VIZ Media Announces Winter Digital Anime Update

VIZ MEDIA CONTINUES WINTER ANIME VIEWING FUN WITH FEBRUARY DIGITAL CONTENT UPDATE

Don’t Miss Brand New Action And Adventure With Fresh Episodes Of HUNTER X HUNTER, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN And SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL; Also Catch The Exclusive U.S. Premiere Of SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS

VIZ Media moves into February and continues to heat up the winter season for fans with the latest monthly digital anime content update.

This month, audiences will be treated to the latest NARUTO SHIPPUDEN episodes straight from Japan in (subtitled) weekly simulcasts every Thursday. Also dive into the exclusive U.S. premiere of SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS (Season 5). This is the first time this final climactic season of the original SAILOR MOON anime series has been officially available in the U.S. Enjoy 2 exciting subtitled episodes every week!

The interstellar SAILOR MOON action continues throughout February with all-new, English dubbed streamed episodes of SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL every week. New dubbed content for the month is complemented by not-to-be-missed episodes for additional hit VIZ Media anime series such as HUNTER X HUNTER and RANMA ½.

New anime content for February includes:

HUNTER X HUNTER
·         The supernatural action adventure of HUNTER X HUNTER Season 1 continues in February with Episodes 27-39 available to stream in their entirety featuring brand new subtitles that are true to VIZ Media’s original translations of the manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
·         The pulse-racing ninja action of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN continues all month with simulcasts every Thursday of the latest episodes straight from Japan.
·         Don’t miss the simulcasts of Episode 447 on February 4th, Episode 448 on February 11th, followed by Episode 449 on February 18th, and Episode 450 on February 25th.

RANMA ½
·         The hilarious hijinks of the classic anime martial arts adventure, RANMA ½, continues during February with the addition of Season 6, Episodes 116-138, available to stream now in their entirety with dubbed English dialogue!

SAILOR MOON
·         Catch the streaming premiere of SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS (Season 5) with 2 subtitled episodes every Monday.
·         Episodes 175 & 176 are available now, followed by Episodes 177 & 178 on February 8th, Episodes 179 & 180 on February 15th and Episodes 181 & 182 on February 22nd.

SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL
·         Enjoy the all-new English dubbed streams of SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL throughout February with a brand new episode every Friday.
·         SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL Season 1 action continues with Episode 13 FINAL BATTLE - REINCARNATION available to stream beginning February 5th, followed by the beginning of the Black Moon Arc on February 12th!

VIZ Media’s consolidated online destination for FREE streaming anime content in the U.S. has over 4,200 subtitled and English dubbed episodes and movies from more than 37 series! VIZ Media’s streaming content also reaches an expansive on-demand U.S.-based audience on Hulu, which enables viewers to watch shows anytime, anywhere across devices including Xbox One, PlayStation®4, Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and mobile devices. A full list of Hulu -enabled devices can be found at http://www.hulu.com/plus/devices.

Additional information on VIZ Media’s streaming anime is available at: http://www.viz.com/anime/streaming/.

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Review: "Just One of the Guys" Not Just Another Teen Movie

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 3 (of 2016) by Leroy Douresseaux

[A version of this review originally appeared on Patreon.]

Just One of the Guys (1985)
Running time:  90 minutes (1 hour, 30 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13
DIRECTOR:  Lisa Gottlieb
WRITERS:  Dennis Feldman and Jeff Franklin; from a story by Dennis Feldman
PRODUCER:  Andrew Fogelson
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  John McPherson (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  Tony Lombardo
COMPOSER:  Tom Scott

COMEDY/ROMANCE

Starring:  Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jayne, Toni Hudson, William Zabka, Leigh McCloskey, Sherilyn Fenn, Deborah Goodrich, Ayre Gross, Robert Fieldsteel, Stuart Charno, John Apicella, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Blake, and Tony Brock and Jay Davis

Just One of the Guys is a 1985 comedy and high school romance from director Lisa Gottlieb and writers Dennis Feldman and Jeff Franklin.  The film focuses on a popular and attractive high school student who disguises herself as a teen boy in order to win a high school journalism contest.

