Actor GlennFord, 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...
Harrison Ford, who happens to be one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the past 25 years, also happens to be the rare example of a star who is able to separate his business from his personal life. For example, while promoting his latest film, K-19: THE WI...
Superman Returns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
...played by GlennFord.) We're hanging on to a couple of details in the hopes our scooper will return with more news.[Anonymous.]August 25, 2004... IESB.net is reporting the story that, according to a source that they spoke with, one of Bryan Singer's ca...
... of John (GlennFord) and Martha Kent (Phyllis Thaxter). They take the small tot who emerges and raise him as their own instilling a sense of honesty, truthfulness, and morality into the lad. They name him Clark and soon discover that he...
...icture of GlennFord, who played Clark's adoptive father, on the Kent mantelpiece. All this perhaps shouldn't work, but it does it's not just that we're all familiar with Superman, but that we're familiar with this particular take on the mythology. Fo...
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 GlennFord as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who...
...nnors and GlennFord in an end of the world epic!), HURRICANE (Larry Hagman and Martin Milner try to break a big wind), DEADLY HARVEST (Clint Walker battles the new ice age as Kim Cattrall looks on).(O) CLASSIC MYSTERY MOVIES (B...
...t starred GlennFord as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans. The rancher is secretly trying to take the outlaw to a railway station to catch a train to Yuma for the outlaw's court date. A battle of...
...ndscapes, GlennFord, farmers and all that stuff, which is another movie. And once you get to Metropolis, that's another movie. To me, there was an unavoidable clash of styles in Superman I, although the film works wonderfully. Superman II, to us, was ...
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 GlennFord as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans...
...d Beatty, GlennFord, Valerie Perrine, Trevor Howard, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Susanna YorkWriter(s): Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert BentonDirector: Richard DonnerDistributor: Warner Home VideoOriginal Year of Release: 1978...
...erson and GlennFord, directed by J. Lee Thompson.(O) THE HARVEST (Columbia TriStar) Screenwriter Miguel Ferrer, on location in Mexico, awakes after a first date to discover one of his kidneys is missing!(O) H.H. HOLMES: Americas First Serial Killer (...
...played by GlennFord.) We're hanging on to a couple of details in the hopes our scooper will return with more news.[Anonymous.]Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
A bit more from that CINESCAPE interview with Harrison Ford, and it's on INDIANA JONES 4 again. For our coverage of his latest, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, you'll just have to wait. Anyway, when we asked Ford about the time frame for the new JONES adventure, he...
The co-masterminds behind the Indiana Jones films, executive producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg, have been going public with their plans for INDY 4 in recent days, but what does the man in the fedora himself say about the rapidly developi...
Harrison Ford cut down a rumor connected to INDIANA JONES 4 for almost as long as the Internet has been buzzing about the project.In a short interview with the CHICAGO SUN TIMES' Cindy Pearlman, Ford responded to the rumor that the next film will portray ...
Indiana Jones is ready for blast off.Now that plans for making INDIANA JONES 4 this summer have fallen through, actor Harrison Ford is filling his free time by agreeing to star in a science fiction/thriller. Titled GODSPEED, the film is in development at ...
Harrison Ford needs no introduction. As Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and the title character in the Indiana Jones franchise, hes starred in two of cinemas largest-grossing film series ever. The roles catapulted him into super-stardom, turn...
Judging by what Harrison Ford has just said on Friday, he's definitely on board for a new Indiana Jones adventure should George Lucas and Steven Spielberg think of a good storyline. In an update with the Los Angeles Times, Ford had this to say on possibly...
On last Wednesday's LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, Harrison Ford, shortly before calling the title for his new submarine movie, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER "stupid," Harrison Ford gave a few words on the progress of INDIANA JONES 4. "I hope so," Ford said when ...
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'...
Rob Cohen and Universal Pictures have hired Luke Ford to star in THE MUMMY 3. He will play Alex O'Connell, the son of adventurer Rick O'Connell, who journeys into the forbidden tombs of China and into the Himalayas, where they run into a new shape-s...
