/Film LA: Japanese Gore Night, HALO: REACH The Show With Nathan Fillion And Alan Tudyk, Pet Sematary, The Usual Suspects, Sam Rockwell, Winnebago Man And ElecTRONica
/Film LA is my attempt to highlight the coolest film screenings and events happening in Los Angeles. In today’s edition, we take a sneak peek at Disneyland California’sTron: Legacynight-time weekend dance partyElecTRONica, Cinefamily’s Japanese Gore Night, seeHALO: REACH The Showhosted byPaul ScheerfeaturingNathan FillionandAlan Tudyk, and your chance to watchThe Usual Suspectswith directorBryan Singer, a double feature ofPet Sematary/Pet Sematary IIwith DirectorMary Lambert.,Winnebago ManatKevin Smith’s Smodcastle with DirectorBen Steinbauerand ProducerJoel Heller, orBox of Moonlight/Convictiondouble feature with starSam Rockwell. Hit the jump!
Beginning October 8th, Disney will hold a nighttime dance party/experience calledElecTRONicaevery Friday, Saturday and Sunday this Fall at Hollywood Pictures Backlot in Disney California Adventure park. You might recall that weposted about this on the front page in early September. Here is some more concept art, click to enlarge:
ElecTRONica will be a nighttime dance party/experience every Friday, Saturday and Sunday this Fall at Hollywood Pictures Backlot in Disney California Adventure park beginning October 8th 2010. Here is more information from theDisneyParks Blog:
It’s an “electrifying” experience for the entire family, filled with music, lights and some of your favorite food and beverage, all set amidst the captivating world of “TRON: Legacy!” From a dazzling dance club under the stars to an authentic recreation of Flynn’s Arcade to some radical gaming, it’s like nowhere else on the grid! Each night, we’ll feature live entertainers, complete with lasers, glow accessories and the hottest music ever to rock the grid. ElecTRONica is “the” place to dance the night away in a fantastic world that only Disney can create. Highlights for the entire family will definitely be Flynn’s Video Arcade, face painting and the TRON: Evolution video game area. TRON fans and families can also enjoy the party seven days a week during Thanksgiving week and Christmas week.
Here are some actual photos from theDisneyparksblog:
Let’s get to some events:
Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 7:30pm:The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), marking its 30th anniversary, has selected the 30 Most Significant Independent Films™ from around the world produced over the past three decades, and is presenting screenings at theAero Theatre in Santa Monica. On October 7th they will presentThe Usual Suspectswith directorBryan Singerin person for a live Q&A. You can buy tickets now onFandango.
Friday, October 8th 2010 at 7:00pm:Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle is hosting a screening of the documentaryWinnebago Man, with a Q&A with the filmmakers — DirectorBen Steinbauerand ProducerJoel Hellerin person.
Tickets are available onSmodcastle.comfor $10.
October 8th at 8:00pm:CineFamily’s Silent Movie Theatrepresents Japanese Gore Night. The double feature has two Los Angeles premieres:Mutant Girls SquadandAlien Vs. Ninja. Here is more information from the fine folks at Cinefamily:Mutant Girls Squad – 8:00pm
“At 2009’s NYAFF, action choreographer/director Tak Sakaguchi (Be A Man! Samurai School), director/special effects genius Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) and cherubic pervert Noboru Iguchi (Robogeisha) got drunk and vowed to make a movie together. For better or worse, this splatter-ific, hyperactive take on X-Men is going to shock, horrify and delight you…Rin is a normal high school girl, but on her Sweet Sixteen, her body starts changing, and a special forces squad busts up her birthday party and kills her guests with booger bullets. It turns out that Rin’s one of the reviled mutants (known as Hirukos), who are the latest inferior race slated for extinction. Rin runs, and discovers a resistance movement made up of other mutants: swords shoot out their nipples, chainsaws project from their butts, deformed faces grow on their bellies and metal claws erupt from their wrists — but these deformities are the weapons they’ll use to tear down straight society! Close in tone to Tokyo Gore Police’s Cronenberg’s liberation anthems…Mutant Girls Squad is cheap, tacky and weird. But it’s also clear that for all its awkward moments and low budget restrictions, it’s a successful melding of these three directors into one giant, bloody robot, [ready] to crush the normals and to gleefully transgress all the boundaries of good taste.” — New York Asian Film Festival
Dirs. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshishiro Nishimura & Tak Sakaguchi, 2010, HDCAM, 85 min.
Alien Vs. Ninja – 9:45pm
“That title isn’t enough for you?…in the context of crowd-pleasing fun, it far outshines Hollywood’s lame summer product.” -Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
“In medieval Japan, no one can hear you scream! Whoever wins — we lose! It came to our planet for the thrill of the hunt but it picked the wrong man! It’s an alien, a big disgusting alien who wants to rip out our intestines and tear off our heads. It comes from a planet where everything is goopy and disgusting and the only language it speaks is horrible violence. It’s like a drunk redneck with a gun set loose at a wedding reception. This sick extraterrestrial freak even wants to impregnate our species with its hideous jelly babies. It is unstoppable. It is unkillable. It is unbeatable. But it made one mistake: it forgot to make itself ninja-proof. Like some kind of ultra-stupid, ultra-gory version of the Mighty Moronic Power Rangers, Alien Vs. Ninja> is the kind of boneheaded movie that does exactly what it says on the box. There are ninjas, and they fight an alien and by the end so many buckets of gore have been emptied, so many prop swords have been soaked in green alien gunk and so many copyright laws have been violated that the entire Dumb Movies Genre needs to go on vacation!” — New York Asian Film Festival
Dir. Seiji Chiba, 2010, HDCAM, 85 min.
Tickets are $12 available now on thecinefamily website(free for members).
Saturday, October 9 at 5:30pm – 10:00pm:American Cinematheque at the Egyptian TheatrePresents an in-person tribute toSam Rockwell.
Purchase your ticket now onFandango.
Sunday, October 10th 2010 at 8:00pm:CineFamily at the Silent Movie Theatreis presenting a double feature ofPet SemataryandPet SemataryII with directorMary Lambertin house for a live Q&A. Lambert got her start as a music video director and is credited with the videos for some of Madonna’s biggest hits: “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin” and “Like a Prayer”. In recent years she has directed Clubland, The In Crowd, the direct to video sequel Urban Legends: Bloody Mary and most recently The Attic. Tickets areavailable nowfor $12 or $8 for members (general admission), $30 (2-person couch), $45 (3-person couch).
Sunday, October 10th 2010 at 9:30pm:The Upright Citizens Brigade TheatrepresentHALO: REACH The Show, hosted by:Colton Dunn(Hatchet II), Paul Scheer(Human Giant), &Ian Wolterstorff. While this show isn’t specifically movie related, it will feature stars of film and tv (Firefly):Nathan FillionandAlan Tudyk.
Here is the official description of the event.
Join Capt Dope and his xbox live friends for a night of fan appreciation of Halo: Reach. From rockets and jetpacks to holograms and shotguns, we’ll take you through the world of Bungie’s Halo: Reach one sticky at a time. If you love Halo, you have to see this show. If you don’t know what “Halo” is, come find out why your boyfriend (or gamer girlfriend) is not returning your texts. Trust me, you’ll want to see this.
UCB is a small venue and the cost of a ticket is only $5,so make your reservation nowand show up early to ensure a good seat.
