It’s that time of year again where shopping becomes warfare and finding that perfect gift is some times more stressful than actually buying it.
That’s where this GiftGuide comes in handy. It’s not the end-all, be-all of Gift ...
Music soothes the savage breast, they say. And there's nothing more savage than someone who hasn't been introduced to the world of movie soundtracks. Give a friend or loved one a film score and make the world a better place. For starters, you can try:THE ...
With the holidays fast approaching the pressure’s on to get those gifts. If you’re like me chances are you’ve procrastinated your way yet again into another last-ditch holiday shopping debacle. But before you brave the hectic traffic and...
It’s that time of year again where shopping becomes warfare and finding that perfect gift is some times more stressful than actually buying it.
That’s where this GiftGuide comes in handy. It’s not the end-all, be-all of Gift ...
I think it's almost over. It is this nasty little storm that I've been enduring, the arrival of way too many video games. I mean, I'm all for video games, but when you start tossing on an insane amount of course work, balancing time can be perilous. I've ...
Got a television fanatic in the family? Are you a TV fanatic with family begging you for ideas of what you might like for a holidaygift? Well I’m here to help with a list of some of the best buys for your holiday dollar this year.&nb...
... December HolidayGiftGuides, 'tis the season to present TOKYOPOP's array of exciting stocking stuffers, guaranteed to make your readers' spirits and smiles bright!
COME ALL YE MANGA FAITHFUL TO TOKYOPOP'S HOLIDAYGIFTS:
Princess Ai: An Ai-Land S...
With Thanksgiving past us and the holiday buying season in full swing, I thought this would be the perfect time to present the first Annual High Def Review HD Buying Guide. Instead of our usually news and review, this time I’m going to high...
Welcome back to the Book Buzz after a two week hiatus for “re-tooling”. So what’s the deal? Well, there will be a few changes in the content of the column to hopefully make it more appealing to book fans. Rather th...
You can tell Christmas is right around the corner when the publishers start busting out the new collector’s editions and staple genre series guides. This Tuesday, November 14th brings a Voyage of Jerle Shannara and Gotrek & Felix compendiums...
Hey you. Yeah, the person who clicked on this article, not because they were interested in the latest, hottest and coolest things out there for the holidays, but rather because you're like many last minute shoppers who haven't even stepped into the mall s...
My fellow Maniacs, the gift giving season is upon us. The hardest part, for many of my friends and me is to find something that is affordable and fun. Many of us tell friends and family that we want movies. That makes it easy to get us gifts, righ...
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...
As we move toward the holiday shopping season, more studios are announcing tentative release dates for new DVD titles. We've compiled a list of the major releases from various studios and their announced release dates; in many of these cases the artwork a...
The giving season is coming! Do you have someone who is difficult to shop for? Calendars make great gifts and appeal to everyone. It's art...with chrono-organization!
No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...
No matter the series, author, or even the medium used, science fiction is a genre inherently linked to (and some may say delimited by) technology. Hard line SF creators like Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and William Gibson may make extrapolating curre...
Each and every year the big chain retailers and department stores start getting ready for the holidays the day after Labor Day. There is however, one retailer who strikes before the summer is even over on its holiday marketing and gift giving. That retail...
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He's back again for the third time this year! The worldwide box-office hit 'Ghost Rider' will enjoy a special DVD gift-set release just in time for your Holiday shopping. The 'Ghost Rider Limited Edition DVD Gift Set' in...
Victims of the YearLots of people feel sorry for themselves around the holidays, but hey, does anyone out there truly care about Robert Downey, Jr`s problems? Well, if not, there are plenty of other folks to feel sorry for. U.S. News and World Report repo...
Plus, perfect holiday buyers' guide
HOUSTON, December 4, 2006 "Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, has an exclusive first look at the brand-new Evangelion movies currently in production! Widely recognized as the greatest anime of al...
After a very successful holiday party last year, we\'ve decided to do it again this year and do it bigger and better. We\'re once again going to the beautiful Omni Parker House in Boston for the event and we\'ve got a dance floor to dance the night away, ...
VIDEO NEWSBlade 2 has been announced for DVD release September 3rd as a feature laden, double disc package. In addition to the film itself, disc one will feature two commentary tracks, one with director Guillermo Del Toro and writer David Goyer and the se...
