According to Dark
Horizons the cast of Bulletproof Monk begins six weeks of
stunt training on Monday. The course will provide fight and flight training for
the martial arts pic.
Filming is said
to begin on February 18th.
Bulletproof
Monk stars Ch...
I know this grade is going to bring the Heroes defenders out in force, but I have to give the grade that matches how I felt after the episode was over. There were some good moments in the episode this week, but overall, a whole lot of nothing happene...
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...
What They SayEighty years have passed on Earth since the events chronicled in Macross – Do you Remember Love? The descendants of the Zentraedi/Meltrandi conflict have established a new society with the people of Earth. When alien invaders identified...
In a rather odd bit of news, Microsoft seems to be suggesting that people should buy Nintendo's Wii console.Nope, not a typo. Peter Moore, a vice president for Microsoft, said in a recent interview, "Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" He went on to ex...
What They SayIn Zeta Gundam, we see the future world of the Universal Century through a dark mirror. Having defeated the Zeon menace, the Earth Federation has itself become cruel and oppressive. A new generation of Gundam mobile suits is created not to f...
...y, either fightorflight). It's certainly not a bad show. SG-1 kept me entertained while I watched, if not wowed, but it obviously hasn't made enough of an impression on me to make me a fan. I'll keep tuning in for the back half of the season in ho...
...ne of the fightorflight moments and he seemingly goes towards an escape route that won\'t really work in their favor. All in all, at the end of the first episode here, she becomes a far more interesting character.
A good part of the volume is focuse...
Genre:Adventure/Drama.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Dennis Quaid; Giovanni Ribisi; Tony Curran; Miranda Otto; Tyrese; Hugh Laurie.Who's Making It:John Moore (Director); Scott Frank (Screenwriter).Pre...
The UPN TV network has released an image from next week's episode of ENTERPRISE. That episode, titled "FightorFlight" tells the story of our neophyte heroes encountering an space vessel filled with alien corpses that look to have been the subject of sin...
What They SayUniversal Century 0087, Seven years have past since the defeat of the Zeon army during what has now become known as the \'One Year War\'. An elite Federation military force known as the Titans are tasked with the prevention of further uprisin...
With the addition of Tracy Morgan as the host Scare Tactics has quickly become one of the SCIFI Channel’s most popular shows. It’s sort of like Punk’d crossed with Jackass for the sci-fi horror set. At the recent Digital Press Weekend we...
The Review!After watching another seventy-five minutes of Escaflowne, I'm back to bring you another review installment.
The tarot card based menus still continue to impress and stun me, even though they are identical to the menus that are used on the fi...
...hoice of "fightorflight," he fought. When placed in the midst of the Gantz game, he's in a unique position among the characters to adapt to the new challenges, because he knows how to make snap decisions.
Kei demonstrates several times that there's ...
The UPN TV network has released information on the coming second episode of ENTERPRISE titled "FightorFlight." The episode is scheduled to hit the tube on Wednesday, October 3rd. Here's what the network provides:THE CREW COMES ACROSS AN ABANDONED SHIP O...
According to Marvel, Omega Flight #1 has sold out at Diamond and in order to meet demand, a second printing and variant cover will be produced.Press Release:Marvel is pleased to announce that Omega Flight #1, featuring the debut of Canada's new super team...
The Review!Man, how am I gonna get rid of all this crack? Another sweet, addictive volume of Rurouni Kenshin arrives: Blind Justice! Justice is blind, get it? And so is Usui! And Usui is gonna be on the receiving end of some justice! Oh, the hidden meanin...
Last year was the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain. In 1940, the German forces ran swiftly across Europe leaving it in ruins and flames. This campaign should have been gloriously finished with conquering of the Great Britain. The main goal of...
The late 1970s and early 1980s played host to an unusual time for animation. As Disney continued to dominate the field with their own (often sanitized) adaptations of old fairy tales, other directors and producers became restless and said, "Shucks, c...
