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"Apollo Creed from Rocky II"
by Carlos Mejia (Sun 02-04-2007)

...e damaged Apollo Creed figure from Rocky II is a solid figure.   First it’s pretty cool to say that you own an Apollo Creed figure. With the exception of Rocky, Apollo is perhaps the most popular character in the franchise’s histor...

ROCKY
by Troy Roberts (Mon 08-12-2002)

...ng Rocky, Apollo Creed, Tommy Gunn, Ivan Drago, and of course, Clubber Lang.When asked about his role in the game, Mr. T had some nice comments. Rocky beating up on Apollo Creed © Rage "Well, I just told them to make me look good," Mr. T j...

Goodbye, Mr. Ritter
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 09-15-2003)

...) Because Apollo Creed has nothing better to do, Rocky gets a second chance. TEEN TITANS (9 pm, TOON) Slade's identity becomes the Robin's obsession. SOUTH PARK (10 pm, COM) Satan finds himself locked in dual relationships of opposite extremes. (Repeat...


HULK Footage Finally Shown?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 02-11-2008)

...ocky III? Apollo Creed wants to hit Rocky in their friendly duel? That's exactly the way the trailer ends. Abomination wants to hit Hulk. Hulk wants to hit Abomination, but before it actually happens the trailer is over. Abomination looks like a Hulk w...

ROCKY
by James Stevenson (Fri 12-27-2002)

...n fights, Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and the like. As you move through the storyline and defeat different boxers, they are unlocked for you to use in the exhibition and multiplayer modes.Boxing is a game of chess. You have to vary your punches, use com...

Alter Egos Unveils Balrog Bust, BSG Viper & More
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 10-03-2007)

... Rocky Apollo Creed 12 Inch Figure Rocky Clubber Lang 12 Inch Figure Rocky Ivan Drago 12 Inch Figure Rocky Rocky Balboa 12 Inch Figure Spider-Man 3 Red Spider-Man Statue (Sideshow) Spider-Man 3 Black Spider-Man Statue (...

APOLLO 13
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-29-2005)

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...


Black Cat Vol. #2
by Justin Rich (Wed 07-04-2007)

What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train's conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Creed is sent out to retrieve their best...

Apollo & Starbuck White Uniform Exclusive 2-Pack
by News Editor (Sun 01-08-2006)

This special edition boxed set of 12" collectible figures of Apollo and Starbuck from the classic 1978 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV series is limited to only 500 sets. The set is based on the "Experiment in Terra" episode in which the two main characters are e...

First look of Liev Schreiber As CREED
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 03-04-2008)

Some new Sydney set photos have appeared online for X-Men Origins: Wolverine which gives us an chance to check out Liev Schreiber in his Victor Creed persona-military days alongside Hugh Jackman's character. The film will hit theaters May 1, 2009.There's ...

Apollo Chaos in INCREDIBLE HULK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-20-2007)

A few days ago, we heard word that filming was ready to begin this week on the set of Yonge Street in Toronto for the upcoming installment of THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Superhero Hype has now provided some photos of some shots from last night's chaos from ...


Schreiber Playing Creed in WOLVERINE?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 01-11-2008)

It seems that previous reports pegging Liev Schreiber as a young William Stryker in X-Men Origins:Wolverine could end up being wrong. Fellow geeks over at CHUD now report that Schreiber is in fact centering on the Victor Creed role while Michael C. Hall (...

Black Cat Vol. #3
by Justin Rich (Thu 07-19-2007)

What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train's conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Sought by both the Chronos Numbers and t...

CreeD: UTOPIATE from Image
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 10-05-2001)

Former WITCHBLADE writer Christina Z. is teaming with CreeD creator and GHOST RIDER artist Trent Kaniuga on CreeD: UTOPIATE, a four-issue series from Image Comics.Here's how she describes the story project:"CreeD is the dark, twisted tale of teenager, Mar...

ASSASSIN'S CREED
by Tim Janson (Wed 03-26-2008)

Ever since I saw the first commercials for Assassins Creed I knew this was a game I had to play. As a history buff, the chance to play a game set in the Holy land during the time of the Crusades was simply irresistible. Now as you may have heard...


Ubisoft Announces CREED For November
by News Editor (Fri 06-08-2007)

Ubisoft has announced the worldwide launch for the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed™ will be in November 2007. The Assassin's Creed franchise will make its debut on the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360 video gam...

Assassin's Creed
by Captain Gordon Edward (Fri 06-08-2007)

Game:   Assassin's Creed   Plot:   The setting is 1191 AD and the Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. As the character Altair you intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. You are an Assassin,...

Black Cat Vol. #5
by Bryan Morton (Thu 06-12-2008)

What They SayIt is the eve of the battle between the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star, and an understudy has stepped onto the stage. This stray alliance follows the code of the Sweeper. Creed Diskenth has unleashed new and terrible forces onto...

Is the original Apollo coming to the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-29-2004)

Reports have surfaced at Hollywood North Report that original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA cast member Richard Hatch has met with new GALACTICA writer/producer Ronald D. Moore about creating a part for him on the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series. According to unco...


Black Cat Vol. #4
by Bryan Morton (Fri 03-07-2008)

What They SayFriends watch their company grow while foes are slowly whittled away. Losses for both the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star can only be good news for the hunted Black Cat. But as one slowly slips from power, the other quickly rises...

APOLLO 13 gets re-release on IMAX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 03-20-2002)

Universal Pictures is having APOLLO 13 go where THE MATRIX, JURASSIC PARK 3 and GLADIATOR have gone before, and that's IMAX theaters across America. But unlike those releases, which just projected those films in their 35mm formats on the giant IMAX screen...

The Ups and Downs of Supernatural Blondes
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-31-2005)

Apparently it pays to be a thirtysomething psychic criminal consultant on NBC, but it doesn't to be a teenaged daughter of Satan on Fox.NBC has not only added three episodes to their season order of MEDIUM, but they went ahead and ordered a second full se...