With Thanksgiving already a few days cold, the holiday season (along with all of its consumer-driven trappings) has officially arrived and though economists predict lean shopping numbers for the end of this year, you wouldn’t know it by the sheer vo...
New Releases Make Fun Gift Selections For The 2006 Holiday Season
San Francisco, CA, October 12, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has ...
It\'s that time of year again! The AOD party will be held for the third year at the historic Omni Parker House in downtown boston. The party will be light reception style, with appetizers, a cash bar, desserts, and drinks. Clothing is in the business casu...
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With great power comes great responsibility. Yesterday Blockbuster Inc.
announced it used Spider-Man's power to entertain to f...
It\'s that time of year again! The AOD party will be held for the third year at the historic Omni Parker House in downtown boston. The party will be light reception style, with appetizers, a cash bar, desserts, and drinks. Clothing is in the business casu...
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...
New Editions Are Must-Haves for 2006 Holiday Season and Will Delight Manga and Anime Fans
San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation an...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGiallo and Eurofantasy film scores are alive and well thanks to the intrepid folks behind Digitmovies and GDM Records, whose releases for June and July are valuable and interesting restorations of rare, unreleased, or little kno...
In this week's TV Guide, they apparently deemed the documentary, Marvel Super Heroes Guide to New York City, worthy enough to highlight it as their main pick on the Familiy Page's "Shows you can watch together." "Pleasant if not penetrating, Guide takes v...
Editor's Note: Originally published last year, we're reprinting "Christmas With the Superheroes" to get into the holiday spirit once again -- and to give Tony a much deserved two weeks off vacation. Tony's regular weekly column, COMICSCAPE, will return ne...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:CLAMPTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:What They SayAll is revealed in this look behind the scenes Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE! This book includes details on the characters, worlds, and mysteries of Tsubasa spanning th...
Fourth Quarter Titles Feature Picture Book, Newest VIZ Fiction Novel and Beautiful Art Books - Perfect For Gift-Giving Season
San Francisco, CA, October 5, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative an...
`Into the Fire` (#301) - Written by Brad Wright. Directed by Martin WoodPart 2 of Season 2`s `Out of Mind.` In this exciting season opener, the SG-1 team are being held prisoner by their old Goa’uld foe Hathor (Susanne Braun), who threatens to insert a Go...
Plus holiday high jinks, reviews & a very special choral performance in podcast's 30th episode.
GRIMES, IA, December 22, 2006 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) welcomes Liam O'Brien and Sam Regal to the...
Cash on the BarrelheadWhat did I tell you kids about buying books with credit cards and checks? Always pay cash for your copy of The Anarchist`s Cookbook, galdang it! In a crystal meth lab in Denver, a couple of books were found on how to make drugs (doh!...
New Right Stuf Specials are posted! Let there be rejoicing in the streets!
It\'s continuing bundle madness! All new!
Dangaizer Super DVD Bargain Bundle (discs 1-2) 66% off!
Lost Universe DVD Super Bundle, with Soundtrack! (discs 1-6, CD) 64% off!
Sakura ...
Breaking news!
The mega OVA project FREEDOM will continue! The special extra episode of FREEDOM, which will be released after the 6th volume, is to be produced in Japan! We would like to thank FREEDOM fans who supported the project from across the world...
It's Halloween, which means it's time to start thinking about you holidaygift shopping. Right?
OK, maybe starting the holiday consumer frenzy early is too depressing a thought, but we've got some images of upcoming Marvel action figure offerings from Ha...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Jason ThompsonTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayThis companion and handy reference guide to manga features extensive reviews and information on more than 900 different manga series, complete with background and stories, as...
From a press release
Universal City, Calif. – James McAvoy (Atonement) and Academy Award® winners Angelina Jolie (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) and Morgan Freeman (Dark Knight) star in the sexy, visually stunning, action thrill-ride 'Wanted', coming to D...
Action Packed Supernatural Adventure Of A Teen Who Sees Ghosts
San Francisco, CA, November 28, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has a...
From a press release
Universal City, Calif., October 13, 2008 – James McAvoy (Atonement) and Academy Award winners Angelina Jolie (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) and Morgan Freeman (Dark Knight) star in the sexy, visually stunning, action thrill-ride 'Wanted'...
VARIETY reports that Universal will include both the most recently-released and original versions of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL on the value-priced "limited collectors edition," due October 22.Previously, the 1982 theatrical release was slated only in the...