Manga artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, inspired by the work of Osamu Tezuka (ASTRO BOY), created a best-selling series about a giant robot and the young boy that controlled it. Tezuka and others had used big robots in their stories before, but TETSUJIN (Iron M...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ueno Jiro & Ono YoichiroTranslated by:UnknownAdapted by:What They SayWhen terror strikes and lives are in the balance, one man must find the courage to be a hero.
A simple domestic flight turns into a national crisis when ter...
Electronic Arts has released DEF JAM VENDETTA for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube, mixing the two worlds of hip-hop and underground fight clubs into one new fighting game. Waitasecond...hip-hop? Fight clubs? How's this work?VENDETTA lets player...
It's been coming for a long time, but Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG has finally sparked the release of the 1933 original on DVD in this 2-disc special edition. What can one say about a film that not only redefined the parameters of what could be don...
The loss of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 is a gain forFLIGHT OF THE DEAD. Now that Tom Cruise's spy sequel won't be needing the use of Studio Babelsberg, the movie studio facility will serve as the location for Lions Gate's zombie thriller. The European film fu...
Everyone can benefit from an occasional comic infusion. On a rainy day or at the end of a stressful workweek, there's something to be said for hefting a chunky collection of beautiful comics and getting lost in the visions of a large stable of artists. Th...
First of all, I`m a big fan of Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Yuen Woo Ping, and I liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON a lot. However, to anyone who has seen the old Shaw Brothers movies or the Fant-Asia films of the 1980s and early 90s, let`s be hon...
This is to classic not to mention. Uwe Boll is inviting his critics (and a few IMDB users) to fight him, literaly, in a boxing match.Here is the press release:Uwe Boll Invites His Top 5 Most Outspoken Critics of 2005 To Appear In His Feature Film "Postal...
What They SaySasuke\'s match against Gaara finally begins! Sasuke\'s only hope of winning lies within the move Kakashi taught him... Chidori. But, how will Gaara react when Sasuke causes him to bleed?
Meanwhile, a battle of kings has begun as one of the ...
We asked and you answered the call! Yesterday we made a call for gamers participating in the CITY OF HEROES beta testing phase to send us their thoughts of this anticipated PC video game which allows you to create and play your own superhero in an online ...
The world didnt have any reason to expect that a film version of Charlies Angels would be worth the celluloid it was filmed on, but with a gross of $122-million in the U.S. and over another $100-million worldwide, the film certainly did something right....
If you hadn't caught on yet, COMICSCAPE didn't run yesterday because of the Fourth of July holiday. As UPS doesn't deliver on federal holidays, the new comics didn't hit the shops until today. I hope everyone had a happy holiday and didn't lose any finger...
Continuing Comics2Film's
coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket we
present the latest transcript of the round-table interviews.
In this segment,
Jennifer Garner talks about her work as Elektra in the film.
This interview
does...
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 ...
It seems to be easy to always be able to fill that “What’s going on with Celebrities?” quota. Joe Francis is still in jail and will soon be taking a flight on Con Air. Actor Tom Sizemore will soon be joining Joe in Prison very soon.
&n...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friend in Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t...
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...
Well, folks, we've finally come to the end of a long journey or rather I have, as the main comics columnist for CINESCAPE. I hope you've enjoyed these columns as much as I've enjoyed writing them, and if you'd like to keep up with my future work, Google ...
What They SayRobonimal World is under attack from the Warunimal Empire. Now, wearing the scarf left to him by his father, Pan-Taron takes flight in Panda-Z, the undefeatable robot built by his grandfather. So no matter how strong the enemy, the forces of ...
What They SayAngels of mercy, gunmen for God...
Centuries ago, man\'s Armageddon birthed the vampires\' wrath. As man and immortal clash, a reality-shattering threat looms. Hope resides solely in a new breed of hunter operating under the Vatican\'s autho...
What They SayContains episodes 192-194:
Take Flight, Videl
With the world martial arts tournament fast approaching, Videl and Goten must learn to fly, and fast! Gohan reveals the secret to flying and struggles to coach his two students into the air. Mil...
What They SayFeatures never before seen footage and a fresh, clean digital transfer of Robotech from the original 16mm film stock, returning the series to a lovely and near-pristine state without compromising the character of the original animation.
Fif...
