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Hollywood Movie Awards Pix
by Sue Schneider (Fri 09-07-2001)

(Additional reporting by Frank Kurtz)Back on August 6th, the 5th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Movie Awards" honored a number of established and up and coming artists in the movie industry at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.Amo...

The Sixth Annual Hollywood Film Festival
by Sue Schneider (Mon 11-04-2002)

Recently the Hollywood Film Festival, held at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood, opened with a screening of Dreamworks' THE RING. The Festival is an annual event created to discover emerging filmmakers and honor established Hollywood Stars. The Festival c...

X3 & Superman Returns Nominated for Hollywood Movie Awards (Fri 10-06-2006)

Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee have Nominated X3 & Superman Returns for the Movie of the Year.


Cool '60s Film Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-14-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEngland's Harkit Records continues to mine the retrograde treasure trove of 1960s film music with three new releases that are a delight of the period. Making its first foray onto CD, George Duning's lighthearted and theatrical s...

'Spider-Man 2' among nominees for "Hollywood Movie of the Year" (Wed 10-06-2004)

The Hollywood Film Festival's Board of Advisors has announced the nominees for the 2004 "Hollywood Film Awards" competition. The announcement was made today in Hollywood by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival. ...

23rd Annual Ohio Science Fiction Film Festival
by News Editor (Fri 04-14-2006)

The 23rd Annual Ohio Science Fiction Film Festival kicks off another 24 hours of the best in new and classic sci-fi movies on Saturday, Aprill 22 at 12:00 noon at the Drexel Gateway Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. This year's Marathon will include the Midwest ...

The 26th Annual Toronto International Film Festival
by Paul Zimmerman (Thu 10-11-2001)

Before September 11th, the most dramatic news out of The Toronto Film Festival was that Matthew McConaughey had saved a woman who'd fainted while waiting in line for a movie. Before September 11th, the most shocking thing around town was how Joaquin Phoen...


Eastern Spectaculars
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-02-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS THE MYTH is Jackie Chan's latest Hong Kong film, and an unusual departure as he plays a Qin Dynasty General in a film that mingles the epic spectacle of films like HERO with the kind of humorous kung-fu action that Chan is know...

The Telluride Film Festival Goes Sci-Fi
by Mark A. Altman (Thu 09-20-2001)

Despite its reputation as an extremely erudite festival far more inclined to show the latest Iranian docu-drama than the newest in genre films, the annual Telluride Film Festival, nestled in Colorado's bucolic San Jacinto Mountains, unspooled a diverse ar...

Apocalypto Now
by Randall Larson (Thu 12-14-2006)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS  James Horner’s music for the new Mel Gibson film, Apocalypto, an adventure drama about the decline of the Mayan Empire, is compellingly environmental and atmospheric, avoiding the kind of large, bombastic...

Remembering Fred Karlin
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-06-2004)

Soundtrax is sorry to report the untimely death of Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer, music teacher, and noted author Fred Karlin, who died of cancer on March 26 in Culver City, California at the age of 67. Over three decades, Karlin composed more than two...


Clive Barker Raises Hell at the American Cinemateque Film Festival
by Denise Dumars (Mon 08-28-2000)

One of the more enjoyable evenings at the American Cinematheque`s 1st Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction featured a screening of the ground-breaking horror film Hellraiser and a subsequent discussion with writer-director Clive Barker ...

An Epic Gothic Rock Soundtrack
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-06-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Like many progressive metal and gothic rock bands, the Dutch group Epica has been strongly influenced by motion picture soundtracks. Their first two albums, The Phantom Agony (June, 2003), and Consign to Oblivion (April, 2005) a...

Road Up For Movie Of The Year Award
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 09-16-2002)

The nominees for the sixth annual Hollywood Film Fest's Hollywood Movie of the Year Awards have been announced. With 2002 being a great year for comic book movies, it's no surprise that one of them has landed on the best picture list. Road To Perdit...

Comic-Con News: July 23 and July 24 Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-11-2008)

The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...


Marc Shaiman receives the Henry Mancini Award for Career Achievement at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-24-2007)

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) presented its Henry Mancini Award to Marc Shaiman at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards held last Tuesday night (April 17) at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Califo...

