FAMILYGUY creator Seth McFarlane spoke with The New York Post newspaper and updated everyone as to what form the return of the Griffin family is coming in. Remember that plan to produce a direct-to-DVD FAMILYGUY film? It looks like the show is coming ba...
... releases FAMILYGUY LIVE IN LAS VEGAS, a new CD of classic and original songs plus DVD bonus content. The package, which features the Griffin family along with guest stars like Jason Alexander, Patti LuPone, Haylie Duff and Adam West, arrives in store...
The FamilyGuy figures from Mezco are a great bunch with a good handful being complete must haves. The new deluxe talking Stewie is a must have.
Mezco has already thrown fans different variations of Stewie, but this one stands out mainly for the...
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‘FamilyGuy: Blue Harvest’ is the ‘Star Wars’ parody/ homage that all fans have been waiting for. It is irreverent and twisted but it never reaches the point of being deprecating towards itself or the source material.&nb...
FAMILYGUY, the best selling animated television series of all-time, returns to DVD in an unrated direct-to-DVD extravaganza. On September 27, 2005, Fox Home Entertainment will release Seth MacFarlane's first full-length unrated DVD feature in FAMILYGUY ...
I confess that, despite my many public pronouncements against television, I freakin' love FAMILYGUY. Thank God for TV on DVD. Now, thanks to Devil's Due Publishing and the wonders of corporate licensing agreements, you can get an extra fix of the Griff...
The Griffin family returns in the animated FAMILYGUY on Thursdays on Fox. The season opener, titled "Emission Impossible," airs on November 8th.Peter and Lois are inspired by her pregnant sister Carol to have another baby. Stewie is appalled at the prosp...
Fans of Fox TV's FAMILYGUY, today's your day: the company is releasing the first volume of Seth McFarlane's animated sitcom today on DVD. All 28 episodes from the first two seasons of the show are on the 4-disc set; that's 628 minutes of FAMILYGUY good...
...return of FAMILYGUY, after three long years absent from the Fox line-up, deftly skewering the network with an obituary of its own making. It was as clever and stinging an indictment as any of the digs SIMPSONS has made at their home network over the ...
Out this week on DVD is the second volume of FAMILYGUY, Seth McFarlane's twisted, edgy, bordering on offensive and brilliantly funny animated series. After lasting three seasons on Fox where it was juggled around the schedule, FAMILYGUY's luck appeared ...
Over on her official website, actress Alex Borstein (who provides the voice of Lois the mother on FAMILYGUY) hints that a deal may be coming into place that will see the return of Seth McFarlane's animated sitcom back to prime time."Thanks to all of the ...
Fox and 20th Century Fox TV are developing a spinoff from its hit animated series "FamilyGuy" , says the Hollywood Reporter. The show would be centered on Peter Griffin's neighbor, Cleveland Brown. The project, tentatively titled "Clevelan...
Mezco has released a look at the figures in the upcoming 8th series of FamilyGuy.The 8th series includes figures of Astronaut Peter, Diane Simmons, Exercise Chris and Quagmire in Robes!The series is listed to ship this August and can be pre-ordered over ...
You think FUTURAMA's has it bad relegated to the death time slot of 7:00 pm on Sunday nights. To the contrary in the annals of animation history, it doesn't get harder than for Fox's FAMILYGUY. The Seth McFarlane created series premiered three years ago...
For the kick off of its fifth season Fox's FAMILYGUY will do an hourlong episode that retells the STAR WARS saga using FAMILYGUY characters.
Peter Griffin will play the role of Han Solo. Mom Lois will appear as Princess Leia. Evil. And&n...
Seth McFarlane is giving it another shot. The creator of FAMILYGUY (which has become a hit on DVD and in reruns on Cartoon Network) is been given the OK from Fox Television to work on a pilot for a new animated series. The series is tentatively titled AM...
I know the writer’s strike is driving everyone crazy. The brunt of it is just now really hitting and it’s only going to get worse. Seth McFarlane has stopped working on his series FamilyGuy in support of the strike. Seth is not...
According to USA Today, Fox Television is considering resurrecting the FAMILYGUY animated TV series thanks to its impressive DVD sales and strong syndication ratings. The paper reports that "as many as 35 new episodes could return in January 2005," and F...
In an exclusive interview with Coming Attractions at Cinescape, FAMILYGUY creator Seth McFarlane told us that the rumor about the possible return of his TV show is about to become a reality. A deal is imminent for McFarlane to continue creating new anima...
You will soon be able to hold Stewie Griffin in your hand.Mezco Toys has been awarded the license to create FAMILYGUY action figures and toys. First up will be a six-figure assortment that will conists of husband Peter, wife Lois, son Chris, family pooch...