Harrison Ford's next movie will be THE WRONG ELEMENT, a thriller for Warner Bros. Written by Joe Forte, the picture sees Ford play the role of security chief for a global bank. He received word that his family has been kidnapped and if he's ever to see th...
There have been rumors for the past year of whispers from inside the production that Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may not be the last time we see Indy on the big screen. Well, USA Today decided to pose the question to Harrison Ford w...
Harrison Ford told the German magazine Fit for Fun he is all ready to play Indiana Jones in the fourth installment in the series.The actor said, "Steven Spielberg and I now have a script in hand that we both like. I believe that we can start with the film...
Two years after reopening with much pomp and promise, the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts, formerly known as the Ford Centre, is facing an uncertain future.
However Mark Holden, the Centre's chief operating officer says the theatre will probabl...
Harrison Ford is now attached to play real-life U.S military General Jim Mattis in NO TRUE GLORY: THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH. The movie will be based on the non-fiction book being written by Bing West, a journalist reporting on the Iraq War, which is to be p...
Harrison Ford received the 2,226th star on Friday, May 30 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located in front of the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland.Attending the star ceremony was long-time girlfriend Calista Flockhart and Steven Spielber...
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...
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...
A few months back, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas announced YOUNG INDIANA JONES and SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION writer Frank Darabont would be penning the fourth INDIANA JONES film, and that it would be released in the summer of 2005. Since then, Harrison For...
Walden Media has signed Harrison Ford to star in the thriller MANHUNT. Ford will play war hero Col. Everton Conger, leader of the search for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.The story centers on "the tense days after Lincoln's assassination in 1865 and follow t...
In an interview with TV GUIDE, Harrison Ford again affirmed his interest in returning to the role of INDIANA JONES for a fourth film in that series."I would like to do another INDIANA JONES," Ford, who received the Cecil B. DeMille award from the Foreign ...
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...
Most people know Glenn Danzig 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...
Firewall by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Warner Bros./Village Roadshow.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford; Paul Bettany.Who's Making It:Richard Loncraine (Director); Joe Forte (Screenwriter); Armyan Bernstein, Jon S...
‘Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End’ is the final movie in Disney’s Pirate trilogy. Or is it? Apparently, after the credits there is a final scene where Elizabeth and Will are reunited, 10 years later and Will meets his son (...
Tony Stark, makes you feel! He looks real sharp in his snazzy duds, he jumps around and he's got a cool car...
Tom Harper famous Hollywood stunt man and race driver shows George Barris his latest creation for the upcoming 'Iron Man' movie starring Robe...
First of all, Ben Affleck wants to set the record straight on this whole "taking over for Harrison Ford" thing.Yes, the star of PEARL HARBOR, just shy of his 30th birthday, is playing a younger version of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst hero Jack Ryan, the chara...
Platinum Studios has announced plans for a television series based on D.J. Coffman's webcomic 'Hero by Night'. The announcement was made with partners IM Global who will handle worldwide distribution and will produce the project through their IM Glob...
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'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. ...
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 ...
With movies, much of the drama lies on the screen. Such is certainly the case with What Lies Beneath, the suspenseful new thriller from acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis, which scared up $29.7 million and the number one seat in its opening weekend. But a...
Thunderbirds by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 04-20-2004)
Genre:Family/Adventure/Science Fiction.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Working Title Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's Voices Are In It:Bill Paxton (Jeff Tracy); Ben Kingsley (The Hood); Anthony Edwards (Brains); Sophia Myles (Lady Penelop...
I began the Star Spotlight column back on March 4, 2007 featuring George Lucas as one of the Godfathers of Modern Cinema. It featured one of the men responsible for changing the landscapes of Hollywood over the last 30 years. A man who shell shocked pop c...
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 ...
As Harrison Ford's most famous alter ego, Indiana Jones, once said, “It's not just the years, honey, it's the mileage.”
And if you lower your expectations, then you're bound to get a lot of mileage out of Indy's fourth adventure, The Kingdom ...
It’s time to talk about the Godfathers of Modern Cinema. Only a select few can be properly placed in this type of category because of the lasting imprint they collectively shaped from the 60’s through the 70’s, 80’s onward to to...