What They SaySeveral years after the arrival of a massive, unknown vessel from outer space, life goes on as usual. The invaders even observe earth traffic lights. But now an unlikely group of youngsters have vowed to defeat the aliens--with Magic. Sae is ...
The Review!There are a lot of people who have seen The Matrix, but bearly anyone actually figured out the world of The Matrix and just chose to get lost in fight sequences. It\'s understandable though since there is much in The Matrix that never gets expl...
What They SayAll supply transports to Area 88 have been cut off by the enemy. With the base running low on fuel and ammunition, supply costs have soared. The task of freeing the base from the enemy\'s stranglehold falls to Shin Kazama and a couple of unli...
What They SayAs the Dangaioh Units go through repairs after their last battle, we find out the past of Miya and Kuya, along with how they came to be involved in the Dangaioh Project, and with that, the secret origin of the Agwarda Organization! Before lon...
What They SayYuji, a high school teenager, discovers that he has an new incurable virus. With life looking very bleak, he's left only one option - hope that the future may hold a cure. With his decision made, he opts to undergo artificial hibernation...
...
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 ...
What They SayFrom a sea of stars to a sea of sand, Ahab\'s journey knows no bounds!
As Ahab and his crew finally arrive on Planet Moad, Lucky\'s home planet, they are greeted by none other than Moby Dick himself. Facing off with his old adversary, Ahab i...
What They SayTake flight with Porco Rosso. From tropical Adriatic settings to dazzling aerial manoeuvres, this action-adventure from the world-renowned animator, Hayao Miyazaki, is full of humour, courage and chivalry.
When \"Marco\" - whose face has bee...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
Recorded: Kamikazecon '05
From Gravion Zwei to Hello Kitty's Animation Theater, George Manley has provided voices for many fan favorites over the years. He's also the voice of Lord Kozan in the upcoming Samurai Gun, due for released...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mia IkumiTranslated by:Yoohae YangAdapted by:What They SayThe cats are back, and a new Mew is about to emerge! Berry just transferred to a new school - but little does she know she's about to become the first Mew Mew with TWO ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shotaro IshinomoriTranslated by:Bryan MasumotoAdapted by:What They SayThe World at the brink of self-annihilation. The nuclear age has brought with it the arms race, whihc has led to the advent of weapons powerful enough to de...
The Review!What do you get when you have a knight who doesn't fight, a thief who doesn't steal, and a navigator who can't use a map? A fantasy series that took me four days and several attempts to get through the first five episodes.
Audio:
I only liste...
Jackie Chan had every reason to be pleased with himself at the Television Critics Association meeting last week. His animated series, Jackie Chan Adventures had just gotten a greenlight for a second season by the Kids WB. As far as he was concerned, this ...
New Line Cinema has signed Nathan Phillips to star opposite Samuel L. Jackson in PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT 121. David Ellis will direct. The story centers on a ruthless assassin who unleashes a crate full of lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the ...
Hugh Laurie (STUART LITTLE's Dad) is the latest cast addition to THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX remake for 20th Century Fox. Poor Laurie gets to play a business suit-type who, once the plane goes down in the middle of the Mongolian desert, freaks out and stays...
Comic book creative tycoon Stan Lee seems to be on a roll with coming up with scantily clad superheroes. First it was STRIPPERELLA, the adult-oriented cartoon now showing on the soon-to-be Spike TV network. For his follow-up Lee has devised an idea called...
Now
that Witchblade is back for a second season, watching an episode
may make you feel like putting on a pair of leather pants and kicking evil's
ass. But since you would probably look ridiculous, and since kicking evil's
ass is kind of il...
CHATSWORTH, CA, September 06, 2007 " Leading adult anime labels Critical Mass Video and Adult Source Media (ASM) officially announce their joint effort to combat illegal downloads of their licensed properties.
During the past several months, the two ...
Electronic Arts has begun shipping copies of its latest boxing game, FIGHT NIGHT 2004, to stores. The title should begin appearing on store shelves this week.The game company redesigned the engine for the latest FIGHT NIGHT game, introducing a new element...