... time for holidaygiftguides and the unfortunately inevitable Thanksgiving weekend shopping orgy. In any case, it’s a chance to load up on older features for less dough – and who hates that? Who wouldn’t want the Poison Ivy trilog...
Fox has announced via a press release that they will be giving special advance screenings of ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM in New York and Los Angeles. The special screenings will be done at 12:01 am on Christmas Eve. Here's the press release for those of ...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's superhero sequel "Spider-Man 2" sold more than 6 million combined DVD and VHS units during its first day on retail shelves across the country, according to industry sources. That Day 1 sales figure doesn't set any record...
To start off this week’s Toy Column I wanted to thank all of you for posting your comments back in October on my “Playstation 3 or Xbox 360?” column. I addressed all of you about whether or not I should buy a Playstation 3 or an ...
The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
Last year Running Press gave comic book fans the very cool Marvel Vault, a “Museum in a Book” as they refer to it. This year Running Press is back with the DC Vault. If you haven’t seen the Marvel Vault these books are part history boo...
Our friends at Warner Animation have sent an early holidaygift for you, the Comics2Film readers: four new images from 'Justice League: The New Frontier'!
The film is confirmed for release on tuesday, February 26, 2008 (in spite of what you may have re...
Last year Running Press gave comic book fans the very cool Marvel Vault, a “Museum in a Book” as they refer to it. This year Running Press is back with the DC Vault. If you haven’t seen the Marvel Vault these books are ...
`Tis the season to be...well, you know. While we’re busy expanding our belt lines from too much turkey this past weekend, our friendly network programming executives are beginning to bombard us with all manner of holiday programming so saccharinely sweet,...
Nintendo's next generation hand-held gaming system, the two-screen Nintendo DS, will hit store shelves before the Christmas shopping rush. The company revealed today that the DS will go on sale beginning November 21, two weeks before the company will roll...
One of the sleeper success stories of the past summer, Walt Disney's remake of FREAKY FRIDAY will arrive on home video just in time for holidaygift giving on Tuesday, December 16. The DVD version will contain two alternate endings, bloopers, deleted scen...
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has released figures on how well PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sold in its first week of release, and the results are very good. In just one week 11 million DVD and VHS copies of PIRATES have been sold to consumers which gives th...
After much complaining by fans, Columbia TriStar Home Video has finally confirmed that they will release of the first three seasons of SEINFELD to DVD before the end of the year. CTHV will sell Beginning November 23 Columes 1 and 2 of SEINFELD will be sol...
Its fans are among the most loyal and most rabid in the music industry, and it has survived nearly forty years by having the uncanny ability to constantly re-invent itself…it is Heavy Metal. Metal: The Definitive Guide is no mere hyperbole...
For several years DK Publishing has partnered with Lucasfilm to bring the details of the Star Wars universe to life. The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga and Star Wars C...
With this being the first week of the Holiday season I am going to change the DVD Shopping Bag Column up a bit. For the next four weeks I am going to feature films that would make great gifts for the film aficionado and to give to a member of the ...
To start, the C rating is for Warner Brothers new Batman Begins Limited Edition Gift Set. The actual film, Batman Begins, is a Mania grade A film. Christopher Nolan’s approach to Batman was a godsend compared to the butchering done by Batman and Rob...
Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately they’ve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release of the US d...
When the long-running British science-fiction TV series `Doctor Who` was unceremoniously cancelled by the BBC in 1990, rabid fans (a.k.a. Whovians) were soon treated to all-new adventures in the form of original novels. Virgin Publishing debuted the first...
Genre TV shows have always had trouble winning the big awards, not to mention mere nominations, at the Emmys, so it`s a pleasant surprise to see some of the newest as well as some of the most recognizable names in sci-fi and fantasy television get nominat...
We've just received word that the teaser trailer for THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY was shown moments ago at the Pixar panel held at the San Diego Comic Convention. Running between 30 to 60 seconds long, here's how our correspondent described the im...
It`s no big secret, but if you want your first real taste of the upcoming year in animation, you attend the annual International Toy Fair. The reason is simple. No form of entertainment relies as heavily on toy licenses as animated television shows and fe...
Ending the dry spell in recent weeks in which no fan club/genre organization/magazine/museum/ rotary club re-ranked the greatest episodes/moments/aliens/ships/bloopers/flubs/continuity errors/hairstyles/laser colors in STAR TREK history, TV GUIDE has anno...
