With the release of LittleNicky last year, Adam Sandler finally got a taste of what all successful Saturday Night Live alumni find themselves exposed to sooner or later: a backlash. After the phenomenal success of the comedian’s films in recent years (Th...
...r Comedy, LittleNicky, the former Saturday Night Live regular aims much lower than Shakespeare—much, much, much lower. Think underworld low. Although the character of Nicky is really the son of the devil, Sandler presents him as just a slight variatio...
Patrons in search of suitable family fare can hardly hope for anything better than STUART LITTLE 2. This slight but satisfying sequel to the popular 1999 surprise hit features the original cast (Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki as well as th...
What They SayJourney to the breathtakingly beautiful planet Yietta, where colonists - living on a floating artificial continent - make their living by exploiting tourists. But no paradise is perfect!
A secret organization within Yietta’s military i...
What They SayMix the sweet and sexy character designs of Jyouki Satsumaya (SEX WARD) with the expertise of Vanilla Series veterans Shiyuuta Biwajima and Chikara Nikki (I LOVE YOU / ENDLESS SERENADE / GIRL NEXT DOOR), and what do you get? Why, THE STORY OF...
It`s probably inconceivable that anyone within this film`s target audience (presumably, little kids 13 and under, mostly under) is going to read this. Children don`t need or care to know what some pontificating, self-important reviewer thinks about Stuart...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mori KotaroTranslated by:Misato SakamotoAdapted by:What They SayMeet Pam Akumachi, an energetic 13-year-old junior high student who has just turned into ...a little devil! One day, when Pam and her friends try to summon the \"...
Film fans, we know our own and within four seconds of THAT LITTLE MONSTER the true fanatic will recognize director Mr. Bunnell as a lover and incorporator of all we hold dear with a reverential tone that we so respect.The film was originally planned to be...
What They SayPlastic Little has it all, from epic undersea battles and entire cities collapsing, to a ruthless villain to end all villains and the roughest, toughest, tomboy heroine to ever strut her stuff in a spandex wet-suit!
Plastic Little is set on...
What would the annual Academy Awards be without at least one egregious omission? Well, we certainly didn`t find out this year, when MORE, the nominated six-minute mini-masterpiece, was passed over in the category for Best Animated Short Subject. This evoc...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yeon-Joo KimTranslated by:Jennifer Hahm and Patrick NeighlyAdapted by:Jennifer Hahm and Patrick NeighlyWhat They SayClass rivals June and Lucia vie for the honor of being named the Queen of Light. But will petty jealousies - a...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hinako TakanagaTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:Sachiko SatoWhat They SayHaving decided to apply for the same school as Nakahara, Kojima must now study feverishly to pass the exams. Nakahara helps Kojima with his studies, ...
Stuart Little, the diminutive, eponymous mouse, sure is cute--endearing, even--and the talent involved in making this film would lead one to hope for something more than a standard-issue kiddy movie. Alas, that hope is in vain. Director Rob Minkoff (THE L...
The Review!Intro:
I went into Plastic Little hoping for a story like the original Sol Bianca OVA combined with the beautiful and bouncy character designs of Satoshi Urushihara. The show delivers on both counts... but not in the ways I'd hoped.
Technica...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Matsuri Kouzuki / Naduki KoujimaTranslated by:Kelly QuineAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayMiyori finds himself stuck with the job of finding all the angels\' children who have become lost in the human world. When Miyori stumbles on ...
TOY STORY 2 should really be subtitled: `The Little Movie That Could.` The sequel to the computer-animated landmark blockbuster almost never became the can`t-miss hit of this year`s holiday season, which it now seems poised to be. When the original TOY S...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mori KotaroTranslated by:Misato SakamotoAdapted by:Misato SakamotoWhat They SaySomething dreadful is unfolding in the precariously balanced Spirit World. The Acting Angel Conference Chair Aregna is imprisoned for stealing the ...