Black Cat Vol. #5
by Justin Rich (Thu 08-02-2007)

What They SayIt is the eve of the battle between the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star, and an understudy has stepped onto the stage. This stray alliance follows the code of the Sweeper. Creed Diskenth has unleashed new and terrible forces onto...


Apollo 13 IMAX proves lucky
by Mike Whybark (Wed 10-02-2002)

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...

More on APOLLO 13 IMAX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 03-22-2002)

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...

More on APOLLO 13 IMAX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 03-21-2002)

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...

Black Cat Box Set
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 04-10-2008)

What They SaySven is your run-of-the-mill sweeper (a.k.a. bounty hunter): down on his luck, haunted by the perpetual grumbling of his stomach and looking to make enough cash just to get by. When a damsel in distress enlists his aid, Sven crosses paths wit...


Black Cat Vol. #2
by Bryan Morton (Fri 11-09-2007)

What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train's conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Creed is sent out to retrieve their best...

Aquarion Season 1 Box Set 1
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 03-24-2008)

What They SayWhen the Shadow Angels invade after 12,000 years of slumber, humanity is held captive by fear and sheer alien dominance. Eleven years after the Great Catastrophe decimated the world, most of those left alive are scavengers, dirty and starving...

Theaters not on the BUBBLE
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 01-31-2006)

Last Friday, the new Steven Soderbergh murder mystery opened in theaters in "select markets" (translation: probably far away from you). Today it's being released on DVD. This may be the shortest time gap between theatrical release and DVD, but I'm not so ...

Star Trek and the Singularity
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-04-2008)

After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.” It’...


Schreiber Set to Strike WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 10-18-2007)

A new actor, a plot summary and release date have come down the wires this morning in regards to the WOLVERINE, says Variety. Up to this point, the release has been TBA 2008 leaving a lot of us wondering how they would wrap up shooting and post production...

Dan Jolley Writes SABRETOOTH
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-09-2002)

Dan Jolley is writing a SABRETOOTH mini-series is targeted to start in May."The story is called 'Mary Shelley Overdrive,' referring to the group of guys Creed finds himself in conflict with, because they've modified themselves in such a way that it's a li...

Black Cat Vol. #6
by Justin Rich (Wed 01-30-2008)

What They SayAs the world rejoices in its newfound freedom from terror, their celebration is short-lived as an even greater threat reassembles from the wreckage: The Zero Numbers. Led by traitors from both sides, this new enemy is bent on establishing a "...

Venus 5
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 02-23-1999)

What They Say"The Inma Ball:" From the darkness of the past, Necros and the Lords of her perverted Inma Empire have been reborn. She plans to revive the god Apollo from his ten-thousand-year slumber and receive his gift of infinite power - clearing the wa...


"Wolverine" #50
by Kurt Amacker (Sun 02-04-2007)

This is it: the final Wolverine and Sabretooth fight, or so they say.  I really like Wolverine – the series and the character.  The image of Logan and Victor Creed fighting in the snow stands as one of the most iconic moments in Marvel ...

Battling Battlestars
by John Thonen (Tue 10-26-1999)

It`s been over 20 years since ABC canceled Universal Studios` TV series, BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA. The show told the adventures of a band of intergalactic wanderers, survivors of a decimated outer space civilization, battling the evil, robotic cylons while ...

Black Cat Vol. #4
by Justin Rich (Mon 07-23-2007)

What They SayFriends watch their company grow while foes are slowly whittled away. Losses for both the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star can only be good news for the hunted Black Cat. But as one slowly slips from power, the other quickly rises...

"Battlestar Galactica: Taking a Break from All Your Worries"
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Tue 01-30-2007)

I am an unabashed BSG fan and I wear that moniker proudly.  Through its first three seasons, it has grown to become one of the best written and most compelling series on television.  With that said, I do still have memories of the less than ...


Black Cat Vol. #3
by Bryan Morton (Fri 01-11-2008)

What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train's conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Sought by both the Chronos Numbers and t...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Season 3
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 03-21-2008)

When last we left the crew of the Battlestar Galactica, at the end of season two, their settlement on New Caprica was being invaded by the Cylons. Both Admiral Adama (Edward James Olmos) and Commander Adama (Jamie Bamber) decide to jump away from New...

Black Cat Vol.#02
by Jarred Pine (Fri 04-28-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kentaro YabukiTranslated by:JN ProductionsAdapted by:What They SayTrain's partner Sven is determined to rescue Eve, a girl-turned-bioweapon, from the dangerous arms dealers who are holding her captive. Sven and Train soon disc...

Submarine 707R
by Bryan Morton (Fri 07-07-2006)

What They SayTo combat the terrorist organisation known as the Underwater Silence Revolution (USR), eleven countries combine their naval forces to form the Peace Keeping Navy (PKN). However, all hell breaks loose when Admiral Red and his USR submarine UX ...


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Black Market
by Jason Davis (Mon 01-30-2006)

In my review of "Resurrection Ship Part 2," I noted that Lee Adama was still somewhat of an enigma as far as the audience is concerned. "Black Market" provided an integral piece of the puzzle posed by the character's seeming death wish with the revelatio...

SKELETONS unearthed at DreamWorks
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-13-2004)

DreamWorks is moving quickly on bringing one of their adventure projects into active production. SKELETONS OF THE SAHARA is based on the Dean H. King non-fiction book of nearly the same title (which is SKELETONS OF THE ZAHARA: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL, pu...