Just One of the Guys introduces high school student, Terry Griffith (Joyce Hyser), of Phoenix, Arizona.  She has it all:  the looks, the popularity, and a college boyfriend who is quite the hunk.  Terry is also an aspiring teenage journalist, but her male teachers at Edwina Pearl High School don't take her newspaper articles seriously, mostly because she is a girl.  In fact, her journalism teacher, Mr. Raymaker (Kenneth Tigar), has chosen articles written by two male students to be entered in a contest that will land one student a summer internship at the Sun-Tribune.

So Terry comes up with an idea that will help her write an article that will earn her respect and hopefully win that summer internship.  With the help of her horny, little brother, Buddy (Billy Jacoby), and her lovelorn best friend, Denise (Toni Hudson), Terry disguises herself as a teen boy and enrolls in rival Sturgis-Wilder High School.  As a student at this new high school, Terry is sure that she can write an article about high school boys as secretly observed by a girl undercover as a boy.  Her mission goes awry when she meets handsome nerd, Rick Morehouse (Clayton Rohner).  Rick becomes her pet project, as she tries to give him a makeover and get him a date to the prom.  But Terry starts to fall in love with Rick.

I pretty much ignored 1980s teen movies that revolve around high school romance, and I had never even heard of Just One of the Guys.  However, a few weeks ago, I found an article on the Yahoo Movies website (https://www.yahoo.com/movies/are-those-what-i-think-they-are-a-revealing-175211213.html) about the 1985 film.  It turns out that 2015 is the 30th anniversary of the film's initial release (specifically April 26, 1985).  Apparently, Just One of the Guys is fondly remembered and has fanbase and something of a cult-following.  In fact, the magazine Entertainment Weekly once included Just One of the Guys in its listing of the “50 Best High School Movies” (at #48).

After reading a few paragraphs of the Yahoo article, I decided to rent Just One of the Guys from Netflix.  I enjoyed the film so much that it once again reminded me that Netflix is essential to my life as a movie-lover.  I won't call it a great movie, but Just One of The Guys is quite good and shouldn't be lost to history.

Just One of the Guys is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, which also inspired the 2006 high school comedy, She's the Man.  You don't need to have seen Shakespeare's play in order to enjoy this film.  All you need is the ability to sympathize with Terry Griffith and to see things from her point of view.  As Terry, Joyce Hyser gives a natural performance that sells the absurdity of her role and this movie's conceit.  I found myself willingly suspending disbelief because Hyser made me believe in Terry, her motivations, her plan, and her character.  In the way that Dustin Hoffman made Tootsie worthy of the audience suspension of disbelief, Hyser makes us want to latch onto Terry and buy into the entire act.

I can see why Just One of the Guys has a devoted following after three decades, and is apparently still winning new fans.  It is not a sparkling high school idyll, cool and slick, like those 1980s John Hughes films.  The earthy Just One of the Guys mines comedy gold in the minefield of high school society and in the lives of high school age young people.  It does not romanticize high school, not when it can love the high school years while simultaneously skewering it.  No high school movie list is complete without the surprising Just One of the Guys.

7 of 10
B+

Saturday, November 14, 2015


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16th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations - Complete List

The Black Reel Awards annually honor African-Americans in feature, independent, and television film. The awards also take notice of the work in film by people of color throughout the African Diaspora. The awards were launched in 2000, and this is the 16th year the awards will be handed out. The Black Reel Awards are now given out by the Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF).

The Black Reel Awards are comprised of more than 80 voters across the country. The voters annually select and spotlight films and performances featuring African-Americans, as well as people of color throughout the African Diaspora. The 16th Annual Black Reel Awards winners will be announced on Thursday, February 18, 2016.