Hoyt Curtin's Animusic
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-04-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSNewly released from England’s Silva Screen (issued in England on October 18th, in the USA on November 9th) is an expanded two-CD set of music from 1972’s BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, the Americanized version of the Japanese animated s...

A Howl of Good Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-19-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSJoe Hisaishi's sumptuous score for Hiyao Miyazaki latest anime treasure, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, has been released in Japan on the Takuma label (TKCA-72620). Like the acclaimed director's previous Oscar-winning film, SPIRITED AWAY...

Photos from the 55th Annual Emmy Awards!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Tue 10-07-2003)

It was a hot and sunny day at The Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles as I took my place in one of the photographer pens on the red carpet. Fans were in bleachers and screamed for their favorite television stars as they walked down the red carpet to...


Kong is koming
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 09-02-2004)

Universal Pictures has announced a definitive start to filming for Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. The film will start shooting this month in New Zealand for a worldwide theatrical release on December 14, 2005.The movie studio issued a press release ...

U.N.C.L.E., Tex Avery, & Oscar Noms
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-25-2007)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS  Film Score Monthly’s last release of 2006, the fourth and potentially final collection of vintage Man From U.N.C.L.E. television music, is The Spy With My Face, a collection of original scores written for...

Cinescape covers the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Tue 03-09-2004)

The last two months here in Tinsletown have been absolutely crazy. Award Show after Award Show...premiere after premiere. This next week Cinescape will catch you up on some of the events that have been happening. First up is the 10th Annual Screen Actors ...

SPOILER ALERT-Scream 2008 Awards Honor the Best in Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
by Liana Aghajanian (Tue 10-21-2008)

SPOILER ALERT, DON'T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE WINNERS   Leaving behind the glitz and glamour of typical tinsel town award ceremonies, it was a screamtastic Saturday night at Spike TV’s third annual Scream Awards. Fans dr...


Comics-to-film marketing nabs Key Art noms (Wed 03-24-2004)

Mirroring their stellar positions at the boxoffice last year, the Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures lead the nominations for The Hollywood Reporter's 33rd annual Key Art Awards honoring movie advertising excellence. However, a few comic-based movie camp...

Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters at The Cherry Blossom Anime Marathon (Washington DC) (Fri 03-30-2007)

Tokyo, March 30, 2007 After Film Comment Selects, Mamoru Oshii's movie "Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters" (original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden, 2006) comes back to the United States to be screened at the 5th Cherry Blossom Anime Mar...

Latest Archival Releases from Italy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-20-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGiallo and Eurofantasy film scores are alive and well thanks to the intrepid folks behind Digitmovies and GDM Records, whose releases for June and July are valuable and interesting restorations of rare, unreleased, or little kno...

The Wicker Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-21-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Angelo Badalamenti has always had a remarkable flair for melodic fluidity, even in the midst of very diverse and unusual scores. Moments of melodic beauty contrast with harsh expressivity in BLUE VELVET; surrealistic musical el...


It's your turn to save 'Spider-Man 2' (Fri 10-15-2004)

Now YOU, the movie fan, have a chance to vote for your favorite movie of the past year. The nominees have been selected by the Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee and the final awards will be presented at the Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony on Oc...

Zombie Bub's Special Edition
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-19-2003)

Wow – seems like there’s more DVDs every week. Let’s get to ‘em. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis week’s spotlight item has suffered for years due to unfair comparisons with previous entries in its series, and because it was released around the same time as the ...

Mania talks with "Terra" director Aristomenis Tsirbas
by Pat Ferarra (Fri 03-30-2007)

In the wake of so many lucrative CG films it’s easy to see that early blockbusters like Toy Story (1995) and Shrek (2002) were the frontrunners for traditional animation’s demise. Now 12 years after the first theatrical release of a CGI fea...

'Sin City' place to be at Key Art Awards
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 06-19-2006)

The neo-noir look and stylized visuals found in ads for Dimension Films' "Sin City" proved irresistible to movie marketers, who showered the film with four big wins during The Hollywood Reporter's 35th annual Key Art Awards honoring excellence in film adv...