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 ...
With breathtaking stills and in-depth character profiles, Transformers: The Movie Guide is your definitive guide to the first-ever CGI/live-action Transformers movie, releasing July 4, 2007. Get up-close and personal with all of your favorite robots in di...
TV Guide critic
Matt Roush addressed the recent cancellation of Witchblade and
subsequent fan response in his "Ask
Matt" section of his online "Roush Room" area of the TV Guide
website.
A reader asked
Roush if he planned on giv...
What They SayThe Gift – Only those with the gift are able to read the Holy Words of Saruon. They are the pathway to the door of truth – the only means by which the reality of the event twelve years ago can be revealed. But, without the gift t...
It's October, and Halloween season is upon us at last. So what do we have filling the anime DVD shelves? Christmas videos! This column is infested with Christmas videos! I could go into my annual rant about how we should take our holidays in order, and ho...
From a press release:
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (August 28, 2008) – Two-time Academy Award nominee Will Smith (Best Actor: 'Ali', 2002; 'The Pursuit of Happyness', 2007) is not your average superhero in the summer blockbuster 'Hancock', debuting on DVD, ...
Wow, the big day is only three days off, isn't it? And here I am with none of my presents bought yet. (Of course, my idea of a present is an on-line gift certificate from Amazon.com, so Christmas shopping is never all that arduous. Besides, it's the thoug...
What They SayCombine one totally cute (and naive) ninja-girl trainee, a horde of ninjas under the perverse tutelage of her headmaster: a strange, yellow, spherical, pudgy... creature... named Onsokumaru, and you get the craziest, most hilarious anime show...
Trials, Tribulations, Shopping...Even small presses are trying to offer something special this holiday season—which, despite every idiot on the planet going to the Del Amo Mall in Torrance, CA, the day after Thanksgiving, still is not expected to live up ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Makoto NakajimaTranslated by:Amelia CantlayAdapted by:What They SayBased off the hit tours arranged by Pop Japan Travel, explore the streets of Tokyo and experience Japanese pop culture in this new manga. T.M. Revolution makes...
While fanboys the world over eagerly await director Sam Raimi’s big-budget SPIDER-MAN (calm down kids – we’ve got another year to go on that one), the creator of the ever-popular EVIL DEAD series is seeing his most recent effort, the mature and distinctly...
As with STAR TREK: THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE, the DALEK SURVIVAL GUIDE is another book inspired by the WORST CASE SCENARIO HANDBOOK series, which features collections of hazardous situations along with tips on how to extricate yourself from them. Unlik...
Daniel Wallace has updated the STAR WARS: ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CHARACTERS to include characters from EPISODE I, EPISODE II and the Del Rey NEW JEDI ORDER novel series. Wallace, who has written and/or contributed to countless STAR WARS resource books, picked...
I’ve been thinking about holiday movies since there are so many reruns and sports hitting the airways over the next few weeks. Many families rely on films like The Santa Clause to get them through the season but I can’t take that.&nbs...
They are like familiar guests that visit every holiday season only they are not as obnoxious as family members and they don’t overstay their welcome. Warner Home Video has released The Peanuts Holiday Collection, a three DVD boxed set ...
Christmas stories in comic books generally fall into one of two categories: they're either so full of the Christmas spirit and thus so cloyingly sweet that you need an IV drip of insulin to get through them; or they're much the same as any regular superhe...
Star Wars Shop has announced the upcoming Darth Vader "Sith-inspired" 2005 holiday action figure available exclusively at the official store. This exclusive edition has a red metallic finish. Displayed loose on the base, Vader fits perfectly alongside the...
The latest issue of TV Guide (Jan.29-Feb.4th issue) has some information about the upcoming "Crimson" episode that features Red!K Kal.
The photo features Tom Welling and Erica Durance. It is posted in a section called: "Romance Special" - Mating Seaso...
Thanks to TV Guide, we are able to present to you the 1st page column (warning the included photo is a major spoiler), as well as the 2-page "Smallville A to Z" article (page 2 and page 3) which contains tidbits about 26 different things from Smallville l...
Three Smallville features are within the Jan. 29 TV Guide. Among the highlights: Al Gough explains why a Green Arrow spin-off is not coming; and Erica Durance talks about kissing Superman.
