Matthew Lillard, who plays an empath in a very haunted house in the upcoming 13GHOSTS, has been talking about the movie.While talking to SCIFI.COM, Lillard gave his impression sof the film's spirits, saying, ""I saw all of them. They are all along the li...
Shannon Elizabeth is addressing how the Ghost Viewer gimmick concocted by William Castle for the original 1960 13GHOSTS will be altered for the coming remake from Dark Castle.While talking to Chicago Sun-Times columnist, Cindy Pearlman, Elizabeth reveale...
Warner Bros. has released a number of images from their soon to be released 13GHOSTS. The coming film, which stars, Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, and F. Murray Abraham, is a remake of William Castle's 1960 comedi...
Yes, it's the start of the summer movie season and as we waddle knee-deep through the mass of PEARL HARBOR hype, there are several other movies on the horizon that hold the promise of not being overblown, over-produced, over marketed and over none-too-soo...
...re if all 13ghosts stories are revealed in this volume or not, since the students will often bring up variations and it seems like new ones are happening all the time. In the first chapter, the leader of the group, Nanka, has a run-in with the story ...
Includes Launch of New Series Venus Versus Virus
HOUSTON, September 14, 2007 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to present four great new titles, including the standalone feature Blade of the Phantom Mas...
Comics2Film
has learned that a new writer has been hired to take a pass at the screenplay
for the Wonder Woman movie. However, our sources declined to name
the new writer. Previous drafts of the script were penned by Todd Alcott (13Ghosts) and Jon Co...
There\'s quite a few titles out this week as you can see from the list below. Please do note that the Gunbuster vs Diebuster movie is a dot-anime exclusive and the general retail edition is scheduled for 01/08/2008.
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Title Nam...
...Marshall [13GHOSTS] Stevens sold to Dimension almost two years ago as a spec, and I've rewritten it to incorporate the HELLRAISER mythology. Our heroine is a female reporter for a London newspaper, who is sent to Bucharest to investigate an undergroun...
What They SayIndestructible to his enemies and irresistible to his women, the profession assassin code-named GOLGO 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity.
If you\'re on his hit list... you\'re already dead.
Always hired on his reputation alone, GOLGO ...
Viz Media\'s release of the Golgo 13 is causing some bit of confusion among readers and we wanted to help clarify a bit since it\'s not readily apparent by the first volume released. Golgo 13 has something like 137 volumes released in Japan since it first...
What They SayGolgo 13: the world’s most notorious assassin is on another dangerous mission!! The Professional is back in action, this time on DVD! He’s a James Bond 007 type, but without the conscience, cold and suave, a real lady-killer…...
What They SayCode Name: Golgo 13 - Professional assassin.
Target: Queen Bee - leader of a dissident South American liberation army.
Mission: Terminate the infamous Queen Bee before she kills a high profile presidential candidate
Problem: Queen Bee i...
The light week that was last week was but the quiet before the storm as this week really starts in earnest with the kinds of weeks to expect as we go into the holiday season next month:
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saitou Takawo Translated by:Priscilla YimAdapted by:What They SaySUPERGUN
In 1991, UN inspectors found the incomplete Project Babylon - a cannon capable of hurling a shell 600 miles. In 1997, the Clinton administration learns...
The Review!Golgo 13 is what most consider to be the most man-y among men in anime. This OAV series was released fifteen years after the original movie debuted in Japanese theaters. For an OAV made in 1998, I must admit I was impressed at how well it was a...
...rror with 13GHOSTS. He is determined to hit every field in the market, but the prospects are thinning."There aren't that many left," laughs Shalhoub in regards to the next genre he'd like to pursue. "I'd love to do a war movie. I have to do a war movi...
...or 1960's 13GHOSTS, he took 3-D one step further by coming up with Illusion-O, which allowed the wearer to be able to see the ghosts on screen whenever they used the glasses. Great idea and without it, the result was a B-level thriller that would hav...
