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Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-24-2008)
The action continues to be intense as Roanapur is the central stage for much of the fighting, at least until the gang heads to Japan.What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate! What\'s better than earning money? ... THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 25th Anniversary Edition
by Glenn Sanders (Tue 10-10-2000)
With 25 years of packed midnight screenings, and a worldwide cult following that spans generations, there`s no way to review The Rocky Horror Picture Show as just a movie without also reviewing the phenomenon. A campy spoof of horror, sci-fi, comic books,... THE TROLLENBERG TERROR (a.k.a. THE CRAWLING EYE)
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Wed 12-26-2001)
Straight from late night television to DVD comes THE TROLLENBERG TERROR (previously known to us Yanks as THE CRAWLING EYE), a British horror offering based, like the superior QUATERMASS films, on a U.K. serial television show of the same name. When the ti... 
"My Hero: Season 1"
by John Sinnott (Fri 01-19-2007)
Many fans of British comedy will recognize Ardal O’Hanlon from his role as Father Dougal McGuire on the irreverent and hilarious show Father Ted. After Ted, O’Hanlon went on to star in his own show, My Hero. In it he plays the ... CLOSE YOUR EYES
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 04-23-2004)
CLOSE YOUR EYES is proof that horror doesn't have to be wholly unpredictable in order to work very well. This adaptation of Madison Smartt Bell's novel DOCTOR SLEEP, directed by Nick Willing from a screenplay by Willing and William Brookfield, has echoes ... TROY trailer marches online
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 02-02-2004)
Now that the Superbowl is but a fading happy memory (no thanks to Justin and Janet), Warner Bros. is keeping the buzz for its commercial for TROY going by placing the 30-second spot online. Interested viewers can hit the film's official website and downlo... Bridges, others float to TIDELAND
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-07-2004)
With principal photography complete on THE BROTHERS GRIMM, director Terry Gilliam is moving on to put together the pieces for his next film, TIDELAND. Accepting parts in the film are former Gilliam actor Jeff Bridges (who starred in THE FISHER KING), Jenn... JETSONS and JONNY QUEST get collected
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-10-2004)
Two classics Hanna-Barbara cartoons will be shortly arriving on DVD. Warner Home Video has announced the May 11, 2004 release for THE JETSONS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON and JONNY QUEST: SEASON ONE, digitally remastering the episodes and including new bonu... AVENGERS #503
by Tony Whitt (Tue 11-09-2004)
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!Doctor Strange reveals to the assembled Avengers of past and present that the attacks that have taken the lives of the Vision, Ant-Man, and Hawkeye are all magic-based, and that he knows who's behind it all. But the revelation turn... B-yond Your Usual Movie Experience
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-25-2005)
Usually at this time I'd be plugging B-Fest 9 (www.b-fest.com), the 24-hour B-movie marathon I attend every year. I'd be crowing about how this show combines a love for trashy cinema with a grueling endurance test, and explaining how MYSTERY SCIENCE THEAT... Comicscape - October 29, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-29-2003)
OPINION: First, a brief rant: Marvel has one of the worst websites in the comics world in terms of up-to-date info. Last week, the site was promoting (and is still promoting as of this writing, October 26, by the way) X-STATIX #13 as the first part of the... Peter Pan, Alexander the Great & Charles Manson
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-28-2004)
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBy far the most impressive soundtrack release of the week – if not the season – is Decca’s Nov 2nd release of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’s score for Marc Forster’s imaginative fictional retelling of the creation of Peter Pan, FINDING NE... THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Mon 02-04-2002)
While many may recoil in disgust at the idea of enduring a musical, there always seems to be that one that slips through and becomes a favorite. Standing in line at the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW dressed as Brad I leaned over to my Janet and mentioned that... DOCTOR WHO: THE FIVE DOCTORS
by Tony Whitt (Fri 09-14-2001)
When the DOCTOR WHO 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors" aired here on November 23rd, 1983, it was an exciting time for American Who fans. (British fans, ironically, had to wait till the 25th to see the special, a full two days after the actual ann... 12 MONKEYS (1995)
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 06-09-2001)
Director Terry Gilliam’s time travel nightmare of twisted reality was smartly scripted by the husband-and-wife team of David and Janet Peoples (he of BLADE RUNNER and UNFORGIVEN). Bruce Willis travels back to the present (from our future) to track down an... REPTILICUS - THE SCREENPLAY
by Ted Newsom (Thu 08-24-2000)
The word `fan` is a colloquialism deriving from `fanatic.` That pretty well describes Kip Doto, a writer who spent a year creating a book devoted to one of the most jaw-droppingly laughable sci-fi films of the 1960s—memorable for all the wrong reasons. R... Giant Critters Attack!
