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I am JessicaChobot. A semi self-righteous, definitely self-centered, opinionated harpy of a female who has little patience for stupidity and even less for the dumb broads that one finds in such horror classics as…. “Let’s Sc...
...ournalist JessicaChobot. Sean Bailey will also be helping as producer via Live Planet productions.
While no plot concept has been given yet, the original centered on a computer programmer transferred into a computer and forced to do battle in games&...
...beautiful JessicaChobot is actually one of our least attractive columnists). That said, are modern general audiences such simpletons that they count extra value provided for the money as a deficit? Is less really more for these people? People compl...
...IGN Host, JessicaChobot, while meeting her at Tron screening.
From Variety:
Lisberger met Chobot, a comely tech guru with a devoted following among the geek set, at a "Tron" screening and was quickly intrigued by her fresh femme take on ...
Update: As mentioned in our Green Lantern story from earlier today, Jessica Biel is out of the running for WONDER WOMAN in the upcoming JLA movie. Entertainment Weekly is reporting the actress passed on the project. This may or may not be true. Biel might...
"I was just watching Entertainment Tonight and they ran a story on Jessica Simpson. At the end they mentioned she was going to start work on Marvel movie," Josh tells SHH.
In the September 2nd isssue of Star Magazine there is an article about Jessica Simpson and the second to last sentence is, "And she is set to play a sexy superheroine in a new Fantastic Four movie."
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reports in its January issue that the Danger Girl producers
are apparently thinking about casting 7th Heaven and Texas
Chainsaw Massacre (2003) star Jessica Biel for Abbey Chase, the heroine
of the show ba...
Bennett Yellin and James Johnston have been hired by Paramount Pictures to write the remake of "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." The new story centers on a fearless young man at a college in Colorado who, while pledging a frat, must prove his allegiance to ...
Dazzler? Fantasic Four? Mort the Dead Teenager? Namor vs. The Chicken of the Sea? Just what Marvel movie is Jessica Simpson attached to?
Nobody knows, but in a recent interview with MTV she says, "There's also a Marvel Comics [character] that I'm kin...
Jessica Biel has joined the crime thriller adaptation of DIE A LITTLE, says Variety. The film will be based on Megan Abbott's novel of the same name with Biel handling a producing credit through her company, Iron Ocean Films. Marcia and Geoffrey...
From MSN... according to Jessica Simpson's manager and father Joe Simpson, the singer has been cast in an upcoming Marvel Comics-based action adventure film, due for summer 2004 release.
That would suggest 'Punisher,' 'Blade: Trinity' or 'Spider-Man 2' a...
"My agency put me up for the main female role," Actress Jessica Gower, who plays the femme fatale in 'Blade: The Series' explains. "Krista's role was really prominent in the pilot and they put me up for that, naturally. The casting lady said, 'Look, you'r...
While speaking to MTV Movie Blogs, actress Jessica Alba let drop a bit of gossip about the 'Barbarella' movie.
When they asked here if she is going after the role in director Robert Rodriguez's comic book sci fi remake, Alba responded by saying, "Isn'...
Will Franklin Richards debut in 'Fantastic Four 3'? Jessica Alba speculates for MTV Movies Blog:
"I think the next thing we have to go through is having a baby. That's what happens next," Alba reiterated to MTV News last week. "Franklin comes along and...
Jessica Alba talked to Cosmopolition about how Gwenyth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston make her self-concious about showing off her body in 'Sin City'.
"I get self-conscious, but you have to just embrace it and go with it," says Alba of the prospect of po...
It all began last week with Dark Horizons. A week ago the Australian-based film website published a rumor that singer and emerging actress Jessica Simpson (MTV's NEWLYWEDS) had sent off an audition tape to the producers of X-MEN 3, in the hopes that a rol...
With the release of Blade: Trinity on DVD on Tuesday, The Continuum presents a feature story on Jessica Biel, who plays Abigail Whistler, leader of the Nightstalkers. Biel talks about her training, fight scenes and the future of the franchise
"It wasn't about 'Is she going to look exactly like the comic book?'" says Jessica Alba, who plays blond-haired, blue-eyed Sue Storm, a.k.a. the Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four. "It was about, 'Is she going to be Sue in spirit?'"
You'll find a bunch of behind-the-scenes photos from "Blade: Trinity" on Jessica Biel's website. CAUTION: Site requires registration and is painfully slow.
