Most people know GlennDanzig through his 30-year musical career. From the Misfits to Samhain to Danzig, he has remained a pioneering force in dark rock. His discography includes everything from cacophonous, yet catchy hardcore punk to 1950&rsqu...
...isley and GlennDanzig, and a million trading cards and other media. I understand that your team is starting fresh with the character. What are you going to bring that we haven't seen before?
Joshua Ortega: Our main goal for this...
...hirt with GlennDanzig "doing the Dew" on it, either. While licensed products advertise a particular franchise, they also serve as products in their own right -- a comic you can read, a shirt you can wear, or a poster you can mount on your wall.Marvel...
...stened to GlennDanzig or Rob Zombie collectively bought even a single issue of their comics, it would amaze the industry. Granted, neither constitutes the most popular rock acts on the planet (at least not anymore), but the numbers of records...
Actor Glenn Ford, who played protagonists in films such as The Blackboard Jungle, Gilda and The Big Heat, has died. He was 90.A statement from Beverly Hills police says that paramedics were called to Ford's home just before 4 pm and found the actor deceas...
VARIETY notes the passing of Glenn John McQueen, a veteran animator for Pixar. Mr. McQueen passed away on October 29 at 41 in Berkeley of melanoma. McQueen worked on TOY STORY, his first film at Pixar, and went on to contribute work to TOY STORY 2, A BUG'...
It was a hell of a cliffhanger: fearing for the safety of his wife and daughter, genetically engineered Michael Wiseman punched out the lights of his `creator`, Dr. Theodore Morris, and hit the road with his family , who were unaware of Michaels true ide...
Los Angeles-based NBC 4 runs an obituary on Glenn Quinn, who was found dead early last week of a possible drug overdose. The Dublin-born actor was a regular on ROSEANNE as Becky Connor's beau and later husband Mark Healy. Beginning in 1999 he co-starred a...
Genre: Comedy/Science Fiction.Studio: Paramount Pictures.Production Company: Scott Rudin Productions.Project Phase: In the Can.Who's In It: Nicole Kidman (Joanna Eberhart); Matthew Broderick (Walter Kresby); Bette Midler (Bobbi Markowitz); Glenn Close (Cl...
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...
Does your stomach hurt? What about your back or head? Perhaps youve simply got a cold or the flu. Maybe its more serious. Maybe youre suffering from a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever your whacked-out neighbor created in his basement. Or maybe its because you ju...
One reader wrote in to say that his main peeve with DVD is that theyre just too addictive. I agree, and intend to have my lawyer draw up papers for a class action suit against the DVD manufacturers and producers who have forced this affliction on me, and...
OPINIONAmazing, the amount of responses that including a single controversial quote in a column can garner! I got a record amount of letters responding to last week's column about the ULTIMATES's Nick Fury, an African-American character. The responses wer...
Director John Whitesell (MALIBU'S MOST WANTED) is in talks to helm CATS & DOGS 2: TINKLES' REVENGE for Warner Bros. The sequel to the 2000 family picture is getting prepped for filming and will probably roll before cameras sometime next year for a summer ...
Variety reports that Maverick Films has bought an untitled pitch from writers Marc Sedaka and Glenn German that sounds like a young version of OCEAN'S 11. The story is about a group of teenagers who plan to rob the Bellagio Hotel's arcade in Las Vegas.Sed...
For nearly two decades, the enigmatic path to Hollywood set upon by Marvel Comics' hottest properties had been one plagued by misfortune. Be it the web of legal issues locking up production of SPIDER-MAN or the "studio shuffle" that besieged DAREDEVIL ear...
Barry Pepper is a good actor who, when I think of him, is remembered for his role in Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN instead of BATTLEFIELD EARTH. I understand that a man has to make a living and pay his bills and I don't hold Barry any ill-will f...
Citing undisclosed personal reasons, siblings John and Joan Cusack have exited Paramount's remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES. The studio is moving fast to recast the parts, with Matthew Broderick in talks to play the part of Nicole Kidman's husband and Bette ...
Several readers have written in to our DVD peeve department to gripe about DVD packaging. While the plastic keepcase has settled in as the compromise of choice for most labels, why do some manufacturers force us to unwrap the shrinkwrap, remove adhesive s...
We all have our guilty pleasures: series or movies we take joy in but are hesitant to tell even other fans about. Some people have tapes of the complete series of MISFITS OF SCIENCE hidden away in their homes. Others can't get through a week without tunin...