by Andrew Hershberger (Thu 11-08-2001)
When nature wants to strike down on man - via retribution for folly or just for the heck of it - one of its deadliest tactics is enlarging, or unleashing a prehistoric, gigantic variant of, an animal or insect. From the latest attack via those enormous wo... Video & DVD This Week: December 4th
by John Thonen (Tue 12-04-2001)
VIDEO NEWSMedia Blasters, an indie label best known for anime fare, has been making encroachments into Anchor Bay territory lately with periodic releases of some Euro horror goodies. Continuing that trend, the company recently announced their upcoming rel... THE ULTIMATES #7
by Tony Whitt (Thu 11-07-2002)
Fans of THE ULTIMATES might be a tad disappointed that Book Two of the ongoing saga opens right where Book One left off in the last issue. With an astounding cliffhanger like that, Mark Millar and company would have been forgiven for opening the next chap... Comicscape - August 9, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 08-09-2006)
ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2 hit store shelves and the hot little hands of fan boys yesterday. The film stands as the second in Marvel's campaign of straight-to-DVD animated movies produced by Lion's Gate. And, fortunately for both Marvel and comic fans, this en... DOCTOR WHO: RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS
by Tony Whitt (Mon 07-14-2003)
My earliest memory of "Resurrection of the Daleks" is visiting a friend in Virginia, where they still ran DOCTOR WHO on PBS while my local station in Michigan was two years away from running it themselves, and watching a VHS copy of the complete story. Un... The Saga Continues
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-22-2007)
In light of the biggest gaming news of 2007 (thus far), this Tuesday’s schedule reinforces the fact that some of the best genre narratives don’t have to originate from the traditional literary form. Greetings all you Maniac readers and welcome... Top Shelf's Mephisto Optioned
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 02-04-2002)
A new Hollywood
production partnership bodes well for a Top
Shelf Comics title according to today's Variety.
Producer
Joe Singer (Dr. Dolittle, Dante's Peak) has
partnered with entrepreneur and Hollywood newcomer Janet Jensen to form
Singer/Jensen E... DVD Shopping Bag: Facing the Faces of Death
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-07-2008)
The very first video store I ever worked at was a mom and pop store that only competed with the big chains because it had a great location, we carried adult videos and we weren’t under a lot of scrutiny about what we carried like the big chain store... Bill Morrison talks 'Heroes Anonymous', Plus: 'Smallville' Update and Pics (Mon 04-18-2005)
"My partner Scott Gimple and I met with Kevin Brown and Janet Jeffries at Lawrence Bender's production company and we pitched themthe idea of doing a Heroes Anonymous TV series," creator Bill Morrison told The Continuum. "They loved it, so we worked out t...Filming Wraps on My Name Is Modesty!