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saito Takawo Translated by:Kenichiro YogiAdapted by:Kenichiro YogiWhat They Say1998: Security on Virginia\'s death row has never been tighter, as ex-CIA agent Henry Michael prepares for his fate. But if a lethal injection awai...
There is the chance that you may have seen this one already on the FoxBox or in some of the video game incarnations that have already been released, but SHAMAN KING is the newest Shonen Jump series to be released here in America. Following directly behind...
As a part of Boston's First Night Festival, the New England Anime Society will present a full afternoon and evening of anime screenings tonight. Drop by the Hynes Convention Center from 1-11pm, and you're likely to catch an episode of GATCHAMAN, COWBOY BE...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saito TakawoTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:Carl Gustav HornWhat They Say1994: Nelson Mandela, after 27 years in prison, has just become president of South Africa. But with deadly enemies both white and black, Mandela t...
From a Press Release
Winner of two 2007 Thailand National Film Awards, '13: Game of Death', the latest Dimension Extreme release arrives on DVD March 18 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.
When a desperate man loses his job and finds himself...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takao SaitoTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:Carl Gustav HornWhat They Say1976: When congressional hearings expose a CIA chemical warfare program, Golgo is tasked to destroy the evidence on a hellish Pacific island - wher...
With his intense orchestral score for the Michael Madsen action thriller Chasing Ghosts, Scott Glasgow has emerged as one of the most exciting new composers scoring films in Los Angeles. MovieScore Media presents this score as an online album featurin...
DC Driect's 13" Deluxe figures get their latest addition with a classic image of the Dark Knight. While the figure maintains the quality of the earlier members of the series, Batman hasn't translated as well as some of the others. The gray spandex shows t...
It seems that director Eli Roth is dropping his R-rating fetish and entering the world of PG-13 sci-fi action films, reports Reuters. The director is finishing a sci-fi spec, aimed at the family crowds, that is somewhere between Cloverfield and Transforme...
This week is the kind of week where there\'s practically something for everyone with its diversity:
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06/13/2006
Bible Black: New Testament Vol. #2...
Oh, what a lovely busy week this is going to be...
Title Name
Studio
Run Time
Volume
MSRP
Date
Brigadoon Vol. #1
TOKYOPOP
125 min.
1/6
29.99
05/13/2003
&n...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saitou ProTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:Carl Gustav HornWhat They Say1996: Okinawa, Japan\'s smallest prefecture, holds 75 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan. When a Self-Defense Force officer is murdered ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saito TakawoTranslated by:Priscilla YimAdapted by:What They Say1989: Tiananmen Square. In a matter of hours, the People\'s Liberation Army will massacre the students of the Chinese democracy movement. But one person will die f...
TALL TAILS is an anthropomorphic fantasy adventure with sorcery, kidnapping, and honor set in a furry medieval world. Why furry? Well, the populace are bipedal, mostly civilized animals, such as wolves, tigers, horses, and hedgehogs. The characters and st...
The start of the last round of big releases are gearing up for this coming week with some good shows sadly coming to an end:
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12/13/2005
After Cla...
Ghosts 'N Goblins, or Ghosts 'N Ghouls have been around since my childhood. I remember fondly playing the game in the arcades, or even back on the SNES. This game has taken up quite a bit of my time over the years, and the main reason is because of its di...
In 1988, Tom Hanks starred in BIG, a movie about a child whose wish causes him to become adult overnight. 13 GOING ON 30, which has more or less the same premise, begins in 1987, when 13-year-old Jenna Rink has a disastrous party during which she is humil...
What They SayIndustrial Tycoon Leonard Dawson has always had the world at his feet, until the day is shattered with the brutal assassination of his son, the heir to all his fortune. With riches beyond belief, Dawson seeks vengeance against the hitman that...
The true story of Apollo 11, the first mission to the Moon, has never been dramatized on film. And when that spacecraft's voyage was repeated for Apollo 12, proving that 11 wasn't a lucky shot, the citizens of Earth began to get the idea that travel to th...