"We're making the right changes," Jessica Alba said about the sequel to the "Fantastic Four" movie "It's gonna be an amped-up version, this next one. It's gonna be faster, and it's gonna be a more intense story line that kind of references the comic a bit...
Jessica Stevenson joins HARRY POTTER 5According to Harry Potter Fan Zone, Jessica Stevenson has been added to the cast of the upcoming Warner Bros. film HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX.Stevenson will play Mafalda Hopkirk, a witch from the Improp...
Jessica Alba will topline modern-day fable An Invisible Sign of My Own, reports Variety. The fable will be directed by Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom), based on a screenplay by Pam Falk and Mary Ellis. Producers are Jana Edelbaum, Falk, Ellis and ...
Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) is joining the cast of Sam Raimi's upcoming Drag Me to Hell, reports STYD. The site says the actress will be co-starring alongside the previously announced Justin Long and Alison Lohman. Sam and his brother Ivan developed the s...
According to WENN, Jessica Alba has signed on to star in the upcoming horror thriller, The Eye.The film, being made by Cruise/Wagner Productions, will follow Allison (Alba), a woman who received an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatur...
Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba are jumping aboard director Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of The Killer Inside Me, says the Hollywood Reporter. The project would be the second adaptation from noir author Jim Thompson, who's novel was originally adapted...
One of the most anticipated shows of the new television season is James Cameron and Charles Eglee’s Dark Angel, which debuts tomorrow night, Tuesday, airing on Fox, right across the airwaves from the WB’s Angel. Jessica Alba stars as Max, one of a dozen g...
Lionsgate is in talks to have Jessica Alba star in the upcoming remake of THE EYE. David Moreau and Xavier Palud are set to direct the film which will begin filming this coming winter.THE EYE follows a cornea transplant recipient who sees disturbing imag...
Jessica Simpson keeps telling us she's going to be in a Marvel movie. An anonymous scooper who "appears reliable" told Superhero Hype that the movie in question is 'Mort, the Dead Teenager.'
Jessica Biel said she went through extensive training to play Abigail Whistler in the upcoming Blade: Trinity. "Two months of weightlifting and martial arts training and just keeping it up every day," Biel said as part of the lead story on the syndicated ...
Actress Jessica Alba says her "Fantastic Four" character is a wonderful role model for young women.
"She's intelligent. She is maternal. She keeps these boys in line," Alba said. "She has amazing power to have a force field, which basically protects pe...
A production decision in "Fantastic Four 2" to increase Jessica Alba's prominence as The Invisible Woman, led to the entire script being rewritten. Look for her to take a key role in most scenes - mostly at the expense of Michael Chiklis' Thing.
Jessica said: "The outfit was very tight. There was not a lot left to anyone's imagination.
"All the boys got to wear muscle suits underneath their outfits but I didn't have anything. My costume was so revealing. I just had to embrace it and walk proud...
"They offered it to me and I turned it down at first. I said, 'I don't know about this? Blade 3, I don't know?' And then my agents were just like, 'You know, go meet David...' I went and met David Goyer and Lynn Harris and Peter Frankford and sat and had ...
From MTV Movies Blog:
Asked what she'd like to see in 'Fantastic Four 3', the sexy 26-year-old actress Jessia Alba said she doesn't want new powers or gadgets. She wants to be a mom.
"[I'd like to see] little Franklin running around," she told MTV N...
The singer and "Dukes of Hazzard" actress shot some sample footage for a big-screen adaptation of the cult Marvel title "Mort the Dead Teenager," which tells the story of a slacker teen who reluctantly returns to haunt his old friends.
After several false starts, the movie version of the dysfunctional family of comic-book superheroes known as the Fantastic Four has commenced filming in Vancouver, B.C., and will arrive in theaters July 1.
For those who can't wait to see who is in the ...
Biel: "Nothing ever came really with the Night Stalkers, I actually thought that, maybe we would do an adaptation of that but... I don't know, I just don't think that Blade (Trinity) did so well."
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"They were talking about actresses that were blond hair, blue-eyed, doey, sweet naive girls — just a lot more innocent, fair and white bred," Alba says. "I never thought I was going to be able to play Sue Storm, but I loved the character so much."
This was supposed to be the week Claire meets her father, at least according to the promotions, but as is common for most ads for this series, it was inaccurate, to put it nicely. While the story did move forward for some characters, for some rea...
From Variety:
Jessica Biel is in talks to lasso up as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros.' all-star superhero film "Justice League of America."
