...ougall's 'IllegalAliens', about a skeptical tabloid reporter sent to a Texas border town to investigate cattle mutilations. The reporter uncovers stories of the chupacabra monster.
Rosenberg and Williams discovered via last year's Comic Book Challeng...
Ron Marz believes in responsibility. The proof lies in his exclusive contract with CrossGeneration Comics, which he made sure had a clause allowing him to complete work he`d previously committed to for Dark Horse Comics. Interestingly, that same sense of ...
...usands of illegalaliens are drawn to his message of liberation. The Southwest is on fire, and as the revolution explodes the entire nation is at risk. It seems the brazen general has planned for every eventuality. Except one... Mostly MIA for the pa...
...couple of illegalaliens to hop in the Arrow Car and seal his driveway for him. Then he can call the INS, just to be mean. American Way #4 (of 8) $2.99 Batman #653 $2.99 Birds Of Prey #94 $2.99 Blue Beetle #3 $2.99
...ibalistic illegalaliens, and American soldiers wander savage lands, leading a massive AI-controlled BOLO tank, as they struggle to return home to a United States that no longer exists. Through themes of duty, honor, and fortitude under fire, New York ...
Kurt Wagner, man of the cloth and occasional X-Man, has stumbled onto a slavery ring operating in Brooklyn. The well-to-do are buying illegalaliens who have come to this country looking for freedom, and Kurt decides to do something about it. But as he in...
Writer Mark Schultz cannot emphasize enough that his four-issue ALIEN VS. PREDATOR VS. TERMINATOR miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is, first and foremost, an exciting action-adventure that should appeal to fans of all three franchises. The reason for his...
So for this WWJCD I had a tough time trying to decide which movie to tackle. It was a toss up between Chick Fights, See No Evil, or Dark City. Although watching women pummel each other and masturbatory scenes featuring everyone’s favorite wrestl...
DreamWorks Animation has released their first teaser trailer for their next adventure Monsters vs. Aliens courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The film features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kie...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE's own Arnold Blumberg magazine, comic artist John Bogdanove talked about his work with Chuck Dixon and Kevin Nowlan to bring the Man of Steele face to face again with the popular, and vastly grisly, ALIENS, in SUPE...
A new trailer for the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies. The new trailer features more bloody carnage and sequences including a shot of a Predator holding 2 Aliens at once, a scene involving some swimmin...
Turn on all the lights. Open the blinds. Grab the stuffed animal that got you through the nights of older-brother induced terror. And for the love of God go to the bathroom first. Not only has Sierra created a terrific game in the way of single player act...
After Aliens in all three gestation forms run amok on a Predator ship (presumably the same one from the end of Alien Vs. Predator), the whole caboodle crashes to Earth outside a small town in Colorado. A lone Predator is sent to deal with the infestation....
Dreamworks Animation's first film utilizing stereoscopic 3-D technology, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, has been pushed ahead from May 15, 2009 to March 27, 2009. Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2) and Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) are directing this 3-D look at the 50's era of ...
With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark...
The second AVP feature film fared little better than the first film from a critical standpoint. Part of the problem with the AVP films is living up to the success and acclaim of the solo films. Fox seems almost in a no-win situation with the series i...
Hot on the heels of his success with THE TERMINATOR, James Cameron was hired to sequelize Ridley Scott’s futuristic Gothic chiller ALIEN, and he turned the franchise away from creepy horror in favor of fast-paced action-adventure thrills. Unlike many sequ...
It's a challenge to cross-pollinate a major motion picture franchise and a comic book legend, but writer Chuck Dixon and artists Jon Bogdanove and Kevin Nowlan are definitely up to the task of making the Giger-esque world of the Aliens mesh with the more ...
The online news service Ananova reports that the new DOCTOR WHO television series is facing a bit of a problem: finding enough dwarf actors to fill roles for an upcoming episode.According to the site, the diminuative actors are needed to play blue aliens ...
CHATSWORTH, CA, September 06, 2007 " Leading adult anime labels Critical Mass Video and Adult Source Media (ASM) officially announce their joint effort to combat illegal downloads of their licensed properties.
During the past several months, the two ...
According to Variety, DreamWorks Animation will make all it's films in 3-D starting in 2009.The first all 3-D film produced will be the 2009 release of Monsters vs. Aliens, which starts production this spring.Monsters vs. Aliens follows an alien invasion ...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...