Kong of Kongs, Lord of Rings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-15-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS This is definitely a week of must-haves in soundtrack new releases. Despite having had only five weeks to conceptualize, compose, orchestrate, record and mix the score after stepping in to replace Howard Shore as composer, Jame...

Honey Up Against The Law
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-13-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS A pair of vintage 1960s TV jazz scores have been released by those intrepid preservers of 60s pop culture, England's Harkit Records. Herschel Burke Gilbert was one of the pervasive composers of 1960s television music. While gai...

Alex Proyas Illuminates DARK CITY at the American Cinemateque
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 09-07-2000)

For whatever reason, Dark City failed to find an audience when it was released in January of 1998, but its reputation and stature has grown over the course of the last two years, thanks in part to the film’s release on DVD, accompanied by an audio comment...

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE: Film Preview
by Frank Garcia (Thu 11-23-2000)

While author J.K. Rowling was in Vancouver, Canada on October 25 for two appearances as part of the city`s annual Writers and Reader’s Festival, she sat down with reporters at a press conference prior to the event. Rowling spoke out about the Warner Broth...


Our Musical Pal
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-01-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSFrom La-La Land Records comes The Fantasy Film Music of George Pal (LLLCD 1016), a new limited edition collection of more than an hour's worth of music from the famed sci-fi producer's last seven films, much of which has never b...

Alien Screams and Wrong Turns
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-21-2003)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSThe latest limited edition soundtrack release from Perseverance Records (www.perseverancerecords.com) is the premiere 25th Anniversary CD release of Denny Zeitlin's remarkable score for Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake of INVASION O...

Suby's Effective Butterfly Score
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-22-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSMichael Suby is a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music, achieving a degree in film scoring in May of 2000. He wrote the music to an independent science fiction epic called ABLE EDWARDS and composed the main title them...

HALLOWEEN: Cast and Crew Reunion at American Cinematheque
by Steve Ryfle (Thu 10-19-2000)

It`s been 22 years since Michael Myers broke out of the loony bin, commandeered a government vehicle and then terrorized his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, but the trail of dead bodies left in his wake is pretty easy to follow. Without John Carpenter`...


Straight Up
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 08-18-2003)

Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Last week I asked our foreign readers to clue me in to their favorite regional shows that have somehow or other been missed by the TV Wasteland radar. Thanks to Eduardo Guardatti, from Argentina, we g...

Alex Proyas Illuminates DARK CITY, Part 2
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 09-10-2000)

[Editor`s Note: In Part One, we looked at the American Cinemateque`s screening of Dark City at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, part of their First Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror & Science-Fiction. The screening was followed by a question-and-answer...

In Praise of the Moog
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-23-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONThe soundtrack for Hans Fjellestad’s new documentary, MOOG (released this week on Hollywood 2061-62471-2), is a remarkable celebration of the electronic instrument that revolutionized 20th Century music. The invention of Robert M...

Oscar Winner Hillary Swank
by Michael Beeler (Wed 03-22-2000)

There is a new Cinderella in Hollywoodland. She comes from the bargain basement realm of low budget horror flicks, cheesy action pics and what many considered forgettable television venues. She has labored there largely unnoticed for over ten years. But t...


Dead Man's Chest and Tokyo Drift
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-06-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONHans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's masterful score for the original PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (but who, as Badelt's immediate protégé, was also believed to have had more than a slight hand in its co...

Halloween Descending
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 10-27-2003)

Based on Actual Television ShowsBooga Booga Cinescapers! Well it looks like the greatest Holiday ever is about to arrive and you know I'm talking about All Saints Day. But until then we've got some serious television programming to watch. Thanks to TCM th...

Ridley Scott
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-06-2007)

Sheer circumstance contributed to this week’s focus on our Star Spotlight column. It was either sheer force of strange happenstance or some higher power giving such inspiration. There I was at the computer with my coke and skittles ready to begin wr...

FOLLOWING
by Tony Whitt (Sun 04-28-2002)

There's nothing worse than a reviewer pronouncing that he's "seen the future of filmmaking" in the work of a particular director - so for your sake (and mine), I'll resist that temptation. I will go so far as to say that Christopher Nolan, director and wr...


