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Aliens Vs. Predator Omnibus Vol. 1
by Tim Janson (Mon 08-20-2007)

With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark...

Alien vs. Predator (Fri 08-27-2004)

Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Twentieth Century Fox.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Sanaa Lathan (Alex Kline; Lance Henriksen (Charles Bishop Weyland); Ewen Bremmer (Graham Miller); Raoul Bova (Sebastian de Rosa); Col...

ALIENS VS PREDATOR VS TERMINATOR: Dark Horse Comics
by Edward Gross (Fri 02-04-2000)

Writer Mark Schultz cannot emphasize enough that his four-issue ALIEN VS. PREDATOR VS. TERMINATOR miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is, first and foremost, an exciting action-adventure that should appeal to fans of all three franchises. The reason for his...


ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM
by Tim Janson (Fri 04-11-2008)

The second AVP feature film fared little better than the first film from a critical standpoint. Part of the problem with the AVP films is living up to the success and acclaim of the solo films. Fox seems almost in a no-win situation with the series i...

Hell Hath No Fury
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-06-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of cutthroat Comicscape action! Late as usual, I realize the furious spell of controversy over the statue of Mary Jane Watson-Parker leaning over a laundry hamper wound down last month, but the storm ov...

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM
by Rachel Reitsleff (Wed 12-26-2007)

After Aliens in all three gestation forms run amok on a Predator ship (presumably the same one from the end of Alien Vs. Predator), the whole caboodle crashes to Earth outside a small town in Colorado. A lone Predator is sent to deal with the infestation....

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR 2
by Dan Weiland (Tue 12-18-2001)

Turn on all the lights. Open the blinds. Grab the stuffed animal that got you through the nights of older-brother induced terror. And for the love of God go to the bathroom first. Not only has Sierra created a terrific game in the way of single player act...


Trade paperback Review: Indiana Jones Omnibus Vol. 2
by Tim Janson (Wed 08-20-2008)

Dark Horse has been doing a magnificent job of digging through their 20+ year archives to present their omnibus editions for titles such as Aliens, Predator, and Indiana Jones. As it’s been over ten years since these stories first saw print the...

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS Vol. 2
by Tim Janson (Tue 09-25-2007)

When Dark Horse Comics began publishing in 1986, they took a strategic path far different than most of the other independent publishers of the day. Dark Horse was clever enough to go after licensed properties that already had a built-in fan following...

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: WAR
by Dan Cziraky (Tue 01-04-2000)

Machiko Noguchi, the only human ever to become a Blooded Hunter in the Predator clan, has been traversing the universe with the clan for over a year. Although blooded by the fallen leader Broken Tusk, she is still considered an outsider: human, small, and...

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR 2 Image Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 08-24-2007)

A first look at the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has appeared online courtesy of IGN Movies. This is the follow up the 2004 film from Fox that pitted the two sci-fi icons in combat while humans tried to get out of the way. The sequel lea...


Comicscape - June 7, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 06-07-2006)

Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...

ALIENS VS PREDATOR: EXTINCTION now on sale
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-30-2003)

Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive have shipped their latest chapter in the cosmic brawn between species, ALIENS VS PREDATOR EXTINCTION, for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Microsoft Xbox version will ship to stores on August 5.With 21 missions to go through...

Rated R ALIENS VS. PREDATOR 2 Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 08-25-2007)

Just one day after IGN revealed the first photo of Fox's upcoming ALIENS VS. PREDATOR:REQUIEM sequel, they have released the first trailer online as well. The trailer is a Red Band/ Rated-R trailer.  I realize a lot of our readers cannot view them at...

Paul Anderson Talks ALIENS VS. PREDATOR
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 08-02-2002)

Hot off the success of his zombie/videogame movie RESIDENT EVIL, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson is gearing up to make the long-rumored fanboy wetdream ALIENS VS. PREDATORmuch to the chagrin of many of those same fanboys the world over who hold a grudg...


SECOND UPDATE: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR vs. internet trailer
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 03-09-2004)

If you need a new dose of duelling extraterrestrials, then you should be informed that Apple is hosting the exclusive internet trailer for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. We've finally gotten our first looks at the Aliens, facehuggers, Predators and the human explore...

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR Rumblings?
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 10-24-2001)

It makes sense that when Sigourney Weaver mentioned that she had been talking about a fifth ALIENS film, there might also be somebody toying with the previously believed to be dead ALIENS VS. PREDATOR as well.While talking to 13th Street, producer Joel Si...