What They SayTakahata's Little Norse Prince tells the story of Horus, a young man who pulls a blade out of a Rock Giant only to discover that it is the Sword of the Sun and, if reforged, the sword's destiny will transform the boy into the Prince of the Su...
Part of the After Dark Horrorfest, “Wicked Little Things” is a haunting tale of the rural Pennsylvania hill country that has always been rife with legends and tales of ghosts and hauntings. A brief prologue set in 1913 finds a group of very yo...
The Review!Okay I was actually looking forward to this Pink Pineapple title from Nutech. Even knowing next to nothing about it, Koihime seemed like a light-hearted hentai comedy, a change of pace for me. Now I will start off by saying this is a hardcore t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kotaro MoriTranslated by:Misato SakamotoAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayWhat awaits Pam as she starts her new life at the devil academy? New friendship, a cool spell or two, or maybe a cute boyfriend? Au contraire, Pam has...
What They SayEnter the world of SIN. In the 21st century, the city of Freeport teeters on the verge of collapse. The twin tides of rampant crime and ruinous graft face but a single barrier, an elite strike-force labeled Hardcorps. Led by Colonel John Blad...
OPINION: OK, I goofed. Although it's been amended since then, any of you who read this column before Thursday will have noticed that I misattributed the recent words of Warren Ellis to M. Ali Choudhury, who reported them to me. (Amongst those who caught t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Keiko KinoshitaTranslated by:Andrew MarshallAdapted by:What They SayA shy and clumsy university student; a salaryman trapped in an arranged marriage; a not-so-skilled novice magician; two high school boys who have been fightin...
In our last batch of discs we got in on Friday, we got the first three Essential Anime releases from ADV Films. Our first look at them in detail is with the 03/16/2004 release of Plastic Little: Essential Anime.
Ed\'s getting back into the swing of things and sends us off on the weekend with a look at a new series that debuted this August from DrMaster with Stray Little Devil Vol. #1 (of 3).
Mere weeks after it was released to huge crowds in movie theaters, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has announced the DVD of XXX will be rolled out sometime this fall. That news comes on the heels of the MEN IN BLACK 2 release just announced for Novemb...
Chane is a bounty hunter with a past, as if bounty hunters in these sorts of comics don’t always have a past they’re eager to escape. But there we are, Chane has a past too, and evidently part of it has to do with the fact that she’s a demon. So she’s on ...
Christopher Walken is the latest actor to sign on to Columbia's STUART LITTLE 2 project. The actor will be providing his distinctive voice for an, as yet, unspecified character in the coming film. Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane and Melanie Griffith will also...
The official STAR WARS movie website has revealed that two locations from the first STAR WARS trilogy of movies will be recreated for EPISODE III. The website confirmed today that three established sets from the first two prequels, namely Palpatine's off...
Tim Burton's upcoming family drama BIG FISH will swim a little while longer before being served to audiences. Originally scheduled for release on November 26, the film will now open in a limited engagement starting on December 18. Over the course of the n...
CHICKEN LITTLE held on to the number one spot at the box office for the second week in a row with a take of $32 million in ticket sales. ZATHURA took the number two spot with a gross of $14 million, while DERAILED followed behind with $12.8 million.50 Cen...
Moviefone's Coming Attractions is offering a few clips for your viewing pleasure. Here is a list of somethings you might want to check out: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack and Steve Zahn lend their voices to a new telling of CHICKEN LITTLE, the classic fable of a...
Crime novelist Victor Gischler pens a vicious Punisher one-shot with Little Black Book, in which the line between sex and violence becomes perilously blurred. After buying the services of Vette, a high-end prostitute, for a few sessions, Frank Castle...
MTV Movie Blogs spoke with Sam Elliot and Jennifer Connelly, who appeared as General Thunderbold Ross and Betty Ross in the previous 'Hulk' movie, about being replaced by an all-new cast for 'The Incredible Hulk'. While the actors expressed some small amo...