... 9PM EST) FightorFlight
A mysterious woman (Kristen Bell) searches for Peter; Matt and a surprise ally go to Philadelphia to hunt down Molly's attacker; Monica deals with her new abilities and her role as a local hero; Suresh meets his new p...
IGN is at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where we just viewed a killer fight sequence from Spider-Man 3 at the Sony booth
WARNING: SPOILERS CONTAINED WITHIN...
FHM Magazine has a short article about the Smallville season six premiere, "Zod". The article features a picture of Tom Welling as Clark Kent, and talks about the confrontation between Clark and kryptonian villain Zod portrayed by Michael Rosenbaum. Final...
DreamWorks Animation will bow the animated short film "First Flight" on May 19 in select New York and L.A. theaters prior to showings of "Over the Hedge."
More...
Despite the wordplay and similarity to Snakes on a Plane, Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane is an effective and amusing zombie film. In interviews, director and co-writer Scott Thomas says that his original treatment called “Plane ...
ADV Films has set a street date of December 11, 2001 for the DVD release of the 5th flight of the best-selling Robotech series containing the dramatic conclusion of the Robotech Masters saga. ADV Films plans a concurrent release for Robotech v9: Robotech...
What They SayThe biological combat android Iczer-1 travels to Earth. Her mission is to defend the planet from Cthuwolf invaders, but in order to power her battlesuit she needs to unite with a partner in body and mind. Nagisa is a human girl who has lost h...
Lions Gate Films is aiming for a September start date for its new zombie film FLIGHT OF THE DEAD. Guess what it's about? If you said "zombies on an airplane," you're 100% correct!In actuality there are just two zombies on the plane in FLIGHT. It turns out...
I am Jack's Xbox.In David Fincher's under-appreciated FIGHT CLUB, protagonist Edward Norton would describe how he felt by referring to his feelings or even his possessions in the third person. While Fincher's movie never performed to the satisfaction of 2...
The cast for the upcoming remake of THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX continues to grow. The latest additions to the roster are Miranda Otto (Eowyn in THE LORD OF THE RINGS movies) and Tyrese (2 FAST 2 FURIOUS), who join Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi and Tony Cur...
What They SayHajiki finally gets his chance to complete what his father was attempting; to fly into space. But Katana arrives to spoil things. However, this trip to the heavens holds more than just completing his father\'s work. The secret of the gads; th...
Apple's trailer section is hosting the trailer for 20th Century Fox's upcoming action-thriller FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX. The remake of the 1965 film stars Dennis Quaid as the captain of a small commercial flight that crashlands in a remote part of the Mongol...
20th Century Fox has moved up the release of THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX five days ahead of schedule. The picture, which had been aiming for a Wednesday, December 22 release, will now bow in theaters on Friday, Decembere 17.Bruce Snyder, Fox's President of ...
What They SayYou think you have problems? Things are bad enough for Sailor Moon when the
evil Queen Beryl tries to recapture the Rainbow Crystals, but the forces of
the Negaverse finally manage to break into our universe! Now, the Sailor
Scouts have to fa...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Despite being a huge fan and collector of Asian action films for many years, I was totally unprepared for the zany incredulosity that is KUNG FU HUSTLE. An absolutely mind-boggling mix of action and comedy, kung-fu and wire-fu ...
New Line is in talks with Samuel L. Jackson to star in their thriller FLIGHT 121. Jackson would play an FBI agent on a long quest to bring a ruthless mob boss to justice. He finds a witness and takes him on a commercial flight from Hawaii to L.A. Trouble ...
WARNING: Portions of this Q&A contain significant spoilers. However, those portions are "whited out" for readers who wish to avoid them.
Throughout the week, we have been presenting the X-Men: The Last Stand round table discussions with the cast. Com...
What They SayThe Final Flight of the Osiris
Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski; Directed by Andy Jones
Animation and production design by Square USA, Inc.
The crew of the hovercraft Osiris must get a message back to Zion, a message of vital importance....
For anyone doubting the impact Christopher Reeve had on audiences in his interpretation of Superman, they need look no farther than the world's reaction to his tragic horse-riding accident four years ago. The love and support demonstrated spoke volumes an...