Greenwalt's Revenge
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-24-2005)

Have I mentioned recently how much I love the TV-on-DVD phenomenon? A lot, that's how much.What got me thinking about this was perusing the always-useful tvshowsondvd.com this past week and finding two announcements that, despite the glut of unlikely (and...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: to be or not to be, that is the question
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 02-03-2004)

Today's Hollywood Reporter confirms the story we ran this past weekend, that the contracts for the actors from Sci Fi Channel's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA mini-series were picked up. Curiously, Reporter said that the options for the "top cast members" were pick...


WOLVERINE: THE END #1
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-12-2003)

Victor Creed, the man once known as Sabretooth, has died, and an older and creakier Logan has decided to attend the funeral. While there, the attorney for Creed's estate hands him a letter which leads him back to his ancestral home. But Logan has no memor...

Blind Leading the Blind
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 03-14-2005)

NYPD BLUE finally wrapped last week after 12 long seasons. While it's always sad to see a quality show go, BLUE was probably several seasons overdue, and at least they went out on their own terms. Besides, for the first time in 12 years, I don't have to w...

GALACTICA game gone gold
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-27-2003)

The long-awaited BATTLESTAR GALACTICA video game has been completed. The master disc has now been shipped to the manufacturer for duplication, a stage known in the video game industry as "gone gold". The game will be available for purchase by PlayStation ...

THE LAST BATTLESTAR
by Scott Collura (Thu 04-01-2004)

There are those who believe that life here began out there... somewhere in the archives of Universal Pictures, that is, where the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episodes can be found. Fortunately for those fans, the studio has finally seen fit to...


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Resistance
by Jason Davis (Thu 08-11-2005)

Absolute rubbish! In my day, Triad was the professional sport played with gusto by Colonial survivors while Pyramid was a card game with difficult to shuffle hexagonal cards. Where are the Borellian Nomen? What happened to lurid womanizing, not to mention...

Killer Queen
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-25-2006)

Sony is attempting to keep the UMD format viable with a new marketing strategy lately. They've been bundling together the UMD and DVD editions of certain films at a special price. It's hard to figure their reasoning here, but I think they're assuming some...

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 protg, was also believed to have had more than a slight hand in its co...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Resurrection Ship Part 1
by Jason Davis (Mon 01-09-2006)

Hot on the heels of executive producer David Eick who scripted last year's "Home", director Michael Rymer sets pen to paper to deliver the teleplay for "Resurrection Ship, Part 1." Rymer's no stranger to screenwriting having penned his directorial debut,...


COMIC-CON: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA gets noticed
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-21-2003)

Last Friday at the San Diego Comic-Con The Sci-Fi Channel hosted a panel promoting their upcoming relaunch of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, a four-hour mini-series starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell. In attendance were stars Jamie Bamber (Apollo), Kat...

Comicscape April 13, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-13-2005)

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...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Scattered
by Jason Davis (Mon 07-18-2005)

As he able proved in the freshman season of CARNIVALE, Ronald D. Moore is a master of the intricate set-up that later lets stories tell themselves with seeming ease and elegance. "Scattered" is emblematic of this technique as Colonel Saul Tigh is left in...

Devil's Daughter Dies; Leaping Slayer Returns
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 03-28-2005)

Maybe all the campaigning by TRU CALLING fans worked out after all. This week Eliza Dushku and Jason Priestly return to the small screen in all their corpse-assisting, day-reliving glory. Then again, maybe not, since it's only back to burn off the remaini...


The Absolute Authority
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 02-19-2002)

DC Comics is collecting the first 12 issues of WildStorm Productions' THE AUTHORITY in THE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY VOLUME ONE, a 320-page slipcased, oversized (8 1/8" x 12 1/4") hardcover edition reprinting the run by Warren Ellis and artists Bryan Hitch and P...

Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind (Editor's Choice Edition) Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Fri 07-16-2004)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hayao MiyazakiTranslated by:David Lewis and Toren SmithAdapted by:What They SayAcademy Award winner Hayao Miyazaki has created an epic environmental cautionary tale! This masterpiece is now available in a new edition in its or...

In UK Theaters: NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (Tue 11-20-2007)

SEE NARUTO THE MOVIE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN… ON THE BIG SCREEN! NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW, the first big screen spin-off from the phenomenally successful Naruto anime series, comes to DVD on 24th December 2007, pack...

Clamoring Toward 2001
by Denise Dumars (Fri 12-22-2000)

Lucky 13 Black Cat CandleEver burn a Lucky 13 Black Cat candle? You can get them at your local occult supply store or any hipster shop in, say, Silverlake, Santa Monica, or Los Feliz (all California, natch). I get them at Botanica St. Anthony in old downt...


Battle Athletes OVA Vol. #1
by Jacob Hurtado (Wed 02-06-2002)

The Review!I had held off from viewing this series (as I am doing with Bastard!!) since I knew it was going to arrive on DVD. Everyone knows that once you go DVD there's no going back to VHS. The transfer is absolutely dead on with no visual flaws that my...

Black Cat Vol. #5 (Thu 08-30-2007)

What They SayThe Cat's showdown It is the eve of the battle between the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star, and an understudy has stepped onto the stage. This stray alliance follows the code of the Sweeper. Creed Diskenth has unleashed new and ...

Venus 5
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 08-28-2003)

What They SayAn evil empire of sex-crazed supernatural beings threatens to take over the world... and the Gold Star College Campus! A team of sexy super-heroines stand ready to defend the planet’s virtue: The Venus Five!The Review!College girls in s...

El Hazard OVA Vol. #2
by Martin Thom (Tue 02-12-2008)

What They SayThe legendary Demon God, ""Ifurita,"" has awakened. Serving her new master Jinnai, she begins a campaign of devastation throughout the land of El-Hazard. Now, despite their numbers, the priestesses are hard pressed to match the power of ...


The Making of CAPRICORN ONE
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 04-20-2000)

Fifteen years before The X-Files made government conspiracy a way of life, there was Capricorn One. Born from post-Watergate angst and televisions increasing technological versatility, the film remains an effective thriller and adventure story, tightly-...