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture

• Beasts of No Nation | Amy Kaufman, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker, Daniel Crown, Idris Elba (Netflix)
• Chi-Raq | Spike Lee (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)
• Concussion | Ridley Scott, Larry Shuman, Elizabeth Cantillon, Giannina Scott, David Wolthoff (Columbia Pictures)
• Creed | Sylvester Stallone, Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, Robert Chartoff, William Chartoff, Kevin King-Templeton (Warner Bros.)
• Straight Outta Compton | F. Gary Gray, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Scott Bernstein (Universal)

Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture

Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)

Chiwetel Ejiofor | Z for Zachariah (Roadside Attractions)

Samuel L. Jackson | The Hateful Eight (The Weinstein Company)

Michael B. Jordan | Creed (Warner Bros.)

Will Smith | Concussion (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture

Viola Davis | Lila & Eve (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Teyonah Parris | Chi-Raq (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Kitana “Kiki” Rodriguez | Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)

Zoe Saldana | Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics)

Karidja Toure | Girlhood (Pyramide Distribution)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

Chiwetel Ejiofor | The Martian (20th Century Fox)

Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)

Corey Hawkins | Straight Outta Compton (Universal)

Jason Mitchell | Straight Outta Compton (Universal)

Forest Whitaker | Southpaw (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Angela Bassett | Chi-Raq (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Zoe Kravitz | Dope (Open Road Films)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Concussion (Columbia Pictures)

Mya Taylor | Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)

Tessa Thompson | Creed (Warner Bros.)

Outstanding Director, Motion Picture

Ryan Coogler | Creed (Warner Bros.)

Rick Famuyiwa | Dope (Open Road Films)

Antoine Fuqua | Southpaw (The Weinstein Company)

F Gary Gray | Straight Outta Compton (Universal)

Spike Lee | Chi-Raq (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Outstanding Screenplay (Adapted or Original), Motion Picture

Chi-Raq | Spike Lee & Kevin Willmont (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Creed | Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington (Warner Bros.)

Dope | Rick Famuyiwa (Open Road Films)

Outstanding Ensemble

Chi-Raq | Kim Coleman (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Concussion | Lindsay Graham & Mary Vernieu (Columbia Pictures)

Creed | Francine Maisler (Warner Bros.)

Dope | Kim Coleman (Open Road Films)

Straight Outta Compton | Victoria Thomas & Cindy Tolan (Universal)

Outstanding Foreign Film

Freetown | Garrett Batty (Liberia) (Purdie Distribution)

Girlhood | Celine Sciamma (France) (Pyramide Distribution)

Honeytrap | Rebecca Johnson (UK) (Defiant Films Entertainment)

Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano (Italy) (Sundance Selects)

My Friend Victoria | Jean-Paul Civeyrac (France) (Zeitgeist Films)

Samba | Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano (France) (Gaumont)

Outstanding Documentary

The Amazing Nina Simone | Jeff L. Lieberman (Re-Emerging Films)

A Ballerina’s Tale | Nelson George (Sundance Selects)

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Stanley Nelson (Dogwoof Productions)

Sweet Micky for President | Ben Patterson (Prasperity Productions)

What Happened, Miss Simone? | Liz Garbus (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male

Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)

R.J. Cyler | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

O’Shea Jackson, Jr. | Straight Outta Compton (Universal)

Jason Mitchell | Straight Outta Compton (Universal)

Shameik Moore | Dope (Open Road Films)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female

Kiersey Clemons | Dope (Open Road Films)

Chanel Iman | Dope (Open Road Films)

Kitana “Kiki” Rodriguez | Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)

Assa Sylla | Girlhood (Pyramide Distribution)

Mya Taylor | Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)

Outstanding Voice Performance

Rihanna | Home (20th Century Fox)

Maya Rudolph | Strange Magic (Walt Disney Studios)

Marleik “Mar Mar” Walker | The Peanuts Movie (20th Century Fox)

Quvenzhane Wallis | Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (GKids)

Jeffrey Wright | The Good Dinosaur (Pixar)

Outstanding Original Score

Beasts of No Nation | Dan Romer (Netflix)

Chiraq | Terence Blanchard (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)

Creed | Ludwig Goransson (Warner Bros.)