Escape Artists and comic book powerhouse Platinum Studios are teaming up for some sci-fi escapism with the high-concept tentpole "Cowboys and Aliens" for Columbia Pictures. "Sahara" writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Donnelly have come on board to adap...
Status: Pre-Production
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Cast: NA
Who's Making It: Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2) and Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) are Co-directors
Genre: CG/AnimationProduction Co: DreamWorks AnimationDistributor:
Dr...
Two years after ABC cancelled their show "Invasion", it looks like the network is jumping back into the alien invasion genre. Greg Berlanti is teaming up with Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek", "Dark Angel", "The 4400", ...
Variety has the scoop on the 'Cowboys and Aliens movie from Platinum Studios:
DreamWorks and Universal Pictures will join to turn the graphic novel "Cowboys & Aliens" into a live action feature.
Imagine partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will prod...
Platinum Studios chief Scott Rosenberg sits down with CBR News to talk about the upcoming film "Cowboys and Aliens," based on the graphic novel coming from Platinum.
MTV Splash Page chats with 'Iron Man' screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, who hae turned their pens to the forever-gestating Platinum Studios movie 'Cowboys and Aliens', which is also set to star Robert Downey Jr.
"As far as we know, it’...
A Marvel Comics hero is giving George Washington some company on the quarter, but the U.S. Mint doesn't think the stunt is so super.
To promote the upcoming film "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," 20th Century Fox and The Franklin Mint altere...
...ty called IllegalAliens, which was created by by Kevin MacDougall. Platinum Studios CEO-chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Vanguard Animation chairman John H. Williams, producer of the Shrek series, are launching the imprint. Plot Concept: Story i...
Looks like Mr. Iron Man himself may be up for another comic adaptation in the near future. Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in Cowboys & Aliens, a theatrical adaptation of the Fred Van Lente graphic novel for DreamWorks & Universal Pic...
Kevin Nealon's loins produced Ashley Tisdale? Well, that's what the Hollywood Reporter is saying...The former SNL star, current "Weeds" star, has been tapped for Fox's adventure comedy They Came From Upstairs. The trade says Nealon will be playi...
Remember last week, we talked about the studios cutting into each other for 2009-2010 films? Well, appparently, some studios are thinking the exact same thing and have already started adjusting their schedules. Dreamworks( Paramount) have ...
In 1995, courtesy of Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan, Superman encountered a race of Aliens unlike anything he had ever seen before. They were relentless, ferocious fighters, almost impossible to beat, and nearly succeeded in killing even the Last Son of Kry...
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...
What They SayOn the eve of an invasion by a soulless army of aliens known as the Zeravire, the enigmatic billionaire known as Sandman gathers the world\'s leaders at his castle to unveil the ultimate weapon that is Earth\'s last hope, a gravity-powered go...
Alien invasions seem to always find a way to fail within Hollywood cinema so the aliens are trying on a new trick this time. Actually, it's time travel to be more precise. That's the theme being used for Warner Bros.' upcoming sci-fi action vehicle The Da...
Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) will be one of the teens taking on aliens in the sci-fi-comedy They Came From Upstairs, says the Hollywood Reporter. The trade says the actress has been cast in the film, which will be her first, from 20th Century...
Being a group of like-minded geeks, we love to be entertained as well as learn new facts in the process. I'm sure some of you Maniacs remember "Shark Week" where Maniacs were throwing out "Shark Facts" all week long in our feedback sec...
Featuring chess pieces made of solid, nearly unbreakable pewter and a beautifully designed resin chess board, the Aliens Deluxe Pewter Chess Set is one of the highest quality and most impressive chess sets ever manufactured. Featuring the space marines ve...
Harry Turtledove smacks the shelves again with another alternate history thriller, S.M. Stirling propels his Dies the Fire sequence, and Douglas Clegg returns from last week's paperback debut of Priest of Blood with a continuation of the Vampyricon series...
David Twohy abandons the paranoid conspiracy plotting of his previous alien-menace movie, THE ARRIVAL, in favor of a more straightforward action approach in PITCH BLACK, and the result is a fairly efficient science fiction monster film. In fact, with its ...
Variety is reporting that Amalgamated Dynamics, the creature effects shop, will craft the critters for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. The firm, led by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., created the creature designs for the previous two ALIEN pictures, ALIEN 3 and ALI...
2. ALIENS: This time it’s war (for your free time)It is a safe thing to claim that James Cameron’s sequel to ALIEN, the 1986 film ALIENS, has a unique and exceptionally rare distinction in its Hollywood genes: 1) it is a sequel that can stand alone but th...