SCIOGRAPHY
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 07-24-2000)

The Sci-Fi Channel added a new original program to its lineup on Sunday July 16th. SCIOGRAPHY, a behind-the-scenes look at classic science fiction television shows aired its first installment, an examination of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. This hour of program...

Seeing UNSEEN EVIL - Part One
by John Thonen (Tue 03-26-2002)

So, you walk into your local video superstore this week and find the new-release wall covered with twenty copies of some snore-fest, and maybe fifty copies of some pretentious waste of time. Then, you realize you've seen every other major new release. Now...

Seeing UNSEEN EVIL Part Two
by John Thonen (Sun 03-31-2002)

Director Jay Woelfel's UNSEEN EVIL stars Richard Hatch (Apollo from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) and Tim Thomerson (Jack Deth himself) in a pleasantly surprising, low budget, direct-to-video little chiller. Today we continue our profile of Woelfel and his partic...


BOO! It's Halloween!
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Mon 10-30-2006)

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...

Album Charts Top 10 (Week Ending Dec. 30)
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 01-03-2002)

December was all Creed's WEATHERED, hanging on to the top spot of in album sales for the entire month, and into the New Year.Besides Creed, there was some jockeying around of albums that have become mainstays of the top ten, though Nas' STLLMATIC debuted ...

GRENDEL: BLACK, WHITE & RED
by Jason Henderson (Wed 09-20-2000)

Matt Wagner`s Grendel: Black, White & Red gives us a tour through the world of master assassin and best-selling author Hunter Rose, also known as Grendel. The trade paperback collects short stories, each of them written by Wagner and drawn by a different ...

Hitch's AUTHORITY Farewell
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 08-21-2001)

Before he joins Mark Millar on Marvel's ULTIMATES title, artist Bryan Hitch will have one last AUTHORITY story.Hitch is drawing - and writing - the lead story for THE AUTHORITY: WIDESCREEN special, a 48-page one-shot which arrives in November from WildSto...


INCREDIBLE HULK #55
by Tony Whitt (Mon 06-23-2003)

A woman working at a secret experimental facility throws herself in front of a subway train, despite having just gotten engaged. At that same facility, another woman is raped after coming onto one of her co-workers, though neither of them remember their a...

Mania Exclusive Interview: Winterbirth Author Brian Ruckley
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-28-2008)

Featuring skillfully-crafted narrative, multilayered characters, and politics more bloody than a George R.R. Martin parley, Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth delivers an epic tour de force in what Entertainment Weekly describes as “heroic fantasy sp...

Gatekeepers Vol. #4
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 03-23-2002)

What They SayBaron Akuma (Akuma Hakushaku) has forced the AEGIS team to crash on a tropical island where their dreams suspiciously come true! Then, the destructive Kaiser Kikai (Kikai Shogun) turns the bullet train into a missile headed straight for Tokyo...

More Set Photos for WOLVERINE Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-18-2008)

A week after the last batch, some more set photos have appeared online for Fox's upcoming prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Director Gavin Hood is going to introduce the character from childhood and eventually bridge the gap of the clawed superhero charac...


Book Buzz: The Author-Reader Relationship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-07-2008)

Back in the olden days an author’s book was the sole connection to his readership. Regardless of the story particulars a writer’s characters, places and themes are their own private dialogue to a very public world. But outside of actually read...

Aquarion Season 1 Part 1
by Tim Janson (Wed 04-23-2008)

Aquarion or Genesis of Aquarion is the product of Shôji Kawamori, the man who created Vision of Escaflowne as well as much of the Macross series. Aquarion is yet another giant Mecha series that ran for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo in 2005. This...

The Wire: End of an Era
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-10-2008)

After five seasons of heart-wrenching, cathartic drama, THE WIRE has finally come to an end. “-30-,“ the 93-minute finale, rounded out the HBO original series last night in true Dickensian style and, for one last time, proved that a television...

Clip from DIARY OF THE DEAD Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 02-01-2008)

The first clip for Diary of the Dead has popped up online courtesy of Shock Til You Drop. Judging from the clip, director George A. Romero is showing field reporters how to be at the wrong place at the wrong time for a good scoop. This next installment in...


Gambit is Cast, Dead Pool Update for WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 02-19-2008)

Superhero Hype has learned that actor Taylor Kitsch ("Friday Night Lights") will play Remy LeBeau aka Gambit in the upcoming origin tales. There's been rumors that the character will be making an appearance since production was scheduled fo...

New Promo Pic For WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 07-07-2008)

I'm a bit curious on why the first two promo pictures for 20th Century Fox's upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine are so generic but perhaps, they're saving the more exciting stills for last. I'll put the latest photo from Empire Magazine and the first promo...

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...

Freedom Vol. #6 HD DVD
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 07-01-2008)

What They SayFirst Japanese animation in HD DVD/DVD twin format to be released simultaneously in Japan and North America, HD DVD includes HDi network function that allows to watch extra features, High-quality animation combining 2D and 3D graphics. Requir...


Nightmare Campus
by Giaourus Ericus (Sat 02-16-2002)

The Review!AUDIO: A+ I'm primarily using the original Japanese audio track for this review. Both the Japanese and English tracks are in Dolby Digital Stereo. Overall, a very good job, with everything clear, crisp and undistorted. In particular, the lovely...

Black Cat Vol. #1 (also w/limited edition)
by Justin Rich (Wed 01-10-2007)

What They SaySven is your run-of-the-mill sweeper (aka bounty hunter) - down on his luck, haunted by the perpetual grumbling of his stomach and looking to make enough cash to get by. Oh, and he can see the future, but only about five minutes into it. When...