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 05-15-2002)
Alexandra Staden is Modesty Blaise
Although a March
mention of a Modesty Blaise movie made it seem as if work was just
beginning on the new comic-based film, Comics2Film has learned that
filming has already wrapped ... Berry's cat-costume chaos (Wed 07-14-2004)
"I can't tell you how many times my pants split right open. Certain parts of my body were exposed," says Halley Berry of her 'Catwoman' outfits. "I was having lots of Janet Jackson moments."Eva Longoria to be cast in 'The Avengers'? (Mon 09-15-2008)
Here's a bit of 'Avengers' casting buzz that's sure get fans talking. Eva Longoria as Janet Van Dyne, aka The Wasp. Oh No They Didn't celebrity gossip and paparazzi blog snapped some incriminating photos of the 'Desperate Housewives' star that suggest sh...More on the Voices of 'Spawn' Animation (Sat 09-03-2005)
Janet Jaramillo (Todd McFarlane Entertainment Assistant) provides us with our latest look inside the production of the Spawn Animation...Top Maniacal Rumors: Maguire Cash, Boreanaz Green and Longoria Wasp!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 09-19-2008)
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarro... The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
by Pat Ferrara (Thu 07-17-2008)
The problem with trying to organize all the lore surrounding Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s Batman is pretty simple: there’s too damn much of it to fit in any one book. From the Dark Knight’s founding in 1939 to the character’s schism ... Kidnapped
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 08-19-2007)
I recently picked up the Kidnapped Complete Series on DVD. I watched a few of the first episodes of this series when it originally aired but then it got shifted around on the schedule and finally cancelled. The concept was that Jeremy Sisto play... Eberron Author Marsheila Rockwell
by Pat Ferrara (Thu 08-09-2007)
With two Award nominations for her speculative poetry, a batch of current projects in the works, and her first novel having debuted earlier this summer, longtime writer, first time publishee Marsheila Rockwell is taking her fantasy writing career into ful... Leigh Revisits Bates Motel (Wed 08-02-2000)
Janet Leigh checked into the Bates Motel on Tuesday, as part of a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock`s Psycho. The special event was sponsored by Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and American Movie Classics. Leigh, who stared as...Hollywood Zombies
by Tim Janson (Thu 08-23-2007)
Zombies are everywhere in pop culture today…movies, TV, books, comics, and now trading cards! Topps has released Hollywood Zombies, a variation on their popular Wacky Packages cards and stickers that has been around for forty years. While... Whedon gets the band back together!
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 11-04-2007)
Actually, it was Eliza Dushku who got the ball rolling but once she got it started, there was no turning back. You see, she signed a development deal with FOX and she knew she wanted to work with Whedon again so she invited him to lunch to see if he ... SWAMP THING: The Series Vol. 2
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 07-18-2008)
When last we saw Swamp Thing (Dick Durock), aka Alec Holland, he had just foiled another one of Dr. Anton Arcane’s (Mark Lindsay Chapman) horrific scientific nightmares. His friend Will Kipp (Scott Garrison) and his step-mother Tressa (Carrell Myers... Know Your Otaku
by His Lordship Chaos (-)
So there I was, watching a National Animegraphic special on TV about "When Mobile Suits Attack." Currently the scene was featuring a particularly vicious Deathscythe Hell Custom turning on its OZ captors and proceeding to wipe out a whole battalion of Leo... Time Out for Torture
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-13-2006)
I love The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman’s zombie epic rarely fails to impress, and I conclude each issue cursing his name for ending it. Though I’ve found the book a bit slow in the past few months, I still continue to enjoy th... Rocky Horror: The Second Coming?
by Sarah Glaetzer (Thu 12-23-1999)
Years after creating what he calls the unsuccessful cinematic spin-off SHOCK TREATMENT, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW creator Richard O’Brien is revealing that he’s half finished on a direct sequel to his musical stage play and subsequent cult movie. While ta... Fallen Heroes
by Andrew Osmond (Thu 09-28-2000)
Warning: This article has spoilers. After all, it’s impossible to write about great deaths in sci-fi/fantasy without giving away plot points. In recent weeks, we’ve been privy to one such (seeming) spoiler for the final season of Star Trek: Voyager, with ... NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS
by Matthew F. Saunders (Thu 07-27-2000)
Sometimes reviewing films can be a schizophrenic experience. It`s often possible to enjoy a film on certain levels, while still acknowledging that it fails on many others. Such is the case with Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Eddie Murphy’s sequel to 1996... Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are big business. If there were any doubt, the box office grosses of last year`s genre films put it to rest. So the major Hollywood studios, along with the mini-majors and the independents, will be offering up a slew o... DRESSED TO KILL