What They SayAndroid J was secretly built by the government as a special agent to combat crime in the oceanic city-nation of Judoh. While J initially appears to be human, the illusion quickly disappears in clouds of scorching steam when he fights. Togethe...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chiaki OgishimaTranslated by:Beni Axia HirayamaAdapted by:What They SayDaisuke Aurora works with the special division of peacekeepers in the city of Jewde, one of the largest cities on the planet. He and his android partner, H...
The FAMILYGUY returns to Fox this Sunday along with a new episode of AMERICAN DAD. We have links below to clips from both of the upcoming shows. FamilyGuy http://www.fox.com/familyguy/video/fg_401_A_hi.ram http://www.fox.com/familyguy/video/fg_401_A_lo....
Yesterday at the Television Critics Association press tour, Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman revealed that all-new episodes of FAMILYGUY will begin airing on the network beginning Sunday, May 1. This marks the start of the animated sitcom's second...
Cinescape has been provided two brand new episodic clips from this Sunday's brand new FAMILYGUY episode on Fox. Clip 1: http://www.fox.com/familyguy/video/fg_402_hi.asx http://www.fox.com/familyguy/video/fg_402_lo.asx Clip 2: http://www.fox.com/familyguy...
20th Century Fox Television has finally let the cat out of the bag and revealed that Seth MacFarlane's FAMILYGUY animated series is in production again. Work has begun on at least 22 new episodes of the former Fox TV show. According to terms of the new c...
...XCLUSIVE: FamilyGuy—The Movie
Overview: Yep, five years ago today in the realm of Mania, creator Seth McFarlane was telling Mania that a movie was definitely in the works for his beloved show. Seth said that the budget was the issue at the ...
What They SayMoney laundering, murder, arson and corruption- the police and the Special Unit cross paths with Judoh?s underworld seeking evidence to uncover the identity of the new Vampire and the mysterious Serge Echigo who?s rumored to control the under...
What They SayAngels and Outlaws! Clair Leonelli moves to seize power first by distracting J and Daisuke with fire and then by hiring mercenaries to destroy J! Shun and Kyoko, the hidden back-up in the City Safety Management Agency, display their hidden ta...
What They Say\"Hah, and you thought my sex-fest was over? Wrong! I still have 5 beautiful step-sisters that I haven\'t touched yet. There\'s Rulisu, the girl who likes to dress up as a maid. There\'s also Anne, which should be fun because she has never ha...
There is a certain kind of film that holds your attention for the duration of its running time, that amuses and entertains, that makes you think you’re watching something pretty decent—and then it ends and you realize it sucks. Universal’s new Christmas-t...
What They SayClaire\'s fall unleashes the violent ambitions of Judoh\'s syndicates. In the middle of the hunt for the fallen Vampire, Daisuke discovers the truth about his father\'s assassination and Boma\'s past. Yet the most explosive shock comes when J...
What They SayJust like the anime, the \"Heat Guy J\" Original Soundtrack makes a memorable impression. This CD\'s 20 tracks of instrumental and vocals is an eclectic mix of cool jazz, rave and other alternative music genres!
Available for the first tim...
The ABC Family Channel has come up with one of the cooler SPIDER-MAN tie-in events with a three-day marathon of the best episodes of the four animated SPIDER-MAN cartoon series. The series, which at various times have run from the 1960s all the way until ...
Not long ago, Anchor Bay released a remastered DAWN OF THE DEAD on DVD in time to cash in on the hit remake, and the disc quickly hit the sales top ten. Those that haven’t picked it up yet might want to save their cash, though. As I predicted, they’ve ann...
Welcome to the second part of my interview with FAMILYGUY overlord/creator Seth McFarlane. If you haven't as yet read the first portion of the i-view, get thee to this webpage and start reading. I'll wait for you.Now that we're all caught up, here's wher...
SOPRANOS cast member Vinnie Pastore has been added to the cast of the crime thriller REVOLVER, the new film from Brit director Guy Ritchie. Pastore joins Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER) and Ray Liotta (GOODFELLAS) in the movie which is about a high stakes...
Flying over the cranberry capitol of Canada, I`m gawking out the plane window staring at the magnificent Frazier River. I`m thinking that in about 12 hours, I`ll be on the set of Arnold Schwarzeneggar`s latest film THE 6TH DAY, a science fiction thriller...
FamilyGuy has no limitations and proves it every episode as the Griffins get into hilarious situations, while claiming the prize as television’s most outrageous animated family. Mezco, the makers of the figures from the series also have no limi...
AMERICAN DAD as you probably know is the brand new show created by Seth McFarlane of FAMILYGUY fame. The Pilot episode will air as a sneak preview after Super Bowl XXXIX Sunday, Feb. 6th and then return on May 1st following the premiere of the all new FA...