In an author’s world the side project is the inventive diversion from the norm, the natural extension of those delectable creative juices, and the next thing on the horizon of the mind’s eye. In some cases this is an entirely new adventure or ...
Hot off the success of his zombie/videogame movie RESIDENT EVIL, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson is gearing up to make the long-rumored fanboy wetdream ALIENS VS. PREDATORmuch to the chagrin of many of those same fanboys the world over who hold a grudg...
Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive have shipped their latest chapter in the cosmic brawn between species, ALIENS VS PREDATOR EXTINCTION, for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Microsoft Xbox version will ship to stores on August 5.With 21 missions to go through...
The New Blood by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-18-2004)
These are perilous times in the Wasteland, my friends! The new season has brought strange tidings and mysterious omens. A good show on UPN that isn't BUFFY (see VERONICA MARS, below)! Several outstanding shows on ABC, and the network hasn't cancelled...
Greetings Cinescapers! How was your weekend? Killer I bet. Boy was mine ever dull. I've been doing side work at a pharmaceuticals company and they were doing a survey on how much of an unmentionable, by signed agreement, over the counter drug it would tak...
There were a lot of great entries, but Stephen Smith's defense of MALLRATS was judged to be the most concise, to the point, and in keeping with the Essence of Smith. Plus, his name is Smith, thereby fuelling several conspiracy theories if I pick him, so h...
Screenwriters J.C. Baldwin and Eric Anderson have sold a pitch to Columbia Pictures that sounds a little bit like a comedic version of INDEPENDENCE DAY. The as-yet untitled project is about an alien race that decides to invade Earth, only to find that hu...
The next time you're visiting the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, don't pull a Kane and look into the alien egg.The Smithsonian Institute has added an egg from James Cameron's ALIENS to its collection of movie memorabilia, as well as a ...
Aaron Eckhart is moving from a fallen district attorney with half a face to saving Los Angeles from an alien invasion. The Dark Knight actor has been cast to star in Columbia Pictures' upcoming sci-fi action feature Battle: Los Angeles, says The Hollywood...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONBig news for film music fans is the first ever, legitimate release of the oft-requested soundtrack to PREDATOR (VCL 0803 1022), John McTiernan's 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Rambo-Meets-Alien monster thriller. The music never ...
Gnosticism may be one of the most revealing subjects of our time, and it is certainly one of the most difficult. Since Gnostics were suppressed in the 4th Century, disinformation about them has been rampant. There is no clear and consistent presentation o...
SAHARA screenwriters Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Donnelly have been hired to adapt the sci-fi/western comic book concept COWBOYS AND ALIENS into a screenplay. The property is owned by Platinum Studios, the company that's also developing UNIQUE for Touch...
Just one day after IGN revealed the first photo of Fox's upcoming ALIENS VS. PREDATOR:REQUIEM sequel, they have released the first trailer online as well. The trailer is a Red Band/ Rated-R trailer. I realize a lot of our readers cannot view them at...
It looks like we do have an interesting bit of belated news coming from the UK while a lot of people on this side of the pond celebrate the holiday. A quote which didn't get much coverage over here at the end of June, something that happens frequently wit...
In a write up in
yesterday's USA Today movie
make up designer Rick Baker talked about the myriad of alien creatures he
created for the upcoming Men in Black 2.
Some of the
imaginative invader identities include Tendril Guy, Pineal Eye Guy, Spider
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Alec Gillies is a special effects guy who recently worked on 'Alien Vs Predator', and is now working on the 'Superman' suit for the upcoming movie.
"Fans of the comic book will not be disappointed," says Gillies.
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An guy who broadcast a bootleg version of the Marvel comic book film "The Hulk" on the Internet was fined $5,000 and six months of in-home confinement.
According to Gamespot, Electronic Arts has confirmed that ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES has been cancelled after being put on hold in June. Based on James Cameron's ALIENS franchise, Electronic Arts currently has no plans to develop the game at a later date. Q...
'Iron Man' superstar Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal's 'Cowboys & Aliens,' according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The film is based on the long-in-development Platinum Studios comic book which centers on an Old West...
Next weeks episode of the Legion Of Superheroes has the team facing the worst fears in "Fear Factory". Check out some screen captures from the trailer.
It seems that more studios are now catching onto the idea of adapting graphic novels into big screen movies. Paramount and Universal Studios are teaming up to update the next graphic adapation Cowboys & Aliens. The novel was first published in 2006 an...