In a press conference attended by CINESCAPE's own Anthony C. Ferrante, director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks talked about this summer's re-release of APOLLO 13 on IMAX screens across the country. In joking about the prevalence of big movies (GLADIATOR, M...
In a press conference attended by CINESCAPE's own Anthony C. Ferrante, director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks discussed this summer's re-release of APOLLO 13 on IMAX screens across the country. In joking about the prevelance of big movies (GLADIATOR, MATR...
Generally speaking, I've enjoyed the recent glut of comic book adaptations that Hollywood has been bringing us. There've been a a few I didn't really care for, like BLADE: TRINITY and CONSTANTINE. But, even those were fairly entertaining in their own righ...
The TWO-FACE 13" DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE Action Figure from DC Direct will released on September 27, 2006.As the newest edition to DC Direct's realistically proportioned 1:6 scale figures, the former D.A. and criminal mastermind comes alive. This deluxe c...
A new genre show may be hitting the SCI-FI Channel soon after the network greenlit the pilot for WAREHOUSE 13, says Variety. The two-hour pilot will center on two F.B.I agents in charge of a top-secret storage facility in South Dakota. It's...
After abandoning my first draft (consisting of the word "sexy" written 250 times), I'm at a loss to say something about this figure that isn't immediately obvious just by looking at it. The latest in DC Direct high-end 18" figures, Lex Luthor is the jewel...
DC Direct announced this week the LEX LUTHOR 13" DELUXE Collector Figure, which will go on sale July 26, 2006. The figure of Lex is a realistically proportioned, 1/6-scale figure. This deluxe collector figure includes a ray gun and a display stand. It wil...
Rick Remender and his team wrap up their 13-issue epic of vampires on the high seas. While they’re hardly the first entry into the “vampirates” subgenre, they’ve managed to craft a tale with historical resonance and a dist...
According to Variety, David Paymer has been added to the all-star cast of OCEAN's 13. He will join George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin and Don Cheadle to name a few.The film will follow the continuing criminal exploits of Danny Ocean and ...
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful. This is my last column before San Diego Comic Con. After the con, I'll have a lot to write about, depending on what I catch while there. Most of the time, I'll talk to publishers about my own proposed miniseries (IMMORTALS)...
John Leguizamo and Maria Bello are in negotiations to join the cast in the remake of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. If the pair close their deals they will join Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne and Drea de Matteo in the action-thriller, scheduled to start filming...
VARIETY reports a successful initial run for the inaugural IMAX DMR conversion project, Universal/Imagine's APOLLO 13, directed by Ron Howard, and starring Tom Hanks. Following an opening weekend revenue report of $200,625, sales continued strongly throug...
The folks at MVM have put out another one of their darker and more violent releasese this month with the 08/02/2004 release of Golgo 13: Queen Bee, newly reviewed by Dani Moure.
The trailer for the upcoming film Ocean's 13 has made it's way online via AOL.You can view it here.In the film, Danny (George Clooney), Rusty (Brad Pitt), Linus (Matt Damon) and the rest of their merry band of heist-pullers are back in 'Ocean's 13,' and t...
Creative Talent: Writer/Artist: Yumi Hotta and Takeshi ObataTranslation: Naoko AmemiyaAdaptation: Naoko Amemiya
What They Say:Hikaru and Sai are both scheduled for matches with their greatest rivals - Akira Toya and his father, Toya Meijin. How will Sai ...
According to the American Film Institute, he's the greatest action-adventure hero of all time – and his unforgettable exploits can be relished by fans old and new as never before when all three "Indiana Jones" movies debut as individual Sp...
As strange as it seems, this first appeared in yesterday's edition of the Sunday Mail and has since made its way online to various outlets. Warner Bros wants to "tone down" Tim Burton's adaptation, SWEENEY TODD, to a PG-13 Rating. The film --sta...
DC have released the official episode schedule for Smallville, Static Shock, and the animated Teen Titans on the WB plus the animated Justice League and Teen Titans on Cartoon Network for January 13-27.