... it") THE FAMILYGUY by turning over their entire Sunday night lineup to shows starring funny moving drawings. Well almost they put in a MALCOLM in the middle after KING OF THE HILL. But then it's the 350th episode of THE SIMPSONS. Technically, it's t...
Mezco's latest series of FamilyGuy figures continues to plum the depths of the show's depraved comedy in order to bring your favorite moments into the third dimension. From a line that's brought you such holy icons as God, the Pope, and Adam West, what m...
...ck up THE FAMILYGUY for another season to which I say, "Woo-hoo!"I have hated this poor man's THE SIMPSONS since the first day it aired. I'm so glad it's finally leaving. I only wish THE TICK was still around to see this.I know a lot of you don't agre...
Boldly Going? by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-06-2004)
...u believe.FAMILYGUY (8 PM CST, Fox) "A Very Special FamilyGuy Freakin' Christmas." Get in the holiday spirit and celebrate this show's impending return with this ep and the never-before-aired-on-Fox ep "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" at 8:30. S...
...mpsons or FamilyGuy. Something really over-the-top that is also very popular. That's any actor's dream, I think.
Allen - Within your voice acting career, do you feel like you've reached any pinnacles?
Chris - I guess you're always scared of reachin...
The Sopranos was always presented as a drama. The twist was, and is, that the story is about a family man who seeks therapy and his day job just happens to be that he’s the leader of a mob family. This isn’t The Godfather, where the ...
...l-new THE FAMILYGUY, starting at 8 p.m. on Fox. My wish for THE TICK to return has not been granted. Instead, Fox is giving us a second installment of THE FAMILYGUY at 8:30 p.m., but this one is the rerun in which Brian keeps having little "accidents...
... does THE FAMILYGUY, but SOUTH PARK is a particularly vicious (I mean that in a good way) vehicle that hilariously treads ground those other most wise programs don’t dare walk on, whether it be because of network censorship or some form of artistic in...
...watch THE FAMILYGUY, and I hate THE FAMILYGUY.I guess the only good thing I can say about them is that neither one stars a former cast member of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE or Bob Saget.Yeah, so anyway, let me break down the week for you. And, as always, che...
...THE HILL, FAMILYGUY and AMERICAN DAD as well as ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?, DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS!, COPS and AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK all will continue with original episodes, while a mix of original and encore episodes is ...
... he loves FamilyGuy. Not cool at all."The idea that I need to bash one show just to demonstrate how much I like another is a very internet-y way of thinking (i.e. "BABYLON 5 must suck because I like TREK so much"; "The new BSG must suck because I like...
... Chicken, FamilyGuy or films like The Incredibles, Freakazoid would have to be it. The show becomes addicting right from the start and you’ll find yourself humming its theme song for days on end. Freakazoid - The Complete First Season honorably ...
...and’s THE FAMILYGUY, animation truly grew up in the latter tenth of the 20th Century. The birth of the Cartoon Network, which some saw as the opening of the seventh seal, continued John Krisfalusi’s new view of animation through outright copying (COW ...
...d average familyguy lifestyle.Mason's book was published last month. The film deal will net him at least half-a-million and up to a full million if the movie is ever greenlit.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...s such as FamilyGuy and South Park, with the idea of developing an alternative news source such as The Daily Show or certain blogs?’” said Frank Cooper, VP of portfolio brands, Pepsi-Cola North America. “Adam immediately ...
... watching FAMILYGUY reruns at night and have found a new home with Goku and company. DRAGON BALL celebrates its 20th anniversary in anime this year man, do I feel old! *** Geneon has begun podcasting content with trailers and TV spots for VIEWTIFUL J...
...ds.[ ]THE FAMILYGUY: The Complete First Season (Fox) The anarchic animated sitcom comes to disc.[ ]FUTURE COPS (Brentwood) four-movie set of MAD MAXoids BRONX EXECUTIONER; HANDS OF STEEL; ASSASSIN; WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND.[ ]INVADERS OF LOST GOLD (...
...ORNER (O) FAMILYGUY: Freakin' Sweet Collection (Fox) 5 episodes and featurette. (O) IKKI-TOUSEN Volume 1: Legendary Fighter (Geneon) (O) SILENT HILL: EXPERIENCE (Konami) Comics, game video clips, music tracks and an interview with the movie director. ...
... Of Fear, FamilyGuy, South Park, Animal House, Blues Brothers, Scarface, Under Dog, King Kong, The Goonies, and EdwardScissorhands, as well as in-house creations including the incredibly popular Living Dead Dolls and Gangsta Babies.About NBC: NBC Univ...
Late in 2002, Nexpak, the company who releases all sorts of keepcases and has the patent on the Amaray case among others, introduced a new kind of keepcase to the market. That case is the thinpak. Some may have seen it in use already in Fox's release of F...