OPINION: It seems that I made a mistake while writing last week's column which has led to several helpful e-mails correcting me about something I already knew. At one point, I wrote "Eventually I'll be doing a column on which comics should be made into on...
In a funny and unexpected way, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW sort of gets to have its filmic cake and eat it, too. Yes, it is the epitome of a big-budget special effects extravaganza that has visuals that couldn't have been achieved five minutes ago, wedded to a...
The 1975 film version of Ira Levin's novel THE STEPFORD WIVES was a combination of icy political satire (or social satire, for those who genuinely don't see anything political in gender issues) and actual of-its-day horror thriller. The movie packed a sen...
For Chicagoland readers: were having a GODZILLA ticket giveaway over at www.psychotronic.info. For everybody: A plug for the folks at Sinister Cinema, whose terrific Drive-In Double Features are now available on DVD-R, including 10 new volumes. They also...
Christopher Walken and Glenn Close are in talks to join the cast of THE STEPFORD WIVES remake as the town leaders. Variety hints that one of their characters would be a principal leader behind turning the town's citizens into obedient androids.Frank Oz (...
The nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b...
Walt Disney Pictures has bought an untitled story pitch from French director/writer Alain Chabat about a romantic triangle between a man, a woman and a superhero.It begins with the woman dumping her boyfriend who happens to be a superhero. Turns out that ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSTAKEN, a Steven Spielberg-produced Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries, traces four generations of a single American family that has been beset with alien abductions. The show was broadcast in ten segments on the Sci-Fi channel in ...
I'm writing this week's column with a bad head cold, and my blocked sinuses make me feel like watching movies with a lot of head trauma (decapitation, shotgun explosion, screwdriver to the temple, etc.). Luckily, here's something made to order. SPOTLIGHT ...
It was a hot and sunny day at The Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles as I took my place in one of the photographer pens on the red carpet. Fans were in bleachers and screamed for their favorite television stars as they walked down the red carpet to...
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ...
"I will do anything you want me to do," ambitious yet idealistic LAPD officer Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) promises his superior, Det. Sgt. Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), in TRAINING DAY. Eager to climb the ranks to detective, Hoyt sees a possible slot on ...
At a time when the nation has rediscovered the meaning of the word "hero," the comic book publishers who chronicle the fictional exploits of fantasy heroes have turned instead to paying tribute to the men and women who demonstrated true heroism on Septemb...
Superman Returns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
Genre:Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Kal-El/"Superman"); Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor); Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane); Hugh Laurie (Perry ...
Daredevil, the Punisher, Elektra, and many more of Marvel's more down-to-earth stars have been revamped in one way or another for a new century and a new generation of readers via the Marvel Knights imprint. Taking a slightly more mature perhaps even dar...
Hannibal the Cannibal! Hannibal the Cannibal! Oh, if only the poor, horrible inmates of the Baltimore State Forensic Hospital knew what they were doing when they chanted that madmans name, deifying him in the process. Little did Miggs and the rest of t...
Anyone who thinks they are sitting on the script for the ultimate horror film spoof needs to watch this film about thirty times, then TEAR THEIR SCRIPT UP! After a bit of a drop-off at the box-office, Abbott & Costello regained their kings-of-comedy crown...
Looking to brighten up its rather somber entry (thematically, that is) into the summer box office season a la A.I., Warner Bros. "unleashes" its live action animal adventure CATS & DOGS. Sporting a cast of loveable canines and felines while boasting A...
Entering the ranks of such live action talking animal fare as BABE, STUART LITTLE and this summer's DR. DOLITTLE 2, Warner Bros. "unleashes" CATS & DOGS with the hopes of offering something that its prestigious competition visibly lacked: thrills. Tre...
For those of you who just can't get enough high-tech spy and action entertainment, as imagined with fuzzy cats and dogs standing in for action heroes, you'll be glad to hear Warner Bros. is moving forward with a sequel to last year's CATS AND DOGS.Kevin L...
VIDEO NEWSScrappy independent [IMG4R]video distributor Synapse recently announced two upcoming titles which, while lacking in cinematic "name" value, give evidence why the label needs to be paid attention to. INVASION USA is a 1953 no-budgeter wherein the...