A first look at the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has appeared online courtesy of IGN Movies. This is the follow up the 2004 film from Fox that pitted the two sci-fi icons in combat while humans tried to get out of the way. The sequel lea...
Tim Meadows and Gillian Vigman have joined the cast for Fox's upcoming sci-fi adventure comedy They Came From Upstairs, says the Hollywood Reporter. The two join the already cast Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley B...
Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to the childrens book series titled ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST, with the two following volumes titled ALIENS FOR LUNCH and ALIENS FOR DINNER. Written by Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner, the series followed the zan...
One of the hottest start-up comic ideas being thrown around the last few years is Platinum Studios' Cowboys & Aliens. Studios were interested but nobody bit until Steven Spielberg liked what he saw from screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron M...
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...
With the Christmas buying season barely past us, most distributors and retailers have cut back new video releases under the assumption that most buyers are close to broke. So, there's only a handful of new titles this week, but a couple of them are signif...
Say, do you love renting DVDs, but are tired of the drudgery of rewinding them when you're ready to return them. Here's a link to a great gadget that can help - http://dvdre.notlong.com. Works on games and CDs, too! Here are the winners of the BAA BAA BLA...
After years of starts and stops, Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's LOST GIRLS will see print in August of this year in a three-volume hardcover set from Top Shelf Productions. The idea is classic Moore -- three of literature's most famous female protagonist...
We deserved so much better.Loathe as I am to adopt the attitude of the wronged, brooding fanboy, it's hard not to feel emotionally gutted when watching the final episode of THE X-FILES. For many years, I - along with countless other viewers - remained ded...
As a writer and later as a producer, Bernard Gordon conjured up some of the most memorable fantasy images in films: UFOs smashing into the Capitol dome in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, ambulatory plants devouring innocent humans in Day of the Triffids, a...
What They SayTHE ALIENS ARE AMONG US, AND ATTACKING FROM WITHIN!
After thwarting the alien\'s initial attack, Earth\'s defenders are faced with a new sinister enemy within. Soulless humanoid suicide bombers have begun destroying G-Reaction powered civil...
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...
In our last two feature installments, we presented a chat with artist Jon Bogdanove focusing on the new Superman/Aliens match-up, SUPERMAN/ALIENS II: GODWAR, a sprawling cosmic epic co-starring Darkseid and the New Gods. This mini-series, courtesy of comi...
This December 5, Disney will release the first titles in their interactive "Disney DVD Game World" series. These will be a sort of combination of traditional board games and interactive DVD play similar to the sort of DVD movie trivia games you see in boo...
VIDEO NEWSEVOLUTION proved Darwin wrong when it comes to movies, since director Ivan Reitman's work has de-evolved from the high of GHOSTBUSTERS to the low of this unfunny and derivative title. However, bad big budget movies don't become extinct, they jus...
Sigourney Weaver is actually quite open to doing more ALIENS movies, but that isn't all.While promoting the UK release of HEARTBREAKERS to The London Sunday Times, the actress addressed her enthusiasm for more screen work, touching, briefly upon ALIENS, s...
Sigourney Weaver has been talking again about the possibilities of further sequels for the ALIENS and GHOSTBUSTERS franchises. There's some hope for the former... and none for the latter.While talking to Empire magazine, Weaver revealed that she had been ...
It makes sense that when Sigourney Weaver mentioned that she had been talking about a fifth ALIENS film, there might also be somebody toying with the previously believed to be dead ALIENS VS. PREDATOR as well.While talking to 13th Street, producer Joel Si...
Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition of the Buzz.
Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...
So the news came out that the Half Life movie directed by Quentin Tarantino is destined to join the list of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed. It has damned good company ...
10. The "Real" Alien 3
The...
Disney has acquired the film rights to three young-adult sci fi books written by Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner. The books ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST, ALIENS FOR LUNCH and ALIENS FOR DINNER, tell the story of a 12-year-old boy who teams up with an alien be...
What They SayDespite his parents\' protests, Kazuto Tokino has taken it upon himself to run his late grandfather\'s bathhouse. But with no previous management experience, Kazuto must rely on his sunny disposition to keep his new business afloat. And when ...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
What They SayMao-Chan, Misora-Chan and Sylvia-Chan are called to duty and the Unified Defense Force is now formed. It is evident that the cute aliens are attacking once again and their secret mission is to steal all of Japan\'s Landmarks! It is up to the ...
By the time this article loads up onto your computer screen, audiences across the country (the United States, that is) will bear witness to a piece of moviemaking history a cinematic breakthrough that combines state-of-the-art computer effects and epic s...