The American Film Institute honored George Lucas with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday night. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg and even Chewbacca were there to help honor him. Lucas was app...
Back when we first scooped about Ford Motor Company's involvement with Lady Penelope's pink set of wheels from the THUNDERBIRDS movie, our informant showed us an early concept design sketch of the car. As the days tick by until the THUNDERBIRDS trailer st...
Well, this can't be good news for Paramount studio executives: Frank Darabont's script for INDIANA JONES 4 has been discarded by producer George Lucas, throwing the entire project back to square one. According to today's Variety, Lucas didn't like Darabon...
After nineteen years of waiting, Indiana Jones came back to us. Much like the highly scrutinized return of Star Wars, Indiana Jones has its haters (Matt Stone and Trey Parker especially). Was nineteen years too long to wait? Yes, and for some Indi...
Godspeed by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 05-27-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Science Fiction.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Lightstorm Entertainment.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford.Who's Making It:Ryne Douglas Pearson (Screenwriter); James Cameron (Producer).Premise:Astronauts on a space s...
Universal Pictures has premiered the first teaser trailer for their upcoming third installment of the Mummy franchise, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The teaser trailer is attached to movies this weekend in theaters and can be seen online by click...
To coincide with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount has release the three original Indiana Jones film in a new, boxed set with a host of new features. You can hear fans grumbling about Paramount and George Lu...
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Silver Spyder -
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Last week comic
creator Glenn Prozig announced that he'd cast fitness model Kristia Knowles as
his super-powered comic ...
Looks like the producers were serious when they hinted a few months back that Universal's Mummy franchise could spin-off with the recast Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford). Actress Maria Bello, who replaced Rachel Weisz as Evelyn in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon ...
Some news centering THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE EMPEROR DRAGON has appeared online courtesy of Shock Til You Drop. The director has opened a new blog that will detail the 20-week shooting schedule and leak out movie details himself. Cohen has already pass...
I have to confess to something and it seems the perfect opportunity to do so. Right here, Maniacs! Are you listening? The past few weeks, I’ve had what normal people call “writer’s block” but it goes beyond that. You see, every ...
Director Steven Spielberg snapped a picture of Harrison Ford donning his old Indiana Jones gear and has put it up at Indiana Jones.com. Obviously, the picture is taken after an action shot because Indy has bruises and looks like he was dragged behind a ta...
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...
Pacifier, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 08-27-2004)
Genre:Action/Comedy.Studio:Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company:Spyglass Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Vin Diesel; Faith Ford; Lauren Graham; Brad Garrett; Brittany Snow; Max Thieriot.Who's Making It:Adam Shankman (Director); Thomas Lenn...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it ...
On January 27, 2002, the popular A&E Network will broadcast a new episode of their award-winning BIOGRAPHY series featuring one of the most important people in modern movie making, George Lucas. You can say what you want about THE PHANTOM MENACE but y...
Ex-convict Ford Carrado was once part of the mechanically-enhanced group of criminals known as Toolbox he called himself Jackhammer. Now all he can call himself is a failure, and the only thing he can think to do is end his life. But a mysterious man cal...
In a surprising bit of news, FOX NEWS columnist Roger Friedman is reporting Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford are gearing up for INDY 4, and that there is a title and script all ready. While talking to Ford, Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (who starred ...
Many mathematicians and theologians are now saying that the Number of the Beast is actually 611. I know - short notice to reschedule your Antichrist party, but a late Saturday date is better anyway. Getting that tattoo changed is going to be a bitch, thou...
It's no surprise to hear that the former Soviet Union kept a lid on the events that serve as the basis for K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER for 28 years. Nobody really likes to talk about an accident that not only claimed many lives but could also have easily caused ...
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...
How do you get a hold of the vitamin supplements or whatever it is Jack Ryan has been taking? While eight years have passed since the intrepid CIA analyst's last screen adventure in CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, he's physically decades younger and starting hi...
This week is loaded, so let’s get right into our Prize Closet – which is also loaded.
In keeping with John Wayne Month, we have two copies of the new deluxe edition of True Grit, courtesy of Paramount. To be eligible to win one, just se...