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
by Abbie Bernstein (Mon 08-16-2004)

It is the mark by which the faithful shall know one another ... If you hear an argument about who'd win in a battle between Superman vs. Batman, Darth Vader vs. Ming the Merciless, Dracula vs. the Wolfman, you know you are listening to dueling genre geeks...

Blustering Over Barcodes
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-03-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting adventure into the dark soul of American comic books! This week, I’ll expound upon a recent and controversial announcement by Diamond Comic Distributors. For those of you that may not kno...


New ALIENS VS. PREDATOR:REQUIEM Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 10-03-2007)

A new trailer for the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies. The new trailer features more bloody carnage and sequences including a shot of a Predator holding 2 Aliens at once, a scene involving some swimmin...

The Original Battle Royal
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 04-15-2008)

Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem arrives on DVD today. The meeting of two monsters squaring off toe to toe is far from an original concept. If we look back we will see a time before there was “vs.” movies, a time when monsters wo...

Cyber Monday and the New Amazon Kindle
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 11-26-2007)

With Thanksgiving already a few days cold, the holiday season (along with all of its consumer-driven trappings) has officially arrived and though economists predict lean shopping numbers for the end of this year, you wouldn’t know it by the sheer vo...

I Talked with a Zombie: Mark Kidwell on ‘68
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-10-2007)

Everyone loves zombies.  They scare the hell out of you.  They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.”  And, best of all, they eat people.  With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...


ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: Let's get ready to rumble!
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 08-05-2004)

Yahoo Movies has posted a one minute snippet from ALIEN VS. PREDATOR showing -- what else? -- an Alien and a Predator going at it...hard. The fighting prowess of both ETs is clearly shown in this teaser in a fight to the death somewhere inside the catacom...

Secret Invasion: Implications and Musings
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-09-2008)

Greetings, and welcome to another edition of Mania.com’s Comicscape. Before reading this week’s column about Marvel’s Secret Invasion, know that the issue is spoiled down to the last detail. If you haven’t read it yet, th...

More ALIEN VS. PREDATOR carnage to see
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 06-16-2004)

There's another new trailer for Fox's ALIEN VS. PREDATOR available for download on Apple's website, and it's even better than the one that hit the 'net last week. This new preview presents more of the film's set-up: humans find mysterious pyramid buried u...

Ben Johnson vs. World War Hulk
by Ben Johnson (Sat 11-24-2007)

Happy Wednesday to all, and welcome to another weekly installment of all things wondrous, wacky, and wall-crawling in the wily world of comics. Ah, and what a treat it will be, as I, Ben Johnson, in my stunning debut, razzle and dazzle and deconstruc...


Exploding Heads: My Thoughts on 52
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-23-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another weekly web of Comicscape wonder. For the past couple of weeks, we talked about Spider-Man 3 in lieu of discussing the end of DC’s weekly maxiseries, 52. The film came out the same week as the final issue of...

Words and Pictures: Comics vs. Literature
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-26-2008)

To the publisher’s credit, Marvel continues to expand its genre repertoire beyond superheroes. Though the company endures a great deal of oft-deserved criticism, it has understood an essential requirement for attracting new readers. If...

UPDATE!: More ALIEN VS. PREDATOR news!
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-16-2003)

The FilmJerk website has followed up on our ALIEN VS. PREDATOR article posted earlier today and confirmed that the action does take place in Antartica and that the film's main character is named Lex. Furthermore, FilmJerk has posted detailed character des...

It's here: the ALIEN VS. PREDATOR trailer
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-30-2003)

That was quick of 20th Century Fox: the new teaser trailer for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR is now ready for download at Apple's website.Since it is just a teaser, there's no real footage from Paul W. S. Anderson's movie to show you yet. Instead, we've got some clo...


Going Digital with Marvel
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-28-2007)

Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli...

Superman Meets Predator and...Bugs Bunny?
by Edward Gross (Fri 04-14-2000)

As if Superman hasn’t had his hands full with the likes of the Aliens (from the movie franchise of the same name) and the Terminator, now he has to turn his attention to the alien hunter known as the Predator. At about the same time, he has to go up again...

Comicscape - May 3, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-03-2006)

Greetings, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE, where I make sequential art matter. Last week, I expounded upon the relative merits (and lack thereof) of Marvel and DC's new plan to accept advertiser money for ostensibly discreet product placement i...

Comicscape - June 22, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-22-2005)

Well kids, here we are with another comic movie column. For those of you that never leave the house and still think your copy of SPAWN #1 is worth $80, BATMAN BEGINS opened on Wednesday last week. Critics have rightfully praised it as both an engaging cha...