For those of you looking for another way to get into the Halloween spirit, WFLA's radio personality, Glenn Beck, will be recreating H.G. Wells' WAR OF THE WORLDS, via radio broadcast, the same format Orson Welles used to frighten the masses in 1938. Chec...
DC Comics has announced that the stories scheduled to run in GLOBAL FREQUENCY #2 and #3 will switch places.GLOBAL FREQUENCY #2, written by Warren Ellis and scheduled to be in stores on Nov. 27, was originally scheduled to feature a story drawn by Steve Di...
Sunday, December 22, 2002 saw the red carpet premiere of Miramax Films' live action PINOCCHIO, held at Pacific's The Grove in Los Angeles, Calif. Directed by and starring Italian favorite Roberto Benigni, the film utilizes such A-list voice talent as Brec...
Erika Christensen has gone from bad to worse. First she played a drug-addicted spoiled brat teen in Steven Soderbergh's Academy Award-winning TRAFFIC and now, in SWIMFAN, an obsessed and possibly homicidal high school student named Madison Bell who can't ...
There was something for everyone at this year's Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, especially for fans that wanted an autograph or just a quick conversation with some of their favorite celebrities. Aside from the extremely long lines waiting to meet George Rom...
Howard and Beverly look for shelter in a creepy house that seems to boast some familiar tenants. Amongst its Escher-esque halls and stairways, two fellows named Cain and Abel preside over a bizarre pageant of puzzlement that includes an obscenity-spouting...
In an item recounting the triumphs of this week's 'it' writers of the moment, John Glenn and Travis Wright, comes the news the duo, who just finished penning RED WORLD for Jerry Bruckheimer, have been tapped by Warner Bros. to write a remake of 1981's CLA...
Universal Pictures has announced a definitive start to filming for Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. The film will start shooting this month in New Zealand for a worldwide theatrical release on December 14, 2005.The movie studio issued a press release ...
Yeah, so, I know all you guys want to talk about last week's ANGEL, but here's the thing: I didn't watch it.That's right. I said it. I didn't watch it.Now wait, before you shoot off an email summarizing the whole episode for me, I already got a synopsis.Y...
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...
Summer is over. Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” is the last official movie of the summer. Some will say that Hollywood actually went out with a bang with “Superbad”, but this humble moviegoer will say that Hollywood went out wi...
The newest entry in Universal's DVD Originals offerings, The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian, commenced principal photography in Capetown, South Africa on October 1, 2007. Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions is co-producing with Fi...
Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has taken a lot of flack for the past few issues for its heavy use of talking heads and lack of zombie-on-human action. But, a couple of issues ago, we learned that the vile Governor of Woodbury survived the vi...
The first full length trailer for the upcoming thriller The Strangers has arrived online courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The thriller will star Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward and Glenn Howerton. Bryan Bertino is directing, based on a screenplay he wrote ...
This 37th issue of The Walking Dead hits all the points that please the series’s fans and infuriate its detractors. The issue offers no moments of zombie carnage and plenty of talking heads, including a flashback to the first story arc, a weddi...
In the Prize Closet this week we have FIVE copies of Clerks 2 (plus a t-shirt with each one) to give away, courtesy of Weinstein. To enter, send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info which includes your name and address, and the subject line “RETU...
To see SUPERMAN RETURNS is to see a man in love, and no, I'm not referring to either the flying fellow in the cape or his bespectacled alter ego though to be sure they are both utterly devoted to Lois Lane. The adoration glowing through every frame of th...
SNOOP DOGG'S HOOD OF HORROR has been picked up for North American distribution by Xenon Pictures. The film is tentatively set for a theatrical run this fall which would be followed by a DVD release in the spring.The film contains three blood-soaked tales...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate Films will distribute the James Mangold Western remake 3:10 TO YUMA. The film stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and is fully financed by Relativity Media.3:10 TO YUMA is based on the 1957 film that star...
To the publisher’s credit, Marvel continues to expand its genre repertoire beyond superheroes. Though the company endures a great deal of oft-deserved criticism, it has understood an essential requirement for attracting new readers. If...
Lots of contests ending today which means we\'ll be kicking some new ones off later tonight and into the weekend.Empty Art Box Contest - Jeff Quinlan has scored our Maburaho box. We\'ve got the Daphne box up next and have added our Moon Phase box to the l...
On May 22, at an American Idol press day, IGN FilmForce had the opportunity to chat with Glenn Morshower, who plays Agent Aaron Pierce on TV's 24. The actor hinted that he is off to New Mexico to shoot a movie with Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
Th...