Woody, the pull-string cowboy hero of 1995`s blockbuster, TOY STORY may be the first animated character to undergo male menopause. In this month`s eagerly awaited sequel, the computer-animated hero experiences a very human emotion. `He has his mid-life cr...
This is a pure monster of the week situations with only a couple of minor exceptions. Now, with many shows that would mean a bad thing but with Supernatural, or at least with most episodes of the series, these single story episodes are still really g...
Dwight Little has been announced as the director for the big screen adaptation of TEKKEN, based on the martial arts fighting game from Namco. Variety reports that the man who brought us films like the Brandon Lee-led Rapid Fire & S...
This April, Blue Line Pro Comics continues to collect the history of LITTLE WHITE MOUSE with LITTLE WHITE MOUSE PERFECT COLLECTION #2.Collecting the second series, this trade paperback is filled with extra artwork and sketches never before published.This ...
Michael Tolkin has made a name for himself as a screenwriter of character-driven films, whether they're in the darkly-comic vein of THE PLAYER or the mano-a-mano psych-out type like CHANGING LANES. But what do you do after you destroy the world, as Tolkin...
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...
Demi Moore's Moving Pictures production shingle is going to team up with Denise Di Novi's Di Novi Pictures to create a big screen version of Issac Asimov's short story THE UGLY LITTLE BOY for Warner Bros.Mike Maples is at work adapting the story, which is...
We\'ve got something a little different today and it\'s up in our blog where Sakura has sent in some thoughts on the film Big Dreams Little Tokyo from its world premiere at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywo...
What They SaySara Crewe, sent home from India to a school in England by her rich father, has everything money can buy and so is nicknamed \"The Little Princess.\" But Sara has more than wealth. She has a loving heart, a quick mind and a vivid imaginatio...
What They Say\"Saga, Sugar Meet\" (Episode 1) In Murenburg (Germany), a young but
capable girl, Saga, lives with her aunt. Unexpectedly, she meets a
small, doll-sized girl. She introduces herself as Sugar, a small snow
fairy. Why is it that only Saga can ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mori KotaroTranslated by:Misato SakamotoAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayPam and the other devil interns have exams coming up, which means crunch time for Pam who\'s still having \"flying\" difficulties. In order to step clos...
CHICKEN LITTLE is mildly entertaining and amusing, but the key word here is "mild." A theatrical release with obviously expensive CGI animation, the movie unaccountably resembles an episode of a Saturday morning show that has comforting lessons for young ...
What They SayThe Review!Having only seen Plastic Little on VCD (legit!), I was looking forward to seeing this double feature on this wonderful new media known as DVD! Inserting this DVD, I was presented with the Kiskei logo which showed visible signs of b...
In this installment of Comics2Film's continuing coverage of the visit to Vancouver and the set of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer', we move from the studio and our brush with the Fantasticar, to the inner offices of the production. We are w...
This television season, Rudolf Martin has offered two distinct takes on a single `character`, essaying the role of Count Dracula as well as Bram Stoker`s real-life inspiration for the fictional count, Vlad the Impaler. Let`s face it, the man simply can`t ...
IGN.com has posted a series of Preview Clips from the upcoming TMNJ movie due to be released on March 23rd. This second preview features a little fight between one of the turtles and a mystery little villain...
ADV Films has set a street date of February 5th, 2002 for the DVD release of Plastic Little - the sexy, outrageous anime fan favorite. Previously available only in VHS format, this popular title is finally coming home on DVD.
Journey to the breathtaking...
European-Films.net reports that René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe's children's strip 'Le Petit Nicolas' (or 'Little Nicolas' to western audiences) is set for adaptation.
A favourite of francophone children everywhere and the first experience ...
Christophe Beck's unusually textured score for ELEKTRA is being heard in theaters this week, with a soundtrack album recently released on Varese Sarabande. The score opens with a heartfelt theme that achieves a notable emotive power not unlike the opening...