TV Guide magazine (March 13th edition) features a few interesting tidbits on the current season of "Smallville". There are two behind-the-scenes photos from the up-coming episode "Hypnotic".
Playmates Toys has announced additions to THE SIMPSONS interactive environment action figure sets in time to celebrate Halloween and Christmas, with the comning debuts of two new entries: The Treehouse of Horror Alien Spaceship and the Simpsons Family Chr...
VARIETY reports Karey Kirkpatrick has been tapped to co-adapt the oft-reworked touchstone of geek culture, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. With novels, radio and television series already long available, the movie plans continue a feature adaptation...
Surprisingly, given how many clunker shows the science fiction genre has produced (oh, but when one hits it's so, so sweet) when TV GUIDE unleashed its 50 Worst Shows of All Time list in this week's issue, there were only three genre entries there. To few...
Contrary to what you might think, author Douglas Adams premature demise doesn't seem to have put the kibosh on a film based on his THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, according to his ex-agent.While talking to the BBC's Drive program, Ed Victor spoke of...
The legendary Anne McCaffrey, creator of the DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN books, has compiled three rare PERN short stories and one original PERN tale into an illustrated small hardcover volume called A GIFT OF DRAGONS.To put this review into context, it was only...
So you`ve read all of James M. Cain`s hard-boiled novels. But have you heard of Paul Cain, the `hardest of the hardboiled`? Of course you`ve read William S. Burroughs, but what about Clarence Cooper Jr., `the black William Burroughs`? If you think you`ve ...
Earlier this year, Sony release three of Stop-Motion animation genius Ray Harryhausen’s films on special edition DVDs. Now these three classics, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers, and 20 Million Miles to Earth, ...
Happy Tuesday everybody! This week we've got new Tor releases of the Wolfblade Trilogy, the Count Saint-Germain series, and The Company novels. In addition to those hardback debuts we've got a technical guide to the science of Star Wars from the good folk...
Somewhat overshadowed by the theatrical release of the long awaited cinematic adaptation, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has returned once more to its original medium. Following on from 2004's Tertiary Phase (just released on CD in expanded form) i...
Suffering from less of the heavy-handed narration that's marred the two previous installments of this series, the third episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Quandary Phase seems more suited to audio adaptation than its narrative-drenched forb...
When Dirk Maggs set about adapting the latter three volumes of Douglas Adams' increasingly inaccurately named HITCHHIKER'S trilogy, fans of the twelve original radio episodes were understandably confused. While the first series basically follows the same...
AICN's Moriarty has reported on seeing an early test screening of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.Here are a couple choice quotes:"...I thought the film was a glorious shambling tribute to the work of Adams, a beautifully realized vision filled to th...
Appearing over at the CHUD website are three scans of interest to those who have been anxiously awaiting our first look at the Vogons that will appear in THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY movie. This race of belligerent, foul-smelling and generally unl...
After almost two decades of being trapped in development hell, Walt Disney Pictures has finally given a greenlight for the feature film adaptation of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Filming is scheduled to commence next year in England, with city sc...
Actor John Malkovich has joined the cast of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY movie. Unlike the earlier casting announcements, Malkovich is playing a character not seen in Douglas Adams' novel but one created for the film (at the instruction of the nov...
Diamond Comics will be offering in November/December an exclusive STAR WARS Bounty Hunter Figure Gift Set.The figures will be a limited edition collector's set. The window-boxed set features Lord Vader addressing the galaxy's greatest 3 ¾" mercenaries: Zu...
KING KONG held the number one spot at the box office this past weekend. The film took in $31.4 million worth of tickets. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE took second place with $30.1 million, while FUN WITH DICK & JANE came in third with $23.5 mil...
As we enter recovery mode this morning, having survived this years holiday party, I wanted to take a minute to express my heartfelt and sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who was able to make it to the party last night. The last two months or so ...
With the holiday weekend upon us, the fruits of fans labor can be spent on some highly discounted recent releases. Shawne Kleckner of Right Stuf has crafted some very tempting bundles this week, including one that\'s 73% off!New Right Stuf Specials are po...
Last week, the Gamers' Thumb featured a new style of column where both Troy and James would comment on a topic, presenting similar or maybe different views. The comments we received on the column were in favor of the new style so we have decided to stick ...