The very first video store I ever worked at was a mom and pop store that only competed with the big chains because it had a great location, we carried adult videos and we weren’t under a lot of scrutiny about what we carried like the big chain store...
Back when Spider-Man
was in production fans will recall that four of the wall-crawlers
costumes were stolen from the set of the movie last April, never to be seen
again...until now. Variety reports that the
super duds, valued at $50,000 a piece were...
The Hulk by Essex
Universal
Pictures announced Wednesday that it has begun principal photography on The
Hulk, the feature film based upon one of Marvel Comics' most memorable
and popular supe...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuzu MizutaniTranslated by:Yoohae YangAdapted by:What They SayMerleawe is told her presence is needed for the sake of her country. Merleawe, who studies magic, is persuaded by Vaith to pretend to be the Great Wizard Sylthfarn....
With our recent move, we're still finding things in boxes that we shouldn't have so we need to give them away. We've got a bit of a mix in this contest as we're giving away Samurai 7 Vol. #6 and 7 from FUNim...
A new teaser poster for Eagle Eye has premiered online over at JoBlo. Click on the link to see the full poster. The film, which marks the second team up of director D.J Caruso and leading star Shia LaBeouf after Disturbia, also co-stars Michelle Monaghan,...
In television, preparation is paramount. It's also Fox, Warner Brothers, Touchstone, etc. You have to be prepared. When I first came to LA for an internship on a major TV series, I walked in knowing that show backwards and forwards. I was prepared to ...
At the American Idol press day, some news related to TRANSFORMERS happened to pop up. Glenn Morshower, who plays Aaron Pierce on 24, hinted that he has been added to the cast of the Michael Bay helmed film.Morshower also mentioned that the film would be ...
This is probably one of those items that you either want or you dont. Presenting every episode from Season Two of The X-Files, this DVD box set is clearly aimed at fans and collectors whose long-term goal is to have a complete collection resting on their...
DreamWorks has hired John Glenn and Travis Wright to turn an untitled Steven Spielberg idea into a feature script. The thriller follows an innocent man who must go on the run when he becomes a target for the powers-that-be.Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ...
Donnie Wahlberg signed to star along with Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudse and Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer and Tobin Bell in SAW 2 which began filming this week in Toronto.The script was written by Leigh Whannel a...
Genre:Drama/BioStudio:n/a.Production Company:Focus Features, Back Lot Pictures Project Phase:Development.Who's In It:Ben Affleck (George Reeves); Diane Lane (Toni Mannix); Adrian Brody (Detective)Who's Making It:Allen Coulter (Director); Howard Korder, P...
NBC has given "Medium" an early pickup for next season. The network has also secured three more episodes of the Paramount Network TV series for this year. A full 22 episodes have been given the go ahead for the 2005-2006 season.The series stars Patricia A...
Five for '05 by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-27-2004)
Another Christmas come and gone, and I hope everyone out there managed to take in his or her federally mandated allotment of fruitcake, eggnog, and soul-crushing familial strife. Fear not, we've still got New Year's Eve to look forward to, with opportunit...
After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere this Sunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l...
THIS WEEKS RECOMMENDATIONS Mamoru Oshiis GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE may be the most brilliant visualization that anime has thus far provoked. The first anime movie ever to complete at the Cannes Film Festival (and only the 6th animated film ev...
I'm really not trying to turn my repeatedly delaying this STAR WARS/STAR TREK column into a running joke, I swear. I fully intended to delve into that rich subject material this week, after finally closing out George Lucas' franchise last Friday night. ...
It's my birthday tomorrow, so I'm giving myself an early birthday present: a shorter column. Many happy returns. And in keeping with the birthday theme -- namely, focusing on me, myself, and I -- here's a list of four things that would make my birthday ...
Columbia Pictures' 1985 spirited western SILVERADO stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, and Danny Glover as four unwitting heroes who cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Silverado a town run by a corrupt sheriff and mu...
I rushed to the newsstand last Sunday morning to pick up a copy of the Sunday Chicago Tribune. Okay, I'm exaggerating to add some excitement in truth, I picked up the Sunday edition at the supermarket on Saturday afternoon. Real newsstands are rare these...
