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SLEEPY HOLLOW: Directing The Headless Horseman
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 11-19-1999)

...ce of the Headless Horseman is completely believable. `I basically like the whole world,` he says of what the film achieved. `I think that was the thing I was most happy about: the opportunity to make a place in that complete fantasy. Also, it was a re...

CARNIVAL OF BLOOD / CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
by Andrew Hershberger (Sat 05-25-2002)

Don’t bother looking up Leonard Kirtman in your Hollywood book of who’s who. Since releasing the Warhol-esque, or should I more accurately say Paul Morrisey-esque, CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1972), his cinematic offerings have taken a blue path with ...

HEADLESS HORSEMAN
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-26-2007)

Getting a lot of bang for what were reportedly limited bucks, Headless Horseman fuses together Washington Irving’s mysterious and lethal mounted ghost with a mythology that harks back to Brigadoon (or, if you prefer, 2000 Maniacs) and the Faust myth...


Bond Outruns Horseman for Ticket Sales
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 11-22-1999)

...d was the Headless Horseman in Tim Burton`s SLEEPY HOLLOW. The Paramount production took in $30.5-million according to the studio. The per screen average was $9,961 in 3,062 engagements.The rest of the Top Five films were also genre efforts. Last weeke...

Signing and Trailer for HEADLESS DVD
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 04-29-2008)

There's a new DVD release hitting shelves tomorrow which is very close to Mania since it was created by a fellow Maniac. While you're at the store picking up Grand Theft Auto IV, you can also pick up the latest release of Headless Horseman. Here's Abbie's...

SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 11-22-1999)

...ated by a Headless Horseman, Crane is a skeptic who insists he will uncover a human murderer, but of course the plot will force him to come to different conclusions. In effect, he starts out as Scully and turns into Mulder halfway through, and the plot...

SLEEPY HOLLOW Action Figures
by Dan Cziraky (Sat 11-20-1999)

...legendary Headless Horseman, roaming the countryside looking for his lost head. In the film version, constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) travels to the village to investigate the supposedly supernatural deeds, and finds his eccentric, scientific meth...


Retrospective: Walt Disney's THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
by Taylor White (Thu 11-18-1999)

... with the Headless Horseman.Produced in 1949 under the awkward title of TWO FABULOUS CHARACTERS, this 68-minute feature paired THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW with a fast and loose adaptation of Kenneth Graham’s `THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS.` Later retitled ...

Acting in SLEEPY HOLLOW
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 12-11-1999)

...le of the Headless Horseman. Some actors might have been afraid of going over-the-top in a project like this, but with Burton at the helm, they seemed more than comfortable filling their archetypal roles.Lisa Marie previously appeared in ED WOOD and MA...

SLEEPY HOLLOW on Disc
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 05-30-2000)

...ce of the Headless Horseman is completely believable. The DVD presentation beautifully captures the visual and audio qualities that made the film a blockbuster hit, and adds some extras that help smooth over the weak points, emphasizing the film’s stre...

THE MECHANICAL MAN
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 10-29-2005)

...922's THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN, though another feature with more of a science fiction tone might have been preferable. This third (known) film adaptation is carried by Will Rogers in the starring role of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane. It sets the tone for se...


Pirate tie-ins ahoy
by Brian Thomas (Tue 06-27-2006)

...SE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN, DEVIL BAT, DEVIL MONSTER, THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER, THE DEVIL'S MESSENGER, THE DEVIL'S PARTNER, Starman in EVIL BRAIN FROM OUTER SPACE, THE GHOST WALKS, HANDS OF STEEL, THE HEAD, THE IRONBOUND VAMPIRE, THE ISLAND MONSTER, THE L...

Soundtrax '99, Part One
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-05-2000)

... with the Headless Horseman. Elfman’s contrasting elements captured both the Horseman’s ghostly tragedy and his relentless fury.Ignore the rock and roll `soundtrack` for END OF DAYS and instead find John Debney’s score CD (Varese Sarabande 302 066 099...

Holiday Special
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 12-23-2007)

...hs on the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a monstrous Hessian soldier (Christopher Walken at his feral best). Crane also discovers he's not much of a hero (he twitches and faints a lot), and begins to have troubling dreams, perhaps inspired by the beau...

Princess Resurrection Vol.#03
by Danielle Van Gorder (Tue 08-26-2008)

...enge as a headless horseman challenges her place as the fastest rider on the roads. A pair of interfering vampires add some extra spice to the situation. Sherwood returns, and predictably enough tries to win Hiro's loyalty away from Hime. Against a bac...