Dope | Germaine Franco (Open Roads)

Straight Outta Compton | Joseph Trapanese (Universal)

Outstanding Original Song

• “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey | Performed by: The Weeknd; Written by: The Weekend, Stephan Moccio , Jason Quenneville, Ahmad Balshe (Universal)
• “Grip” from Creed | Performed by: Tessa Thompson; Written by: Tessa Thompson, Ludwig Goransson, Sam Dew (Warner Bros.)
• “See You Again” from Furious 7 | Performed by: Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth; Written by: Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E (Universal)
• “Talking to My Diary” from Straight Outta Compton | Performed by: Dr. Dre; Written by: Dr. Dre, Russell “Silk” Brown, Camille “Choc” Clerc, Francois de Roubaix (Universal)
• “Waiting for My Moment” from Creed | Performed by: Childish Gambino, Vince Staples, Jhene Aiko; Written by: Ryan Coogler, Vince Staples, Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson (Warner Bros.)

INDEPENDENT CATEGORIES

Outstanding Independent Feature

Blackbird | Patrik-Ian Polk

Knucklehead | Ben Bowman

Somewhere in the Middle | Lanre Olabisi

Tangerine | Sean Baker

The Man in 3B | Trey Haley

Outstanding Independent Documentary

Adina Howard 20 : A Story of Sexual Liberation | Gezus Zaire

Be Known | Dwayne Johnson-Cochran

Cody High: A Life Remodeled Project | Walter V. Marshall

Mary Lou Williams : The Lady Who Swings the Blues | Carol Bash

Romeo is Bleeding | Jason Zeldes

Outstanding Independent Short

Addiction | Danny Dzhurayev

David’s Reverie | Neil Creque Williams

Sacred Heart | Jennia Fredrique & Sol Aponte

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding TV Documentary or Special

3 ½ Minutes | Marc Silver (HBO)

Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church | Clay Cane (BET)

Kareem: Minority of One | Clare Lewins (HBO)

Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life: An All-Star Grammy Tribute | Leon Knoles (CBS)

The Wiz Live! | Kenny Leon (NBC)

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

American Crime | Lori-Etta Taub & Ed Tapla (ABC)

Bessie | Ron Schmidt (HBO)

The Book of Negroes | Damon D’Oliveira & Clement Virgo (BET)

Luther | Marcus Wilson (BBC America)

Show Me a Hero | Gail Mutrux (HBO)

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Steve Harris | Let the Church Say Amen (BET)

James Earl Jones | “Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy” (PBS)

Amin Joseph | Stock Option (TV One)

David Oyelowo | Nightingale (HBO)

Michael K. Williams | The Spoils Before Dying (IFC Channel)

Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

YaYa DaCosta | Whitney (Lifetime)

Aunjanue Ellis | The Book of Negroes (BET)

Regina Hall | With This Ring (Lifetime)

Queen Latifah | Bessie (HBO)

Shanice Williams | The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Charles S. Dutton | Bessie (HBO)

Cuba Gooding Jr. | The Book of Negroes (BET)

David Alan Grier | The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Michael K. Williams | Bessie (HBO)

Bokeem Woodbine | Fargo (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Angela Bassett | American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)

Mary J. Blige | The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Regina King | American Crime (ABC)

Mo’Nique | Bessie (HBO)

Amber Riley | The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series

Angela Bassett | Whitney (Lifetime)

Dee Rees | Bessie (HBO)

Regina King | Let the Church Say Amen (BET)

John Ridley | American Crime (ABC)

Clement Virgo | The Book of Negroes (BET)

Outstanding Screenplay (Original or Adapted), TV Movie or Limited Series

Stacey A. Littlejohn | American Crime: Episode Seven (ABC)

John Ridley | American Crime: Episode One (ABC)

Dee Rees, Bettina Gilois & Christopher Cleveland | Bessie (HBO)

Clement Virgo | The Book of Negroes (BET)

Lisa Belkin, David Simon & William F. Zorzi | Show Me a Hero (HBO)

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16th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations Announced; "Creed," "Straight Outta Compton" Lead

CREED AND STRAIGHT OUTTA LEADS WITH 9 NOMINATIONS EACH FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL BLACK REEL AWARDS

DOPE, CHI-RAQ AND BEASTS OF NO NATION ALSO TOP CONTENDERS

HBO LEAD WITH 12 TELEVISION NOMINATIONS

BESSIE LEADS ALL TV MOVIES WITH SEVEN NOMINATIONS

(Washington, DC) – The Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) has announced the nominees for The 16th Annual Black Reel Awards. The winners will be revealed live in Washington, DC on Thursday, February 18th, 2016 at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT.