Continuing our
coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film
presents this transcript of the round-table interview with Michael Clarke
Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie.
Q: What's your typical breakfast?
...
Welcome to Prince of Persia, or should I say welcome back? Over fifteen years ago the Prince of Persia series was created and it has come a long way. The original storyline was simple as the graphics, which involved a prince saving a princess. Future game...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Azuma Kiyohiko Translated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SayN/AThe ReviewPackaging:
ADV's presentation is very good. The highlights include the large but original A5 size aspect. Colored pages were great to see and someth...
Before too much longer, Brian Tyler is going to find himself at the upper echelon of Hollywood film composers. His efforts over the last dozen years have demonstrated a remarkable proclivity toward orchestral melody and stylistic invention that has result...
The latest Best Selling lists have been released from most of the news publications for this past week. It looks like author James Patterson is leading the way on most of the lists from his latest novel, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. Here's a look at the Best Selle...
Mike McFarland has been a part of the English dubbing industry for a while now. He has worked on projects ranging from Dragonball to Case Closed and voiced several characters, including Roshi in Dragonball and Goemon in several Lupin the 3rd releases such...
Now you might think that the world of freelance writing is big bucks and buxom babes, and to be honest, it is – oh god, how it is. So when I tell you that recently I’ve been babysitting, well it’s not because I’m lacking cash from writing these little scr...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Azuma Kiyohiko Translated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SayN/AThe ReviewPackaging:
ADV's presentation is very good. The highlights include the large but original A5 size aspect. Colored pages were great to see and someth...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hinako TakanagaTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:Sachiko SatoWhat They Say\"I need to see him... Right now.\"
Kojima can\'t take spending so much time away from Nakahara, and decides to visit his home. Upon their reunion, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shigematsu TakakoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayThere\'s a new music teacher at Seika Academy, and all the girls are talking about him. When Ayase-sensei\'s fingers caress the piano keys, it\'s like magic -- and if H...
Fan-favorite Michelle Ruff's performance as Kasumi in Hand Maid May still continues to please, and lead roles in Chobits, Ai Yori Aoshi, Please Teacher and Sugar in the last couple of years have seen her move into the elite of Los Angeles based voice acto...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:YuukiTranslated by:Ex-S WooAdapted by:Ex-S WooWhat They SayCollects 8 sizzling short stories, including: \"Captured,\" where an inexperienced female police officer becomes the sexual captive of two curious delinquents, and \"C...
Church has been in Los Angeles lately for wardrobe fittings on 'Spider-Man '] and "being in the mud all day. They did plaster casts of my body for prosthetics. They also wanted to cut my hair to get an idea for (computer) animators (to determine) what my ...
Brian Goldner, the COO of Hasbro, exec producer of 'Transformers' and the upcoming 'G.I, Joe' movie responds to a negative 'G.I. Joe' script review by El Mayimbe at LationReview.com:
Dear Mr. Mayimbe:
Thanks for your note. We are working to develop...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shigematsu TakakoTranslated by:Akira TsubasaAdapted by:What They SayAll Hikaru Wanted Was a Life More Ordinary...
In the play of life, all Hikaru Takabayashi wanted was to be part of the scenery, but fate had other ideas. Whe...
"For me? In the immediate future. Yeah. I think the plan is to do the Wolverine movie. You know, I don't know what the future is for that franchise. I'm not sure there's no more X-Men movies. I have heard talk about a movie about the younger X-Men, sort o...
Comics2Film has learned that Adult Swim on Cartoon Network has placed an initial order for 10 episodes of 'Drinky Crow', based on Tony Millionaire's acclaimed comic.
A pilot episode of the proposed series was developed by Millionaire and animation produc...
Comics2Film's thechrisbrown had a chance to visit the 'X-Men: The Last Stand' press roundtables in NY this past weekend and sit down with Hugh Jackman to talk, and not talk about the Wolverine prequel, Batman rumors, and, of course, all things X-Men 3. ...