Bat-week Begins
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 10-18-2005)

...faces the Headless Horseman. Originally broadcast on ABC Family, this includes added footage to earn an R rating. (O) HOUSE OF VOICES (Universal) Haunted abandoned orphanage chiller staring Virginie Ledoyen. Goos scary stuff for Halloween and we're giv...

Wayne’s World
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-08-2007)

...se of the Headless Horseman, Death By Dialogue, Devil Bat, Devil Monster, The Devil's Daughter, The Devil's Messenger, The Devil's Partner, Don't Look in the Basement, Don't Open Till Christmas, Eegah, Evil Brain from Outer Space, The Ghost Walks, Hand...

The Best Films of 1999
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 01-16-2000)

...film, the Headless Horseman will now take his place beside Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman as one of the screen`s most memorably monsters.11. A stronger film dramatically than SLEEPY HOLLOW is THE GREEN MILE, Frank Darabont`s adaptati...

Forbidden Plastic: Part 1
by Jeff Bond (Thu 09-06-2001)

...s and The Headless Horseman from Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Lowe and company were ready to tackle a new spacecraft model."A lot of science fiction subjects like the Jupiter 2, Robby the Robot, the Lost in Space Robot and the LIS Cyclops did pretty wel...


Getting the Heads Rolling: Christopher Lee Speaks, Part Two
by Craig D. Reid (Wed 04-26-2000)

...e and the Headless Horseman,` `The Legend of Sleepy Hollow` or whatever, and there are people in this film that don`t even get billing. YES, LIKE MARTIN LANDAU.Exactly, that`s right. And of course Christopher Walken—he`s the headless horseman. But y...

Stocking Stuffers for Your Favorite Fanatic
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 12-21-1999)

... standing Headless Horseman (with severed heads). There is also a separate Headless Horseman with Horse box set that really looks good on a shelf at home or on your desk at work.THE ART OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: Continuing with our Tim Burton trend, here’s an ...

Oscar Picks and (Reluctant) Predictions
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 03-26-2000)

...ce of the Headless Horseman.CINEMATOGRAPHYAnother obvious choice for SLEEPY HOLLOW: The sets were great, but it certainly helps if the cinematographer knows how to light them. This film was filled with wonderful atmosphere; it was the most visually ric...

X-MEN: The Bad Guys
by Steve Fritz (Thu 07-27-2000)

...aying the Headless Horseman [in Sleepy Horseman]. So I`m kind of used to them. It`s a lot of fun. I get to be Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan in my mind.` Like the rest of the actors, the bad guys hadn`t read many of the X-Men titles before getting the job. A...


X-MEN: On Location, Part 2
by Bryan Cairn (Fri 04-07-2000)

... Hollow`s Headless Horseman, the actor says he perfected the Toad`s look and expressions by experimenting in front of a mirror. His goal was to develop the character instead of resorting to a clichéd Hunchback-of-Notre-Dame stereotype. `He has to be ha...

Maurice Sendak Plugs Wild Things at FAO Schwartz
by Steve Fritz (Sun 10-22-2000)

... like the Headless Horseman dolls the Toddster made last year. It was a humorous sight. The fans themselves, as it turned out around 400 of them, decided to take it all in with the local mix of panache and irritation. Just when the stores employees app...

The FOURTH HORSEMAN Rides to Intrepid
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 08-28-2007)

Rogue & Intrepid Pictures are ready to bring the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse to the big screen in an action thriller called, THE FOURTH HORSEMAN. The film is getting a rewrite from F. Paul Benz and Steve Tomlin over at the studio before setting it...

Video: '300' is the "4th Horseman Of The A-Pop-Alypse" (Sat 03-17-2007)

Hide the women and children - Stephen Cobert has named "300" a sign of the Fourth Horseman of the "A-Pop-calypse"...


Flesh Colored Horror Vol.#01
by Josephine Fortune (Mon 04-10-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Translated by:Adapted by:What They SayIs Tomie finally gone? Or does her wretched spirit live on in this macabre collection of spine-tingling tales. Enjoy Ito's mix of girls, gore, and social satire.The ReviewFalse advertisi...

Danny Elfman's Manic Movie Music, Part 2
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 07-01-2000)

Besides his numerous film scores, Elfman has also contributed bits and pieces for other films. He contributed songs to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, GHOSTBUSTERS II, LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, SCREAM 2, and wrote the theme for SHRUNKEN HEADS (...

Editing HIGHLANDER THE SERIES: AN EVENING AT JOE'S
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 09-27-2001)

Horvath and fellow HIGHLANDER staffer Lettow both felt the impulse to write their own follow-ups to the B story in the episode "Timeless," which had the 5,000-year-old Methos courting dying mortal Alexa Bond. The results can be found in "Postcards From Al...

HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention Report Part One
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 10-23-2001)

At a lot of conventions, downtime between panels can feel like hanging around in a theatre lobby between acts of a play. The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention, held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, has an atmosphere much more like a party wi...


DVD & VHS This Week: April 16
by John Thonen (Tue 04-16-2002)

...SE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN is a double feature DVD of two little known items from the early 1970s. Up first is CARNIVAL which features future ROCKY co-star Burt Young in a tale of a serial killer menacing a carnival. Fans of H.G. (BLOOD FEAST) Lewis m...

ARMY OF DARKNESS ASH and EVIL ASH
by JEFF BOND (Sat 06-29-2002)

Perhaps no actor alive today is more suited for action figure treatment than cult star Bruce Campbell. With his lantern jaw, cleft chin and unhinged intensity, Campbell is kind of a human action figure, and never moreso than when he's going through the he...

ANIMAL HOUSE: DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION EDITION
by Kevin Dennis (Tue 09-09-2003)

Though 1939 is considered by many to be the greatest year in American cinema, 1978 isn't too shabby either. That year brought us seminal films across many genres, including The Deer Hunter, one of the first films to deal with the Vietnam War; Grease, a gr...

DVD & VHS This Week: March 5
by John Thonen (Tue 03-05-2002)

VIDEO NEWSHIGHLANDER was both a box office and critical dud when originally released in 1986. Since then, a fiercely loyal cult movement has turned the tale of sword swinging immortals into a success story surpassed only by that of the original STAR TREK....


Car-Crash Action!!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-02-2003)

...SE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN and BLOOD THIRST / BLOOD SUCKERS, plus lots of great shorts, trailers and galleries, all courtesy of Something Weird Video.(O)     CHEECH & CHONG’S NEXT MOVIE (Universal) Another dopey adventure.(O)&n...

Spirit Warrior in "THE WOLF" Part One
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 01-22-2002)

In BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (LE PACTE DE LOUPS), veteran genre actor Mark Dacascos plays Mani a contemplative, physically adroit Native American far from his home. He is the spiritual brother of scientist Gregoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan), the man inv...

Inu Yasha Vol. #48
by Luis Cruz (Wed 12-06-2006)

What They SayHakudoshi, the newly evolved incarnation of Naraku, has switched from hunting highly spiritual monks and priests to demons in his continuing attempts to see into the border between this life and the next. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and friends come...

Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. #24: Old Rivals, New Problems
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 06-20-2004)

What They SayWith mere moments to go before the tunnel between the Living World and the Demon World opens unleashing hordes of beast on an unsuspecting population, Yusuke\'s team push their way into Sensui\'s Lair. But what they find there shocks them bey...


Mobile Suit Gundam: Ecole du Ciel Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 10-11-2005)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mikimoto HaruhikoTranslated by:Ikoi HiroeAdapted by:What They SayÉcole du Ciel - where aspiring Gundam pilots train to become Top Gundam! Year is 0085 of the Universal Century. Daughter of a brilliant professor, Asuna is a b...

Real Fake Princess Vol.#05
by Sakura Eries (Wed 06-20-2007)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:I-HuanTranslated by:Yun ZhaoAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayThe end is here! On the run and torn between her love for two men, Zi Li has no clue what to do. It seems happiness with either suitor is lost to her. Not to mentio...

Cleese Talks HARRY POTTER
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 08-06-2001)

John Cleese has been talking, briefly, about his gig as one of the Hogwarts ghosts in the coming HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE.While talking to the New York Daily News, Cleese spoke of his participation in the film, saying, "It will take three day...

Sitcoms and Space Invaders
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 09-12-2005)

Howdy all, welcome back to another action-packed week of obscure references and questionable wit. Got plenty of new show previews to cover this week, and I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of the SURFACE pilot (thanks NBC!), so we'd best get rig...


Books and Boxes
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-27-2005)

The Prize Closet continues to dominate this territory. Well, dang it, we just love to give away fee DVDs! To win any of these prizes, you just have to send me an email to psycho@psychotronic.info and include a valid mailing address in the body. Once we ha...

Ghost Stories Vol. #5
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 05-24-2006)

What They SayIt's the final semester for our intrepid grade school ghoul fighters. But will they live to see graduation? Doesn't seem likely when a vengeful snow spirit screws with their winter break, a decapitated biker tries to get some head, a demon d...