Gantz Season 1 Complete Collection
by Dan Barry (Fri 02-02-2007)

What They SayHe thought he was dead. The last thing Kei remembers is the train running over his own body. But now he is in a room filled with strangers, all resurrected by a strange, featureless black sphere known only as the Gantz. Caught in a strange re...

23.5 Degrees: The Chant of the Canted Companions
by Stella Maris (Sat 07-12-2008)

As it was already quite late by the time Soph and I checked into Le Grand Monarque Hotel in Chartres, we decided to stay in and order up room service while we consulted the small library of books on Chartres Cathedral that we had brought with us. Our plan...


Wild Cardz
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 11-09-1999)

What They SayNew from U.S. Manga Corps! From the directors of CUTEY HONEY and CAT GIRL NUKU NUKU! Here come the Crown Knights: Sunday Spades — the poker-faced leader and possessor of the mysterious trump power! Jo Diamonds — who can run at the...

The SCREEN ACTOR GUILD Nominations Are...
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 12-21-2007)

This particular award show may end up ultimately being the award show for 2007 films and television shows. As you know, the WGA denied requests for waivers to the Globes and Oscars. In fact, the WGA plans to picket the Globes, which has a lot of insi...

Gerard Butler & Natalie Portman in WOLVERINE?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 12-07-2007)

Well, that's what Devin over at CHUD is reporting as possible future casting for X-MEN ORIGINS:WOLVERINE. The site says that production for the upcoming spin-off is reaching out to Gerard Butler to fill in the shoes of Creed (aka Sabertooth), previously p...

AMVs: Easy as 1, 2, 3!
by Janet Houck (Thu 03-15-2007)

Anime music videos, fan-made videos where music is paired to anime video clips, have a universal appeal, to the point where you can’t imagine a fandom convention (including comics, and sci-fi and fantasy, as well as anime) without some AMVs (anim...


Samuel L. Jackson
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 03-26-2007)

When talking about the great character actors of modern cinema, only a handful of individuals spring to that movie homage infested brain of mine. These are the actors who can fit into the shoes of any given character with such style that they make a l...

Keith Richards certainly blows.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 04-07-2007)

Sorry, Maniacs. The title above is as accurate a description for this week’s craziness as I could find. After reading this column or the news at all this week, you’ll certainly agree with it. Keith Richards certainly does blow…as a s...

Inheritance Trilogy Still in Stride
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 03-13-2007)

Whether or not you enjoyed the rather hollow cinematic translation of Eragon this past December, there’s no denying that Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Trilogy has legs. Ever since the first book’s film adaptation release, the seco...

Kidnapped on DVD
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Sun 02-11-2007)

There were a lot of new episodic series this season, most of which only lasted a few episodes.  Episodic TV draws rabid fans though; if you start a story in that genre then viewers want to know how it all ends.  Many of these series such as ...


Jingle Bells 24-7
by Brian Thomas (Mon 12-04-2006)

Every year I get into the same spirit once December rolls around. Heck, it usually comes on much earlier – that certain special feeling one gets when everyone begins to hustle around cheerily shopping and decorating their houses and/or cubicles ...

Punktown and Good Omens are Back to Mix Things UP
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-05-2006)

A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).  Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous...

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 ...

WOLVERINE #55
by Kurt Amacker (Tue 07-31-2007)

Marvel finally reveals Sabretooth’s relationship to Wolverine in this 55th issue of the titular character’s series.  After years of red herrings and false reveals about their relationship – father and son; clones; brothers – t...


A Literate Look at the Strike of ‘08
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 11-05-2007)

The first volume in the new Heroes print collection may be debuting this week, but Heroes: Origins, the NBC hit’s next TV incarnation, isn’t faring nearly so well. This Halloween saw the expiration of the WGA’s contract with the Alliance...

Knepper Battles With WOLVERINE?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 11-20-2007)

Placing this under Rumor Control until we get a confirmation but still passing along that Robert Knepper may be the next actor cast for X-MEN ORIGINS:WOLVERINE. The Denver Post has reported that the actor is among those possibly cast for the film, set to ...

Lou Ferrigno in HULK & More Set Photos
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 09-17-2007)

Some higher quality photos of the Yonge Street set have appeared for THE INCREDIBLE HULK courtesy of Superhero Hype. They give the viewer a better understanding of what exactly is going down in Harlem in the next film between Abomination (Tim Roth) and Hu...

BSG, Star Trek, Scantly Clad Women, and More...
by Stephen Lackey (Fri 09-14-2007)

Going to conventions always reminds me a bit of going to film festivals. Every time I mention to family members that aren’t into film that my latest film is going to a festival, they always reply with “Oh so you are going to Sundance?&rdq...


Good Breakdown of WOLVERINE Details
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 08-03-2007)

With facts on the WOLVERINE movie all over place all thanks to it sitting in development hell for so long, it's refreshing to see someone put everything in perspective. Rickey Purdin over at Wizard did just that, updating everyone on what we know about th...

Winterbirth
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-10-2007)

Hello Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz, where information on tomorrow’s batch of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror lit are brought to light today. In a slow week of genre releases Dr. Who hardcovers and a couple original tales of speculative fic...

Cross Country Weekender
by Matt Kamen (Thu 11-30-2006)

Welcome to the newly branded UK Cine, as named by Mark Humphreys of Northampton. Your copy of Elfen Lied volume one is in the mail. For regular readers, the column will be running on Wednesdays for the foreseeable future – be sure to update your ...

Back in Black (and Browder)
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 07-25-2005)

Ah, first week back, another Comic-Con in the rearview, and even a week later, I'm somehow still slightly jetlagged and hung over. But I can only rely on the mensch-like generosity of Mr. Davis for so long, so I guess I'd better get back on the proverbia...


The New Brasyl
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-08-2007)

Good day to all of you Maniac readers and welcome to this week’s edition of the Buzz. After a staggeringly huge release last week, the genre book schedule is settling back into its usual pace with a relatively light load this Tuesday.   I kn...

