Movie Hype: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Or LAAPFF 2026 & Coyote vs. ACME, Laemmle North Hollywood Saved & Leaving Neverland Nowhere

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival or LAAPFF 2026 is coming up this weekend. We're always excited to see what's on the schedule, but the highlights this year are an Angry Asian Man 25th Anniversary Party, a 40th Anniversary Screening of The Karate Kid Part II and the bloody martial arts film The Furious. The Furious looks so f ing good.

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 
April 29-May 3
LAAPFF 2026
Multiple Venues
Free-$ 

 

Coyote vs. ACME. Is finally in theaters August 28th. Looks pretty good too.

🚨BREAKING: Laemmle North Hollywood has been SAVED from DEMOLITION! The Laemmle family purchased the property back from the developer that was planning to add luxury apartments! 😀🙌🎥 pic.twitter.com/WnLOk3Ek4b

— Save Your Cinema (@SaveYourCinema) April 17, 2026

The damning 2019 HBO documentary on Michael Jackson can no longer be seen on HBO Max because Warner Bros agreed to bury it in an agreement with the Jackson estate. The director won't get the film back until HBO's license expires in 2029 https://t.co/nxFgADJr5w pic.twitter.com/vttruq7ncD

— Nick Field (@nick_field90) April 22, 2026