DC Direct has announced the new Gift Set featuring two updated and revised action figures. The set will include a 24-page comic reprinting a classic Batman/Scarecrow story and bases for each figure, all packaged in a 4-color window box The set will go on ...
The Sept. 26 issue of TV Guide takes a look at all of the various actresses who have played Lois Lane on television and movies, from Noel Neill all the way to TV's new Lois, Erica Durance.
TV Guide has released their write-up for "Fragile," the April 13 Smallville which will be directed by Tom Welling. Click for details and possible spoilers.
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sources at Mainframe Entertainment, the new Spider-Man edition of TV
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Daredevil
is due to grace the February 8th cover of TV Guide. Fox has released a photo of
the cover which features Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
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Clark goes to Brainiac for help to save the life of someone special to him? More spoilers for Smallville's "Solitude" episode in the TV Guide description.
TV Guide recently updated their description of the "Crisis" episode of Smallville (airing March 3rd) with an interesting blurb concerning Lex Luthor and his father Lionel. If you must know everything, then click!
STAR TREK: THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE is the latest in a long line of parodies based on the WORST CASE SCENARIO HANDBOOK. The original, for those two or three readers who haven't seen it in stores and/or caught the television version, is an amusing coll...
The latest issue of TV Guide features a never-before-seen preview photo from Smallville's Season 5 premiere. KryptonSite has posted a scan. Click to see it - be warned of spoilers.
The March 27 issue of TV Guide magazine has a feature on the Mar. 30 episode. Contains some new spoilers, and some talk from the stars and producer about the future. Also includes a new photo. Click for more details.
TV Guide Channel showed a little behind-the-scenes snippet of Smallville. They talk to both Tom Welling and Smallville's visual effects supervisor Mat Beck. Watch the clip and view some screen caps...
Tom Welling (Clark Kent) is in the current issue of New Zealand's TV Guide and he talks about Superman, Smallville, and his personal life. "There's always talk about Lana and Lex maybe having a releationship. - Tom" Click to read more...
Kristin Kreuk's hopes for Smallville's future are a bit rosier than her Lex Luthorian co-star.
"I think we'll be around for three or four more seasons, maybe even longer - who knows?" she says in the March 19, 2005 of the Canadian editions of TV Guide....
TV Guide Insider has talked to Smallville Executive Producer Al Gough, where he reveals several previously-unknown tidbits about the new season - some of which involve Superman mythology. Click to read...
An image and information for the SUPERMAN THROUGH THE AGES Action Figure Gift Set has been released by DC Direct. The set consists of four different 6" scale versions of Superman, including the Jim Lee Superman, John Byrne Superman, First Appearance Super...
New DVDs Include Box Sets, Feature Films and Latest Episodic Installments Of Much-Loved Anime Series
San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, an...
The July 3rd issue of "TV Guide" will have five different coves featuring the members of the Fantastic Four as well as their #1 nemesis, Dr. Doom. Check out these images of the covers.
Cartoon Network has supplied Animation Insider with an episode guide for season three of 'Teen Titans'. Find out about Starfire's trip to Tamaran, Slade's return, the arrival of Brother Blood and more...
Scott Beatty, writer of 'Batman Begins: The Visual Guide' gives his thoughts about the movie and reveals he's the writer of the comic-book adaptation of the movie...
As fellow Maniac StarlightGuard wrote in his Mania blog, it seems we are going to be moving forward into new territory within the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" universe. Seven years after author Douglas Adams passed away, the BBC is reportin...
Today THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY arrives on DVD. To celebrate, Buena Vista is offering a special one-day-only event on the official site. For September 13th only, the site will be providing visitors with special password which will allow them to...
Interview, Anime & Gamers' Guide, contests & reviews in Episode 40!
GRIMES, IA, May 11, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome Patrick Macias -- writer, Japanese pop culture expert and ed...
As the final notes of the Eagles' "Journey of the Sorcerer" fade into silence, so ends the legacy of Douglas Adams in the medium that gave birth to it. The fourth installment of the Quintessential Phase of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY closes one ...
Michael Hanlon has been the science editor for The Daily Mail (London) for more than four years. The fact that Hanlon is a Brit probably gives him a sharper insight into the work of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Hanlon's bo...
Note: Due to the holiday, all grosses are 4 day totals instead of the typical 3 days.This was a fairly boring holiday. A lot of solid grosses, but nothing remarkable, nothing with umph and nothing to really talk about.INVINCIBLE had it's second solid we...