What They SayTsubaki Sadamitsu is a high school student and gang member who loves nothing more than a good fight. But his troublemaking days take a unique twist when he stumbles upon two cybernetic aliens engaged in combat. When one of the extra terrestri...
Gripping human drama, spine-tingling suspense, cutting-edge special effects, impressive production values THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA has none of these, but it's a heap of fun anyway. An affectionate spoof of '50s-style sci-fi Z-movies of the most laugh...
What They SayPint-sized girls, Mao-Chan, Misora-Chan, and Silvia-Chan enlist the help of new alien detective, Kiku Ichimonji the Third, and continue to give it their all to defend Japan against attacks by the cute yet pesky aliens.
Aliens targeting appl...
The Review!For my initial viewing I watched it in the dubbed version. I am not a fan of subtitles. The audio was nearly perfect and the dubbing was some of the best dubbing I have seen. The voices were good, some of the adults sounded kind of funny. The p...
ROSWELL is a television series fighting for survival—not surprising given its fairly lackluster ratings throughout its first season. Unlike other shows in similar situations, however, this one actually has its network, the WB, serving as the one doing the...
BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT WARNS FANSUBBERS AGAINST ILLEGAL FANSUBS OF GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY
August 22, 2006 (Cypress, CA) Bandai Entertainment Inc. sent out a general notice to the fan community today stating it would be carefully monitoring...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chiaki OgishimaTranslated by:Beni Axia HirayamaAdapted by:What They SayDaisuke Aurora works with the special division of peacekeepers in the city of Jewde, one of the largest cities on the planet. He and his android partner, H...
What They SayWhile most classes take excursions to museums or zoos, if your teacher is an 11-year-old genius with a penchant for trouble (and your class is filled with these high-wired teenage girls), your field trips are definitely trippier.
You do thing...
What They SayAliens have begun their invasion of Earth. Fortunately, scientists have developed the Sky Knight, a fighter plane capable of defending the world, and a group of teenagers has stepped forward to lead the resistance.
Contains episodes 1-2.The ...
Besides the hybrid aspect, Bogdanove addressed what he felt was a weakness in the first crossover by preserving the Aliens' original size as he saw it in the films."I tried very much to blend the two styles and made a conscious effort to return the Aliens...
In an age when all kinds of things are going very wrong in the world, one silver lining for science-fiction/fantasy fans is the variety of fare available. There was an era, not so long ago, when anyone thirsting for an alien fish-out-of-water story had on...
How often do you hear from an actor or creator from a television series who has anything but the kindest things to say about his or her show? From that point of view, actor Brendan Fehr, who plays alien Michael Guerin on ROSWELL, is a breath of fresh air....
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ueda HajimeTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:William FlanaganWhat They SayIn the near-future on planet Earth, a world gone mad where never-ending war is a fact of life, Kirio is the coolest kid at school. Up in the sky,...
What They SayYuri is totally bummed. She just started 6th grade and has been elected to capture and eliminate the aliens that are constantly invading the school...GROSS! The Review!Based off of a short run of manga, Alien Nine takes sixth graders to a who...
What They SayI thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were over. That is, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time travelers, and ESPers, Haruhi Suzumiya was t...
What They SayMao-Chan is a 2nd grader whose grandfather is the Chief of Staff of the Ground Defense Force. She has been trained to become a valuable member of the force since she was born. When she turns eight, she, together with her friends Misora and Sy...
In the wake of so many lucrative CG films it’s easy to see that early blockbusters like Toy Story (1995) and Shrek (2002) were the frontrunners for traditional animation’s demise. Now 12 years after the first theatrical release of a CGI fea...
What They SayThe Daichis are broke! To compensate for their lack of teamwork, the family members have been relying upon upgrades to their battle suits and weaponry to defeat the aliens. Now, despite getting paid 9.8 Million Yen ($98,000) per victory, th...
What They SayOver 4,000 years after abandoning the Earth, humanity is in peril. Under attack by a merciless enemy from another dimension, the crew of the spaceship Woglinde is fighting not only to save their own lives, but also to defend a mysterious mon...
Beyond the hype of the catchy line dancing theme song, Haruhi Suzumiya manages to be a decent, fun series.What They SayI thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were going to be over. That is unti...
What They SayThe blessed day is drawing near for Valkyrie and Kazuto, but that doesn't mean things are all pretty flowers and over-priced cake. Oh, no! This wouldn't be UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie if there weren't a ship-load of problems to sort out before t...