Potential deal marks the first piece of casting to emerge from the DC Comics-based ensemble project, which is ex...
The Hollywood Reporter says Biel ('Texas Chainsaw Massacre') will play Abigail, the daughter of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) who inherits the vampire-slaying duties that once belonged to Blade (Wesley Snipes) and teams up with Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds)
Simpson's...keeping her fingers crossed for a long-hinted-about Marvel Comics movie, the details of which she'd been keeping quiet about. Now, however, she's confirmed that she shot a screen test for "Mort the Dead Teenager," based on an adaptation of an ...
It's safe to say that of the three opening salvos from Marvel's MAX line, only ALIAS has lived up to the promise of what a Marvel equivalent to DC's Vertigo line could really be. While U.S. WAR MACHINE relied heavily on gore, language, and racial themes f...
I imagine people reading my reviews this week will be wondering if there's anything I don't like, after praising J. Michael Straczynski and now setting out to do the same (as seemingly always) with Brian Michael Bendis. Maybe I should pick up a copy of MA...
The following is a conversation I witnessed between Socrates and my friend, Bob. Knowing it would be of interest to scholars in the future, I carefully transcribed the conversation and report it here so that others may learn the wisdom from what has trans...
It’s the last Weekly Book Buzz of the year, and even though this release schedule is for the first batch of SF, Fantasy, and Horror books coming out in 2008 I wanted to take a quick, clichéd look at the requisite lists of 2007 superlatives.
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Ah, there's nothing like having a week where news just pops out at you. The big story on everyone's lips is the announcement that Bang Zoom will be handling the dub for Pioneer's release of the second Card Captor Sakura movie. The first movie was the la...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
There aren't many shows that I give an unqualified recommendation. A show might be great, but there's almost always something that has to be noted. There might be a small but significant flaw that the audience will have to tolerate....
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...
Do you remember the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE? Of course you do. Do you remember the girl sitting at the dinning table screaming and screaming...it seemed like the screaming would never stop and yes it scared me to death. As Tobe Hooper has stated ...
Fans of James Cameron's dystopic sci-fi action/adventure TV series DARK ANGEL get their wish today: all of the episodes from the show's first season are now on DVD. DARK ANGEL - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON hits store shelves today from Twentieth Century Fo...
Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Josh Lucas; Jessica Biel; Jamie Foxx; Richard Roxburgh; Sam Shepard; Joe Morton.Who's Making It:Rob Cohen (Director); W.D. Richter (Screenw...
It really seems like this series has been gone forever. I’m starting to like the idea that LOST and BSG won’t be back until January but when they come back they’ll run to completion with no weird breaks or winter hiatus. ...
When it comes down to it you have to ask yourself, “Which one do I buy?” Is it the DVD titled “Special Edition” or do I save a few bucks and just get the movie? How many times will I watch those special features? &nb...
Lionsgate has released some new screenshots of their upcoming remake of THE EYE, starring Jessica Alba. I'll put some down below but you can check out the full compliment right here. The horror film stars Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Tamlyn Tomi...
Dear Brian Michael Bendis,I hate you. I hope you get hit by a car. You keep leaving all your best books. First, you jump off of ALIAS for THE PULSE. You actually made me read a book with a chick talking about her feelings and moping a lot, and then you ju...
Any fan who spends enough time watching anime eventually learns how to classify new shows into any one of several categories. Some shows are difficult to label and never admit to any one sub-genre. Others are relatively easy and fit a niche with minimal f...
Looks like we have some more remake news for this morning. Producer Andy Fickman has made a deal with Roseblood Movie Company and Twisted Pictures to oversee and shoot modern takes on four RKO Picture classics. Three of classics were produced by horrormei...
You've got to give it to Sal Ciavarello. He wrote a script, got together a bunch of friends, a trio of actresses and made a movie. Rather than farm it out to a company for distribution, Ciavarello has taken matters into his own hands and released HARDCORE...
The first teaser has appeared online for the Jessica Alba starring horror film, THE EYE, courtesy of Yahoo Trailers & Clips. This is a remake of the 2003 Hong Kong horror film by the same name and it stars Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro N...
Wow am I tired of the poor marketing for this series. The ads said in this episode “she will meet her dad…” speaking of Claire meeting her biological father after finally finding her real mother. Well needless to say, tha...
OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther...
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...