Fans of Jess Franco need not be told of the billions of variant names, and variant versions, each of his films have. Therefore it should come as no shock that DR. ORLOFF’S MONSTER is also know as LES MAITRESSES DU DOCTEUR JEKYLL (the title card on this Im...
...ewie from FamilyGuy, who he had me in stitches.
I don't think MAR is going to really do anything new or unique with the genre, but I do think it will entertain by infusing the fantasy clich�s with Anzai's silly sense of humor and creativity. I am i...
It’s interesting just how many of the most visionary writers working in science fiction and animation these days are also so heavily into writing musicals. Seth McFarlane is always looking for a reason to write some music in FamilyGuy and South Par...
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FamilyGuy, Vol. 6 Oct 21, 2008
The Final Countdown [Blu-ray] Oct 28, 2008
Alfred Hitchcock Premier Collection Oct 14, 2008
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Oct 28, 2008
The Ultimate Matrix Co...
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FAMILYGUY (TBS, 7PM EST) MARATHON
Two hours of one of the best animated series on television. This is definitely not a waste of your time.
Wednesday
DRACULA 2000 (AMC, 8PM EST)
Thieves break into a vault owned by a...
One of my all time favorite toy companies is Mezco. They have the licenses for some of the best shows and moves out there: South park, Familyguy, Edward Scissorhands, Animal House, and more. They also have great original series as well.&n...
...r sibling FamilyGuy, strengthened by stories told in a solid narrative rather than endless non-sequiturs. Volume two contains ten episodes and a decent array of extras – a behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scene animatics, audio commentaries...
...ark" and "FamilyGuy," but even those are meant to be lighthearted comedic fare. Serious drama is reserved for actors and sets on American television, not paint and pencil. When anime did hit the American mainstream, it did so by way of popular monst...
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FamilyGuy: Season 5
With a NO CENSORED audio feature. 38 Deleted Scenes from season 5. 3 Animatic Episodes with Optional Commentary. "Drawing Peter" featurette. "Toys, Toys Galore"...
...cFarlane (FamilyGuy) about a gung ho CIA agent with a huge jaw had an awkward start, unable to reconcile its political themes with attempts to establish its cast. The concept is that broad shouldered Stan Smith is constantly finding his values challen...
... than THE FAMILYGUY, which normally runs in this timeslot. Plus, watching the GLUTTON BOWL is a real self-esteem booster I bet.Hot chicks doing witchcraft alert! THE CRAFT is on Cinemax at 7 p.m.In this rerun of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS, 8 ...
...des since FAMILYGUY.8) The Stair-Car - It's only a matter of time until a pimped-out version is found for sale on eBay. 9) "I blue myself." - 'nuff said. 10) Michael - Even the sanest of the Bluth clan still proves on occasion to be hilariously self-i...
...and more. FAMILYGUY PRESENTS STEWIE GRIFFIN: THE UNTOLD STORY (Fox) Now that this DTV FAMILYGUY feature has played (in edited form) on TV as three connected episodes, Fox is reissuing the DVD bundled with either PCU or SUPER TROOPERS. What other tale...
...etta. (O) FAMILYGUY PRESENTS STEWIE GRIFFIN: THE UNTOLD STORY (Fox) Evil baby genius Stewie is convinced a man he sees on TV is his real father, leading to a madcap cross-country (and cross-time) quest. This is actually a a three-part arc of
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...ur of THE FAMILYGUY, starting at 8 p.m. on Fox. First up, Peter gets jealous when one of Lois' old boyfriends comes to town, so he goes out with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Then, in an attempt to win a contest at a local brewery, Peter and his friends go on...
... same way FAMILYGUY also seems to be a hit now that no more new episodes are being produced?COHEN: I think it's kind of a synergy thing with a bunch of things happening at once. [The show] is off the air for this month on Cartoon Network, it's rotated...
...SIMPSONS, FAMILYGUY, and AMERICAN DAD, as well as offering my thoughts on David Boreanaz's return to series television with BONES. But before that, let's first continue my efforts to keep the STARGATE/FARSCAPE screaming going as long as possible, with...
...dies like FamilyGuy and South Park thrive, drama cartoons fall by the wayside and end up on DVD within a season or two. It seems as if adults outside Japan can't get past the idea that cartoons are for children only; it's okay to laugh at them, but ot...
OPINION: OK, I goofed. Although it's been amended since then, any of you who read this column before Thursday will have noticed that I misattributed the recent words of Warren Ellis to M. Ali Choudhury, who reported them to me. (Amongst those who caught t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Aihara MikiTranslated by:Pookie RolfAdapted by:What They SayIncreasingly attracted to her former "master" Ryoki, our heroine Hatsumi asks him to a movie, but things get complicated (of course), when jealous Ryoki starts to tak...