The creators of Ghost Rider told SCI FI Wire that they once considered a more frightening R-rated version of film, but opted for a more teen-friendly PG-13 rating at the urging of star and producer Nicolas Cage. Cage, who is a big fan of the Marvel Comics...
LaBeouf says that a cut of 'Transformers' went to the MPAA and came back with an R rating attached. Not because of sex or language, but because of intense action and violence. Shia says Spielberg came to the rescue and went in to argue his point and got i...
There's never been a more potent, more dazzling moment in the memory of Spider-fans than that first amazing meeting between Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson. When John Romita's curvy creation crooked her hand and uttered the immortal words, "Face it Tige...
Add two Rays to the upcoming English-language remake of the 2005 French film 13 Tzameti. Ray Winstone and Ray Liotta are joining Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Sam Riley and 50 Cent in the thriller. The original writer and director Gela Babluani is updatin...
For years we have waited... finally, the day is nigh: Autobots vs Decepticons on the big screen! The live action Transformers movie from director Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon) and executive producer Steven Spielberg is released on July 27th 2007, and...
After originally ordering a two-hour pilot of "Warehouse 13", written by "Farscape" creator Rockne O'Bannon, "Battlestar Galactica" co-executive producer Jane Espenson and D. Brent Mote, the network has now give a series pic...
The Review!The top secret agent is back. Professional assassin by day and professional lover by night, Duke Togo is back on the job and what a job it is. Once again Golgo is called to save the world but this time personal feelings come into play as our ki...
The Review!Thirteen volumes of Rurouni Kenshin. Unless you do you web browsing from under a rock, you must be aware of this series in some way or another.
Menus. Media Blasters provides more of the same, with the same basic interface. You get liner ...
Greg is taking a look at one of the later volumes in this special run release from Viz Media with their December 2007 title Golgo 13 Vol. #12 by Takao Saito.
KryptonSite has learned that the next new episode of Smallville, titled "Onyx," will be airing on April 13. Click to see the schedule leading to the end of the current season.
It\'s been over a year since their last new release and the only new thing this year or even on their radar, but we\'ve got a look at the 11/01/2005 release of Golgo 13: The Professional from Urban Vision.
While talking to CINESCAPE's Anthony C. Ferrante, director John Carpenter revealed that a remake of his ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 is in the works. It looks like it also won't be in English, as Carpenter says, "I think they are going to make it in France. The...
Recently Revolution Studios' and Columbia Pictures held the premiere of 13 GOING ON 30 at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.13 GOING ON 30 is the story of Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) who just wants to be pretty and popular. On the eve of h...
It looks like a mysterious package will be coming in between three men with money on the line. The trades report that Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and 50 Cent have signed on to star opposite Sam Riley in 13 for director Gela Babluani, who is remaking his ...
What They SayAt the end of destiny, after light and darkness have smeared into a dim, grey haze surrounding your every thought where will peace be found? When harsh lessons wrapped in blood and tears are learned and the journey has spread over eons and fa...
FUNimation has let loose with some November and December listings including a huge number of repricings and box sets due out on 11/13/2007:Beck Vol. #4 - 100 minutes - $29.98 - 11/06/2007 Beck Vol. #5 - 100 minutes - $29.98 - 12/18/2007 Case Closed: 14th ...
Though this week brings several new and returning series, perhaps none is as highly anticipated as TNT's original miniseries THE MISTS OF AVALON, based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's best-selling version of the Arthurian legend told from the perspective of it...
Welcome to Book Buzz! I’m your new host, Tim Janson. I’d like to first thank Pat Ferrara, your previous MC, for all his help in making this a smooth transition and for all of his sage advice. Many of you may know me already as I...
If SMALLVILLE: HAUNTINGS is intended for an audience of 13 year old girls, it might be a home run. If it is intended for a larger audience, it's a strike out. The heart of the novel centers on a new girl that comes to town. Her name is Ginger and she was ...
Halcyon Co. aims to deliver Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins as a PG-13 movie to Warner Bros. for release on May 22, 2009. The "Terminator" series is one of the highest-grossing R-rated franchises of all time, with the first three films ...