I've heard a few people making remarks about THE PULSE, saying that it's not fair to put Spidey on the cover when he's not actually in the book. (They must've missed the last issue, I guess, when Spidey did indeed put in a short appearance.) But finally, ...
Genre:Comedy/Drama.Studio:Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks SKG.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Ewan McGregor; Albert Finney; Billy Crudup; Jessica Lange; Danny DeVito; Helena Bonham Carter; Steve Buscemi; Robert Guillaume;...
Executive Producer Robert Halmi, Sr. has made himself a near patron saint to fantasy lovers. His previous works The Odyssey, Merlin and Alice in Wonderland have been ratings winners and, on the most part, some of the best of television-fantastique to hit...
Jessica Jones has been hired by the families of murder victims who believe that the Purple Man killed their relatives. Her main purpose is to get him to confess to these crimes. Problem is, the Purple Man is the main reason she quit the superhero biz for ...
By the end of the penultimate chapter of "The Underneath" which reintroduced both Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, and Speedball, late of the New Warriors (remembered the one but not the other, didn't ya? Which one you remembered I'm sure tells ...
This month's issue of THE PULSE feels more like an issue of ALIAS than any other in the series' entire run. ALIAS was the short-lived adults-only series that introduced Jessica Jones to the Marvel Universe. She ran a private investigation business; sort...
Why do I bother reviewing this series each week? I’m starting to run out of ways to say “this episode was awesome!” The endgame is afoot and those that have played out their parts are being whittled away. There were three ...
Fifteen years ago, a nerdy young girl named Jessica had a crush on a nerdy young boy named Peter. Her chances at asking him out were cut short, however, when a car accident involving an army jeep carrying hazardous material killed her family and put her i...
Jessica Jones was hired to find a missing girl. When she found the girl, she also discovered Captain America's true identityand not long after that, the girl was found strangled. After some searching, her estranged friend Carol Danvers has found that the ...
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...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
CELLULAR has a pat premise, a number of coincidences and some whopping improbabilities. However, there is something so breezy and engaging about its execution, filled with playful grace notes and deftly paid-off plot points, that it turns out to be really...
After converting the bulk of our DVD collection to thinpaks in order to conserve space, we ended up with a huge stack of empty art boxes. Rather than just have them laying around here or being put in storage...
J. Jonah Jameson makes Jessica Jones an offer she can't refuse. He's concerned that his superhero slamming is hurting the DAILY BUGLE, so he's starting a special section called THE PULSE, and he wants Jessica to work on it with reporter Ben Urich. With a ...
Sitting down to interview Michael Clarke Duncan who stars alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, the first thing I notice is his jovial, garrulous manner. He`s friendly, open, and extremely happy to talk about the biggest role of his acting career. Big. T...
As many comic book readers are aware, this fall sees the launch of a new line of Marvel Comics specifically designed to appeal to mature readers. The MAX titles will feature frank subject matter, cruder dialogue (presumably where appropriate), and a darke...
The vibe has been there for the past several months, and Dark Angel has more than lived up to the expectations of everyone involved. Taking place 20 years in the future, when America’s technology has been rendered virtually useless by the explosion of a n...
This issue of THE PULSE features Robbie from The Daily Bugle stating outright what should be obvious to everyone by now: "He is the most powerful man on earth running the most powerful organization on earth. If he wants something to stay secret it must s...
Hot on the heels of the Oscars, the Razzies have announced their nominees for this year. Here is a list of the key and Cinescape related nominations: Worst Picture Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) - Sony Pictures Entertainment [us]; Columbia P...
After accidentally discovering Captain America's secret identity on a stakeout, Jessica Jones returns to the scene of the crime, only to find that a much worse crime has happened since then, and she's one of the prime suspects. Even her powers can't get h...
A couple of comic book characters took home honors in the MTV Movie Awards. The show airs June 8th on MTV.
BEST HERO - Christian Bale - 'Batman Begins'
SEXIEST PERFORMANCE - Jessica Alba - 'Sin City'
David Goyer says 'Blade' movies are still possible.
"But foremost I want to focus on the television show. New Line likes [Blade: Trinity's] Ryan and Jessica [Biel] a lot, if there is a fourth film," said Goyer.
The filmmaker also reports that he's j...
Entertainment Tri-State (the premiere Tri-State guide for music, dining, movies and regional events that runs each Thursday in The Herald-Dispatch) offers the MyMovies weekly DVD contest.