What They SayWhile most classes take excursions to museums or zoos, if your teacher is an 11-year-old genius with a penchant for trouble - and your class is filled with high-wired teenage girls - your field trips are definitely trippier. You do things lik...
What They SayYoshika Miyafuji is a fourteen-year-old girl who possesses magical powers that can heal. One day she is approached by Mio Sakamoto, Major of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing a.k.a. Strike Witches to join her team. A few days after Yoshika turns d...
What They SayYou're never far from insanity when you visit the Tokino Bathhouse. A charmed sword might fall into the wrong hands. You might get squashed by a giant, drunk dog. A manga-addicted cyborg might tell you that the world is about to come to an...
What They SayThat Valkyrie Ghost always looked like trouble and now she proves just how much trouble she can be! This cat-eyed beauty with a fashion sense that leans toward the dominatrix line is back and no man is safe from her charms! Particularly not...
What They SayIt's season three and things are getting so dirty you\'ll need to spend a month in the bathhouse to get clean! How can that be, you ask? Well, let's see. Princess Pharm has come to Earth and she seems bent on making out with every girl wea...
Finally, someone who understands! Trek X screenwriter John Logan told startrek.com this week that he`s a lifelong fan who went trick-or-treating in his youth dressed as Captain Kirk. `I`m a rabid fan...I`m not just doing this for the money, believe me,` e...
Who could have imagined, all those years past, when she was getting busted by the FBI for making dirty movies when she was just 15 to 17 years old (it seems like ages ago, doesn’t it?) that in the year 2001 we’d be talking about Traci Lords, actress. No o...
For the all important February television sweeps, a lot of cooks got together to mix up a brew for STAR TREK: VOYAGER. While co-executive producer Kenneth Biller and writer Robert Doherty worked on an episode that turned into `Tsunkatse,` they thought abo...
In the midst of all the press generated by a shift to Monday nights (beginning tonight) from Wednesday, plus the tobasco-mailing campaign to save the show, actor Jason Behr, who plays alien high school student Max Evans on the WB’s ROSWELL, admits he is s...
What They SayA dangerous escape leads to an unpleasant homecoming, as the crew of the Macross find themselves pawns in a much bigger game. Not only are Earth's forces badly divided, but now the Zentradi have defied the rules of science to place spies on ...
Here is the ultimate list of the familiar faces that you always see in your favorite fantasy, Sci-Fi and comic book movies and television series, but thanks to their B-Celebrity status, have no idea who these actors are.
When these people&...
The Review!Almost 3 1/2 years after Chris\' initial review of this volume; I have decided that this series needs to be seen by many more. That is the purpose of this review. Enjoyable and heart-warming, the final volume concludes the ever-loving tale of...
What They SaySix-String Affair! Oji’s love his music has been rekindled by his frequent sessions used to activate the ultimate weapon against the invading aliens. Unfortunately, his late nights and frequent absences worry his boss and infuriate his ...
As a long time fan of the original Doctor Who series I was a bit apprehensive when I heard that the BBC was reviving the show. While I was encouraged that new adventures would be filmed, I was also afraid that this new version, which was touted as being u...
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi...
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...
With the release of TOMORROW PEOPLE SET THREE, A&E has completed the original run of the show. Containing seasons six, seven, and eight, this four disc set has the last seven adventures of the teens who are mankind's next step in evolution. Unfortunatel...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...
About a decade ago, television networks began absorbing and/or tying up independent animation studios. The payoff is it`s now much harder for independent animation studios to survive. Networks that used to be interested in buying new series from them are ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Patrick Doyle has proven to be an outstanding choice to compose the music to the fourth film in J.K. Rowling's cinematic franchise, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Based on Rowling's then-longest and darkest series entry, ...
A new series based around aliens is coming to the Sci-Fi Channel, says the Hollywood Reporter. Screenwriter Daniel Waters is in charge of penning a 90 minute pilot for a series called EARTHLINGS based around aliens living on our planet trying to save us f...
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers is pure 1950’s B movie fare. The plot and acting are campy, the budget is minuscule, and it’s filled with 50’s sci-fi clichés, but the film had one thing going for it, and that was the stop-motion...
What They SayIkki and Metabee have defeated the Rubberobo Gang once and for all and have earned their place on the Japan World Robattle team. But when Erika sights an UFO, it turns out the aliens aboard are really the Rubberobo Gang. Have they been alie...
What They SayIt\'s Harlock! Renowned Manga author Matsumoto Leiji?s greatest creation, Captain Harlock, comes to the big screen in this magnificent film.