... scene in familyguy. Wright said he is excited to see just how many of the references people can spot.
After about 45 minutes of game play I was sold, I immediately pre-ordered my copy, and have been waiting impatiently since. Unf...
...refly and FamilyGuy) I was constantly looking for those dreaded words: canceled. Thankfully it was not.
Arriving early to the hall at the San Diego Comic Con in which the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles panel would take place I figure...
...allow the FamilyGuy sailor whole. In fact, the Cloverfield manga is written by J.J. Abrams, the film's screenwriter (I'm assuming it's been translated into Japanese, which makes for an interesting switch).
I consider myself a defender of manga. I kn...
What They SayThe gang\'s all back and their world gets turned upside-down when they receive a strange visitor. While Ryoko, Ayeka, and the others are arguing, Tenchi collapses from exhaustion. At the same time the mysterious Lady Tokimi dispatches the war...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mikiyo Tsuda Translated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayMeet the Sakamotos… a typical upper-middle class family of six with one particular quality--namely, they’re all uncannily good-looking! Everywhere...
...week nod. FamilyGuy (PS2 / PSP / X-Box) - What do you get when you turn a television show into a videogame? You get a half ass experience, much like the Simpsons games. What will be different though is the FamilyGuy humour, and while a little over th...
The Review!Oh baby, this just keeps getting better and better.
Audio:
Another fantastic stereo mix that's on the verge of becoming theatrical quality. The English version was viewed again, and for good reason. Still carrying the same amount of talent ...
OK I enjoy the holidays as much as the next guy, spending time with family and friends and all that, but as a media junkie I get tired of it really quick. This week for example is riddled with reruns and holiday films that have already aired a do...
This week the U.S. Marines show up in Jericho promising a reunification of the country, a won war, and electricity and supplies on the way. There’s a lot of celebration and fanfare but it’s obviously all too easy for a series based on...
Paramount & Dreamworks scores another victory in the box office race this weekend with stars Ferrell and Heder still racing circles around the competition in their gold plated skating gear. The comedy took the top spot of Easter weekend bringing in...
What They SayEveryone knows that the family that plays together, stays together. Especially when it\'s a sleazy family! Masaru walks in on his Aunt Miyuki and catches her in an intimate moment. At first he tries to run away, but Miyuki entices him to stay...
OK, I may have to take a break from reviewing Heroes for a while. After all, how many ways can I come with to say just how good each episode is from week to week? I actually won’t stop reviewing it though, because solid television lik...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shioko MizukiTranslated by:Kathy SchillingAdapted by:What They SayLess than siblings, more than friends.
Kajitsu has never known a proper family. Her dad’s a deadbeat and her mom changes husbands like most people change ...
Meet the Robinson’s didn’t seem to generate the usual buzz that a Disney film does when it was release last Spring and I’ve been trying to put my finger on why. I’ve come up with a couple of possible reasons…First, the ...
Ever since I started reviewing anime for Cinescape I’ve found myself being harassed by my various animation fiend friends about what titles I should cover. One of the more obnoxious instances is my third cousin on my mother’s side - I don’t wish to reveal...
The promise has been that this would be the best installment of the first three episodes of Fear Itself. Being better than the first two wouldn’t be saying much alone but “The Family Man” is actually a good watch and should begin the pro...
Bluntly put, I despise television. The overcrowded pallet of unwatchable crap overwhelms the handful of decent shows. A few years ago, I decided to spend my downtime reading comics instead of looking for ghost hunting specials on the History Channel or TH...
What They SayMitsuko has always lived a simple life as a housewife, but things changed once she moved away from Tokyo to live with her husband\'s family. She never thought doing a small \"favor\" for her husband\'s father would lead into a world full of l...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Sora OmoteTranslated by:Alexis KirschAdapted by:Luis ReyesWhat They SayKohamaru family can switch bodies with the person they\'re destined to be with. For example, his parents can switch bodies with each other, and oddly enoug...
I was a big fan of Deadwood, and can’t wait to see the movies that will tie that series up. When I found out the John from Cincinnati was the creation of Milch, I was intrigued. From the ads, I was never able to really figure out what this...
GENEON Entertainment and TOKYOPOP have joined forces to provide a brand spanking new contest for readers here this month. With the arrival of the Girls Bravo franchise in both DVD and manga form, we've been ...
Greetings fellow comic fiends, and welcome to another exciting installment of COMICSCAPE. By the end, I'll be hanging off of a cliff and you'll have to tune in next week to find out if I survive or not. Actually, I'll run my in-depth and hyperbole-free ...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
...ro. Whee.FAMILYGUY (8 PM CST, Fox) "Brian Goes Back to College." Brian gets fired from his job writing for the New Yorker when it's discovered he lacks a college degree, so it's off to enroll at Brown he goes.SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IN THE 80S: LOST AND...