Zaregoto Vol.#01 - The Kubikiri Cycle
by Greg Hackmann (Fri 09-05-2008)

Zaregoto is filled with fun characters and snappy dialog.  Unfortunately, it also suffers under its uneven pacing and ridiculous plot twists.Creative TalentWriter/Artist:NisioisinTranslated by:Greg MooreAdapted by:Greg MooreWhat They SayIt\'s the vac...

Winner: Tales from the Crypt Seaon 6 on DVD #2
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 08-03-2007)

Updated August 3 Congratulations to Anastasia You are the winner of the Crypt DVD! This is not an interruption of Hellboy month, but rather a guest appearance by his spooktacular comic predecessor: The Crypt Keeper! It's that time of fear ag...


Guillermo del Toro crafts 'Hellboy II'
by El Bicho (Thu 07-03-2008)

Director Guillermo del Toro understands the parameters and ramifications of his material. "When you go see a movie called 'Hellboy,' already there is an implicit, assumed, certain sort of sense of goofiness that you have to then say, 'Look, we kno...

Wedding Peach Vol. #10 (DX)
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 03-14-2005)

What They SayThis trying to save the world business is hard work, especially when you’re not even in high school yet. And just when you thought things were getting back to normal, a wave of new devils has begun to show up. Throw in a headless demon ...

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

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

Paving the way for a Transformers 4th of July
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 03-27-2007)

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...


Demon Lord Dante Vol. #2
by Luis Cruz (Mon 08-02-2004)

What They SayThe Army assaults Ryo, transformed into Demon Lord Dante, with a severe napalm attack, but his immortal body is too strong to be defeated. Tormented by the guilt of becoming a demon, Ryo?s despair and anger manifests as a vortex to destroy t...

BONES, Season Two
by Associate News Editor (Wed 09-05-2007)

September 11th, Fox Home Entertainment will release “Bones” Season Two.  The program is inspired by real-life anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs. The series exhumes forensic&...

RANT: Rivet Counting
by Stephen Lackey, Columnist (Mon 02-11-2008)

Do you know this term, “rivet counting” when it refers to movies and TV? The gist of it is that rivet counters can’t enjoy the architecture because they are to busy counting the rivets. By definition of what I do, writing revie...

An Endangered Species
by Jason Davis (Mon 01-02-2006)

What do 24, THE SHIELD, LOST and recently STARGATE: SG-1 have in common? I guess the question really should be--what don't they have in common? The answer is a classic television title sequence. Sure, a brief shot of the logo and credits superimposed o...


Something Wonderful From Something Weird!
by Andrew Hershberger (Sun 10-14-2001)

...se of the Headless Horseman Country Cuzzins / Midnight Plowboy Fiend of Dope Island / Pagan Island Fuego / The Female Hercules Against the Moon Men Lost Lonely and Vicious / Jacktown Mighty Gorga / One Million AC/DC Naked Venus / Diary of a Nudist The ...

Ray Park: From Darth Maul to X-Men, Part 3
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 07-27-2000)

Ray Park seems to be making a living out of playing villains cloaked in makeup. This is true of his latest role, that of Toad in X-Men, but the character allowed him to break the mold at least a little bit: although still covered in green greasepaint, his...

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE: Film Preview
by Frank Garcia (Thu 11-23-2000)

While author J.K. Rowling was in Vancouver, Canada on October 25 for two appearances as part of the city`s annual Writers and Reader’s Festival, she sat down with reporters at a press conference prior to the event. Rowling spoke out about the Warner Broth...

RE-ANIMATOR
by PROCE MACDOUGAL (Wed 10-31-2001)

Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a promising young medical student who has sort of gotten on the wrong track with his studies. You see, he’s invented a serum that can “re-animate” the dead, and upon arriving at his new school West begins to experiment on r...


HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention Report Part Four
by Abbie Bernstein (Sun 11-04-2001)

The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention was held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, marking the 15th year of the existence of HIGHLANDER. CINESCAPE's extensive coverage of the event continues today with a look at the "Script to Screen" panel, th...

Ray Park: From Darth Maul to X-Men
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 07-13-2000)

...W (as the Headless Horseman).FANDOM: IN `X-MEN` ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU?PARK: Oh yes.I`VE READ YOU WEAR LENSES IN YOUR EYES?Yes, but that`s all; you can tell it`s me.LOT OF EXCITEMENT BREWING OVER THE FILM.Yes, I just saw it yesterda...

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: Movie Retrospective, Part 4
by Ted Newsom (Sun 05-28-2000)

The many effects shots in Jason and the Argonauts were refinements and elaborations on those Ray Harryhausen had created for previous films. As with the novelty of 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no one had ever paired the techniques of stop-motion animation to th...