What They SayEnter the world of Gilgamesh. Where the sky has been turned into a psychedelic mirror and civilization is only a shadow of its former self. Where beautiful assassins transform into terrifying winged creatures. Where children are born with ama...
What They SayA series of unnatural earth tremors frightens the Space Mice into action. Rather than running or hiding, they begin to train like soldiers, and fight a pitched battle against the Blue Cat. To back them up, Pidge builds them their very own rob...
What They SayIt\'s Chief Gooley\'s worst nightmare come true. The Lovely Angels are back on the job, but this time the 3WA\'s Central Computer has assigned them two cases at the same time: investigate a space liner explosion in which three hundred people ...
Lisa Ryder, who plays Captain Beka Valentine on Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda, doesn`t mind trading reality for science fiction on a regular basis. The actress has starred in Total Recall 2070, Psi Factor and the upcoming Friday the 13th sequel Jason X, pl...
After a series of flight simulations the boys in Nova Logic decided to take a shot at space simulations. Their first game in this genre, Tachyon: The Fringe is one of the so-called "Privateer" games. This means that it has a storyline but you still have a...
ADV Films is proud to announce the upcoming home video release of Martian Successor Nadesico: Endgame, the final DVD installment of the spectacular Martian Successor Nadesico series which is considered by many fans to be one of ADV Films' most popular tit...
Move over Voldemort, there’s a new sorceress in town who’s quickly earning the title of “She Who Must Not Be Named.” J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter universe, seems to be getting swept up in the commercialized trappings o...
Political action figures have become a recurring phenomenon in modern life. As we continue to grow as a post-literate society centered on the moving picture, icons take on greater influence as our attention spans demand more information packed into shorte...
What They SayYonosuke Hikura appears to be an ordinary high school student. Yet he has inherited the important role, passed down through generations of his family, of protecting the harmony between Heaven and Earth. With the help of the magical sword Chit...
For reasons which remain as yet unknown (and which we may end up caring little about when we find out), Walter Langkowski, also known as Sasquatch, has begun reassembling the Alpha Flight team. But he's running into some difficulty - his pitch is ineffect...
By now you may have heard about how the major film studios got the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to ban the practice of sending out videos of their Oscar nominated films to voters. The major studios argue that having these videos in cir...
September 17, 2001
Houston, TX
ADV Films has set a street date of November 27th, 2001 for the upcoming home video release of Arc the Lad: "Day of Reckoning". ADV Films plans concurrent day & date release of both VHS and DVD formats for this final spellb...
What They SayUniversal Century 0087, Seven years have past since the defeat of the Zeon army during what has now become known as the \'One Year War\'. An elite Federation military force known as the Titans are tasked with the prevention of further uprisin...
The man hailed as the father of cyberpunk is back on the bookshelves with a follow-up to 2003’s Pattern Recognition, a novel Publisher’s Weekly named one of the best books of the year.
Good start of the work week to all of you Maniac ...
The scores to Snakes on a Plane, Zodiac, and Shooter at first glance seem to bear little resemblance to one another, although each in fact embodies a type of musical fusion to develop and enhance its effectiveness as a score and as a soundtrack CD.&nb...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing the official prequel novel to the live-action film.
Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...
If you find it difficult to pass the time waiting for Peter Jackson's final chapter in his film adaptation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, this week you have two good pieces of news: this week two different RINGS video games ar hitting store shelves, one based ...
Just a few days after young actor Rob Knox finished up filming his scenes as Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the 18 year old was killed in a knife fight outside a bar in London. See the AP report below. An 18-year...
The latest volume of Flight delivers the kind of whimsy and imagination you'd expect from a graphic novel of such pedigree (though the fantastic cover of dove-riders swooping amongst floating steampunk whales is a dead giveaway, too).
Volume fou...
What They SayWhen Ryuho is mortally wounded by Mujo, Scheris has only one choice but to use her Alter, Eternal Devote, and make the ultimate sacrifice for the man she loves. Using the final enhanced forms of their Alters, both Ryuho and Kazuma battle Mujo...