Punisher, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-23-2004)
Genre: Action/Crime/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio: Lions Gate Films.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: In the Can.Who's In It: Thomas Jane (Frank Castle/"The Punisher"); John Travolta (Howard Saint); Laura Harring; Rebecca Romijn-Stamos; Will Patto...
VIDEO NEWSThose of you who have become ill watching the final, sad season of THE X-FILES can find a fix for what ails you in Columbia TriStar's upcoming release of THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, a feature film with no direct connection to the once near-wor...
In September 1980, the then Disney-free ABC launched another show by the then non-Turner owned Hanna-Barbera Studios called Captain Caveman. It was typical of the dreck that was the mainstay of Saturday morning cartoons at that time; terrible animation co...
Keith Hamilton Cobb, who plays genetically enhanced Nietzschean warrior Tyr Anasazi on Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda, has no problem relating to the `elegant, articulate tower of attitude` that is his character. `I`m like Tyr in every respect,` observes Co...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
Happy Tue...
The Review!I haven't been seeing a lot of horror anime titles out there. There was Perfect Blue, but that was more of mentality thriller. Bio Hunter was ok, but really didn't thrill me. This probably the best horror OAV series I've ever seen. Actually, it...
The Review!One of my most anticipated DVD releases so far, and finally, I hold my copy in my hands. Wow. This disc won\'t bring much disappointment. And as for the series, it was so much more than I\'d expect, even my mother enjoyed it a whole much.
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So, it’s a bitter sweet ending for The Sopranos. I’m happy to see the series get a finale and not just get cancelled, which so often happens with HBO series (Deadwood? Carnivale?). Of course The Sopranos is so popular that there...
Does your stomach hurt? What about your back or head? Perhaps you’ve simply got a cold or the flu. Maybe its more serious. Maybe you’re suffering from a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever your whacked-out neighbor created in his basement. Or maybe its because you ju...
Try as he may, ANGEL supervising producer Tim Minear seems unable to remove himself from the sci-fi and horror genres. Alright, admittedly he`s probably not trying all that hard to escape a form of storytelling that has been very good to him, but it is c...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another riveting episode of Comicscape, where I alternately bring you hard-hitting editorials and utter fluff. Some weeks, we talk about a threat to graphic novels in public libraries. Other weeks, we just me...
Thanksgiving, what does it mean? Is it a celebration of the famous, and fabricated, tale of the pilgrims and the Indians - I mean Native Americans - bonding over grubs? Well, in advertising terms, sure. But that was yesterday, and if there's one thing abo...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
If you've been following the column since I took over, you'll recall that I didn't think much of MEDIUM at first. The characters didn't engage me; the plots didn't thrill me; the dialogue didn't delight me. I never thought it was a particularly bad show, ...
I never thought I'd say this but I've got a big problem with the National Organization for Women.Does that make me a traitor to my gender? Just wondering.Here's the deal: NOW just released its 2002 Feminist Primetime Report, which examines the programming...
I caught up with Gen Fukunaga, CEO of FUNimation, the afternoon of July 5th at Anime Expo 2008. He was busy with the line of people anxiously waiting to meet the recently announced cast of Ouran High School Host Club. We found space to intervi...
The Review!One problem often encountered by romantic comedies is that they get accused of being superficial and simplistic. While arguments can be made both for and against the point it's pretty obvious that a number of people would enjoy a greater amount...
...ation)(O) FAMILYGUY: Freakin' Sweet Collection (Fox) [IMG6R]Five favorite episodes of the wickedly funny sitcom. Includes commentraks and preview featurettes on the upcoming series AMERICAN DAD.(O) FAT ALBERT & THE COSBY KIDS (Urban Works) Fi...
VIDEO NEWSThe Fangoria website recently put an end to any ongoing belief in the luck of the Irish, with their announcement that Trimark Pictures has begun casting on LEPRECHAUN: BACK IN THE HOOD. Now, I'm sure little person, and the actor inside Gabe Bart...
Greetings, fellow fiends, and welcome to another week of brilliant banter, witty rhetoric, and cataclysmic commentary about the state of the comics industry. Before we dive headlong into this pit of barbed wire and broken glass: I'll run your letters next...
Has the DVD marketplace reached a saturation point? With the two Hi-Def DVD formats struggling to make their way into your homes, it’s no wonder they’re having trouble making progress. We’re already swimming in product! Labels are p...
Surprising his brother’s entire family, Uncle Richard, a known hemp connoisseur and self-professed anti-war activist, gave Image Entertainment’s WORLD WAR I FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA the rare grade of “bitch’n” during the Parker family’s regular Monday movi...