Betterman Vol. #1 (Wed 08-25-1999)

What They SayFrom Sunrise! Contains episodes 1 & 2. The Review!\"BETTERMAN\" is a currently-running TV series created by GAOGAIGAR staffs. While GAOGAIGAR was aired nationwide at kids\' show timeslot, BETTERMAN is aired in only two areas at midnight. Th...

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol. #1 (also w/special edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 05-05-2007)

What They SayI thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were over. That is, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time travelers, and ESPers, Haruhi Suzumiya was t...

Comicscape - September 29, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-29-2004)

OPINION: The phrase "If you build it, they will come" never resonated for me more than this week: after printing what I had of the somewhat tepid response to my first call for titles you wish had never been cancelled last week, the amount of mail this wee...

Holiday Shopping Guide
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-17-2007)

With the holidays fast approaching the pressure’s on to get those gifts. If you’re like me chances are you’ve procrastinated your way yet again into another last-ditch holiday shopping debacle. But before you brave the hectic traffic and...


Trouble Chocolate Vol. #4
by Luis Cruz (Wed 10-15-2003)

What They SayEpisode 13: Deborah vs. Mecha-Deborah When a mechanical Deb assembled by Mint is mistaken by everyone at school for the real one, blood runs cold and Deborah?s temper runs hot. Episode 14: The Monster of Lake Micro-Grand It?s chaos under th...

Company hired to make Aliens and Predators
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-19-2003)

Variety is reporting that Amalgamated Dynamics, the creature effects shop, will craft the critters for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. The firm, led by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., created the creature designs for the previous two ALIEN pictures, ALIEN 3 and ALI...

Urusei Yatsura TV Vol. #35
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 12-28-2004)

What They SayIn the 35th volume of the show thta has a better shelf life than any potted meat, flowers blanket the town and start spreading rumors in \"I Hate Gossiping Flowers!\" A mysterious egg ends up on the unlikeliest of bellies in \"The Birth of Te...

My Thoughts on FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-20-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape adventure at the movies! I rarely see movies in the theater these days. Between the incessant chatter, the rising ticket prices, the ridiculous levels of air conditioning, and the overpriced ...


Places To Be, People To Kill
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 06-05-2007)

Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.   ...

Comicscape: Five Successes in Mainstream Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-04-2008)

In last week’s Comicscape, we administered a sound thrashing to the American comic industry—more specifically, Marvel and DC—for five significant problems in dire need of correction. This week, dear Maniacs, in the spirit of fairnes...

And the 2008 MTV Movie Award Nominations are...
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-06-2008)

MTV has alerted the media to their upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards. The press release and nominations can be seen below.Nerds, pirates and robots take over as MTV: Music Television today announced the nominees for the "2008 MTV Movie Awards." Dom...

Updated: AvP Intro & look at the PREDATOR Planet
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 12-11-2007)

Updated: A new video has appeared over at Yahoo UK featuring the intro to the movie. I'm told that the clip was shortened down to around 5 minutes but the scene may be a bit longer in the film version. In basics, this is the beginning of the film where yo...


WARCRAFT
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-27-2007)

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...

Schwarzenegger Governs Predatorial Aliens
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-28-2003)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONBig news for film music fans is the first ever, legitimate release of the oft-requested soundtrack to PREDATOR (VCL 0803 1022), John McTiernan's 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Rambo-Meets-Alien monster thriller. The music never ...

Spartans Returning, Y Trilogy and More Brainiac
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 03-14-2008)

Spartan sequel planned for 300? The Rumor: A sequel is on the horizon for Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the Frank Miller comic 300. The Source: Producer Mark Canton to SOSHollywood The Mania Verdict: TRUE---Warner Bros. lists the budget for 3...

Comicscape - April 27, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-27-2005)

Before we dive in, there's a new, official-type e-mail address you can reach me at. You can still get me at kurtamacker@yahoo.com, but now comicscape@cinescape.com is up and it comes directly to me. It mostly just makes me look slightly official when I'...


Comicscape: What is Owed? Continuity for New and Old Readers
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-21-2008)

With the release of the first issue of DC’s Final Crisis only a week away and Marvel’s Secret Invasion already in full-swing, the two major publishers continue to face the challenge posed by new readers. In both crossovers, the stories ar...

Turning on the New Radio with Alex Cahill and Jad Ziade
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-30-2007)

Over the past couple of years, Jad Ziade and Alex Cahill’s fledgling publishing company, The New Radio, has garnered the attention of the mainstream comics press with their one-shots Xeric-Award-winning Something So Familiar and, later, The Island. ...