by Scott Collura (Wed 08-29-2001)
Director Brian De Palma spent a good portion of his early career being compared to Alfred Hitchcock, and such associations were certainly warranted since De Palma did his best to both mimic and pay homage to the old master in films like SISTERS and OBSESS... Nickelodeon's 2002 Kid's Choice Awards
by Sue Schneider (Fri 05-17-2002)
Held at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hanger and hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, Nickelodeon presented the 2002 Kids' Choice Awards. More than 17 million kids voted on Nickelodeon Online (www.nick.com) or by calling a toll free number to say who were their... SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK!: SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Tue 10-08-2002)
Proposed by David McCall, an advertising executive, back in 1972, SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! was an attempt to teach young kids important information through song. The basic idea being that with a catch ditty supporting it children would be able to easily retain i... AVENGERS #57
by Tony Whitt (Tue 09-03-2002)
Does anyone else feel vaguely disappointed by Geoff Johns' work on AVENGERS so far? True, it's only been two issues, but Mark Waid has proven this month with FANTASTIC FOUR #60 that it is possible to reinvent the wheel in a day (sorry for the mixed metaph... ULTIMATES #6
by Tony Whitt (Mon 08-19-2002)
Watching the marriage of Hank and Janet Pym disintegrate back in the 1970s was pretty traumatic for those of us of a certain age. Since the 1940s, we'd been shown that marriages involving superheroes could and did work (look at Jay and Joan Garrick, Ralph... LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
by JASON HENDERSON (Sat 12-22-2001)
The best image in LUST FOR A VAMPIRE comes right up front, as a red-and-black-cloaked vampire cuts a peasant girl's throat and pours the blood out on a skeleton while he chants in Latin in order to bring a hot naked female vampire to life. Lurid and absur... GO GIRL #4
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sun 08-26-2001)
Some comic book fans may recall that Trina Robbins once wrote herself into the pop culture history books by designing the original costume for Vampirella. Now she's teamed with Anne Timmons to present a charming new series focusing on a teen superheroine ... THE KID
by Matthew F. Saunders (Thu 07-13-2000)
On the sliding scale of excellence, The Kid is a good, but not great, movie. It`s certainly charming in many spots (what typical Disney film isn`t on at least some level), but it lacks the kind of overall magic that distinguishes the best from the rest. T... PSYCHO: Adapting the Screenplay
by Edward Gross (Mon 02-28-2000)
The enduring power of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, is evident by its inclusion in Fandom’s top 100 genre films, its placement on American Film Institute’s top 100 films list and by the fact that Gus Van Sant’s sho... THE ULTIMATES #2
by Tony Whitt (Tue 03-12-2002)
Despite a violent rampage as the Hulk several months ago, Bruce Banner has been offered a chance to continue working on the Super-Soldier Program that led to his transformation in the first place. Only one catch: he's now number two after Dr. Hank Pym, wh... More classic Astro Boy
by Brian Thomas (Sat 08-26-2006)
Some readers may have noticed some fresh material on Cinescape.com, specifically Janet Houck's column American Otaku, which by default is residing each Wednesday in the Video & DVD section of the site. To clarify, Janet will be covering Japanese anime and... THE BLACK CAT / THE FAT BLACK PUSSY-CAT
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Mon 12-10-2001)
Beware of the black cat whether it be fat or not! For those who doubt the wisdom of those words they only need look at this latest Something Weird Video offering to be set straight. Featuring two lost "Cat-ssics" dredged out of cinema's litter box, this m... DRACULA'S DAUGHTER / SON OF DRACULA
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-11-2001)
For this year’s crop of Universal Monsters classics on DVD, they appear to be getting down to the “B-squad” titles. Thus, they’ve generously decided to give our wallets a slight break and combine this wave into double features, with the deluxe treatment n... Troy
by Development Heck (Fri 03-05-2004)
Genre:Historical/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Radiant Productions.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Brad Pitt (Achilles); Eric Bana (Hector); Orlando Bloom (Paris); Rose Byrne (Briseis); Diane Kruger (Helen); Brendan Gleeson; Brian Cox; P... LONE RANGER scribe knows westerns
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-09-2003)
David Webb Peoples, who wrote the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film UNFORGIVEN, has been hired to write a screenplay for THE LONE RANGER. Peoples will write the screenplay together with his wife, Janet. The couple previously teamed up to produce TWELVE ... Last Uniform (aka Saigo no Seifuku) Vol.#01