DC Direct will release their BATMAN 13" Deluxe Collector Figure this October.The 13" figure includes four different stylized batarangs and a stand to display the figure. It comes packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel.It will be priced...
William Malone has vivid childhood memories of viewing William Castle’s tongue-in-cheek horror opus, THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, so it seems appropriate that he should have been tapped to direct a remake. After all, we’ve entered an era when seemingly ever...
With the cast for John Carpenter's latest genre adventure GHOSTS OF MARS locked in place, the director set about the grueling tasks of acquiring a "Martian looking" desert location and whipping his actors into physical shape. CINESCAPE caught up with the ...
Bandai has announced that they’ve signed a distribution deal with former rival Geneon (formerly Pioneer) to distribute their anime DVDs in North America. Upcoming series like Gunbuster 2, Wings of Rean, Freedom, Demon Prince Emma and Galax...
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq...
This is a pretty varied week with a number of interesting new titles coming out:
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Studio
Run Time
Volume
MSRP
Date
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 Perfect Collection
ADV Films
650 min....
Back in 1976, John Carpenter (prior to hitting legend status with HALLOWEEN) made a very low-budget actioner entitled ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, about a handful of cops and their prisoners joining forces to fend off an attack on a station house by an army of...
DC Comics and WildStorm Productions will relaunch GEN13 in July with a #0 issue that will cost just 13 cents. The 32-page preview issue includes a new 12-page story that lays the foundation for Gen13's rebirth, courtesy of the creative team of the upcomi...
What do you get when you cross THE SIXTH SENSE with JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS? Why, you get DEAD LAST, of course the latest summer replacement series from the youth oriented WB. Shooting for that strange X-FILES meets THE MONKEES premise, DEAD LAST tells t...
Genre:Drama/Crime/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:New Line Cinema.Production Company:Benderspink.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Viggo Mortensen; Maria Bello; Ed Harris; William Hurt.Who's Making It:David Cronenberg (Director); Josh Olson (Screenwri...
The wheels are beginning to turn at Storm King Productions, home of director John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) and his producer-wife Sandy King (VAMPIRES). An official announcement is expected soon for a now tentative spring 2000 production start on Carpenter`s ...
THE HAUNTING (DreamWorks, 7/99, 1:52, PG-13) is nowhere near as a big a disaster as last year`s PSYCHO remake, but it is nearly as redundant, offering no new insight or entertainment that comes even close to justifying a new adaptation of a novel that was...
What They SayBefore the age of man, warring gods of ancient legend shook theivery Earth to its foundation with their might. Now these prehistoric rivals from Japan\'s past are fighting to preserve their secrets in the present day.
Cast from the High Cele...
In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.
Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...
Around this time of year you start to see these lists crop up such as "Top 10 Scariest Movies of All Time!" or "10 Goriest Films Ever Made!" or some other such list. I was thinking about this the other night when I caught part of Bravo...
Ever since its conception in 1978, Battlestar Galactica has been offering viewers a layered SF universe, one that manages to stay grounded with the world around us and in sync with contemporary American society. Like any good sci-fi series BSG explores th...
In celebration of Halloween week the Book Buzz is leading off with the week’s new releases and horror and inviting you to share with Mania’s readers the scariest book you ever read! Just use the comments below to tell us the book ...
Industry Leader To Showcase An Array of Series For All Ages from Booth#A012
CANNES, FRANCE, April 8, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, ...
OPINION: Before getting onto the topic of this week's column, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote in expressing their condolences on the death of my cat and who gave me their vote of confidence regarding the way I handled the mean-spirited e-mail from a ...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
When the highly underappreciated series Day Break was canceled ABC promised that the remaining episodes, which had already been filmed, would be posted online at abc.com. Instead what happened was they didn’t get posted, and the episodes t...
Every quarter, ICv2 puts together their list of the top twenty manga properties as they discern via multiple methods, from the Nielsen Bookscan listings to conversations with retailers and more. This quarter there aren't all that many surprises on th...