EuroSpy Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSOpening with a wonderfully raucous vocal by the unmistakable Italian singer Christy (TEPEPA, RUN MAN RUN), the score for Albert De Martino's 1967 spy spoof, OK CONNERY (aka OPERATION KID BROTHER in the USA and Japan) is a terrif...

Trolling
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-11-2007)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATION  Richard’s Band’s 1986 score for Troll remains one of the best and most ambitious of his career.   Released only on LP from Restless Records and quickly evaporated into oblivion, the score h...

FREE ENTERPRISE: Love Long and Party
by Anna L. Kaplan (Thu 10-28-1999)

If you followed the original STAR TREK series, loved STAR WARS, collected comics, or action figures, if you play computer games, and maybe have been to a science fiction convention or two, you will understand FREE ENTERPRISE and enjoy it. The independent ...

Morricone's Faceless Nightmare from Beyond the Tomb
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-11-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Ennio Morricone's hauntingly lovely score for the 1965 Italian horror film, AMANTI D'OLTRETOMBA (Lovers Beyond the Tomb, but best known under its USA release title, NIGHTMARE CASTLE; although also known as NIGHT OF THE DOOMED, T...


Direct-to-Video Horrors: The Best and Worst of 1999
by John Thonen (Fri 01-07-2000)

I`ve been doing this annual survey of the best and worst of Direct To Video (DTV) for a well-known genre magazine, since 1993. While I`m happy to bring the column to the World Wide Web, I feel I should spend a few words on just what the column is about. I...

Alien 5
by Coming Attractions (Thu 07-21-2005)

Genre: Science Fiction/Horror/Sequel.Studio: 20th Century Fox.Production Company: Brandywine.Project Phase: Movies Rumored.Who's In It: No one confirmed as yet, but both Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) and Winona Ryder (Call) have voiced their interest to retur...

Ending The Year With a Howl
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-29-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Available for the first time on CD, Pino Donaggio's classic 1981 score to THE HOWLING is now available in a fine edition from La-La land Records (LLLCD 1037), digitally remastered from the original ¼ inch album master tapes. Di...

Christensen, Hilton, Cruise and MASK all win RAZZIES
by News Editor (Sun 03-05-2006)

In the newest category at this year's 26th Annual RAZZIE® Awards, mega-star Tom Cruise found himself in a lose/lose situation: Competing for Most Tiresome Tabloid Target, his Anti-Psychiatry Rant lost out to his own antics with fiancé Katie Holmes to "win...


Paul Newman Passes Away at 83
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 09-27-2008)

Paul Newman never much cared for what he once called the "rubbish" of Hollywood, choosing to live in a quiet community on the opposite corner of the U.S. map, staying with his wife of many years and — long after he became bored with acting...

"Incredibles" Does Incredible (Mon 01-31-2005)

Disney/Pixar's "The Incredibles" took home 10 Annie awards on Sunday night, including animated feature at the 32nd annual Annie Awards. Brad Bird won for both writing and directing the film as well as voicing fashionista Edna Mode in the movie. The awards...

Playing Games
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-21-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Sumthing Else (SE-2017-2) has released Jack Wall's rich score to the xbox video game, Jade Empire, on CD. The score, an impressive intermingling of orchestral samples and acoustic Chinese instruments, layers a pleasing pattern ...

Watch the Skies! And the Seas!
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-17-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS One of the best science fiction scores of the 1950s comes to CD for believe it or not the very first time with FSM's premiere release of the full Dimitri Tiomkin score for 1951's THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Vol 8. No 1). Pr...


Bridge to Terabithia & Other Song & Score Soundtracks
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-15-2007)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS  From the sublime to the rotund, we look at a quartet of song and score soundtracks for recent films – from Disney’s wondrously magical Bridge to Terabithia to the comic antics of Eddie Murphy in Nor...

Musical Gamesmanship
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-08-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSAmong the plaudits that composer/sound designer Tim Larkin has received for his recent soundtrack music on Cyan’s new video game, URU: Ages Beyond MYST (sequel to the popular MYST game) was a nomination for the "Excellence in Au...

LXG on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-07-2003)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONPulsing with bombastic horns and rhythmic string patterns, rife with high-end brass piping and driven by percussive energy, the main theme from Trevor Jones' score for THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (Varese Sarabande 302 0...