by Ariadne Roberts (Mon 10-15-2007)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mera HakamadaTranslated by:Nancy Barron, Ben ApplegateAdapted by:Shannon Fay, Janet HouckWhat They SayEach girl at Tsubakigaoka Girls\' Dorm is paired with a roommate. Tsumugi with Beniko, and Ai with Fuuko. Yet the girls each... THE KINGDOM
by Robert T. Trate (Sun 12-30-2007)
American civilians are killed in a terrorist attack on Saudi Arabian soil. F.B.I. Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) is given permission to investigate the attack and bring the killers to justice. The catch is Fleury has only 5 days to do ... ULTIMATES 3
by Kurt Amacker (Tue 12-11-2007)
The first issue of Ultimates 3 arrives after a delay far shorter than the one preceding the arrival of Ultimates 2 #13. While I appreciate the relative timeliness of its release, it feels less like a natural continuation of the last miniseries than a... Y2omaKe: Year of the Otaku
by His Lordship Chaos (-)
Well, it's been some time since this guy last ranted and was able to get it posted rather than being burned at the stake for an Anime heretic. Christmas has come and gone, seeing with it many a happy DVDs, CDs and BYOBs coming into my possession. Actually... DVD Review of Psycho - Special Edition
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-07-2008)
Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s defining masterpiece, a fact that Hitchcock had to battle creatively for because all the films he made after it were in direct comparison. Psycho is the type of film that even if someone has never seen it they are still ... Greatest Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: The Borderland
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 03-05-2000)
An addendum to our list of Greatest Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films: Among the finalists were several titles that failed to receive high votes across the board despite being highly regarded by almost all the voters. The reason was not any doubt ... FearNet Chronicles the Vampyric DARK PATH
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 10-22-2008)
A new music-driven-vampire web series is coming to Fearnet in the very near future horror fans. The online network is launching the vampire-themed series The Dark Path Chronicles with veteran music video director Mary Lambert set to lead production. Lambe... J. Michael Straczynski Kills Me
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 08-12-2007)
I say he kills me because when he’s on, he writes some of the best entertainment out there, but when he’s off, he can really disappoint. I credit him for bringing me back to comics. I was as hardcore a comics fan out there when I was... Who Wants to Watch a Wannabe Hero?
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 07-22-2007)
This week sees the premiere of season two of the SCIFI Channel and Stan Lee’s Who Wants to be a Super Hero. I watched the first episode of the first season and never looked back. First, I thought it just came off ridiculous and in a way ma... The Worst of TV Wasteland
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 06-21-2004)
Greeting Cinescapers! Wow, it's officially summer and doesn't that beat all! As a special summer tribute to re-runs I've decided to cull through the Wasteland archives and bring you a smattering of classic blurbs relevant to this week's offerings. I'm sur... Something Weird Under "R"
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-16-2003)
Last week we talked about DVD-Rs – those computer-recorded DVDs that some smaller labels are using as an economic format to get their material on disc. Something Weird Video is featured often in this column due to their frequent DVD releases through Image... 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 ... Comicscape - November 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-17-2004)
It seems that the very mention of the word "reboot" was enough to rile many of you and for good reason though it seems that's not all you were worked up about this week. And speaking of being worked up about something in comics...isn't page four of IDEN... THE ULTIMATES 2 #1
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-08-2004)
After a clandestine mission to save hostages in Iraq, Steve Rogers comes to grips with the negative press attention paid to S.H.I.E.L.D's use of superheroes outside the country and his own relationship with Janet Pym. The press really gets ugly, though, w... SEX AND FURY
by BRIAN THOMAS (Wed 11-02-2005)
No doubt in response to Toho's LADY SNOWBLOOD movies (in fact, the climax apes SNOWBLOOD completely), Toei launched this similar tale of a female outlaw walking the narrow road of revenge in the early 20th century, but with even more overt sex and violenc... 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Mon 02-14-2005)
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ... POKEMON in the U.K., But Not PRINCESS MONONOKE
by Andrew Osmond (Thu 04-13-2000)
It`s the most successful Japanese film ever made. Indeed, it`s the second biggest non-English film in the world, behind only Italy`s Life is Beautiful. Roger Ebert (for British readers, that`s America`s equivalent of Barry Norman), called it `one of the m... 
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