INCREDIBLE HULK Set Photos Appear
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 09-16-2007)

Three new set photos of THE INCREDIBLE HULK have appeared online this weekend courtesy of a Toronto resident who happened to be in the area at the time. There's definitely nothing very special about these pictures, readers, but two of them give you an ide...

Danny Huston Hunts After WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 02-16-2008)

Danny Huston has been cast as a young William Stryker for the upcoming spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine, reports Joblo. Thespian Bryan Cox originally played the character in X2: X-Men United. Hugh Jackman returns as the clawed hero while Liev Schreiber t...

"Ergo Proxy Vol. 1: Awakening"
by Janet Houck (Sat 02-03-2007)

Do you like cyberpunk and dark futures where man and machine intermingle, as man becomes more like machine and the machine more like a man? Ergo Proxy drops us into such a world, where philosophy acts as a guiding light for the mystery of human identi...


X-Men Origins:Wolverine
by Karl Schneider (Mon 02-05-2007)

Release Date: May 1, 2009 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Gavin Hood Screenwriter: David Benioff Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed), Danny Huston (William Stryker), Ryan Reynolds (Dead Pool), Lynn Collins (Silver Fox), Will.i.am (Kestrel...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Home, Part One
by Jason Davis (Mon 08-22-2005)

This is prologue. The audience should take a breathe before the inevitable other shoe drops. Though not the tour de force of the last few weeks, "Home, Part One" begins laying the groundwork for what must be a very interesting second half to the season. A...

Majestic to Release 1/6th Scale BATTLESTAR Collectible Figures
by News Editor (Mon 05-01-2006)

Majestic Studios announces the release schedule for the first two 1/6th scale collectible figures from the Sci-Fi Channel's new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series. Captain Lee Adama, known as 'Apollo' to his flight team, and, of course, the giant hulking metalli...

Arthur C. Clarke Passes Away at 90
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 03-19-2008)

Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who co-wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debi...


Navigating THE MATRIX with composer Don Davis
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 12-01-1999)

While composer Don Davis has been scoring TV and feature films since 1985, his most popular work has always revolved around science fictionesque themes certainly true of his latest and possibly greatest work to date, for THE MATRIX. Davis started out, a...

LUCINDA'S SPELL and Other Halloween Treats
by John Thonen (Tue 10-24-2000)

Its one week before Halloween, a holiday that has become almost synonymous (probably thanks to John Carpenter) with the viewing of scary movies at theaters or at home. The deluge of new, classic, obscure and frequently crappy titles that has filled thes...

Stardate 07.02.01: ENTERPRISE Upside Down
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 07-02-2001)

While still months away from the series premiere, nearly two-thirds of all online genre reporting has been focusing on ENTERPRISEthe STAR TREK series that apparently will not have the words "Star Trek" in the title. According to reports at Ain't It Cool N...

SPACE COWBOYS: Chris Gillman
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 08-03-2000)

We`ve seen tons of sci-fi films set in outer space, where our brave, spacesuit-clad explorers visit far off places, battle alien beings or even get lost. Each of these shows feature some kind of spacesuit that you know a real astronaut could never actuall...


X-MEN's Sabretooth: Tyler Mane
by Craig D. Reid (Fri 07-07-2000)

Well, X-MEN fans, we`re a week away from a film we`ll either love or hate. We`ll love it because we`ve been waiting since 1963, or we`ll hate it because all the commercialism and hype surrounding the thing border on overkill and getting interviews with c...

STAR TREK'S GREATEST MOMENTS: Celebrating the Best of TREK
by Anna L. Kaplan (Thu 12-02-1999)

Jason Alexander described the thrill of participating in UPNs special television event entitled `Ultimate Trek: STAR TREKs Greatest Moments,` which airs Wednesday, December 1. Alexander laughed, `We had a fabulous time doing this. We hope it looked like...

Code Name: Golden - A Conversation with X-MEN Author Christopher Golden
by Denise Dumars (Wed 04-05-2000)

The X-Men film may not be out until July 14, but Christopher Golden is already excited. After all, the paperback version of his X-Men novel, X-MEN: CODE NAME WOLVERINE, will be out May 1. `Of all the media tie-in stuff I`ve done, it`s one of the books I`m...

POINTing in the Right Direction
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-17-2005)

You'd think that the citizens of Point Pleasant, New Jersey would have learned the lesson of TWIN PEAKS: beautiful blondes washing up out of the sea are always bad news. Apparently they aren't Lynch fans, nor do they notice the ominous swelling score when...


WOLVERINE #175
by Tony Whitt (Tue 04-30-2002)

What is it with Marvel killing off its biggest characters lately? First they kill off Captain America, only to bring him back in a series ten times better than the one he previously starred in; and now they've killed off Wolverine. He'll be lucky if he fa...

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

Wow seems like theres more DVDs every week. Lets get to em. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis weeks 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 ...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1
by Jason Davis (Mon 03-28-2005)

After the three-hour epic premiere, "Saga of a Star World," writers Glen Larson and Donald Bellisario took the crew of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to explore the mysteries of their ancestral home world of Kobol. On the long-lost planet, Commander A...

Heyman likes Heinlein's SPACESUIT
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-09-2003)

HARRY POTTER movie producer David Heyman has picked the Robert A. Heinlein young adult novel HAVE SPACESUIT WILL TRAVEL as one of his film projects. Warner Bros. purchased the screen rights to the 1958 novel for Heyman to develop.Heinlein's book is about...


Eastwood eyes first man on moon
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-12-2003)

That's one small step for Hollywood and one giant leap for Clint Eastwood's career. Jokes aside, it's reported in today's Variety that Clint Eastwood has purchased the film rights to the forthcoming authorized biography book "First Man: A Life of Neil A....