Open Sky Entertainment is remaking Herschell Gordon Lewis' 1970 cult film THE WIZARD OF GORE.The story centers on a master illusionist who is investigated for a string of gruesome murders.Open Sky's Glenn Garland and Christopher Duddy are producing the mo...
Last year, SAW about two men trapped by a sadist bent on punishing people for not appreciating life enough was a surprise horror hit. SAW II is faithful to the subject matter, look and tone of its predecessor, playing fair with its clues while coming up...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Composer Dario Marianelli (BLOOD STRANGERS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE) has stepped up to the plate and smashed a home run out of the park with his wondrously compelling score for Terry Gilliam's delightful fantasy, THE BROTHERS GRIMM...
Joe Harnell, the composer of several classic TV scores such as THE INCREDIBLE HULK, V and THE BIONIC WOMAN, died on Thursday, 14th of July of heart failure at the age of 80. Born in New York on 2 August 1924, Harnell studied music at the University of Mia...
Never underestimate the power of editing. From the trailer aired at the end of the previous episode, one would have suspected Virgil Webster to take up serial killing during his FBI suspension. Though the episode's subtext does dwell on the importance of ...
We have a new release from the folks at Unearthed this week which points out the increasing aura of paranoia and suppression in this country (and Canada). The label has specialized in bringing extremely gory foreign horror films into the USA legally, but ...
Detective Vic Mackey will have a new boss when THE SHIELD starts its fourth season next year. Emmy-award winning actress Glenn Close is joining the cast of FX Network's tough police drama where she will play the new captain of the precinct where Michael C...
What can you say? This is the kind of film that you love as a child; then, much to your delight, you find that it still amazes and entertains you even when you`re older, and not just out of any sense of childhood nostalgia. The songs are great; the techni...
SWIMFAN starts off more promisingly than a lot of teen thrillers the actors are good (some look a touch older than their high school characters, but that's par for the Hollywood course) and the dialogue isn't egregious. Then the plot proper gets underway...
It seems inevitable that any character from a comics-to-film movie will end up boxed and marketed as an action figure. THE HULK is no exception. Josh Lucas (who plays Major Glenn Talbot in the upcoming live ation adaptation of the Marvel comic) reveals th...
Paramount Pictures and MTV films have selected director Tony Scott to lead their remake of the 1979 classic THE WARRIORS, an urban kid gang epic based closely on Homer's ODYSSEY. Extremely controversial upon release, initial screenings were accompanied...
"I want reality. I never want the audience to say, I don't believe that."When director John Frankenheimer unexpectedly passed away June 6th, even the hype-ridden world of Hollywood had to stop and offer a moment of recognition to a master. Frankenheimer's...
Heres a film that touched a nerve in audiences when it was released in 1987, with some saying Michael Douglas philandering family man Dan Gallagher deserved the stalking he gets after a brief liaison with the less than sane Alex (Glenn Close). Others sa...
A few months back CINESCAPE featured an exclusive interview with Marvel Knights Group Editor Stuart Moore, in which he detailed plans for the launch of a new anthology to replace the current MARVEL KNIGHTS title. We now know a few more details about the s...
Looks like the cast for FINAL DESTINATION 2 is coming together, with a few hold-overs from the original. A.J. Cook has signed to star as Kimberly Corman, newcomer to the series, along with Michael Landes and Ali Larter.What's more, James Wong and Glenn Mo...
About a year ago it looked as if USA Films was sitting on a pair of gems with the somewhat similarly titled SERIES 7 and SESSION 9. Both films had drawn strong early reviews and were earning attention in the genre press for their effectiveness and origina...
There are certain films that have come to be recognized as true holiday classics, required viewing every time a treasured day like Christmas or Halloween comes along, but most such pictures tend to have originated decades agoIT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, or the ...
SCOOBY-DOO's Linda Cardellini will be putting on her fashionable green coveralls this fall as a member of County General. Cardellini will play Nurse Samantha Taggart on NBC's ER starting in the tenth season's fifth episode. Taggart will also be a "free-sp...
The winners of the 16th Annual Eisner Awards, celebrating the year's best in comic book stories, artwork and publishing, were handed out last Friday evening at the San Diego Comic Convention. If there was a big winner it would have to be THE SANDMAN: ENDL...
OPINION:The results are in, and it looks like I should leave the predictions game to the experts. Out of the eleven categories I made predictions about, I was only right about seven of them and at the college I teach at, 60% or thereabouts would be a D....