The BBC website has confirmed that the voice for THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY has been found, and it's Stephen Fry. A self-professed fan of the Douglas Adams novels, Fry told the Beeb, "Being asked to do the voice of The Guide is like having your ...
In the latest update to the blog on the official HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY website, executive producer Robbie Stamp welcomes readers and reassures them that the movie will remain true to the roots of Douglas Adams' classic novel. "Every version of ...
CINESCAPE will scale back online news coverage over the holiday period, beginning with Christmas Day and continuing through the week of New Years.On both Christmas, (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1), no additional news content will be posted, w...
No, he's not Hayden Christensen... He's W. Haden Blackman. But he is linked to the STAR WARS universe, thanks to his incredibly well done book, THE NEW ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO VEHICLES AND VESSELS. As you might imagine, the book collects and describes every ST...
A commenter here at Mania believes that I don’t like holiday episodes of TV series based on my review of the Christmas Special episode of Supernatural. Well, I didn't actually hate that episode, I just thought it was sub-par compared to the res...
HOUSTON - Three of the greatest game-based anime titles from ADV Films are now available at prices that anime lovers of all ages can afford.
For less than $10, gamers and anime fans alike will be able to afford Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Tekken: The ...
The 'Fantastic Four' are set to grace the cover of TV Guide this week.
Madison Michelle of the TV Guide channel details the careers of the cast of "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer" in this video.
Comic
Book Resources broke the news yesterday that Spider-Man will
grace the covers of a late April/Early May cover of TV Guide. The event will be
timed to coincide with the May 3rd release of the movie.
Like the Smallville
issues from last year, t...
Stunning 'Batman Begins' ornaments and holiday decor have been recently introduced by Kurt S. Adler, Inc., for Christmas. Kurt S. Adler is the leading designer and supplier of holiday ornaments and accessories.
More...
Look for Birds
of Prey on an upcoming TV Guide Cover! Gotham
Clock Tower reports the show will be featured on the December 14th issue of
TV Guide. There will be four variant covers, and a big feature on the show
inside.
Meanwhile, the
spoile...
New York Anime Fest, New York (December 4, 2007)―TOKYOPOP, the leader of the global manga revolution, is thrilled to debut from the streets of Harajuku, Tokyo, the Gothic & Lolita Bible, a quarterly mook (magazine/book hybrid) that is a combination ...
With 'The Dark Knight' on the horizone, Warner Home Video is a Limited Edition Gift Set of 'Batman Begins' both on standard DVD and Blu-Ray.
Included in the Blu-Ray edition are:
'The Dark Knight' Prologue (the first six minutes of the film)
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, this 'Transformers' movie is making some money.
'Transformers' triggered boxoffice fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday, 'Ratatouille' successfully competed against family barbecues and 'Live Free or Die Hard...
On Dec. 18 DK Publishing will release a Ghost Rider Visual Guide book.With a foreword by one of the Ghost Rider creators, Roy Thomas, this detailed guide features over 400 spectacular full-color images spanning the 30-year history of the fearsome crusader...
After several slow weeks in genre literature the release schedule is finally picking back up, offering loads of fresh sci-fi, fantasy, and horror amidst the news of recent award noms and finalists.
An unfortunate truth of life is that there are a lot of ...
December 14th saw the first annual AnimeOnDVD.com Christmas
Party that took place in the very beautiful Omni Parker House in downtown
Boston, Massachusetts. The event, running from 7 PM to 11 PM in the Brandei...
Now that December is finally upon us and another Black Friday has passed we are going to see the really big push for people to make the leap to Blu-ray. Some of us already made the change. Some of us (me included) waited to see who would win the b...
Editor's Note: Originally published last year, we're reprinting Tony Whitt's "Christmas With the Superheroes" to get into the holiday spirit once again -- and to give Tony a much deserved two weeks off vacation. Tony's regular weekly column, COMICSCAPE, w...
Literary works from a handful of star-studded authors grace the shelves today along with a bitchin' new comprehensive Marvel guide in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror bookstuffs. Tor Books dominates this week's releases with a bit ...
Collector’s Editions, box sets and complete series are all the rage during the holiday season. This week there is a Maniac worthy Collector’s Edition to hit the DVD shelf and unfortunately it falls completely flat. 300 (Limited Collect...