Director Kathryn Bigelow has long been a favorite of genre film fans, having helmed such pictures as NEAR DARK, BLUE STEEL, POINT BREAK, and STRANGE DAYS. Now she's embarking on the submarine genre with her newest film, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, which stars H...
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...
THE QUIET MAN by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 11-14-2002)
While millions of moviegoers, or at least home video watchers, are eagerly snatching up DVD copies of Steve Spielbergs classic E.T., why not take a cue from the little bugger and check out Artisans wonderful collectors issue DVD of THE QUIET MAN. Yes, ...
Tim Burton`s joining SUPERMAN LIVES pretty much knocked screenwriter Kevin Smith out of the creative process. Although actor Nicolas Cage was still signed for the lead role, the eccentric director had his own ideas for screenwriter. He chose Wesley Strick...
Whether or not you like What Lies Beneath will depend, in part, on your tastes as a filmgoer. A carefully crafted thriller, the movie is a fine piece of filmmaking. It`s also one that makes no apologies for its deliberate pacing or obvious homages, in par...
Here's a wacky twist on the buddy action-comedy: Instead of pairing two culture-clashing heroes from different racial/ethnic backgrounds (one or both of them comedians take your pick), how about matching up two stiff, white straight-men who collectively ...
Reporters have asked the same question to leading Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and director Steven Spielberg these past few months on the possibility of a fifth adventure. Ford and Spielberg said they would love to come back so it's not strange that someon...
BLADE RUNNER (1982), the science fiction masterpiece directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on Philip K. Dick`s novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, was derided during its initial release for being lo...
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 ...
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...
Today's Variety
reveals the Mage movie has found a new director. TV commercial
helmer Zack Snyder has been tapped to direct the big-screen adaptation of Matt
Wagner's comic for Spyglass Entertainment.
The hire follows
the Spyglass trend of using co...
Acclaimed comic
book adaptation Road To Perdition narrowly missed an upward move
to #1 this weekend, taking in a mere $30,000 less than newbie Stewart
Little 2, according to studio estimates.
Box
Office Mojo reports that the live-action mouse seque...
Before the time dark time, before the prequels, there was little left in the world that was new Star Wars. Dark Horse Comics was one of a few outlets that kept the flame alive. They had numerous Star Wars comics published over the years including Droid...
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...
Another history-centered TV series is coming to Showtime in the near future. Just a few months after "The Tudors" was renewed for a fourth season, Kevin Bacon is preparing a series for Showtime called "The Booths", based on the man who...
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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...
Darclight, the L.A.-based genre division of Arclight Films, has added the thriller "Brodie's Law" to its slate.
The announcement was made Friday by Darclight's Gary Hamilton.
Pic will be directed and produced by Renny Harlin from a script by Kirsten...
Trent Ford has been cast as Mikhail Mxzptlk in an upcoming episode of The WB's Smallville, The Comics Continuum has learned.
"I'm really happy that Angel is still going ahead and producing things on the '10th Muse'," creator Darren Davis told The Conti...
Details are still coming in but we received a call from our spy on the set of Catwoman this morning as Halle Berry was rushed to St. Paul's Hospital in Downtown Vancouver around midnight last night. She was hit by a boom while doing some physical work at ...
It's good to be the king.
Or rather, it's good to be Tony Stark. He's got a hot car, a cool house, the best scotch, and he always gets the girl. If he can't buy it, he'll engineer it.
'Iron Man' features Robert Downey Jr. as Stark, a media darling and b...
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...
Glenn Kay’s book touts itself as the ultimate guide to zombie films and it’s not too far off with that claim. Kay reviews nearly 300 films in a genre that seems to keep growing every year. It’s hard to believe that the ...
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...
What does it take to make one of the more interesting entries in crowded summer of blockbusters? Take one part Angelina Jolie; one part most successful director in Russia’s history (Night Watch and Day Watch); one part Scottish up and comer James Mc...
The upcoming re-imagining of that masked killer Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th finally has some video footage to show for it. Filming is underway by director Marcus Nispell, based on a screenplay by JvF scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The film...
I guess the title was just a bit unwieldy but the Indiana Jones Movie Photo Cards covers the latest blockbuster film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in a new 90 card series. The photo cards are printed on thick, glossy cardstock ...
