Hollywood Gothique

Advanced word on upcoming events, plus other interesting tidbits.

The Arclight Sherman Oaks is offering a package that includes a complete breakfast before a Saturday morning screening of BOLT. Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, bacon and potatoes, French toast with maple syrup, pastries and fresh fruit with juice, milk and coffee.
Child’s package = $17.50. Adult package = $21.50.
Get more information here.
Location: ArcLight Sherman Oaks - [...]

The New Beverly - the venerable Los Angeles revival theatre - continues to present entertaining double bills of classic and cult movies for those who enjoy their cinema on the big screen rather than in their living room. Although they do not specialize in fantasy, horror, and science fiction, they do include a good number [...]

In honor of QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the Arclight Cinemas have revived their old tradition of 21-and-over screenings. On Thursday, November 20 at 8:00pm, at the Arclight Sherman Oaks, you can enjoy the new 007 film without a bunch of crying, whining babies disturbing your cinematic enjoyment. You can purchase tickets here.
Also of interest - although to a [...]

A Q&A with director Catherine Hardwicke will follow the 5:30pm screening at ArcLight Sherman Oaks on Saturday, November 22nd. Based on the best-selling young adult novels, the PG-13 film stars Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Reaser, Kristen Stewart. If you can’t wait for Saturday, TWILIGHT opens on Friday; also, the Arclight will have [...]

If you watched any of our Halloween Haunt videos, along with the soundtrack of screams and moans, you also heard original composed by me and performed by Gothique, including a song titled “Empty Hallways. (Excerpts appeared in videos for Knott’s Scary Farm’s Slaughterhouse and Club Blood mazes and Universal’s House of Horrors, and the whole [...]

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 [...]

Star and co-producer Eliza Dushku (WRONG TURN) will introduce the premiere theatrical showing of the Anchor Bay Entertainment thriller The Alphabet Killerat the Laemmle’s Monica 4-plex Theaters in on Friday, November 14. Dushku, along with writer/producer co-star Tom Malloy and producers Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof, will introduce the showing. Pending confirmation, they will also [...]

To celebrate the opening of the new 007 movie QUANTUUM OF SOLACE, the Landmark offers a party featuring vodka martinis, appetizers, and dancing girls. Tickets are $55, and you are invited to join the festivities before or after your screening. Screening times are 7:30pm, 8:40pm, 10:10pm, and 11:15pm. The Landmark is L.A.’s newest luxury theatre, and [...]

Actor Bruce Campbell (Ash in the EVIL DEAD films) is currently on tour, plugging his new film MY NAME IS BRUCE at Landmark theatres around the country. Included on his schedule are stops at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on December 19 and 20. Campbell will appear in person on Friday at the [...]

This computer-animated comedy (about a lost dog who stars as a superhero in a television show - and really thinks he is a superhero) will have an extended run at the wonderful Disney-owned theatre in Hollywood.
Location: El Capitan Theatre - 6838 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA
Phone: 1-800-347-6396
Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/el_capitan/index.html 
Dates: November 21, 2008 until January 8, 2009

Next week, the American Cinematheque presents a 40th anniversary screening of the surreal cult film, featuring the made-for-TV rock group, the Monkeys. Davy Jones, Peter Tork and others will be on hand to discuss the movie. The feature will be preceded by the theatrical premieres of the never-televised Monkees TV series pilot and rare versions [...]

It was sad, sad news when Rick Polizzi wrapped up Boney Island for good last year and sent it off to the Great Graveyard of Halloween Haunts in the Sky. This was a unique yard haunt, the most whimsical and kid-friendly of any event for Halloween in Los Angeles, a sort of skeleton carnival loaded with [...]

Just got word from a happy trick-or-treater that Fright Fair in Chatsworth is much improved for 2008. Back in 2006, the last time we reviewed this haunt, we felt the quality level had dropped - resources had been spread too thin since the attraction had expanded from being essentially a haunted house to a full-blown [...]