DARK ANGEL Halloween Ep
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 10-22-2001)

The November 2nd episode of DARK ANGEL, titled "Boo", has Max looking to stop a headless body on a lethal mission.On Halloween night, Max finds her "normal" world turned upside down when the creatures she let out of Manticore are able to walk the streets ...


HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: AUCTION/ADRIAN PAUL ON DIRECTING
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 03-03-2005)

At the start of the auction designed to raise funds for the workshop itself and future Highlander Worldwide events, emcee John Bierly warns, "If you thought the concert last night was silly, wait 'til you see this."Showrunner David Abramowitz, swordmaster...

Panorama of Hell Vol.#1
by Josephine Fortune (Wed 01-04-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hideshi HinoTranslated by:Screaming Mad George, Charles Schneider, Yoko UmezawaAdapted by:What They SayPanorama of Hell is a shocking, torturous journey into the depths of one man\'s postnuclear Hell. Through the confessions ...

HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: ADRIAN PAUL, ELIZABETH GRACEN AND PETER WINGFIELD
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 02-24-2005)

Peter Wingfield, carrying a glass of wine, joins Adrian Paul and Elizabeth Gracen on the stage. Paul notes his friend's choice in beverage: "We get water, he gets wine he's Jesus!" He also takes not of the situation: "Three Immortals with microphones it...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)

Genre:Family/Fantasy/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Warner Bros./Heyday Films/1492 Productions.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter); Emma Watson (Hermione Granger); Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley); Robbie Colt...


DARKMINDS: MACROPOLIS #1
by Tony Whitt (Thu 02-07-2002)

Special Investigations Unit Agent Tedashi Nagawa is being honored with the Macropolis "Man of the Year" award, much to the amusement and admiration of his fellow detectives. But the celebrations are short-lived as a mysterious package containing a severed...

HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: F. BRAUN McASH
by Abbie Bernstein (Mon 02-21-2005)

Swordfight choreographer/swordmaster F. Braun McAsh is late because he's been fighting ... traffic. He gets his panel started by making some sharp points (sorry) about the nature of his job: "There's no generalized system for using a sword ... very often,...

ABE packs 'em in
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 07-26-2005)

So our massive sci-fi TV giveaways from last week have left the ol' prize closet totally exhausted. The prize winners should've been notified by now, and there will never be another giveaway in this column again. Aaaah I should know that I can't fool you...

ROME: An Owl in a Thornbush
by Jason Davis (Tue 09-13-2005)

Execution is everything in television. Neophyte writers are often obsessed with the idea of someone stealing their ideas without ever understanding that ideas are all well and good, but that execution of that idea is the key. Where ROME excels over ABC's ...


Butt Kicking Double Feature
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 10-22-2007)

...   HEADLESS HORSEMAN (SCIFI, 9PM EST)   This film tells the story of a small backwoods town where the citizens sacrifice teens to the titular monster. Probably won’t be great but the “backwoods” stereotypes should b...

All Hallow's Eve on the TV
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-25-2004)

Ah, it must be fall. The air is cooling. The leaves are turning. Shows are swapping timeslots or being carved neatly from network lineups. And one of the early casualties is the man so badass, James Cameron tried to kill him in three separate films (but o...

The Force on DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 09-21-2004)

George Lucas is one of the world's most controversial filmmakers. Oh, it's not that the subject matter of his films pushes the boundaries of social tastes or challenges our way of life the last time he did that was with his first film THX-1138 (released ...

Cleese on HARRY POTTER 2
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-09-2002)

It seems the part of Nearly Headless Nick in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS won't be any bigger, if even as big, as it was in HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. According to an interview in the CALGARY SUN, John Cleese shot down speculation h...


THE THING
by Troy Roberts (Wed 10-23-2002)

While movie licenses are very hot commodities in the video game industry, what the companies do with them has been less than spectacular over the years. LucasArts has done an admirable job with most of the STAR WARS titles, but for the most part, video ga...

Many Thanks
by Andrew Kardon (Thu 11-07-2002)

It's turkey time again. Chocolate turkeys! Fresh turkeys! Turkey soup. Leftover turkey sandwiches. Turkey casserole. Ugh. It's turkey time.Well, despite an overdose of poultry around Thanksgiving, toy fans actually have a lot to be thankful for this year....

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

Wow – seems like there’s more DVDs every week. Let’s get to ‘em. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis week’s spotlight item has suffered for years due to unfair comparisons with previous entries in its series, and because it was released around the same time as the ...

The WB Making a Comeback
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 03-09-2008)

You read the headline right, The Warner Brothers Television Group is bringing The WB back but in a much more hip and less expensive way. The network will be coming back exclusively to the internet. Warner plans to stream all of the Warner created sho...