Just to let you know where I'm coming from in this review, I'll start off by saying that I have always loved the WING COMMANDER series. The first game that I played in the series was WING COMMANDER II, and I picked up the third game on the first day it wa...
Jericho has really been building up the last several episodes to what I just new was going to be a pretty amazing season finale. I was right, and wrong. New Bern is in full attack mode and Jericho is setting up defenses already having lost one f...
Welcome to the second part of my interview with FAMILY GUY 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...
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 ...
When the eagerly anticipated X-Men movie reached theatres this summer, it turned out to be a rarity: a big-budget Hollywood adaptation of a comic book that pleased both fans and newcomers. The result paid off handsomely for distributor 20th Century Fox; n...
The SONIC franchise was as popular and well respected as the MARIO series in the 16-bit era. But the Sonic, Tails and company fell on hard times as they tried to make the jump to 3D. Meanwhile, Mario's two titles were both critically acclaimed. Something ...
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on...
It's true that while dragging politics into a discussion about an Action RPG is far from appealing, I will have to touch briefly upon the concept of globalization to kind of get to where I'm going with this opening. Essentially, the principals tha...
Spider-Man 3 opened on Friday to mixed, yet mostly positive reviews. It also opened to record-breaking box office receipts, making it the biggest opening weekend in history. Effectively, more people saw Spider-Man 3 in a single weekend than any ...
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...
Greg Cox gives Ghost Rider its film tie-in book treatment, Kage Baker releases a collection of never-before-published The Company stories, and a handful of Anne McCaffrey classics move to the audio book realm in this week’s Book Buzz.
Hap...
It's the last week before the new season begins (some would claim that PRISON BREAK marks that boundary, but ROME seems like a better dividing line to me) and we're in week two of our tour of the new season. Below I'll mouth off about FOX's returning "Ani...
Cute little robot animals fight a never-ending battle for the fate of ... something or other. As long as it's not raining. What They SayRobonimal World is under attack from the Warunimal Empire. Now, wearing the scarf left to him by his father, Pan-Taron ...
Super heroes have (finally) been getting a fair shake by the entertainment world in the past few years (ignore the Daredevil movie and this theory holds water). The argument could be made that this is due to the advances in technology that finally allow m...
viz-in vol. 12, no. 7 Your One-Stop Monthly Manga & Anime Connection! ITEMS SHIPPING OCTOBER `00 featuring...
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK FIVE, #1 REGULAR and SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original ...
What They SayAfter their escape from the Kummen Jungle Wars, Chirico and Fyana find themselves trapped on board a space battleship bound for the war-ravaged planet Sunsa with Ypsilon and the Secret Society hot on their heels. Unable to alter their course,...
What They SayUnbeknownst to the general population a war against aliens is going on. Rei Fukai, a pilot in the elite Special Air Force (SAF) unit, flies the Yukikaze, an advanced fighter with an almost sentient computer system. One day, Yukikaze designate...
A screw-you-Pat amount of books came out this week with a little something for everyone: several anthologies for the SF reader, new fantasy / horror stand-alone novels and series installments, and even a widely neglected, early novel from George R.R. ...
Reprinted with permission by the author
It's been a while since I reported on how the consumer electronics and Hollywood giants had allied to push Digital Video Disks as the new and improved way to watch home entertainment. Now industry analysts report t...
What They Say\"Ippo boxes Volg at the final match of the Level A Boxer Tournament. The bell rings. They both fight a ferocious in-fight battle. Volg\'s high speed combination \"\"White Fang\"\" relentlessly pummels Ippo, but Ippo also returns with his ...
What They SaySophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. After this chance meeting she is turned into a 90-year old woma...
What They SayMana is hit by a truck and taken to the hospital. Yuta rushes to be at her side, but she has mysteriously disappeared by the time he arrives. His search leads him to an old mansion rumored to have a mermaid cemetery, where he finds two women,...
Greetings, and welcome to another edition of "Readers Take Aim" on this week's COMICSCAPE. Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on BATMAN BEGINS, particularly those that didn't care for the film. It seems counterintuitive to welcome disag...