What Women Don’t Want
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-14-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another serving of Comicscape calamity, where we rise above the fray and endorse insight over insults, and wisdom over whining.  Once again, thanks to everyone for your praise and criticism in the comments secti...

Civil War and the Road Ahead
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-28-2007)

Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another calamitous Comicscape adventure, where we crack wise about comics and I insult movies everyone else likes.  Last week’s admittedly merciless review of Ghost Rider garnered very little mail – n...


ENCHANTED Dances into Top Spot
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 11-25-2007)

The holiday weekend played out exactly as expected for the most part with Disney’s Enchanted weaving its magical fairytale straight into 1st place above the rest of the pack. It was a weekend for the family as this box office report will point, spel...

Comicscape - December 21, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-21-2005)

Last week, I proposed an interesting solution to the crossover and continuity issue that plagues the comic reading experience. In short, I suggested that Marvel and DC drastically reduce titles per character and any in excess of, say, two, should occur ou...

Weekend Box Office Report for January 19-21
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 01-21-2007)

The weekend estimates are in and it looks too close to call. I’ll go ahead and call it anyway though, folks. 1st place goes to Stomp The Yard (pulling in 13.3 mil) while Night of the Museum is only 300,000 dollars behind at 2nd place. Yes, that&rsqu...

Comicscape - June 14, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 06-14-2006)

After a successful run with indie publisher Shooting Star Press, Tom Waltz and Casey Malone's CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE has found a new home in trade paperback form at IDW. The black and white miniseries tells the chilling story of a black ops squad of only ...


License To Ill
by Damon Brown (Tue 02-20-2007)

You have to feel sad for Vin Diesel. Aside from his career shift from bad-ass Pitch Black to The Pacifier (or, as I like to call it, Adventure In Babysitters 2: First Blood), the former $20 million man is perhaps the only person in videogame land, and...

Quadrilogy
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-29-2008)

‘The Invasion’ hits the street today on DVD and though not many people saw it I thought it was worth at least a one time viewing. It was entertaining but the original ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1956) and the ‘Inva...

Civil Words
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-07-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom.  Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately.  For whatever r...

Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)

Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it. Another thing, if ...


Comicscape - September 7, 2005
by Al Brown (Wed 09-07-2005)

Hey! It's Al Brown, filling in for Kurt Amacker this week. I'm filling in because Kurt lived in New Orleans. He'll live there again, but right now he doesn't because New Orleans got the Aquaman treatment.Hey, listen, I ain't rich. You ain't either. If you...

Comicscape: Halfway There: A Midsummer Report
by Ben Johnson (Wed 09-03-2008)

Hello Maniacs and welcome to Wednesday. Our regular columnist was forced into other duties as he assists in the unenviable task of evacuating hundreds of thousands of people from his native stomping grounds of New Orleans and protecting that same cit...

An Ode to the Children's Picture Book
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-11-2008)

Back before Bantam’s Choose Your Own Adventure novels and R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps, the children’s picture book reigned supreme. Their over-sized, color-splashed pages provide kids with a magical place where genre has no meaning, every li...

A Fantastic Feud: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-27-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another controversial edition of Comicscape! Last week’s review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer sparked a hellacious debate on the comment section unlike few we’ve seen on the site. It ...


Voice of Gojira: Remembering Akira Ifukube
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-16-2006)

THE FILM MUSIC OF AKIRA IFUKUBE Akira Ifukube has maintained a notably symphonic style in his prolific array of film scores, utilizing traditional Japanese styles and voicings for many of his adventure and dramatic films, while embodying his music for sci...

2007: The Year in Review, Part One
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 12-28-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another swan dive into the shallow end of the pool with Comicscape! Because of the Christmas holiday, UPS won’t deliver the comics to the shops until today.  I imagine a few of you have already succumbed ...

Singles, Trades, and Hardcovers, Oh My!
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-22-2006)

After last week’s insanity over the scheduling change that wasn’t, no one responded to my column about 52.  I don’t really blame you, given the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the move.  But, rest assured, dear readers: ...

Comicscape - May 10, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-10-2006)

All right, I can finally stop buying INFINITE CRISIS books. It's over. Yes, there's the BRAVE NEW WORLD special, AFTERMATH, ONE YEAR LATER, and 52, but the event itself has finally concluded. This week in COMICSCAPE, I'm going to offer some of my thoughts...


Wagging Tongues: Ten Questions with Gene Simmons
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-10-2007)

You think you know Gene Simmons. You know Kiss and the Demon with the extraordinary tongue, the actor, and the writer. Now, in his effort to enter every medium imaginable, Simmons has branched into comic book publishing with his IDW imprint, Sim...