What They SayWolfwood, the man of the cloth with the cross, is also a gunman with a past.
Like Vash, Wolfwood travels to redemption in the desert but continually finds that confrontations with one’s past can be far more deadly than a duel with pist...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Daisuke MoriyamaTranslated by:Amy ForsythAdapted by:What They SayAmerica in the roaring 20s, a place and time of gaiety and peace, has recovered gracefully from the Great War. Lurking in the shadows, though, is a dark being, r...
The undisputed viceroy of voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, died Monday of complications from the treatment of an ongoing lung-related illness. He was 68. Before his death, he had provided voiceovers for an estimated 5,000 movie trailers, including "Batman...
Fireworks International Brings Classic Tatsunoko Productions Anime to Global Online Media Distribution Giant
San Francisco, CA (July 1, 2008) ― GATCHAMAN (ガッチャマン), the 90's Original video animation , wi...
St. Louis, MO, December 4, 2006 - World Events Productions, the company that introduced the world the legendary Voltron: Defender of the Universe classic Anime TV show and licensed toys in the 1980s such as action figures, apparel and video games, is no...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Translated by:David UryAdapted by:David UryWhat They SayAkira-kun longs to make the traditional New Year\'s shrine visit with lovely Yurika. But before Akira can make his move, his dreaded archrival Tsubasa ...
Because of the success of shows like Heroes and LOST, every network is bringing the sci-fi goodness - or trying anyway - this year hoping to cash in. For example, next week’s schedule features ten series that fit the mold of science fiction/horror p...
Perhaps anticipating renewed interest as result of STAR WARS, EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE, author John Baxter has turned his attention to one of Hollywoods most successful director-producers in MYTHMAKER: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GEORGE LUCAS, Baxter`s ...
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...
As summer winds to a close, the genre video marketplace is gearing up for one its busiest period: Halloween. While the myriad of dark holiday releases are a few weeks away, the final days of August have more than a few titles to drive you crazy. Or at ...
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 ...
Low-budget films, exploitation flicks, independent productions, or just good old B-movies. Call them what you will, this seldom respected yet once integral segment of the film industry has fallen on hard times in recent years. These low-rent productions ...
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...
Old shlockmeisters never die. They just get really old, and then people belatedly realize how cool they were and start giving them awards, as tokens of thanks for all the great cinematic memories.Samuel Z. Arkoff, that one-of-a-kind producer and mogul who...
The closer it gets to Halloween, the hotter it gets here in SoCal. Is it the famed Santa Ana winds, or something else entirely? Clever segue here to our first title: The 13th Element, by science writer John Emsley, which seems an appropriate title for thi...
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...
Let`s get the brickbat out of the way: this is indeed a middle, a middle, and a middle. But who cares? Of all the STAR WARS films, this immerses the viewer most in Lucas` universe, with no lengthy introductions, cheesy muppets or--heaven help us--Gungun s...
GODZILLA PVC FIGURES (Bandai)Well, after over a year of watching merchandise languish from 1998`s travesty that posed as a Godzilla film, I was overjoyed to learn that figures from the Japanese films (the only true Godzilla movies!) were at long last avai...
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...
The debut of Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 is probably less significant as a film than as a landmark. The distributor, Dimension (a division of Miramax) avoided pre-release press screenings (never a good sign), and Wes Cravens track record as an exec ...
The trailers promise an epic science fiction adventure, but what BATTLEFIELD EARTH delivers is a misguided misadventurean exercise in campy melodrama that functions as a showcase for its stars brand of hammy villainy. The result occasionally amuses, but...
Starting this Friday, UPN will be taking animation to places its never been to...all over the North American continent. Thats when the net unleashes Gary & Mike, the latest creation of former Mad TV execs Fax Bahr and Adam Small, as well as Will Vinton....
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
There are many fools errands in the world. You know you can never truly succeed, and yet the temptation is too much to resist. For example: picking the Greatest Baseball Player of All Time, or the Most Talented Musician, or the Most Beautiful Woman in th...
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...
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor...
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...