I went away to college when I was 18, and after graduating I moved out on my own. Ever since then I‘ve been a sucker for family stories, it‘s my not-so-subtle way to hint at being homesick. Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Souya Himawar...
`Somnambulist` is truly one of the highlights of Angel’s first season. Things start off mysteriously enough with Angel waking up from nightmares of having killed, and then discovering that those nightmares seem to be true. Only later does he learn that on...
With their work on Ultimate Spider-Man, which is nearing its 100th issue, Mark Bagley and Brian Michael Bendis are about to break the record for the creative team who have worked on the most consecutive issues of any given comicbook series. And to think,...
...Y, JUNE 12FAMILYGUY (8 PM CST, FOX) "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire." Cleveland catches Loretta in bed with Quagmire. Hence, you know, the title.ENTOURAGE (8 PM CST, HBO) "The New Car." More conflict involving the "Aquaman" script! Any show that h...
When THE NEXT GENERATION entered its fourth season in 1990, it was riding high on the string of quality episodes that had finally come out of the show in year three. Thanks to Michael Piller, who joined the show in season three and soon came to head up th...
In any given month, you can find Michael Avon Oeming's name attached to a handful of comic book projects. In the New Year alone, he's working on Powers, The Magician's Apprentice, Omega Flight, and Red Sonja, to name a few. He's been worki...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ho-Kyung YeoTranslated by:Jihae HongAdapted by:What They SayIt's love at second sight! When Ara works up the nerve to ask out the boy of her dreams, she gets all glammed up and boozed up...and ends up kissing Young-Woo, the wr...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Toshihiko Tsujiki, Art: Miki MiyashitaTranslated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SayKazuki may lack common sense, but he more than makes up for it with his coveted DNA. The youngest in a long line of sorcerers, Kazuki is a...
The Review!Thirteen volumes of Rurouni Kenshin. Unless you do you web browsing from under a rock, you must be aware of this series in some way or another.
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What They SayAfter barely making it out of the Forest of Death, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura proceed to the next stage of the Chunin Exam: a one-on-one sudden death elimination battle! Pitted against each other in individual combat, an assortment of young, b...
About the normal routine for a week of celebrity happenstance. A case of crazy pop princesses getting schooled by Daddy, Alec Baldwin playing for the “Worse Father of the Year” award, Rosie not putting up a public fight for the first time ...
Last week's column on the industry's reliance on old characters and the need for new blood garnered a lot of mail. Some weeks COMICSCAPE really resonates with people and my inbox groans under the weight of responses, criticism, praise, and the occasional ...
At the age of 72, Dominic Frontiere still composes music in his home in Santa Fe, although he is far from Hollywood and far from the thriving career he had in Hollywood during the 1960s as a composer and producer for the cutting-edge science fiction TV sh...
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...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Narumi SetoTranslated by:Adrienne BeckAdapted by:Jim O. AlexanderWhat They SayFor Hikaru, learning swordsmanship is far more interesting than thinking about marriage...and she won\'t let being the only daughter of a noble hous...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Taeko WatanabeTranslated by:Mai IharaAdapted by:What They SayIn the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors ...
Ronald D. Moore, speaking from his new office where he works as co-executive producer on ROSWELL, is happy to talk about his job. After leaving STAR TREK and working for a stint on the short-lived series GOOD VS. EVIL, Moore was approached to see whether...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masahiro ItosugiTranslated by:Sebastien AzarAdapted by:What They SayKei-chan\'s elder sister dresses him up in women\'s clothing, makes out with him at the public bath, and teaches his girlfriend how to give proper blowjobs. I...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiki EikiTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayAs the son of a prominent and wealthy family, Yutaka wears the mask of a genteel elite student. Frustrated by this facade he must put up and stifled by a future alread...
El Dia de los MuertosHere in Alta California del Sur as well as in much of the Southwest U.S., Halloween is followed by El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, on Nov. 2. Like the Celtic Samhain, upon which our Halloween is based, this Mexican holiday...
I am happy to announce our next contest, a DVD giveaway of The Addams Family: Volume One DVD Collection.
Blissfully macabre and outrageously morbid, The Addams Family turned the sitcom formula upside-down for two hilariously ghoulish seasons. Inter...
What They SayHidden loyalties become exposed as the true criminal mastermind reveals himself and takes over the city! Claire leads the revolt against the new dictatorship, but Daisuke and J fight the most dangerous battles: brother versus brother and mac...
Benderspink, the producers of THE RING, and Fox 21 are teaming up to develop a TV series called BOUND. The script is by Mark Kruger.The show will center on a family that moves into their dream house only to slowly discover that it's their worst nightmare...