The History of Wolverine...Or Is It?
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 06-04-2001)

Fans of that claw-popping, cigar-chomping mutant adventurer known only as Logan (or Wolverine or Patch or Weapon X...hmm) are in for quite a treat. After years of fragmented memories, bizarre flashbacks, red herrings, and a plethora of writers attempting ...

GALACTICA's second coming
by Eric Moro (Mon 07-02-2001)

Perhaps the last piece of vintage sci-fi to withstand the recent barrage of big budget remakes, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA will soon be making its triumphant return to the small screen thanks to the collaborative efforts of Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, Dan Angel ...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Resurrection Ship Part 2
by Jason Davis (Sun 01-15-2006)

With last week's final scenes featuring mutual declarations of impending assassinations from the commanding officers of the two surviving Battlestars, the week's installment needed little help in establishing dramatic tension. Still, showrunner Ronald D. ...


Saturday was all about Video Games Live
by Alex Van Zelfden (Mon 12-11-2006)

In the west side of London, just across the street from the Hammersmith tube station, stands the Apollo Theatre.  Having been there since 1932, it's a remarkable example of art deco design, fleshed out inside in startling shades of dusty purp...

Viz Media May Title Solicitations (Tue 12-13-2005)

ANIMEONDVD.COM SOLICITATION BOOKS Fullmetal Alchemist (Novel), Vol. 3 VIZ Fiction Story by: Makoto Inoue, Art by: Hiromu Arakawa Settled by alchemists, the town of Wisteria has the reputation of being an idyllic retreat. But what Alponse and Edward find ...

THE OUTER LIMITS: Joyride
by Frank Garcia (Tue 11-02-1999)

Actor Cliff Robertson stood in front of the cameras, clad in an astronauts bulky white spacesuit. Black velvet drapes surrounded him. With diffused spotlights illuminating him, director James Head watching from behind the camera, and a production crew st...

Aquarion Season 1 Box Set 2
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 07-24-2008)

The scope of the problem the world faces becomes all the more apparent as the Shadow Angels set about to ensure their survival.What They SayBetrayal and death raise the stakes of this end-times battle that is systematically destroying two species. Each be...


Brigadoon Vol. #3
by Andrew Tei (Wed 09-24-2003)

What They SayEpisode 11 A Broken Umbrella and the Dark Rain Marin - grief-stricken by Grandma Moto's passing - runs away into the rain, convinced that no one truly understands her. Is she right? Episode 12 Fly from the Darkness World leaders decide ...

The “Potterverse” Defined
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-03-2007)

Jim Butcher propels the Dresden Files, Janine Cross’s dark fantasy series reaches its conclusion, and entertainment journalist Edward Gross takes a stab at chronicling the development of all things Harry Potter in a very weighted edition of this ...

Three More Confirmed for WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 02-20-2008)

Dead Pool, Wraith and Silver Fox are now confirmed characters for the upcoming origin tale of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Ryan Reynolds is playing Dead Pool, Lynn Collins is indeed Kayla Silverfox and Black Eyed Peas mus...

DC Comics' THE AUTHORITY Plans
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 10-11-2001)

DC Comics has announced its revamped plans for THE AUTHORITY following the attacks of Sept. 11.THE AUTHORITY #27-29, which have been announced as being delayed, are now rescheduled, with each issue expected to reach comic-book stores six weeks later than ...


House of the Dead, The
by Coming Attractions (Thu 07-31-2003)

Genre: Video Game Adaptation/Horror.Studio: Unknown.Production Company: Mindfire Entertainment.Project Phase: Post-production.Who's In It: Ona Grauer (Alicia); Jonathan Cherry (Rudy); Tyron Leitso (Simon); Enuka Okuma (Karma); Sonja Salomma (Cynthia); Wil...

Cartoons in a theater?
by Brian Thomas (Mon 04-30-2007)

At one time, every time you went to a movie theater you saw a cartoon short. The entire motion picture business was convinced that they had to provide a full evening (or afternoon) of entertainment for the ticket price, and that generally meant includi...

It Landed in London!
by Matt Kamen (Thu 05-03-2007)

Major and Minor cons this week.   Sci-Finding The Capital   The biggest thing in the UK this week is the sixth annual Sci-Fi London festival, taking place at the Apollo West End from 2-6 May. The event has made a name for itself by screening...

Update:VALKYRIE Not Banned in Germany
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 06-28-2007)

Earlier this week, it was announced that Germany would not allow filming of Bryan Singer's latest WWII thriller VALKYRIE on their military sites. Why, you ask? Because of the religious beliefs of leading star, Tom Cruise. The German Defense Minister ...


Grace Park talks "Battlestar Galactica" Season 3 Finale
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-23-2007)

*Note: Slight Spoilers*Grace Park talked to Sci Fi Wire about the upcoming third season finale of Battlestar Galactica, disclosing some information about the plot and what we can expect to happen."We are going to see the resolution of the trial of Ba...

Vote for favorite imports
by Brian Thomas (Mon 01-29-2007)

The first annual American Anime Awards gala will be hosted in New York City on February 24th by New York Comic Con. Something like a cross between the Golden Globes and the All Star Game, the winners will be chosen by the fans, voting online for the b...

Nautical Fantasy, SC: Ghost, Jordan & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-28-2006)

Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi...

Women of Sci Fi
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-09-2007)

R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con...


Lukyanenko’s WATCH Returns
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-09-2007)

With Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Night Watch film adaptation smashing box office records in Russia (yet again) and the film still fresh in the states from its US debut this past June, author Sergei Lukyanenko has officially put Russia on the map for ...

Beware THE MIST
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 10-01-2007)

It seems only fitting to talk about Stephen King in the first Book Buzz column of October. Turned 60 last month, the American horror guru has written over 50 bestselling novels and won countless literary awards. His patented brand of disturbing, psycholog...