One of the biggest lures or perks in going to San Diego Comic Con is the exclusive toys. All through the year leading up to the San Diego Comic Con I covered the International Toy Fair debuts and the New York Comic Con toy exclusives. Many of thes...
Columnist Stephen Galloway at the Hollywood Reporter has released a verifiable goldmine of information surrounding quite a bit of future movies inside Hollywood. With so many studios taking so many gambles on big budgeted projects which cou...
Director Rob Cohen has released a new set photo for THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE EMPEROR DRAGON over at his official blog. The pic shows the first look of his mausoleum set. He's also revealed that Randy Edelman (Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart) will be...
Executive producer George Lucas has shed some light to trying to get Sean Connery back for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. The man behind Indy and Star Wars has told Tv Guide about Sean's retirement playing an effect on the decision&nb...
Actress Maria Bello, set to take over for Rachel Weisz as Evelyn O'Connell, has talked a bit about her character for THE MUMMY:TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. After Rachel Weisz bowed out of the project "due to a full schedule", Unive...
In a move which caught nearly everyone off guard, actor Shia LaBeouf has revealed the official title of Indiana Jones 4 to the press. While at the MTV Music Awards last night, the actor set the record straight, revealing the title to be INDIANA ...
So, you’ve finished watching that new HD-DVD edition of Heroes: Season One and now you need something else to quench your thirst for all of your favorite series still not back from the summer hiatus, or maybe you’re looking to catch up with a ...
As you already know, the Paramount production offices relating to INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL experienced a break-in where thieves stole countless photography stills, computer files and various other items. As soon as this happened,...
Directors Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) and Rob Cohen seem way ahead of the game when it comes to keeping the online media informed. Cohen is going a bit farther in giving out a lot of behind-the-scene video clips, story details, production photos a...
Director Rob Cohen continues his streak of keeping us well informed about the production of THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. This time, the director updated his official blog with a new video featuring an action scene from the film, set in the ...
The Sword of Truth series debuted in 1994 with Wizard’s First Rule and has been chugging on ever since. Translated into 20 foreign languages with 10 million copies in print, Terry Goodkind’s leviathan of an epic clocks in at over 7700 pages an...
Steven Spielberg has updated his official site once again for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. The new video features his "That's a wrap!" moments for all four of his Indy films. According to the new video, Harrison was decked...
The movie fans over at Entertainment Weekly have published a new “Greatest” list, this time focusing on action stars. Basically, they count down the 25 Awesome Action Heroes as they see it in the world of genre cinema. Their list is open to in...
A new video has appeared for INDIANA JONES 4 over at the official site for the adventurer. The featurette has executive producers Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, director Steven Spielberg & star Harrison Ford recounting the experiences of the first th...
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...
This episode is a travesty of filmmaking and a mess of an episode in general for a series that is turning into a big train wreck. Let me get my thoughts out on the films that were “not” voted off to start with. It’s come out re...
We already knew that when it comes to celebrities facing consequences from breaking the law, our justice system was an absolute joke. We just never see how much of a joke it was. If this week is an indication of it, the humor of analyzing it is indescriba...
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.
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Since the monster known as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End hits theater screens this weekend, I thought “Why Not?” Let’s talk about him. In fact, I’m close to putting up a *Fan boy Alert* advisory along side this Sta...
Los Angeles based production company Darclight will produce a big screen version of the graphic novel BRODIE'S LAW.
Created by Daley Osiyemi & David Bircham, the story centers on Jack Brodie, an East end gangster, expert thief and professional k...
The rumors have been thick in recent weeks that Sir Thomas Sean Connery would be returning from his retirement in order to reprise his Henry Jones Sr. character in Indiana Jones 4. If you keep up with said news, you would have found out those rumors are n...
2007 marks the 80th anniversary of filming at Elstree Studios. Celebrating this milestone the Elstree Film & Television Heritage Group will be holding a second round of screenings of locally made classics in June, this year dubbed ELSTREE FILM FESTIVA...
The San Diego Comic con has become the place for major announcements in pop culture whether it be from Hollywood or from independent comics. The big show has come and gone so I wanted to recap the announcements that really got me the most excited.
