pleasure. The scares kick off with a double dose of demonic discourse tomorrow night: CURSE OF THE DEMON and FAUST, two black-and-white classics that deserve to be seen on the big screen. There is an [...]
Random Grindhouse thoughts
This is the last weekend of the Grindhouse Film Festival at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, which has been featuring a slew of titles selected by Quentin Tarantino. They’re wrapping up with DEATH RAGE (1976) and CRY OF THE PROSTITUTE (1974) tonight and tomorrow; then a couple of bogus Bruce Lee titles will [...]