This week's prize is "Fantastic Four," starring Michael Chiklis,...
Spike TV has released more than two dozen images from "Descent," this Wednesday's Blade episode.
Commercials airing on Kids' WB! for next Saturday's event, Behind the Shield, provided the first moving images of the upcoming Legion of Super Heroes anim...
Australian actress Jessica Gower is making her North American acting debut in Spike TV's Blade: The Series. In the series, which premieres on Wednesday, June 28, Gower plays Chase, the trusted lieutenant of the main villain, Marcus Van Sciver.
Warner...
Today is Fantastic Monday on Comedy Central...
On "Fantastic Monday," get ready to kick back and relax even more! Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Ioan Gruffudd from the upcoming feature film sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Sur...
Actress Jessica Alba says anyone who didn't like the 'Fantastic Four' movie (such as C2F's own EIC) doesn't know anything about the comics but assures fans a sequel is in the works. "They're not telling me anything about them but I heard through the grape...
Two more horror films have joined the ranks of this year's After Dark's 8 Films to Die For lineup. Leigh Whannell (Saw) and Nathan Phillips' Dying Breed and Adam Gierasch's directorial debut Autopsy have joined the slate of five already announced films fo...
The cast of the Fantastic Four are in Sydney tonight and take40.com has the exclusive
Yes, we're talking about all the big names - Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis - you can catch the live webcast at www.take40.com tonight a...
Beau Garrett and Andre Braugher have been cast in "Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer," which Tim Story is directing for 20th Century Fox. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis are reprising their roles for the adaptation...
Jessica Alba—who will play Invisible Girl Sue Storm in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie—told SCI FI Wire that she was concerned about the reaction of the fans when she was cast, but she couldn't pass on the chance to play the iconic character. "Honestly,...
Seven new 'Fantastic Four' set pictures featuring Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Jessica Alba as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, and Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing.
Writers Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka present yet another variation on the Matt-Murdock-defends-an-innocent-criminal story. In this case, a former super-villain has copped to a brutal triple homicide, in which three children were decapitated. Mur...
Marvel Studios' Avi Arad talked to Empire Online about the adaptation of Marvel's first family, the casting of Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, and how Dr. Doom will transfer on the big screen.
Jessica Alba has been cast as the Invisible Girl for 20th Century Fox's upcoming Marvel Comics adaptation "Fantastic Four." Alba, whose features include "Sin City" and "Out of the Blue," beat out stiff competition for the role that included Rachel McAdams...
New Line Cinema recently held the premiere for 'Blade: Trinity' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Seen on the blood-red carpet were the stars: Jessica Biel (Abigail Whistler), Ryan Reynolds (Hannibal King), wrestler Triple H, J...
Jessica Alba offered details about her character, scientist Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman, in Fox's upcoming Fantastic Four movie. "Fantastic Four is a family movie. I play a scientist who has a problem expressing her emotions, and her DNA was altered, ...
Just hours before the film's premiere at Liberty Island in New York, a giddy cast of the Fantastic Four -- Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd and Julian McMahon -- conducted one last press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
The four members of the movie Fantastic Four will appear together as guests of NBC's The Today Show.
Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans are scheduled to be guests on Tuesday, June 28. They will appear during the 7 a.m.-9 a.m....
Robert Rodriguez actually left the room for 10 minutes only to come back with a new group of actors for the second Sin City press conference. Benicio Del Toro and Jessica Alba were not as lovey duvey as the previous group. They just got right back down to...
Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklas, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Julian McMahon were all on hand for the world premier of "Fantastic Four" on Liberty Island in New York.
The Fox TV network has released details of the coming October 12th episode of DARK ANGEL. title "Proof of Purchase."In the story, Max (Jessica Alba) discovers that Joshua (Kevin Durand) is roaming the streets of Seattle and, with help from Logan (Michael ...
VIDEO NEWSThere’s not much on the video news front this week, so your old pal the Vidiot thought he’d share with you (direct from the American Film Market) some titles which will likely be going the direct-to-video (DTV) route in the near future.RUTGER HA...
I have seen the future and it's not that exciting.Yeah, so, I've been working my way through tapes of the new fall shows and, well, I'm kinda underwhelmed. So far, while watching these tapes, nothing has hit me as particular great. Nothing has made me sit...
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 59th Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 2002 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This yearly event honors talent from both the television and motion picture industries, and never disappoints with its star-stu...
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 59th Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 2002 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This yearly event honors talent from both the television and motion picture industries, and never disappoints with its star-stu...