The news of an open casting call for actors to play the new SUPERMAN has made the rounds and been confirmed, so we know that a search is on for thr young male actor to play the Man of Steel. But is there also a search on concurrent to the one for Superman...
WALTER THE FARTING DOG has found a home at New Line Cinema. The children's book has been optioned as a possible movie by the studio and screenwriter Eric Champnella (MR. 3000) has been hired to adapt the project. Written by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Mu...
DC Comics has placed previews of a number of its upcoming May and June comic book titles on its website so you can get a taste of what the book is like by reading the first four pages of story and art. The selection of titles range from new superhero stor...
MAN ON FIRE is a tough film to review, in that it's hard to discuss one of its central issues without giving away a key plot twist. Based on the novel by A.J. Quinnell (which was filmed once before, in 1987, with Scott Glenn in the lead and Italy as the s...
Billy Bob Thornton is attached to star in a remake of THE BAD NEWS BEARS for Paramount Pictures. The movie would see Thornton take on the role that Walter Matthau played in the 1976 film, that of a little league baseball coach that turns a team of misfit ...
Sometimes the scariest creature of all is mankind. The 1971 thriller PLAY MISTY FOR ME confirms that. No special make-up effects. No big, furry monster hidden in the bushes. This time around terror comes in the form of a female. Clint Eastwood stars and m...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics Marvel Knight line:MARVEL KNIGHTS MAGAZINE #8The conclusion to Kevin Smith's acclaimed run on DAREDEVIL! The Punisher continues his killing spree! The Inhumans face a war they don't want! Plus, more T&A -- and ...
It is not often that a mere fan club has the resources and talent to produce a documentary about their favorite television show. Fanderson, the Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society based in England, has done just that with their one-hour production, THE UF...
It may have seemed a natural thing to do, to spin off handsome, brooding Angel from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER to his own series. BUFFY's creative team are a part of ANGEL, bringing their talents from the Slayer's realm to resettle the tortured vampire in L...
It doesn't exactly suck to be a BUFFY fan right now, even though the series itself is going off the air in only a few more weeks. Not only is the spinoff series ANGEL still going strong (though its future is uncertain as of this writing), there's Joss Whe...
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron has a history of injecting more into his shows than most producers are capable of. His MOONLIGHTING of the 1980s, when it was good, was exceptional. Even when it wasnt so hot, it still had a style unlike anything els...
TOKYO: In The Manga Guide to Sudoku, MG Press offers the first book of its kind to combine two of today"s hottest pop-culture exports from
Japan: manga and sudoku.
Written by sudoku enthusiast Jay Morrison and illustrated by award-winning artist Atsuhisa...
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ...
In case you haven't seen it yet, the HOODWINKED trailer is available on Apple.com. The animated comedy features the voices of Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, XZIBIT, Chazz Palminteri, and ...
The `90s was the decade that told us men and women have difficulties in relationships because they`re different from each other. Hardly a new concept, but it received a certain intellectual cache thanks to the popular works of Ph.D.`s like Deborah Tannen ...
It's old enough to seem quaint in this digital age, but SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (as the ads billed it) is still regarded by many as the best comic-book adaptation ever - a title that is happily being challenged as time goes by. Producers Alexander and Ilya Sa...
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 ...
Fans of the whole Universal Frankenstein series of films will be excited to hear that Sideshow Toys are producing extremely limted edition 12" dolls of the Frankenstein monster as depicted by Lon Chaney, Jr. (GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN), Bela Lugosi (FRANKENST...
Theres a lot to cover this week, so Ill dispense with the usual smart-ass comments and get right to it. The major new release for the week is New Line Home Videos, The Cell. When the film opened theatrically, a handful of critics praised it as a vis...
Story-telling, for thousands of years, has preserved the tales of generations past. Story Johnson, though only a hundred years old, is also concerned with past generations--namely, those out to kill, not preserve, him. Johnson is the protagonist of Britis...
A lone figure, decked out in the gothic regalia and make-up of The Crow, crouched next to a makeshift Columbine High School memorial of flowers, teddy bears and notes placed against a chain link fence. A newscast found him there a day or two after the inf...
In the NOW AND AGAIN episode `There Are No Words`, a virus connected to Dr. Theodore Morris is actually erasing the words from all forms of print on a global basis, and there seems to be no cure. In reality, its all just a dream, springing forth from Mor...