Army of Two Demo Hits XBL
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-02-2008)

Unlike Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, which has sold 2 million units in 2 weeks, the latest demo hitting Live for the Xbox is Army of Two in an attempt to improve user awareness of the title since sales have been shaky in its first month. The demo is n...

WOLVERINE Ready for War in New Set Pics
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-11-2008)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the origin tale of Marvel's iconic (and clawed) superhero. The plan by the studios Fox and Marvel and director Gavin Hood is introduce the character and eventually bridge the gap of his character to the events that took place i...


Universal Plans FIRST MAN on Moon
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-02-2008)

Universal has acquired nonfiction novel First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong and will turn it into a film about the first person to set foot on the moon, reports Variety. NASA historian James R. Hansen got rare direct access to Armstrong, a test pilot...

Agent Zero & Barnell Revealed for WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 02-22-2008)

The cast of Marvel characters continues to grow for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Just Jared reported earlier that "Lost" star Dominic Monaghan has joined the cast as Barnell Bohusk (Beak) while Variety is reporting that Daniel Henney is on boa...

Return to Lovecraftian Horror
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-07-2008)

The New Year is officially here, and with it a new crop of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature is beginning to spring up from the fertile minds of genre authors everywhere. But though 2008 is the year of the new, some authors from the past, ...

First Set Photo for WOLVERINE Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 01-22-2008)

The first set photo of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has appeared online courtesy of Australian newspaper The Southland Times. The snapshot doesn't really show much and there is no significant sign that it's even the set for the movie in question but that...


Towers, Two
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-23-2006)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS  Reinvest your appreciation of the second component of the finest film score of the last quarter century in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – The Complete Recordings, released this week by Reprise R...

Salvatore, Weis, & Star Trek Ship Guide!
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-07-2006)

It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...

Original GALACTICA stars voice BATTLESTAR video game
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 08-15-2003)

Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict are among two of the actors who have been hired to provide voices for characters in Vivendi Universal Games' upcoming BATTLESTAR GALACTICA video game. Hatch and Benedict played the roles of Apollo and Starbuck, respectively...

Michael Kamen dies at 55
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-20-2003)

Film music lost one of its finest contemporary practitioners this week with the sudden death of Michael Kamen on November 18th. The 55-year old composer had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996, but had persevered with a number of musical assign...


Original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA DVDs announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 07-01-2003)

Universal Studios Home Video finally announced today that it will bring the entire first season of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to DVD this fall. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE COMPLETE EPIC SERIES will be a six-disc set scheduled for release on October 2...

HOUSE OF THE DEAD finds a home
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 06-06-2003)

Artisan Pictures has announced that it has picked up North American distribution rights for the already filmed HOUSE OF THE DEAD and soon-to-be-filmed ALONE IN THE DARK horror movies. HOUSE OF THE DEAD, based on the SEGA video game series, is now schedul...

De Bont might get called on by COURIER
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 02-05-2002)

 Jan de Bont is in serious talks to take over the director's chores for THE COURIER. The action film tells the story of a shadowy... well, courier... who is tasked to make a delivery to a crime lord impossible to find. The courier is picked because o...

45th anniversary of Sputnik-1 Launch
by Mike Whybark (Fri 10-04-2002)

Forty-five years ago on this date, the Soviet Union caught the imagination of the world and the United Sates off guard - with the successful launch and orbital deployment of the world's first manmade satellite. Sputnik-1 was a 184-pound sphere that trail...


Yabba Dabba Scooby-DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 03-16-2004)

So, you love independent film, but dont live anywhere near a city big enough to support an art house theater. Guess youre screwed, right? Wrong! Now you can see many of the freshest indie hits that folks are raving about in art houses right in your own ...

A New Take on GALACTICA
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-18-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSStu Phillips' bombastic, rousing music to Glen A. Larson's (no relation) original 1978 TV series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was one of the best things about that derivative space opera, a fully realized, authoritative, and wonderfully...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Pegasus
by Jason Davis (Sat 09-24-2005)

Twenty-seven years ago, Commander Caine was a Colonial war hero with enough medals for his brash behavior to charm a fleet into following him into hell. As Bill Adama says, "Context matters." Taking the original series two-parter "The Living Legend" as a ...

WOLVERINE script leaked
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-03-2006)

The script for the upcoming film WOLVERINE has apparently been leaked as a review popped up at Latino Review (who rated it a B+).They had the following to say about the script (Slight plot spoilers):"What mutants or who else is in this you might ask?Logan...


Warhol horrors come to DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-20-2005)

In the Prize Closet this week we have one copy of MALLRATS to give away. Okay, some of you may think that's extremely lame. Many folks consider MALLRATS slightly below JERSEY GIRL on the Kevin Smith filmography, and you might not think it worth opening th...

Original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV Series Action Figures
by News Editor (Thu 09-08-2005)

Later this month, Majestic Studios is heading back to the 70's with with 12" collectible figures from the original classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV show.Majestic will be offering all your favorites: Richard Hatch as Capt. Apollo, Dirk Benedict as Lt. Sta...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Colonial Day
by Jason Davis (Sat 03-19-2005)

THE WEST WING is no longer the exclusive home of quality dramatic politics on TV. With "Colonial Day", Ronald D. Moore and his writers have taken the political underpinnings that Joe Straczynski made the purview of science-fiction storytelling in BABYLON ...

Opie in space
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-29-2005)

This column may still seem long, but it's a lot shorter than it could've been. You might notice that there's no animation titles in the list this week. That's because all those anime DVD titles are now over in our ANIME AVALANCHE companion column! Check i...


Will.i.am Talks Wraith for WOLVERINE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 06-21-2008)

Singer/actor Will.i.am has talked to MTV about his upcoming role of John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He will be co-starring alongside Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Henney and Lyn...