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 59th Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 2002 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This yearly event honors talent from both the television and motion picture industries, and never disappoints with its star-stu...
Thick, gray sheets of rain and images half-seen behind battered village shutters and doors, and behind: beauty and horror, alien and old and hysterical.Dagon is one of my favorite horror films, and I saw it first last week. Now in limited release and head...
Genre:Horror/Remake.Studio:New Line Cinema.Production Company:Platinum Dunes.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Jessica Biel; Jonathan Tucker; Eric Balfour; R. Lee Ermey; Erica Leerhsen; Mike Vogel; David Dorfman; Heather Kafka; Andrew Bryniarski (Leath...
Studio has signed Michael Chiklis to play Ben Grimm/the Thing, Iaon Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/the Human Torch. And Jessica Alba (news), currently shooting Dimension's "Sin City," has emerged as most likely to ...
OPINIONIt's so nice to get an in-box full of people writing enthusiastically about their ideas for a DC Ultimates line rather than getting one more irate letter saying, "Dude, you are sooooo whacked to be dissin' Zan and Jayna!" Originally I'd brought up ...
Got plans for New Year's Eve?You do? Well, aren't you superior? I'll probably be spending the evening watching my SPORTS NIGHT DVDs and trying to decide whether my New Year's resolution should be trying to eat healthier or trying to get a life so next New...
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a remake of CHARADE, the 1962 comedic thriller in which Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn romanced and suspected each other all over Paris, under the direction of Stanley Donen. Director Jonathan Demme accentuates the considerable c...
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 59th Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 2002 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This yearly event honors talent from both the television and motion picture industries, and never disappoints with its star-stu...
In The Majestic, Frank Darabont's new fable-like drama set in 1951, Jim Carrey plays a blacklisted screenwriter who, while suffering from amnesia, wakes up in a small idyllic town. Mistaken for local legend Luke, the All-American boy who disappeared durin...
In the advent of the Sci-Fi Channel`s Dune mini-series, there is only one question that`s now been left begging. To wit: Why did this TV version work—with notably one fifth the total budget—when the Dino De Laurentiis production fell flat on its face? For...
For many years the crowning achievement in sci-fi literature/cinematic adaptation was Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke`s 2001: A Space Odyssey. That film showed that literature, science fiction concepts and motion picture art could co-exist and even s...
As Star Trek: Voyager heads toward the end of its final season, Roxann Dawson has been busy both in front of and behind the camera. The writer-producers of the show finally decided that her character, B’Elanna Torres, and Robert Duncan McNeill’s characte...
Robert Picardo, who plays STAR TREK: VOYAGER’s emergency medical hologram, put on his director’s hat for a special episode entitled `One Small Step,` which will air on the 17th of November during television ratings sweeps. The show actually deals with a ...
General audiences have long held Japanese animation in contempt. True, a few films have managed widespread appeal, such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell. But overall, when someone says, “anyone for anime?” they usually get the same contemptuous glances res...
My last column appeared on a day that may set the tone for a century we have barely begun. Looking back, I can imagine nothing more insignificant that day than my lighthearted look at the world of home video. Today, a week later, I still find it difficult...
New Yorker Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to continue her dance studies at the famous Tanzakademie. Stepping out of the airport, she's immediately enveloped in a ferocious storm - and seemingly finds herself in another world. H...
Reality bites for THE MOLE II: THE NEXT BETRAYAL. ABC put the low-rated show on the bench until January after only three episodes. Geez, that really sucks for the five or so people who watched it. Now they have to wait months before finding out who the mo...
VIDEO NEWSBUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER fans - of which, I am told, there are a few – recently saw their fave femme make a triumphant return to TV after a move to the eternally struggling UPN network. Those same fans can likely expect another victory as the pe...
The Fox TV network has released info regarding this Friday night's opening episode of DARK ANGEL, titled "Bag 'Em."The episode will start with Max (Jessica Alba) struggling with her now potentially deadly relationship with Logan (Michael Weatherly). She s...
What They SayIt\'s a ghostbustin\' good time for Princess Dejiko as she takes on poltergeists, goblins and her arch nemesis Piyoko! Later the Di Gi Charat crew becomes bodyguards for a pop diva and a visiting prince. Then it\'s time to enjoy your favorite...