When aliens conquer earth and enslave the human race, all hope for freedom is abandoned. But one ma...
Happy Monday, one and all. Hope your weekend was bountiful and prosperous, but now it's back to the grind. And first on the docket is sifting through the reader mail that's been backing up for the past few weeks. If these letters make anything clear, i...
What They SayEveryone\'s worried about the bottom line. The Earth must be saved from the encroaching invaders, but has anyone bothered to add up the price tag for victory? Luckily for the human race, our trio of heroes has thrown the calculator out of the...
Okay, so this is how I ended up at Mania. After solving the internet quest by decoding the clues in the paintings devised in the style of Leonardo da Vinci, I went underground. But I didn't stay off the internet completely, as the police had advised.
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Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem arrives on DVD today. The meeting of two monsters squaring off toe to toe is far from an original concept. If we look back we will see a time before there was “vs.” movies, a time when monsters wo...
What They SayYesterday, dad suffered as a programmer in a dead-end job, mom worked to forget her regrets about being married, sister struggled to balance her homework and keeping up the house and little brother used silly pranks and outrageous behavior to...
What They SayMao-Chan and her fellow Unified Defense Force partners are in for more adventure and mayhem! Mao-Chan loses her clover-shaped badge, so Misora and Sylvia are dispatched to defend against another alien attack, but it is not quite the same w...
What They SayDearly beloved, The big wedding is just around the corner, so it's time to get prepared. Nope, it's not the rehearsal dinner; it's the rehearsal for married life! Princess Mehm is worried about the obvious complications surrounding the relati...
What They SayHeat up the bathwater, find your rubber ducky, and lose the clothes because, around here, when the going gets rough the tough get in the buff! Not only that, but having a diabolical version of Valkyrie running around is actually the tamest th...
What They SayWhen the girls discover No. 6 seems to have a secret crush, they'll stop at nothing to discover who he, or she, is. But how to find her beloved's identity? Coerce Becky into helping them! (Little does the 11-year old teacher know how dangerou...
What They SayOur outlandish adventure reaches its final frontier... in outer space! And there's more action and intrigue than you can crash a spaceship into! Kazuto is forced to sell his bathhouse. He builds a new bathhouse on an unassuming asteroid! Ther...
What They SayThe fragile bonds that hold the survivors together are frayed to the breaking point, but in Gantz’s game, survival is impossible without a warm body guarding your back. As the Gantz reaches into the “real” world and a fresh ...
What They SayIn an effort to learn more about the aliens that have been plaguing the planet for years, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants, Maki Agata and Takuto Kenishiro, examine the remains of a scavenged alien. However, in the process of reviving the monst...
What They SayContains Gunparade March DVD Operation One along with a high-quality Collector\'s Tin to hold the remaining DVDs!
It began in 1945, at the end of the Pacific War. Alien invaders filled the Earth skies, and mankind was forced to confront an ...
What They SayWhether it's a trip to a picnic gone terribly awry, or the aliens have decided to at last make contact with the girls they've been observing, this volume of Paniponi Dash is even crazier than the last! See the class balance on a cliff in a s...
What They SayHaving publicly revealed the threat of alien invasion to an unsuspecting public, Prof. Bian Zoldark leads the newly christened Divine Crusaders in an all-out offensive against the Earth Federation Government. In the ensuing conflict, Sanger Z...
At the New York Comic Con X-Files creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz spoke of a DVD that would precede their new X-Files film X-Files: I Want To Believe (in theaters July 25, 2008). The DVD was to be a refresher on Agents Mulder (David Duchovny...
Somehow I've survived to the second week without offending too many television executives or show producers. I'll try harder next time, OK?It's the second full week of July and the networks may be gearing up for the fall but there's still a few series off...
(Chatsworth, CA) The Animation Co-Op Defense League (ACDL), a consortium of Adult Animation Distributors & Studios, is pleased to announce significant progress in their efforts to educate and combat the proliferation of web sites hosting and offering for ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Makoto Shinkai/Mizu SaharaTranslated by:Monica Seya ChinAdapted by:What They SayTo what distance would you go for your one true love? In the midst of an alien invasion, Mikako joins the resistance, leaving behind the one young...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story: Satoru Akahori / Art: Yukimaru KatsuraTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayBeing a girl is harder than it looks... ¨For Hazumu, this couldn\'t be truer, because just the other day, she...was a he. Shunned by the g...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:James Farr / Alfa Robbi / Papillon StudioTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayTwenty minutes from now, visitors from a far-off world will fall into Earth\'s orbit and issue a most unexpected request... These \"Emis...