When people think of Yancy Butler, or `YB` as her fans call her, one can`t help but think of her in action-adventure roles, such as her star turn as the titular character in TNTs Witchblade, which debuts this weekend. Study Butlers life, however, and yo...
In his introduction to THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, Neil Gaiman says that, after the original run of the series was over, people would always ask him if he'd ever write about the Endless again. His answer was always, "One day." And as he puts it, "This vo...
SCHOOL OF ROCK helmer Richard Linklater has signed to direct the remake of THE BAD NEWS BEARS for Paramount Pictures. The studio has now scheduled to start filming the picture in late November for a mid-2005 release date.Billy Bob Thornton will play the p...
A big round of thanks not only to everyone who entered but to both Bandai Visual USA and Right Stuf for sending us copies of their releases to give away in a contest. Our Patlabor of Love contest has ended and we\'ve awarded the two limited edition box se...
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News Daily ran a report yesterday focusing on the Marvel movie movement. Spider-Man,
Hulk, Blade 2 and Daredevil were all
discussed in the interview with Marvel Studios chief Avi Arad.
One interesting
revelation in the report is the word that th...
Smallville
fans can now catch the trailer for the season premiere online at the TheWB.com.
The episode, titled "Vortex" picks up where last seasons cliff hanger
left off. Until then, fans can sate their appetite at KryptonSite,
which has a gallery of...
A month after the first teaser hit the net, the first full trailer for Eagle Eye has popped up online. You can watch it below. The film, which is the second effort from Disturbia director D.J Caruso and leading star Shia LaBeouf, also stars Michelle Monag...
Would you like to see actress Liv Tyler sporting a big ass knife and running for her life from some psychopaths? Well, if you said "yes", Yahoo Movies has revealed a new clip of next weekend's thriller The Strangers for your viewing enjoyment. T...
Dominic Monaghan ("Lost", Lotr) has been cast in two upcoming genre projects, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The first one, Pet, will be a psychological thriller by MGM and produced by Aaron Kaplan, Sean Perrone, Steven Schneider and Dan Katzma...
ABC was the first network to put full episodes of their series on the web two years ago. With this year’s upfronts, they intend to remain the true innovators for the online audience as we as being the most exciting network for advertisers. Currently...
The Hellboy will be traveling to the FX network very soon. HR is reporting that leading star Ron Perlman is in line to take over a supporting role alongside Charlie Hunnam in the new series "Sons of Anarchy", as a replacement for veteran actor S...
Comic creator Glenn Porzig has announced that he's cast fitness model Kristia
Knowles to portray his comic book character Silver Spyder.
Silver Spyder first appeared in the pages of Porzig's Ace of Diamond
comic published by Lone Star Press.
"I used ...
Welcome to a brand new regular (we hope) feature here at C2F, the Digital Concept
Gallery Flashback. Here we'll be looking at some of the memorable and impressive
images from deep within the ancient and forgotten vaults of the DCG. The gallery
has be...
Although Superman: The Movie was a monumental cinematic undertaking and one of the most talked-about creative battles between director and producers, Richard Donner fully expected to complete the filming of Superman II, which he had begun shooting simulta...
For many years the crowning achievement in sci-fi literature/cinematic adaptation was Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke`s 2001: A Space Odyssey. That film showed that literature, science fiction concepts and motion picture art could co-exist and even s...
JUDGMENT OF TEARS has a lighter tone than THE BLOODY RED BARON, an element that author Kim Newman decided upon early. `Needing a rest after the war-torn Red Baron book, I decided to skip the obvious World War II setting and relax a little by enjoying `la ...
Life as an artist or writer on a black-and-white comic title is, at best, a short-lived gig. Just ask Greg Horn, who recently burst onto the page with his new color title from Image, J.U.D.G.E. `At the tender age of 17 I wrote and drew a title for AC comi...
It seems that 100 titles is not enough to honor all the great films that have been made in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. At least, thats the way some of our contributors felt, when they saw that several of their favorites had failed...
Imagine, if you will, our hero being buried in an avalanche of snow during a harrowing ski chase in the Swiss Alps; plunging off a 5,000-foot precipice while evading a team of KGB assassins; being thrown from a plane sans parachute during a savage midair ...
With thousands of digital television signals streaming into our homes, channel surfing with our thumbs on TV remote controls has become an exercise in its own right. As we attempt to make sense of the kaleidoscopic images offering infinite choices, there ...