Rise Up and Hear the Bells: The Return of Captain America
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-30-2008)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another rip-roaring Comicscape! Two important things happened in comics this week: the new Captain America premiered and Y The Last Man concluded after a very well-regarded run. Each deserves their own Comicsca...

One Comicscape, Many Subjects
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-16-2008)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another dive into the shallow end of Comicscape! Last week’s none-too-scientific analysis of the many 1990s throwbacks plaguing the industry generated a lot of comments, but little mail. I intended to run...

Comicscape - December 7, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-07-2005)

I got a great batch of mail from last week's column about Marvel's Ultimate and DC's All-Star imprints. But before we get to your letters, a couple of things happened in the comic world upon which I must opine. The X3 trailer hit the web on Monday. You ca...


Zuda and the Future of Web Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-11-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! All you aspiring creators raise your hopes and put the coffee on, because DC Comics will open the golden gates to comic book professionalism in October. On Monday, The New Y...

B-yond Your Usual Movie Experience
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-25-2005)

Usually at this time I'd be plugging B-Fest 9 (www.b-fest.com), the 24-hour B-movie marathon I attend every year. I'd be crowing about how this show combines a love for trashy cinema with a grueling endurance test, and explaining how MYSTERY SCIENCE THEAT...

Comicscape - August 2, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 08-02-2006)

When Boom! Studios published the first issue of WAR OF THE WORLDS: SECOND WAVE in March, the cover offered a quote from writer Mark Waid, who called the series "a sci-fi WALKING DEAD." I reviewed that very issue and, while I enjoyed it, remained cautious...

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...


MOVIE MANIACS 6
by Scott Collura (Thu 06-26-2003)

The notion of an ALIEN VS. PREDATOR team-up has long thrilled fans, and it has come to fruition in a variety of mediumsthough the film version has yet to materialize (Paul W.S. Anderson is reportedly at work on a script for such a film right now, however)...

Comiscape - February 22, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-22-2006)

Ever since Max Fleischer's theatrical Superman cartoons amazed children in 1941, comic books have remained almost synonymous with animation. The connection should seem obvious enough -- still drawings invigorated with motion and sound. Animation almost se...

Logan's Run: Short Run Good Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-25-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSA perhaps forgotten short-lived TV series from 1977 has been mined as this month’s Silver Age Classic from FSM. A thoroughly satisfying compilation of all the original music written for the 14-episode TV series, LOGAN’S RUN (FSM...

Comicscape - April 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-28-2004)

OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ...


AMC MONSTERFEST 2002
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 10-25-2002)

For many a horror fan, Halloween is amateur night, when the whole world wants to party in the graveyard we live in. But the holiday has its distinct advantages, and pretty high on the list is the accessibility of horror movies on TV. In between parties an...

Polish Curse in Burbank
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-11-2003)

As digital video has become a legitimate format for feature film production, we pause this week to look back on how home video has played a major part in the evolution of motion pictures over the past two decades or so. Remember, once EVIL DEAD was just a...

Strause Bros. Talk About AVP:REQUIEM
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 12-20-2007)

In just five days, when a lot of people will be opening Christmas presents from their loved ones, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR:REQUIEM will be invading theaters. With the marketing aspect of this film reaching its climax, Ryan Rotten had a chance to sit ...

Cylons in America
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-28-2008)

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...


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...

2176
by Karl Schneider (Wed 08-23-2006)

Last Updated: August 23, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, MusicalProduction Company: Alter Ego EntertainmentDistributors: Nu-Image Films (International Media)Project Phase: In DevelopmentBudget: NAWho's In It: NAWho's Making It: Thunder Lev...

Comicscape - December 17, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-17-2003)

OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis...

I Am Legend
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-03-2007)

As the Fall season rapidly approaches, one of fiction’s most popular manifestations of the Other is lurking from the shadows and sizing up your jugular in a slew of new horror, fantasy, and even science fiction literature.   Hello Maniac read...


Top 10 Worst Shows That Need a Remake
by Rich Kuras (Thu 05-22-2008)

With remade versions of Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider enjoying great popularity and a big screen A-Team movie in the hopper, it appears there’s still a public demand for cheesy TV entertainment. With that in mind, we present our list of clas...

Universal Announces Upcoming DVD Titles, Including MUMMY RETURNS
by John Thonen (Tue 06-26-2001)

Universal pictures recently announced three upcoming titles that will soon be appearing on DVD with loads of extras, while looming on the horizon is a special edition release of one of the most important anime features ever made.THE MUMMY RETURNS release ...

Harry Potter goes Greek…err Latin
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-26-2006)

The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...