The spin-off of the popular Rocky franchise, “Creed” was nominated for Outstanding Picture, Michael B. Jordan for Outstanding Actor; co-star Tessa Thompson for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Ryan Coogler for Outstanding Director as well as sharing an Outstanding Screenplay nomination with co-writer, Aaron Covington. In addition, the film also was nominated for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Score and two Outstanding Song nominations, “Grip” and “Waiting for My Moment.”

The biopic of the World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group, “Straight Outta Compton” also flexed its muscle as a front-runner with nominations for Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations for co-stars Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell, and an Outstanding Director nomination for F. Gary Gray. The film also received nominations for Outstanding Ensemble, two nods for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male for O’Shea Jackson, Jr. and Mitchell, Outstanding Score and Outstanding Song for “Talking to My Diary.”

“Chi-Raq,” “Beasts of No Nation,” and “Concussion” rounded out the list of contenders with each receiving Outstanding Film, plus nominations for Teyonah Parris (Outstanding Actress), Idris Elba (Outstanding Supporting Actor), Abraham Attah (Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Breakthrough, Male), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Outstanding Supporting Actress) and Will Smith (Outstanding Actor).

“Dope” earned eight nominations, followed by “Chi-Raq” with seven, and “Beasts of No Nation” and “Tangerine” each with five nominations and “Concussion” earned four.

Angela Bassett, Ryan Coogler, and Spike Lee are each up for three awards, for their work in several notable films including “Chi-Raq,” “Whitney,” “American Horror Story: Hotel“and “Creed” while a distinguished group of actors each took home two nominations including Abraham Attah, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Regina King, Jason Mitchell, Tessa Thompson and Michael K. Williams.

In the television race, HBO led all studios with 12 nominations, followed by BET with 8. Topping the list of nominated movies is “Bessie” (HBO) with seven. “American Crime” (ABC), “The Book of Negroes” (BET) and “The Wiz Live!” (NBC) follow closely behind with five each. Other top films with multiple nominations include “Let the Church Say Amen” (BET), “Show Me a Hero” (HBO), and “Whitney” (Lifetime).

“There were a rich and diverse pattern of stories that captivated audiences this year in the movies,” says Black Reel Awards founder and President Tim Gordon. “The top two nominated films are a perfect example of familiar stories that are executed extremely well and were also box-office hits. It was also refreshing to see a mix of familiar seasoned talent and a crop of new, rising future stars.”

“The Black Reel Awards” are bestowed annually by FAAAF to honor African-American film achievement in feature, independent and television film. The Black Reel Awards voting membership consists of 80 national film critics, independent filmmakers and music professionals who comprise the four voting branches, film, independent, television and music. For more information, visit: www.BlackReelAwards.com

Follow the 16th Annual Black Reel Awards on Twitter @BlackReelAwards, on Facebook/BlackReelAwards, and on Instagram @BlackReelAwards.

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Image Comics Announces New Series, "Circuit-Breaker"

CIRCUIT-BREAKER IS AN ELECTRIC READ

An all-new series about one girl robot who must save humanity

Bestselling writer Kevin McCarthy and artist Kyle Baker (Plastic Man) team up for an all-new series, CIRCUIT-BREAKER, launching from Image Comics this March.

CIRCUIT-BREAKER #1 is set in the aftermath of World War IV, where the heroic robots that saved Japan during war are outlawed. Now they’re turning against mankind, waging a campaign of terror across the last city on Earth.

“If Circuit-Breaker isn’t the best Shakespearean-Sentai, shōjo-shōnen superhero, soap-opera satire on the market, it’s at least in the alliteration. I mean, the conversation,” said McCarthy.