What They Say\"Boy, why do my sisters all have to have great bodies and big breasts? I don\'t know whether to call this heaven or hell; I mean, they are my sisters. I want to touch them, squeeze them, suck on them... Hmmm, maybe I should at least give it ...
Stop and ask your average individual over the age of five and under the age of 50 what the standard plot “rules” are within your average horror movie and chances are they’ll be able to rattle them off as if they were an extra from Scr...
VIDEO NEWS2002 has been an uneven year for most cinematic genres, but it’s been a great year for animated films. One of those animated hits will be coming to DVD just in time for Christmas. ICE AGE, the tale of a mammoth named Manny, a sloth named Sid, a ...
There's a long-standing tradition of storytelling brothers. The Grimms. The Coens. The Wachowskis (although that should now actually be "the Wachowski siblings", I suppose). Add to that list the brothers Pate, Jonas and Josh, formerly of Sci-Fi's shor...
Welcome back to CINESCAPE’s weekly rundown of new releases on DVD. We hope you’re finding it helpful, though potentially costly. I mean, don’t you sometimes feel like you just need to buy everything, just to be sure you don’t miss out on the next cult cla...
When The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring andHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came out in 2001 they were considered a big gamble by the studios. As we know they obviously paid off. The studios, seeing what worked, bought up a lot of fant...
What They SayThe mafia strikes back! Claire, the leader of Judoh’s crime syndicates, first tries to destroy J through a child and the city’s own corruption, and then he tricks Daisuke’s into a plot to make the mafia a fortune on tomato f...
What They SayYesterday, dad suffered as a programmer in a dead-end job, mom worked to forget her regrets about being married, sister struggled to balance her homework and keeping up the house and little brother used silly pranks and outrageous behavior to...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Please!/AkikanTranslated by:Gretchen KernAdapted by:Alien LujoWhat They SayPlease! Someone tell me which one is my twin sister!!
Maiku Kamishiro has a problem. Actually, make that two problems. He has two young girls boarding...
A reel life, much like a real one, is full of peaks and valleys. For veteran actor Martin Landau early peaks would be appearing in films like North By Northwest and Cleopatra and playing on television in classic genre series Mission: Impossible and Space:...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Arina TanemuraTranslated by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiAdapted by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiWhat They SayIn return for a business loan of 50 million yen, the prestigious Kamiya family gave their daughter Haine away for adoption to the successf...
What They SayTooru Kouno has become a campus princess, dressing up as a girl and using his pretty-boy looks to add some color to the dreary world of his all-boys school. He\'s been given a special mission to put on a concert, but his fellow Princess, Miko...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! It's Christmas time again and you know what that means! Right! It's sickeningly saccharine sentimentality and disgustingly delusional demonstrations of ideal families; at least as far as mass entertai...
The announcement that Kevin Smith had been hired to write SUPERMAN LIVES, following the ousting of the Jonathan Lemkin and Greg Poirier drafts of the script, seemed surprising to many. After all, Smith was an independent filmmaker whose writing credits ba...
While the first installment in this column’s new weekly format may have been a little lackluster in terms of exciting releases, things pick up a bit on this second Tuesday in August. The big news is on the Direct-to-video (DTV) front. It appears DTV is ...
The following is new release information for Media Blasters titles street in May 2002.
The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for the MONTH OF MAY is the announcement of Gundress the Movie. This title is from the same creator, Masamune Shirow, who gave us GHOST IN THE S...
What They SayWith the final round of the Chunin Exam only a month away, Naruto receives some special training from Jiraiya, one of the three legendary Sannin, to summon and master the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit within him. Can Naruto turn this d...
What They SayBirdy?s a beautiful space cop whose job just went from bad to worse. While hunting an alien felon, Birdy accidentally killed Tsutomu, a mild mannered high school student! To save his life, she is forced to time-share his body. Can these unlik...
...om “FamilyGuy” paired up with The Brain from “Pinky & The Brain”. James would be Stewie, as he’s got more of that ‘latent’ thing going on.
I guess that’s why we both like the horr...
Two weeks ago, it was Celebrities vs The Law. This week, it seems more like celebrities beating the Law (in Paris’s case), a dash of the Law fighting each other for the rights of the living body of one celebrity (in GGW Joe Francis case) or the Law ...
You can always tell when the holidays roll around by the plethora of “Top Ten” lists showcased on magazine covers, entertainment shows, websites and newspapers. It seems that within the world of “journalism/editorial” that every...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Akira SegamiTranslated by:Akira TsubasaAdapted by:What They SayMISSION IMPOSSIBLE
The young ninja Kagetora has been given a great honor "to serve a renowned family of skilled martial artists. But on arrival, he's handed a ch...