Hello, and welcome to another installment in our continuing series of looks into the world of English anime dubs. This time I'll be examining the sixth volume of Angelic Layer, released by ADV Films. This show has been and lot of fun and has a lot to comm...
We're back yet again for another look at those zany dubbed cartoons called anime. ADV Films has released Nurse Witch Komugi, an entertaining show with a lot to talk about from a dub fan's perspective. This show draws most of its characters from a series c...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Adam Arnold / Art by Shiei Translated by:Adapted by:What They SayHaving narrowly lost the Dance Dance Revolution showdown for control of Aoi House, Alex finds himself in over his head as he\'s forced to endure an awkw...
The Review!One of my most anticipated DVD releases so far, and finally, I hold my copy in my hands. Wow. This disc won\'t bring much disappointment. And as for the series, it was so much more than I\'d expect, even my mother enjoyed it a whole much.
AUDI...
What They SayBEAUTIFUL GIRLS ARE LIKE ROSES. BEWARE OF THEIR THORNS.
Now that they know their fate, the girls begin embracing their battles - and discover remarkable powers within themselves. So while their daylight lives fall apart, their nocturnal bat...
Hello, and welcome to another look at the future of anime dubbing. This time the spotlight is on Divergence Eve, released by ADV Films. This preview covers the first two episodes of the show, but those two episodes are off to a good start. The show has th...
Hello, and welcome to another look at anime in English. This time the topic of discussion is centered on Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (hereafter simply Hello Kitty), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. Though this show isn't everybody's cu...
Director: Scott McClennen
Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Translator: Masumi MacLeod
ADR Script: Tiffany Grant
Wataru - Voiced by Braden Hunt
Even though he was the best in his class, he didn't get into his high school of choice because all the answe...
Hello, and welcome back for another look at English dubbed anime. Yumeria, released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, offers viewers laughs at the expense of a guy tasked with saving the world along with a group of women who help him. It's light, fu...
Fans are probably familiar with Samantha Inoue Harte's voice acting work. That's understandable, especially when she's voiced characters as memorable as Koran in Sakura Wars and Pipin in Magical Play. But what some may not know is that she works as an ani...
Hello, and welcome back for another look into the thrilling realm of Japanese Cartoons dubbed in English. This time I'll take a look at Gravion Zwei (hereafter simply Gravion), volume one, released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. This series was a...
What They SayThe barriers between good and evil shatter as a shocking series of revelations turn Kurau’s world upside down! While Ayaka finally learns the truth about her family’s murder, Kurau and Christmas are confronted with horrifying evi...
What They SayThe politics of dancing have never been more deadly. After meeting with the Russian royalty, D'Eon and his comrades find themselves in the Empress' favor. Yet she has partners who want to cut in, cut them out and cut her throat. As the tem...
What They SayThe moment small town girl Misaki Suzuhara arrives in Tokyo, she is thrust into the excitement of Angelic Layer-a high-tech, fast-paced game where dolls called Angels are controlled by the thoughts of their operators.
Twelve-year-old Misaki,...
What They SayAs if being a kid weren’t awkward enough, the arrival of the fifth Anima Mundi along with her mercilessly powerful Black Diva threatens to make mincemeat of the Cyber Team! With Parent/Teacher Night looming, Hibari, Suzume, Tsugumi, and...
OPINIONI know I promised a column on the best and worst movie adaptations, but I'm going to delay it for a week for two reasons: 1) I've not seen THE HULK yet, and I want to include it; and 2) I have something to get off my chest - namely, my thoughts on ...
What They Say\"Bein\' human, havin\' your health...that\'s the most important thing.\" -Arumi Asahina
Try telling that to twelve-year-old Sasshi Imamiya. He\'s lost his home, lost the toy collection that defined his very geekdom, and he\'s about to lose...
What They SayAll the world-hopping, eye-popping, role-swapping, non-stop madness has come down to this, the fantastical final volume of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi! And the action and mystery don\'t let up until the last satisfying minute!
First,...
What They SayEveryone thought he was a goner - but there\'s something about Kazuki that just won\'t give up the ghost! With their hopes of getting into Kazuki\'s genes up in smoke, Yuna, Kuriko and Rin are undeterred from trying to make the impossible hap...
What They SayThe Stage is Set for the Ultimate Battle Between Good and Evil. Each Half of the Devil is Ready for the Ultimate Fight.
Who will live, who will die, and who will emerge victorious?
Akao has been kidnapped by Shiva and is unwittingly prepari...