What They SayNew Cosmic Century 038, humanity is suddenly attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS....
What They SayMeet graviton High\'s super-powered schoolgirl, A-ko . She has to fight the evil girl genius, B-ko, for the friendship of the cute \'n cuddly C-ko, and make the world safe for after school activities! Isn\'t it tragic how space aliens, giant ...
Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Twentieth Century Fox.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Unknown.Premise:Unknown.Release Date:Unknown.Comments:When last we saw the ravaged Earth at the end of ID4,...
In 1965, distributor Walter Manley acquired the rights to nine short Japanese features about a superhero from space called Supergiant. The struggling Shintoho Studio produced the 45-minute features – three 2-part episodes, followed by three stand-alone st...
It's not easy being green - especially if you're Oliver Queen and Kyle Raynor and you're expected to work together because you share the same taste in color schemes. But this time Ollie and Kyle share a similar goal: shape-shifting aliens in search of ble...
Nichelle Nichols, STAR TREK's Lt. Uhura, certainly has a lot on her plate. But between her acting, her musical theater performances, and her convention appearances, she has found the time to write a follow up to her 1996 novel, SATURN'S CHILD. "Last night...
BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski must still be reeling from the out-of-the-gate cancellation of his last B5 series, CRUSADE. This new property, THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS, is quite clearly crafted as a pilot for a new series (it even has an episode...
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!Startrek.com has updated the official synopsis information once again, giving us the schedule for Star Trek: Voyager for the rest of 2000 and some hints about what we can expect in the new year. Several episodes have already been m...
Yesterday, former HIGHLANDER star Adrian Paul discussed his new television series, TRACKER, which he stars in and executive produces. Today, in the second part of CINESCAPE's interview with Paul, the actor offers his perspective on the development of his ...
Into the Blue by Coming Attractions (Wed 11-26-2003)
Genre:Adventure/Thriller.Studio:MGM.Production Company:Mandalay Pictures.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Paul Walker; Jessica Alba; Ashley Scott; Josh Brolin.Who's Making It:John Stockwell (Director); Matt Johnson (Screenwriter).Premise:A group o...
Not only does ABC have not one, but two popularly and critically acclaimed shows (LOST and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), as well as several entirely watchable shows that haven't yet cracked the top of the ratings (BOSTON LEGAL and LIFE AS WE KNOW IT)...Not only ...
Halle Berry is in the news everyday now it seems (about as much as Anna Nicole Smith), from suicide attempts over a decade ago to shooting down rumors of Catwoman that doesn’t even exist! Anything in the name of the celebrity publicity, right? S...
What They Say1969. Stranger invaders threaten Japan\'s recovery from the devastation of World War II with a shocking form of guerilla warfare. Fortunately, a new type of hero has been discovered among the teenage population of Japan - the Gatekeepers! Abl...
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.
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Back in November, I talked about fansubs in The Grey Zone, the illustrious history of the fansubbing community, and the moral dilemma of downloading unlicensed anime and manga, where you are getting something for nothing. (I think we can all agree th...
Another Con come and gone, at least for me. As always, it's been a hoot and a half, but it has in some ways been an uneventful Con, with not as many earth-shaking revelations or presentations as in previous years. As I'm submitting this through a haze o...
Federal officials have charged eight people with several crimes related to the illegal theft, copying and Internet distribution of STAR WARS: EPISODE III -- REVENGE OF THE SITH. Before the film even opened, an illegal copy was available for download onlin...
Caution: Spoilers ahead!The upcoming Voyager episode `Shattered,` which filmed last week at Paramount, promises to be a treat for long-time series fans. Visitors to the Paramount lot last week noticed Kazon, Vidiians and other species long gone from the s...
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq...
The folks at Japan's Toho Studios decided to celebrate the 50th birthday of their biggest star in a really big way. News releases carried on wire services worldwide detailed the rerelease of the original GODZILLA to theaters, the installation of a new sta...
While Japan debates extending child pornography laws to include anime, the first arrest has been made in Canada. An Edmonton man was arrested when officials in Vancouver discovered Japanese "Tijuana Bibles" underground sex comics featuring illegal use of...
Sure, there are more stories in this article but the two biggest stories of the week in the whole “goof-up” department go to Paris Hilton who thinks a myspace petition or a Governor pardon will get her out of serving 45 days in a jail…t...