Movies News Desk - Page 131

The Los Angeles LGBT Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center and StandOut Productions present a gala evening celebrating the world premiere of Vickie Shaw's brand new comedy film, I'm Not Your Role Model, directed by StandOut's Andrea Meyerson A 'comedy Q&A' featuring Ms. Shaw and her funniest friends, Roxana Ward and Lisa Koch, will follow the screening. The audience is then invited to an outdoor reception in the beautiful courtyard of the Center's The Village at Ed Gould Plaza. The party will take place tonight, August 9, starting at 8 p.m.

IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX), Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and EuropaCorp announced that Lucy, the new thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Luc Besson that stars Scarlett Johansson and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive Imax format and released into Imax theatres in select international territories starting today, August 8.

The Rural Route Film Festival, celebrating its tenth anniversary, returns to Museum of the Moving Image from today, August 8 through 10, 2014, with its showcase of international films that take the road less traveled, transporting viewers to places far outside of the city.

ABOUT ALEX is in theaters today, August 8th and stars Aubrey Plaza, Jane Levy, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield, Max Minghella and Nate Parker. Check out a new trailer and poster below!

Drafthouse Films will be releasing 'The Dog' in New York today, August 8th and Los Angeles (and on VOD platforms) on August 15th, 2014.

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, will be held April 15- April 26, 2015 in New York City. Today the Festival announced a call for submissions for narrative features, documentary features, short film entries and transmedia projects. Also announced was the promotion of Genna Terranova to Festival Director and Cara Cusumano to Senior Programmer.

Warner Bros just announced it has moved up its BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE release date by two months to March 25, 2016. The original date -- May 6 -- had the film pitted against Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA 3.

Three Broadway understudies (Ben Crawford, Merwin Foard and Alena Watters) are profiled in Stephanie Riggs' documentary THE STANDBYS (Sunchaser Entertainment -- 76 minutes/NR). The DigiNext Films release, also featuring Broadway veterans and headliners Bebe Neuwirth and David Hyde Pierce, is available beginning today on Apple's iTunes platform for HD/SD purchase or rental. Fans of the movie can also purchase the original music soundtrack via iTunes, including individual tracks.

According to Deadline, PORTLANDIA's Carrie Brownstein has signed on to finish writing Columbia Pictures' new version of LOST IN AUSTEN.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy just released a new featurette - click below to go behind the scenes and learn about the Milano from star Chris Pratt!

20th Century Fox has unveiled a new clip for Wes Ball's THE MAZE RUNNER, an adaptation of the best-selling novel by James Dashner. The film hits theaters on September 19. Check out the scene below!

Drafthouse Films and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present the Gallery opening of The Dog: Images of a Real Bad Boy - Photographs By Marcia Resnick, in conjunction with the theatrical release of Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's documentary The Dog.

Kicking off the 6th Annual Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament Presented by NBC4 at L.A. LIVE, Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay will host the 3rd annual Josh Hutcherson Celebrity Basketball Game Benefiting Straight But Not Narrow (SBNN), an ally organization that prepares and trains young adults on how to become allies of their LGBTQ peers.

Rooftop's schedule is stacked to the max this week. Non-stop. Pedal-to-the-metal. Firing on all cylinders. You get it.

Devolver Digital Films has announced the digital VOD release of the bicycle adventure film, A Survey of Open Space. Directed by multimedia artist/filmmaker Peat Duggins, the new feature-length documentary follows a pair of urbanites who embark on a 4000-mile bicycle ride in search of the last wild place in America.

Canteen Outlaws, the new label from veteran LGBT giant TLA Releasing, has announced the DVD release of Man at Bath, the debut mainstream performance from adult superstar François Sagat.

Three documentaries will hit the shelves on DVD today, August 5, 2014. Scroll down for details!

Deadline reports that Universal and Focus Features have declared the FIFTY SHADES OF GREY promo their biggest online trailer launch in history, with 100 million views across all platforms in just its first week.

Veteran actor Bill Murray has joined the cast of Disney's The Jungle Book as the voice of Baloo.

Devolver Digital Films has announced the digital VOD release of the bicycle adventure film, A Survey of Open Space. Directed by multimedia artist/filmmaker Peat Duggins, the new feature-length documentary follows a pair of urbanites who embark on a 4000-mile bicycle ride in search of the last wild place in America.