1980's THE FOG, directed by John Carpenter and written by Carpenter and the late Debra Hill, was not a movie crying out to be remade not because the original was so good, but rather because, on the surface, the elements that made it distinct were also th...
Amazing, Too by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-31-2006)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION The anthology series has come and gone in television, from GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATRE and ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS in the 1950s, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THRILLER, and ONE STEP BEYOND in the 1960s, THE NIGHT GALLERY in the 1970s, to re...
I am so stoked. I'm finally going to get to watch LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN on a regular basis... in September.I mean, did you ever want to watch LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN but it was just on too darn late and you couldn't figure out how to work th...
"Retirement" is a common threat director John Carpenter issues at the end of his films, but the man who made a name for himself with the independent chiller HALLOWEEN and garnered Jeff Bridges an Academy Award nomination for his performance in STARMAN say...
Mid-month and we get an interesting array of titles both classic and new:
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Studio
Run Time
Volume
MSRP
Date
Birth
ADV Films
85 min.
1/1
24.98
07/13/2004
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Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately they’ve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release of the US d...
I’m writing this column from G-Fest, the annual Godzilla fan’s North American convention, which should not be confused with B-fest, the annual 24-hour B-movie marathon, but it’s almost as much fun. Every summer for the past 11 years, Godzilla fans from al...
Even though there was plenty of fresh meat at theaters this weekend, RED DRAGON still managed to gobble up the lion's share of the box office. ALABAMA still is sweet for audiences, hanging onto second, while newcomers BROWN SUGAR and TRANSPORTER made thei...
As anticipated, RED DRAGON is still at the top of the box office with ALABAMA and GREEK WEDDING hanging tough. BROWN SUGAR and TRANSPORTER made solid debuts, while KNOCKAROUND GUYS fought to stay in the top ten its first week in distribution.Here's how th...
Cliff's not having the best of days. Surrounded by kids with their own serious issues, he's feeling like a stranger in a strange land. When the other Doom Patrollers find a box with a tie clasp that Rita gave to the Chief several years before, he and the ...
VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...
SOJOURN #13 by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 08-03-2002)
Before I talk about what a solid piece of work this latest issue of SOUJOURN is from a narrative point of view, let me just say this - my God, what production! Even when I've been less than favorable to CrossGen's line of comics, I've always admitted up f...
Here's the latest on the MIA legend, James Cameron. The Walt Disney Co. has signed a deal to release Cameron's first writing/directing gig since 1997's TITANIC, the documentary GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS. The 3-D IMAX film tells the story of Cameron's expedition...
So, you wanna start taking bets on which new TV show will be the first to get the boot?The first two weeks of the new TV season are over and this is usually when the networks start realizing that maybe some of their new shows aren't as great as they thoug...
OPINIONBefore we start, my apologies for stating that 1602 was coming out last week. I am an idiot. We knew this. Anyway...A few weeks ago, my comment that casting a black actor as the Kingpin in the DAREDEVIL movie promoted stereotypes rather than creati...
So, the networks are announcing their new fall schedules this week.I've got a couple of shows whose fate I'm really concerned about, but I learned a long time ago that the shows I love are usually the ones that get cancelled.For every SIMPSONS that surviv...
20th Century Fox TV has signed Matthew Lillard to star in the drama pilot 13 GRAVES. Dominic Sena will direct from a script by J.H. Wyman.Lillard will play an ex-treasure hunter whose search for his missing brother puts him in the hunt for Spanish conquis...
Most COMICSCAPE readers know that I don't care as much for Joss Whedon's writing as the rest of the human race. I usually find his work a bit too coy and clever in its self-awareness. However, I'd heard positive things about his run on ASTONISHING X-MEN a...
More often than not, Garth Ennis's efforts on THE PUNISHER break my heart. Besides Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and all of the obvious choices, Ennis is probably my favorite contemporary comic book writer. And, to boot, Frank Castle is probably my favorite c...
OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friend in Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t...