As we roll toward the millennium, our sensibilities have become so jaded that attempts to shock are no longer easily effective. In fact, they have developed a de rigueur air that is exactly the opposite of shocking: a true shock should be unexpected, but ...
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer has seen print in comics form before, via GlennDanzig’s publisher, Verotik. But, given the lack of story behind Frazetta’s original series of paintings, Nat Jones, Jay Fotos, Joshua Ortega, and Jason H...
When last we left Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) he was disappearing down a New York City street. ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ actually begins back in Moscow during the ‘The Bourne Supremacy’. Apparently Bourne had a flashback of the ma...
HOODWINKED is a comedic animated family feature starring James Belushi, Andy Dick, Anne Hathaway and Cory Edwards that will release nationwide on December 25th, 2005. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end. Chief Grizzly (Xzi...
Even before he began his prolific run as the composer for THE X-FILES, Mark Snow had racked up an impressive array of television and feature film scores since emerging into Hollywood television music in 1976. With more than 200 features, TV-movies, minise...
We live in a marvelous time for television fans. If you'd told me ten years ago that I would have high resolution digital transfers of every episode of AMERICAN GOTHIC or SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND on discs the size of a CD, I'd have laughed in your face wh...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Sumthing Else (SE-2017-2) has released Jack Wall's rich score to the xbox video game, Jade Empire, on CD. The score, an impressive intermingling of orchestral samples and acoustic Chinese instruments, layers a pleasing pattern ...
The answer has been found! Last week I asked you folks to help stupid old me remember the title of an anime feature that a reader had written in asking about. Several readers (wow! I have several readers!) identified the flick as GANDAHAR, a 1988 French f...
As you may have noticed, Halloween is coming up this week and- what, you didnt know? Well take a look at a calendar, genius! Now that youre way behind in making a costume, let me offer a couple Shopping List suggestions. Cut a big circle out of cardboar...
Do you believe? Climb aboard THE POLAR EXPRESS and join the incredible journey to the North Pole.Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Shangri-La Entertainment hosted the premiere of THE POLAR EXPRESS on Sunday, November 7th at the Grauman'...
Though the plot of Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN is being kept under tight wraps Eva Marie Saint talked with IESB about her upcoming role in the film which begins production this March.It's being reported that her shoot will be in March and will last for about ...
The 1984 TV series known as VOLTRON in the USA was actually composed of three similar Japanese series. The first and best known concerned the adventures of heroes on another planet who piloted giant robot lions against an evil oppressor. When a challenge ...
Well, we've still got a few stragglers with first-run episodes yet to finish out the season, so it's a bit premature for a 2005-6 season wrap-up. I've got some great theories on LOST, but they're probably best discussed after the season finale proves me r...
Chuck Palahniuk's CHOKE is finally going into production, reported Chuckpalahniuk.net this week. Palahniuk is the author of FIGHT CLUB.
The webmaster of the site posted on their forums, "Chuck emailed me a few days ago to give me the excl...
NBC has given the go ahead for a fourth season of MEDIUM. The series was creatored by Glenn Gordon Caron (“Moonlighting”) and is inspired by the real-life story of research medium Allison DuBois. The program stars Patricia Arquette,...
The Bourne Ultimatum, the third and rumored final installment in the trilogy that began with The Bourne Identity and continued with The Bourne Supremacy, manages to feel like the third act of a whole story while standing up as an independent entity &ndash...
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...
Jigsaw is Back, Saw II, III on Release Schedule: Lionsgate has finally announced a release date for the Blu-ray release of Saw II which was pushed back from an original date of Oct. 16th. It is now scheduled to come out on January 23, 2007...
Christian Bale is in negotiations to star opposite Russell Crowe in the upcoming film 3:10 TO YUMA.3:10 TO YUMA is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans...
Thankfully for all of us, there are actually some happenings worth talking about this week. Poking Fun at Americans Normally, I leave DVD discussions to the end of each column but this week's release of the classic anime movie 'Only Yesterday' a Studio G...
According to Variety, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster and Vinessa Shaw have all signed on to play roles in the upcoming film 3:10 TO YUMA.3:10 TO YUMA is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who...
Usually, when we watch a science fiction series, it`s from the point of view from a starship captain`s chair or the base of a rebel leader. Name your show, but the central character(s) usually hold (or held) some vaunted position with planet-loads of pers...