Movies News Desk - Page 169

Rob Thomas' VERONICA MARS, a project which broke records with its Kickstarter campaign last year, has now become a full-length feature film, hitting theaters on March 14, 2014. Now, Deadline reports that the movie, starring Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring, will receive its VOD/digital release on the same day.

20th Century Fox just revealed more than 20 new stills from the upcoming X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The film hits theaters on May 23, 2014. Check them out below!

According to Deadline, Miami Heat star LeBron James will be leaving the court and dunking through wormholes in the upcoming sequel to 1996's SPACE JAM. The movie will be produced by Charlie Ebersol's The Company from a script by his brother Willie Ebersol.

The Madison Arts and Culture Alliance is once again sponsoring the Black Maria Film and Video Festival's screening at the Chase Room of the Madison Public Library, 39 Keep Street, Madison, NJ, on Saturday, March 1 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Tickets for the event are $10 and are available at the door. There are no advanced sales. For the 2:00 pm showing only, senior citizens who reside in Madison can attend for $5.00. The afternoon and evening programs will screen completely different films.

The Cinema Audio Society announced that Doug McIntyre has been tapped to serve as host of the upcoming 50th CAS Awards.

First Time Fest and Tribeca Film Institute present a special 'First Exposure' benefit screening of Robert De Niro's acclaimed directorial debut, A Bronx Tale, tonight, February 24th, at the Village East Cinema (189 2nd Avenue at 12th Street). Influential figures from the film and entertainment world will gather in NYC to celebrate first-time filmmakers with this thrilling 20th Anniversary retrospective screening.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith is in negotiations to star in Legendary's adaptation of Marcus Sakey's novel BRILLIANCE. Julius Onah is set to direct from a script by David Koepp.

Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises arrives in US theaters tomorrow, February 21, and expands nationwide February 28, 2014. Watch a clip from the film below!

Ridgefield Playhouse will present the baseball documentary, Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey, today, February 21st. Bill Lee, former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and subject of the film, will appear for a special Q&A following the screening.

SEQUOIAThe Hollywood Reporter just premiered the first trailer for SEQUOIA, a new indie film set to premiere at SXSW 2014. The drama stars Aly Michalka and Dustin Milligan. Watch the trailer below!

Stage actor Raymond J. Lee (Broadway's Anything Goes) shared today's video of his cover of the single 'Let It Go'. 'This song resonated with me and I wanted to do a male vocal cover with my own personal spin on it,' he wrote on YouTube. Check out the video below!

20th Century Fox just released four new promo images for the highly anticipated movie X MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The film hits theaters on May 23, 2014. Check them out below!

Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces UNBROKEN, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis 'Louie' Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII-only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Watch the first trailer below!

The BAFTA Awards -- the EE British Academy Film Awards took place on 16 February at The Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. Stephen Fry returned to host this year's ceremony, which was broadcast on BBC One in the UK and in all major territories around the world. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

Filmmaker Peter Greenaway is being honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) this weekend, with an outstanding British contribution to cinema award.

The Academy Award-nominated documentary 20 FEET FROM STARDOM just released a new featurette. Go behind the scenes below!

Directed By Lars von Trier, NYMPHOMANIAC stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Connie Nielsen, Willem Dafoe, and Jesper Christensen. Below, check out a new trailer for the film!

The new documentary about stage and screen legend Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch: SHOOT ME is set for a limited release on February 21, 2014 at New York City's IFC Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinema. Now, the film has announced its screening dates across the country.

Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) and Freestyle Releasing announce that they have set today as the release date for director Corrado Boccia's Bangkok-set action thriller A STRANGER IN PARADISE, setting the film up as this year's 'action filled Valentine's Day' release.

DATE AND SWITCH, a film by Chris Nelson, starring Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope, Dakota Johnson, Zach Cregger, Sarah Hyland, Gary Cole, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally will hit theaters nationwide and on demand today, February 14, 2014.