Author Don Bassingthwaite concluded his The Dragon Below Trilogy late last year with the release of The Killing Song through Wizards of the Coast Publishing.
Before I delved into the third installment I wanted to get a true sense of what this s...
Peter Sarsgaard is in negotiations to join Jodie Foster in the new thriller FLIGHT PLAN. Sarsgaard would play an airline passenger that's seated near to Foster's character, a mother travelling with her young daughter. When the woman's girl mysteriously va...
The film production company Distant Horizon is developing a live-action version of the Japanese anime KITE, created by Yasuomi Umetsu. The action/drama has director Rob Cohen (XXX, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS) onboard to direct the film. Cohen will also serv...
Author Chuck Palahniuk, the object of cult worship because of his twisted counter culture novels like FIGHT CLUB and INVISIBLE MONSTERS, recently confirmed that his latest novel CHOKE has been optioned for the big screen treatment by Bandeira Entertainmen...
Take this with a grain of salt: The British newspaper THE DAILY STAR is reporting pop music sensation Britney Spears has signed for six episodes of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. The stint, set to begin when the show returns in the fall, will have the teen sta...
Ron Shelton is prepping a new thriller, staring Harrison Ford, seemingly based, in part, on Los Angeles' Rampart police corruption scandal, part of which involved bad cops moonlighting as bodyguards and possibly hit men for gangsta rappers. The film, unti...
Continuing their spy coverage of the FANTASTIC FOUR movie while it films in Vancouver, Hollywood North Report has a new series of photos up showing the production shooting at the Plaza of Nations, an outdoor venue that's usually the site for concerts. The...
PULSE 24 covers Jimm and Joshua Johnson's fan film project, STARSHIP EXETER: THE SAVAGE EMPIRE. The project recreates, with reasonable success, the look, feel, and sound of an original series STAR TREK episode, but set on the original interstellar Enterpr...
Actors Ving Rhames (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) and Sarah Polley (eXistenZ) are close to signing deals to star in the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD, states today's issue of The Hollywood Reporter. The two would play members of a group of survivors holed up in a ma...
Sean Smith from Newsweek magazine took an exclusive visit to the set of Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN RETURNS.Smith reveals from his visit that in one scene "Brandon Routh, as the Man of Steel, crawls across a black, wet wasteland, pursued by the evil Lex Lutho...
What They SayShe\'s dealt with demons, barbarians and thugs before, but Elle\'s toughest opponent now looms before her: a five thousand-year-old ceremony full of pomp and posturing. The ceremony of the Devas has begun, and the only thing more humiliating ...
Disney Studios is looking to bring the long-lost 1980s superhero series THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO to the big screen in a big way. According to DAILY VARIETY, legendary TV producer and owner of the HERO mythos Stephen J. Cannell and the studio Walt built ...
What They SayYakumo Mutsu\'s relationship with Musashi Miyamoto is getting strained and emotions are running high. It\'s only a matter of time before these two icons of the martial arts meet in a spectacular brawl!
Fast forward to the next generation of...
This has been going on for a few days now and since it continues to roll forwards we figure it's about time to at least give these nutty folks some coveage
The "NUTS for Jericho " effort, via NutsOnline, is made up of "fans from all o...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r...
FilmEngine & New Line have approved a pitch for the sequel to "The Butterfly Effect." John Leonetti will direct the film which will be written by Michael Weiss. Ashton Kutcher is not expected to return.The sequel will follow a new character who finds he...
Ubisoft announced this week that they have signed an exclusive deal with Red Mile Entertainment to publish and distribute the HEROES OF THE PACIFIC video game in North America for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game and e...
FLIGHTPLAN, starring Jodie Foster, landed at the number one spot at the box office with a take of $24.6 million. And TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE came in second with $20.1 million in ticket sales.JUST LIKE HEAVEN slipped to number three with $9.8 million, f...
It's being reported that none other than Ben Affleck will play George Reeves in Focus Features' "Truth, Justice and the American Way." The story centers on a detective in Los Angeles trying to solve Reeves' mysterious death. Reeves met a tragic, mysterio...
Swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and actors Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield conduct a panel on the sword choreography for the episodes "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" and "The Modern Prometheus," both of which featured MacLeod and Methos.McAsh assesses how things u...
What They SayThe very first anime ever produced, Osamu Tezuka\'s (KIMBA, THE WHITE LION / HI NO TORI / METROPOLIS) original 1963 - 1964 ASTRO BOY delighted children around the world with its touching stories and compelling characters. In the U.S., many wi...
What They SayIkki has formed a team of Storm Riders with the help of some new friends and old allies. With their first victory in the bag, they have begun their journey to the top of the ranks. Unfortunately for Ikki, Rika, eldest of the Sleeping Forest s...
What They SayAliens have begun their invasion of Earth. Fortunately, scientists have developed the Sky Knight, a fighter plane capable of defending the world, and a group of teenagers has stepped forward to lead the resistance.
Contains episodes 1-2.The ...
What They SayChange is in the air, from snow in the jungle to a trip to the concrete jungle. After a freak blizzard strikes the village, Weda is struck by the urge to return to her home in the city. There may not be wild animals in a metropolis, but the c...
What They SayBEAUTIFUL, DANGEROUS, AND DESPERATE FOR WORK…Nereides\' sexy female agents will take on any job for the right price, no matter how dangerous or demanding. But they first have to fight off the infamous crime family, the Wong Chang Lee b...
What They SayIn the aftermath of the great earthquake, one ruthless corporation stands ready to take over the devastated city of Tokyo with an army of synthetic monsters. Only a single band of female mercenaries oppose the monolithic power of Genom. With ...
What They SayAfter her defeat by the honorable Taishigi, Hakufu takes it upon herself to fight even harder to reach the top. Even as the tournament's battles rage on, the head of each school plots to defeat the others by manipulating their pawns into bat...
What They SayAs Rosette and her companions get closer to learning Joshua’s whereabouts, Aion and his demon cohorts launch a new offensive forcing the Magdalene Order and their allies to fight a battle on multiple fronts while being attacked from eve...
What They SayThe most important and dangerous competition of all time is set to begin as the Demon World Tournament officially gets underway! Thousands of competitors from every corner of Demon World arrive to take their shot at becoming the next sole rul...
What They SayThe King goes underground! When Yujiro appears in the underground arena and quickly humbles his champion son, he accepts a vigorous challenge from the patient Doppo. Doppo\'s secret ten-year vendetta is exposed to the younger generation\'s ch...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takei HiroyukiTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayCLASH AT THE MATA CEMETERY
Yoh's spiritual journey into the caves of Izumo has boosted his mana and his confidence - and just in time, too! It's the last battle...
In an item that further proves the number of market-approved stories is dwindling by the day, both ABC and FOX are gearing up to do new versions of the 1960s time-travel show, TIME TUNNEL.It seems ABC has bought the rights to the original book by William ...
What They Say\"Ippo challenges Date, the current Japanese featherweight champion. Both warriors train themselves rigorously for the title match. While Date recalls his humiliating defeat at the world championship title match years ago, Ippo tries to gra...
What They SayBelow the capital city of Tokyo exists a forgotten world called \"Tokyo Underground.\"
The Review!While more than halfway through the series, things are still heavily focused on the action side of things and very little is done to push the a...
Continuing from where the first season left off, this season of Baki the Grappler centers much more on the action but fails to deliver a cohesive plot.What They SayBaki Hanma returns to the Supreme Fighting Circuit to defend his title against a sea of con...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Nobuhiro WatsukiTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:What They SayAt the madman Shishio Makoto's headquarters, the long-delayed duel between Kenshin and Shinomori Aoshi concludes, while at Aoi-Ya, those left behind wage thei...
Fistfights cross paths with Buddhist beliefs in FIGHT FOR TOMORROW, a six-issue mini-series written by Brian Wood, with art by Denys Cowan and Kent Williams. Here's how DC describes the mini-series: "It's a tale of violence, love and redemption set in c...
What They SayTakamura defends his Japanese championship belt for the fourth time. He defeats the challenger only using his left arm. His explosive power assures his ticket to the world title. Sendo is also defending his belt. Contrary to the majority\...