What They SayAoba has made a new friend: a young orphan boy with a secret past. With a little encouragement, she is ready to pilot the Moribito-2 again, but this ride could have fatal results. Meanwhile, Akao remains reluctant to join Angel. But in order ...
What They SayHigh school student Kazuki Shikimori attends school at the elite Aoi Academy where students learn the intricacies of using their magical powers. Blessed with highly sought-after DNA Kazuki is cursed. He can only use his powers eight times unt...
What They SayVash leaps into the heart of the storm and leads Wolfwood to the spaceship that failed to crash. Unfortunately, the Gung-ho Guns have also invaded paradise with two purposes - destroy a sanctuary for humans and to inflict as much pain on Vash...
Director: Matt Greenfield
Studio: IS&M
Translator: Richard Kim
Rossette - Voiced by Hilary Haag - A 16 year old novice sister in the Magdalene Order. Rosette is a fairly happy and energetic girl, who is kind of selfish and still a teenager, despite her s...
Director: Joe Grisaffi (new!)
Studio: IS&M
Translator: Miyuki Fukuma
Main Characters:
Hibari Hanakoganei - Voiced by Luci Christian - A 12 year old girl who has just begun to attend Akihabara Third Junior High School. She acts young for her age.
Densuk...
Production on
TNT's Witchblade TV series was temporarily halted this week. An
official statement issued by TNT states, "series star Yancy Butler has
voluntarily checked herself into a rehabilitation center for alcohol treatment.
We wish her all the ...
In a continuation of Comics2Film's coverage of the 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' set visit, I had a chance to sit down and talk with the cast. In this installment, we spoke briefly about the Fantasticar.
By now, most have seen the photos ...
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...
.hack//SIGN - Koichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo (President of Bee Train, director of .hack and Noir), Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Ent. VP & panel host), and another Japanese guest (who didn\'t say much) were present at the panel.
This is one of the more interestin...
This years Otakon marks the fourth time I\'ve gone to one. And after the
problems of last year, I definitely wasn\'t sure if it would be my last or not,
dependent on how the problems played out this year. Thankfully, the majority
of the problems ...
While visiting the set of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer', Comics2Film was part of a press conference hosted by the film's four principal actors Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Jessica Alba (Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman), Chris...
Oh sure, Spidey might swing higher, and Wolverine has those shiny claws, but the Fantastic Four have always been the real heart of the Marvel Universe.
With their constant squabbling, anxieties, and the nifty balance between cosmic battles and real...
Bruce Willis is donning a trench coat and going film noir opposite sultry "Dark Angel" JESSICA ALBA in their newest film, 'Frank Miller's Sin City.' We're exclusively on the hard-boiled set of this gritty crime thriller!
Dominic Purcell ('Mission: Impossible II') will play Wesley Snipes' vampire nemesis in New Line Cinema's Blade: Trinity. Purcell is the latest addition to a cast that includes Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds.
There's a point in "Fantastic Four" where Chris Evans, playing Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch asks, "Am I the only guy here who thinks all this is cool?"
One wonders if, Evans felt the need to ask that question on the set of the movie, the late...
Beleaguered actor Wesley Snipes granted Entertainment Weekly a rare interview to discuss his various legal troubles which include a tax fraud beef with the U.S. Government. The article, which appears in the December 21st issue (#970) is an interesting rea...
Opening Ceremonies
Hosted by: Adam Ferraro
The opening ceremonies for Anime Boston took place in a grand theatre room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling and an upper level let some special guest sit from above and watch the people who were seate...
This years Otakon marks the fourth time I\'ve gone to one. And after the problems of last year, I definitely wasn\'t sure if it would be my last or not, dependent on how the problems played out this year. Thankfully, the majority of the problems seemed to...
Momotsuki Academy is far from a normal school. Its student body is full of freaks and the teachers aren’t that much better. But the infamous Class 1-C may have met its match in 11-year-old Rebecca Miyamoto. This pint-sized genius has come to the...
THIS UGLY YET BEAUTIFUL WORLD
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
CAST LIST
Hikari - Voiced by Cynthia Martinez - a mysterious babe who falls out of the sky in a flash of light right in front of Takeru's eyes. She apparently doe...
Nanaka 6/17 is the story of Nanaka Kirisato, a 17-year-old high school student who suffers a head injury and becomes convinced that she is six years old, but magically in a 17-year-old body. Now the once TOO serious Nanaka gets to face the rigors of high...