Meanwhile the vengeful robots’ original creator builds one more soldier—disguised as his teenaged granddaughter—and tasks her with dismantling the marauding mechanical militia. But as she begins to question her programming, will she be the last hope for humanity, or the final nail in our coffin?

McCarthy went on to describe the creative process of working with Baker. “The real hero here is my fellow Circuit-maker, Kyle Baker. There’s a lot going on in this book, and he took every one of my crazy ideas and obscure references and brought them to (artificial) life. I’m excited for everyone to see this book.”

McCarthy added: “Readers can expect our story to take a lot of left turns. So many in fact, that we made a complete... circuit? (Sorry.)”

CIRCUIT-BREAKER #1 (Diamond Code JAN160521) will hit comic book stores on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The final order cutoff deadline for comic book retailers is Monday, February 22, 2016.


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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New "Spider-Man" Film Will Go to IMAX in 2017

"SPIDER-MAN" TO BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN IMAX® 3D THEATRES

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Marvel Studios and IMAX Re-Team for Event Release;

IMAX Launch Coincides with Film’s New Wide Global Debut Date on July 7, 2017

CULVER CITY, Calif. – Spider-Man, one of the world’s most beloved superheroes, will once again come to IMAX® Theatres for a network-wide event run when the film is released in theaters on its new worldwide date on July 7, 2017, it was announced today by Josh Greenstein, president of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures, Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, and Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. As the movie, which Sony Pictures Entertainment is teaming with Marvel Studios to produce, enters wide release, it will also be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format. The highly anticipated next installment in the $4 billion franchise, which will star Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, will be directed by Jon Watts and produced by Feige and Amy Pascal.

Commenting on the announcement, Greenstein said, "There’s so much about Spider-Man – including the web-slinging action – that lends itself perfectly to the IMAX screen. We are confident that audiences everywhere around the world will want to see it in IMAX."

Feige said: "Time and time again IMAX delivers super-hero sized movie going experiences to fans. With the anticipation for Spider-Man climbing, we are excited that IMAX has committed early to this extended release plan -- it will be a great way for audiences around the world to experience such a big event film."

Foster said, "IMAX’s long-standing relationship with Marvel and Sony first began with Spider-Man in 2002, establishing the ultimate way for fans to be transported into the world of their favorite characters like Peter Parker. By re-teaming with our friends at Sony and Marvel on the newest Spider-Man reboot, we are excited to deliver audiences what they’re asking for: a must-see cinematic adventure – in IMAX."

The IMAX® 3D release of the Spider-Man film will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX’s customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.


ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.

ABOUT IMAX CORPORATION
IMAX, an innovator in entertainment technology, combines proprietary software, architecture and equipment to create experiences that take you beyond the edge of your seat to a world you've never imagined. Top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theatres to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, and, as such, IMAX's network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe.

IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles, with offices in London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. As of September 30, 2015, there were 1,008 IMAX theatres (887 commercial multiplexes, 19 commercial destinations and 102 institutions) in 66 countries. On Oct. 8, 2015, shares of IMAX China, a subsidiary of IMAX Corp., began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code “HK.1970.”

IMAX®, IMAX® 3D, IMAX DMR®, Experience It In IMAX®, An IMAX 3D Experience®, The IMAX Experience® and IMAX nXos® are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information about the Company can be found at www.imax.com. You may also connect with IMAX on Facebook (www.facebook.com/imax), Twitter (www.twitter.com/imax) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/imaxmovies).

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Kansas City Film Critics Name "Mad Max: Fury Road" Best Picture of 2015

Founded in 1967, The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) says that it is the "second oldest professional film critics" association in the United States" (behind the New York Film Critics Circle).  The organization is composed of media film critics in the Kansas City metropolitan area.  The KCFCC’s awards are named for the group’s founder, James Loutzenhiser, who died in November 2001.

On December 21, 2015, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle announced the winners of its 49th annual awards.

2015 / 49th KCFCC Annual Awards:

BEST PICTURE: Mad Max: Fury Road

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS: Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Michael Shannon – 99 Homes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Inside Out

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Phoenix (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Amy

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY or HORROR FILM: Ex Machina

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