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Not only will the "Final Cut" of BLADE RUNNER be released in dvd format on December 18 but they are also planning a limited re-release in theaters on October 5. On that date, select theaters in Los Angeles and New York will be re-releasing the d...
After rejecting initial treatments developed by Gene Roddenberry, Paramount studio`s search for the proper vehicle to launch the first STAR TREK film began The writers approached included science fiction veteran Robert Silverberg; famed author Harlan Elli...
With Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Night Watch film adaptation smashing box office records in Russia (yet again) and the film still fresh in the states from its US debut this past June, author Sergei Lukyanenko has officially put Russia on the map for ...
Once the writers strike is resolved, scribe Stuart Beattie will set to work adapting the life of U.S. aid worker Fred Cuny into a theatrical feature. The trade reports that Element Films and Spitfire Pictures have acquired "The Man Who Tried to ...
Jalopnik has published what they believe (according to inside sources) to be the next K.I.T.T car for the upcoming KNIGHT RIDER. Their source confirmedt that the laser-lit hood aspect of it is indeed photoshopped for now because "it wasn't working at...
Paramount Pictures is dusting off its rights for Jack Ryan stories, based on Tom Clancy's created character, and plans to bring a new series of films to the big screen with Sam Raimi set as director. The new films will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventur...
In an opening prologue, were told that the end of the world didn’t come about due to war, global warming, or other catastrophe. We simply ran out of gas. As a result, two-thirds of the world’s population is dead. Of course, we&r...
You can't have an Indiana Jones adventure without a car chase scene and the latest pic revealed shows that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is no different. Entertainment Weekly has revealed this new photo where Harrison must deal with t...
Four days before Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hits any theater, audiences at the Cannes Film Festival will have an opportunity to watch it, reports Variety. The trade says the premiere will have Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Cate B...
When a director’s cut of a film hits the stands it usually means more footage. Whether it is racier, gorier or has completely new scenes these scenes are added so the film is now closer to the director’s vision. Sometimes this is jus...
A new TV spot has popped up online for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull courtesy of Paramount Pictures. The upcoming fourth installment---with returning director Steven Spielberg---will star Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, R...
Paramount Pictures has released a new television spot, centering on their highly anticipated debut of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. You can check it out below. The fourth installment in the Indy franchise stars Harrison Ford, Shia La...
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...
With two weeks to go before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I got a chance to look at the new editions of the Indiana Jones trilogy. To be honest with you I was disappointed that they weren’t released on Blu-Ray. I felt ...
Since numerous bootleg trailers keep popping up on Youtube (and pulled down afterwards), Paramount and Steven Spielberg have premiered the new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull just a day after it came attached with Iron Man. ...
Director Rob Cohen has once again updated his official blog for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, this time with a new video featurette, concept art and wallpapers. Click here to check it out. Universal Pictures has also launched a new official websi...
Eightieth Academy Awards® telecast producer Gil Cates and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis today announced the presenters and performers who will participate in the February 24 Oscar® telecast.At a press conference h...
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...
Nearly three decades after voice-starring as Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) and having a nasty little alien pop out of his chest (Alien), the actor is still amassing an impressive resume. Premiere had a chance to sit down with John Hurt, who's sta...
Each week I scour the internet looking for the new DVD releases. However, there are a few items that remain only on VHS (yes, VHS) and to date have not been released on DVD. For me, there are several titles that have given me the morbid curiosit...
Even though we passed along a photo of the new K.I.T.T last month, it's worth passing along again because as fellow Maniac TheCollector writes in his Mania blog, this new set of pictures reveals the car polished and ready to roll for produc...
The legendary artist Drew Struzan has returned to the world of INDIANA JONES for the new teaser poster of the fourth installment. Paramount Pictures passed the new poster to Comingsoon and has provided us all a look at it. The new poster has Indy, complet...
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...
If you're eagerly awaiting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and haven't picked up the latest issue of Vanity Fair, perhaps you should. Or you can just check out the links I'm about to provide you and read it there online. The m...
The New Year is officially here, and with it a new crop of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature is beginning to spring up from the fertile minds of genre authors everywhere. But though 2008 is the year of the new, some authors from the past, ...
Here Today! by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 02-05-2008)