Robbing the Cradle of Life
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-24-2003)

NEW SOUNDTRACK RELEASESThe “official” soundtrack CD from Jan de Bont’s TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE is out from Hollywood Records (2061-62417-2) but don’t get too excited. It’s the typical rock song and remix collection, and most of the songs have noth...


Lone Wolf and CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-15-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSOriginal music from the legendary 1970's Japanese Samurai films series, LONE WOLF AND CUB (a.k.a. THE BABY CART SERIES) is now available from LaLaLand Records. I had the extreme pleasure to write the notes for this significant s...

Bulletproof Mizzy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-18-2003)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEric Serra's score for BULLETPROOF MONK, the Chow-Yun Fat martial arts fantasy by first-time feature director Paul Hunter released last week on DVD, is a pleasing mix of synth-ocated rhythms and sampled Asian textures. The sound...

THE TIME MACHINE Revisited
by Craig Reid (Thu 06-22-2000)

An Eloi-like line magnetically streams up Broadway Street towards the Orpheum theatre to gaze at one of the all time classics of sci-fi cinema, George Pal`s film of H.G. Wells` THE TIME MACHINE in downtown LA. By 1931, this grand theater was part of the ...

The Man Who Was There
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Tue 12-04-2001)

For a guy who's married to Lara Croft, Billy Bob Thornton doesn't seem to have the highest opinion of today's mainstream Hollywood cineplex fare. "Movies have become two-hour rock videos made by a marketing machine," drawls the Arkansas-born actor, writer...


Trailer Voice Mastermind Don LaFontaine Passes Away
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 09-02-2008)

The undisputed viceroy of voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, died Monday of complications from the treatment of an ongoing lung-related illness. He was 68. Before his death, he had provided voiceovers for an estimated 5,000 movie trailers, including "Batman...

Murphy & Lohan Get RAZZIED
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-24-2008)

As always, the Golden Raspberry Award Winners have been announced before Hollywood gives out those Oscars. Here's the latest from the Razzies.Many a RAZZIE® record was broken at this weekend's 28th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, which dis-honor Worst...

Samuel Z. Arkoff at Orpheum Theatre Halloween Spook-a-Thon
by Steve Ryfle (Thu 10-26-2000)

You may have about the sixth annual Spook-a-Thon Halloween film festival at the old Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles. We dropped in for the festivities last Friday night, including screenings of the original version of The Haunting, Frankenstein Me...

RING: Award-Winning Horror From Japan
by Norman England (Fri 01-14-2000)

What do you do? You’ve been handed a videotape by a friend who, for their sake, begs you to watch it. Only thing is, if you do, you will die exactly one week later unless you in turn pass it on for someone else to watch. It is this simple premise of RING,...


Photos from ManiaFest Day Four!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (additional photos by Harold Sherrick) (Mon 09-29-2003)

With the final day of ManiaFest also being the day of the Primetime Emmy Awards, both myself and Marcia were stretched thin covering all the action. Here is a recap of the fourth day of ManiaFest:The day got started with a panel featuring some of the heav...

And the Razzie goes to...
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-24-2003)

This past Saturday was the day that Hollywood dreads each year. The day where the powerful and elite of the entertainment industry try to ignore their ringing cellphones, to not be home when there's a knock on the door just in case it's a news crew looki...

Rodriguez to Receive Visionary Award
by News Editor (Thu 06-07-2007)

On June 15th, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will receive the first-ever Visionary Award during The Hollywood Reporter's 36th annual Key Art Awards. Kilcullen, publisher of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Robert Rodriguez is a creative genius and the...

Giving Thanks
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-22-2004)

So this is the time of year when we're all supposed to spend time dwelling on the things we're thankful for. Given the state of the world -- with famine, disease, poverty, and war rampant -- probably the most arrogant, myopic thing I could possibly do is ...


Weekly Book Buzz: Finding The Mummy in Literature
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-08-2008)

Well one might say that this is a very light week for new releases. I’d say pathetic might be a better choice of words. Honestly it really is a very slow week. With few new releases in Sci-Fi, horror and fantasy, I’ve included m...