For those who thought that winning an Academy Award for the 1997 epic TITANIC would be the climax of director James Cameron's fascination with the sunken passenger liner, think again that accomplishment only served to spark a six-year obsession that has ...
Filmmaker James Cameron and his production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, have snapped up the film rights to Charles Pellegrino's forthcoming book GHOSTS OF POMPEII. The non-fiction tome sets a portrait of the final days of the Roman township before i...
Genre:Action/Drama/Historical.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:Lightstorm Entertainment.Project Phase:Pre-script stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:James Cameron (Director, possibly); James Cameron, Rae Sanchini, Jon Landau (Producers); b...
Man, I am so sick and tired of all these reality dating shows.They're just so freakin' terrible. THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELOR 2, THE BACHELORETTE, BACHELORETTES IN ALASKA, JOE MILLIONAIRE and so on and so on: All of them are evil shows.First of all, the peo...
"It's not a prequel. It's a sequel to her story in 'Daredevil' and I've been training for the past couple of months," says 'Elektra' star Jennifer Garner. "I trained after the junket last night and got up this morning and will go again tonight and I'm lov...
Just how fast would you drive to an alien crash site to find your son? Ma Kent (Eva Marie Saint) shows us in this fiery night shoot. Meanwhile Bryan has a really cool trailer - at least for a few seconds...
What They SayAt the end of destiny, where will peace be found? The brothers Elric will consider the answers that are left once the Philosopher\'s Stone has guided their saga to its end. True sacrifice, the deep love of family, the cruel truths of life and...
What They SayLong ago, an evil magician used his powers to bring a statue to life - creating the terrible monster, Hirudegarn! It was only through the use of two magic whistles that Hirudegarn was defeated and peace retuned to the galaxy. Two courageous b...
On Tuesday, June 13th, Anchor Bay Entertainment will release CEMETERY MAN on DVD. The DVD will be an anamorphic wide screen transfer with a SRP of $19.98.Directed by Michele Soavi, Cemetery Man stars Rupert Everett (My Best Friend's Wedding and the voice ...
Boomerang shows "Justice League" nightly at 11 PM and "Superfriends" at Midnight.
Saturday evenings at 5:30 PM, catch the George Reeves classic "The Adventures of Superman" on American Life TV.
Another damned car. Spider-Man doesn't need a car!A Spider-Man playsetClick here to check out page 14 of the photos from the Toy Biz showroom.Click here to return to the main Toy Fair page.
HOLY GRAIL packagingOf course, Sideshow's teaming with Weta Collectibles has yielded some of the most handsome LORD OF THE RINGS movie products out there. Weta Workshop of New Zealand is in fact the company responsible for the props, armor, make-up and so...
I'm sure you've noticed by now how certain superheroes in the DCU have virtual "families" surrounding them. Hell, DC even published books titled SUPERMAN FAMILY and BATMAN FAMILY for the longest time, and even though those particular heroes' nuclear famil...
As the preliminary figures suggested, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING held on to its top spot for the fourth week in a row, with A BEAUTIFUL MIND close behind.In the final tally, RINGS took in $16,201,260 with MIND in second place with $15,220,705.Newcomers to the...
As I write this review, I've had one of the first U.S. GameCube consoles for a couple of weeks, and feel like I'm at the dawn of a new age in videogaming. This actually marks the first time I've gotten to have unlimited access to a console before its rele...
The Tom Strong family Tom Strong himself, his daughter Tesla, a younger version of himself, and six foot tall talking rabbit Warren Strong come together for the first time to battle the evil Paul Saveen, Earth's deadliest science-villain! Saveen has fie...
Bet you didn't know that when they weren't being trounced by their requisite arch-foe, the super-villains of the Marvel Universe have a little place all their own where everybody knows their name. It ain't Cheers, but it is a safe haven where costumed cri...
It’s origin time and we get to know what motivates Joseph and makes him who he is, as well as a good tease for more to come.
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Amanda takes the injured Joseph to a ruined church. There, Amanda learns of Joseph’s past, about his ...
