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29 Aug

No Time to Die Festival Premiere Confirms James Bond Is Not Moving Release Date

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After taking their No Time to Die title to heart and moving the new 007 adventure from April 2020 to November 2020, and then to April 2021 and now back to the fall of this year, Eon Productions and MGM appear adamant: the 25th James Bond movie will be coming out this year, meeting its September and October release dates. And now, No Time to Die has added a film festival premiere to prove it. MGM confirmed as much Friday when it announced No Time to Die will have its Swiss premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on Sept. 28,…

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10 May

DC Introduces New Hero in Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration

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DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration, is a timely new anthology showcasing DC’s Asian superheroes. Arriving in May for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, it presents many of the top Asian storytellers of comics. Included in the 100 page commemorative anthology is an original 12-page story by Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang. “The Monkey Prince Hates Superheroes” introduces a new DC superhero who teams up with Shazam to battle Doctor Sivana and a Chinese deer demon.  Monkey Prince references the 16th century Chinese classic, Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en. It is the story…

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11 Feb

Link Tank: Is Sundance Festival Film Mayday Worth a Watch?

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Mayday, one of this year’s Sundance Festival lineup, tells the compelling story of a woman trying to piece together her fragmented memories. “The situations that bring Ana, the disoriented heroine of writer-director Karen Cinorre’s Mayday, to the movie’s remote, windswept island are as disturbing as they are integral to the movie’s message of survival. After losing herself in a storm of the world’s brutality, Ana comes to on a seemingly deserted island, unsure of what’s happened, and fuzzy on the details about her past.” Read more at Gizmodo. Actress Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and…

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17 Dec

Link Tank: SPYFLIX Film and TV Festival Launched by SPYSCAPE

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New York City’s museum and experience SPYSCAPE has announced SPYFLIX, a new exciting film and TV festival dedicated to stories of secrets, espionage, thrillers, true crime, and more! Conceived with hopes to bring forwards new and underrepresented voices in the spy genre, the festival is accepting submissions through February 28 of next year, with screenings to start on April 18, 2021. Titles will be eligible for awards and cash prizes across three categories: features, shorts, and series. Learn more about SPYFLIX here. 2020 may be crap, but it’s dropped some interesting knowledge. Check out 100 facts our friends over at…

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28 Oct

Thought Bubble Festival Has Announced Guests for its November Digital Event

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Yorkshire’s Comic Art Festival, Thought Bubble will be running its Comic Con digitally this year, and now it has announced the guests. The event, which usually takes place in the Harrogate Convention Centre has been moved online, as have most live events, because of the global pandemic. But fortunately the fest has managed to round up an impressive guest list as well as some cool events for the weekend of the 14th – 15th November 2020. Headlining is indie auteur Kevin Smith, the man who directed Clerks, Mallrats and most recently Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. He is also a…

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18 Sep

Toronto International Film Festival 2020 Movie Round-Up

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It really is a festival like no other. That’s something critics and journalists probably write every year about the Toronto International Film Festival. After all, TIFF (along with Venice) is considered the kickoff of awards season. Studios and independent distributors alike bringing their biggest hopes and brightest dreams to Canada, where a positive reception can make or break early Oscar buzz. However, in the case of TIFF 2020, there really has not been a film festival like this. In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the entire press component, including our attendance to the festival, was virtual; the red…

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08 Sep

Link Tank: International UFO Congress Conference and Film Festival Go Virtual

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The annual International UFO Congress Conference and Film Festival (organized and MC’ed by Den of Geek UFO contributor Alejandro Rojas) are happening virtually on September 8 to 13, 2020! “As everyone knows by now, COVID-19 has made large gatherings ill advised if not prohibited. But don’t worry! You won’t miss out on meeting new friends or connecting with old ones. With our live-streaming platform, Whova, you can upload your picture and personal information, look for others, join chat rooms, create your own, host a virtual meetup, and even allow the app to match you with like-minded attendees if you choose.”…

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02 Apr

SXSW Film Festival Moving to Amazon Prime

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The cancellation of the SXSW in Austin, Texas last month—an intersection of festivals and conferences in film, music, and technology—was one of the first major social upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic in North America. It of course would not be the last. However, as prudent a decision as it was by the city of Austin to prevent 400,000 global revelers to descend upon their city, there is no denying the heartbreak of denying hundreds of independent filmmakers, many of them first-timers, their moment of triumph. That’s why it’s a ray of good news that SXSW and Amazon Prime Video…

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