What They SayIn the politics, struggles, and battles that lead to the birth of a nation, sometimes even good people must die at the hands of allies. And now it's down to only a few warlords of Edo-era Japan. History already tells the story of the victor, ...
Check out the 'Spider-Man 2' games and software available for pre-order, and slated for shipment in the coming weeks, including the 'Spider-Man 2' video game on every platform and the 'Spider-Man 2 Activity Center' for the PC. Any pre-orders placed here h...
KryptonSite has posted the titles for the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of Smallville's fifth season. #5-12 also happens to be the big 100th episode where something major happens, so the title itself may be a big spoiler....
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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK FIVE, #1 REGULAR and SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original ...
KryptonSite has posted spoilers for the 13th episode of Smallville's fifth season. Among the details: Possibly a spoiler regarding who will die (or not) in episode #100, and a character who could potentially spin off into her own series.
What They SayThe Review!Lupin drops down to just five episodes for this batch of episode that remain unconnected and don\'t have quite the spark of some other recent collectionsg.
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For our primary review, we listened to this disc in its original l...
KryptonSite has gotten a hold of a ton of new information about one of February's new 'Smallville' episodes, titled "Recruit." Look for Luthor scheming, Lois Lane, an important decision, and just *maybe* someone with a clue to Clark's secret...
Eva Mendes, who co-stars with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming Ghost Rider, told SCI FI Wire that Cage had an unorthodox way of getting into his character. "He would have the script, and he would come to the set and do the opposite of what was on the page," M...
What They SayAt the end of destiny, where will peace be found? The brothers Elric will consider the answers that are left once the Philosopher\'s Stone has guided their saga to its end. True sacrifice, the deep love of family, the cruel truths of life and...
What They SayKoga, leader of the Wolf-Demon tribe, kidnaps Kagome for her ability to spot the shards of the sacred jewel. Dragged into the war between the Wolf-Demons and the so-called Birds of Paradise, Kagome is in danger and must be saved by Inuyasha a...
What They SayAs the Negamoon\'s attacks on the city continue, Rini comes to a decision. The time has come for her to lead Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts back into the future to confront the evil Prince Diamond and his Dark Crystal! But first the Sailor...
What They SayAs the Negamoon\'s attacks on the city continue, Rini comes to a decision. The time has come for her to lead Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts back into the future Crystal Tokyo to confront the evil Prince Diamond and his Dark Crystal! But fi...
What They SayThe Power of One’s Own Star! Without the power to use the Clow Cards, Sakura must discover a new method of using her magic and her new staff. But will she be able to do this while being attacked by Eli’s traps: a possessed piano, ...
What They SayEevee Evolve!
When young Mikey isipressured byihis big brothersito evolve his Eevee before it\'s ready, it isiupito Ash, Pikachu andifriendsito teachia Pokemon lesson. Then, Snorlax takesia napiin theispring that suppliesia town with water! ...
What They SayAs the valiant band of freedom fighters led by Scott Bernard makes its way to Reflex Point, they encounter evidence of a world they never knew. Allegiances are strained as the end game is sight. The real drama of these episodes revolves aroun...
What They SayThe battle of the Eight-Sixes has begun and not only do Tak and Wataru dash down the treacherous mountain roads but they race up it as well. It’s a grueling clash of two warriors with neither willing to give an inch. Tak, thrilled by hi...
What They SayAfter her brother gets beat up again, Satsuki and her friends decide the little crybaby needs to butch it up and join the relay team. (Hope he can outrun the ghost who likes to chop off runners’ feet.) But that’s just the beginni...
What They SayThe splendid ninja, Rock Lee, must face the formidable Gaara of the Sand! With his mentor Guy cheering him on, Rock Lee unleashes his ultimate move. But will even this be enough to defeat Gaara? And as the prelimaries to the Chunin Exam draw ...
What They SayA puppet-like mamodo called Kedo and his human partner Dr. Riddles appear and challenge Kiyo and Zatch to battle a group of super-powered beings called the Majestic Twelve. But the battle is not at all what they expected!
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