Separately, Tony Millionaire and Eric Kaplan are great successes. Millionaire is the writer and artist of the award-winning weekly comic strip Maakies and the writer and illustrator of a number of books for children of all ages including The Adventures ...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
If you're a fan of New York dubs, you've probably seen some of Jeff Thompson's work. He has worked on many shows, including Boogiepop Phantom, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and His and Her Circumstances. I had a chance to speak w...
Julie\'s making an appearance this week by tackling a novel release from Digital Manga Publishing\'s June line-up with the November 2007 release of Little Darling by Matsuri Kouzuki and Naduki Koujima.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is in negotiations to star opposite Michael Cera in the filmed adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's comic 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.' Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance for Universal.
Sh...
What They SayWhile their mother recovers from an illness, Satsuki and her little sister Mei get away from it all in an idyllic rural retreat. Far from the bustle of the city, they discover a mysterious place of spirits and magic, and the friendship of the...
The UK readers are getting something new that\'s not available elsewhere at the moment with a new Takahata/Miyazaki pre-Ghibli movie from Optimum Asia. Released on 10/17/2005, check out Paul Jacques thoughts on the Little Norse Prince.
Julie\'s wanted to get a bit more boys-love material up here lately so we\'ve got an extra manga review today of the May 2006 release of Little Butterfly Vol. #1 (of 3) from Digital Manga Publishing.
What They SayAs the outbreaks of the M34 virus continue to worsen, the NOA soldiers face strengthening opposition. The virus continues to evolve, adapting itself against the nanotechnology, turning the very advantages of the NOA soldiers against themselve...
What They SayCRI Super Agent Najica Hiragi and her partner Lila are back to save the world, again! This time the fun starts when they must race against time to stop the madman Ricardo Kidel who plans to (gasp!) use a intercontinental ballistic nuclear mis...
What They SayThe Twilight Brigade continues its search for the Virus Cores, mysterious items not included in the official game specs. They believe they need to collect them before they can find the coveted Key of the Twilight. Meanwhile, their rival Guild...
What They SayBurn Up!
Maki, Reimi and Yuka may not look like ace crime fighters, which is why they\'re stuck on traffic patrol, but all that changes when Yuka gets herself kidnapped. Then Maki and Reimi must don skin-tight battle armor and teach the kidn...
What They SayWith Helga missing, in the hands of the GED Group, Thoma finds help from the last place he unexpected is his search. Meanwhile, the GED Group are desperately trying to catch their own runaway, Kirchner, who grows more dangerous the longer he...
What They SayWataru Minakami was at the top of his class in middle school and had a pretty comfy life in Tokyo. When he unexpectedly fails his only high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch, his life is suddenly thrown into utter chaos! Jeev...
What They SayKeitaro\'s survived explosions, misunderstandings, being marooned on deserted islands (several times!), Kaolla\'s inventions, meddling relatives and friends, but he is not closer to finding out who the girl is to whom he made the infamous \'T...
What They SayLove is never easy but that goes double for Daisuke Niwa. The only way Daisuke can rid himself of the phantom art thief residing in his DNA is to have his love returned. The problem is Daisuke has fallen for his classmate Risa who is obsessed...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Niwano MakotoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayThe world's sexiest bounty huntress prepares to take on terrorist looking to take over the world!
Who says crime doesn't pay? Certainly not Rashomon Emi, a 19-year-old, fu...
What They SayThe magic touch of master animator Hayao Miyazaki is visible from start to finish in Laputa: Castle In the Sky, an imaginative tale full of mystery and adventure. The high-flying journey begins when Pazu, an engineer\'s apprentice, finds a yo...
On August 18 2004, I had the chance to take a trip to the UK office of ADV for a special interview with one of the most renowned American voice actors, Monica Rial. She has been in numerous English anime dubs in the past few years, including some of the m...
I caught up with Gen Fukunaga, CEO of FUNimation, the afternoon of July 5th at Anime Expo 2008. He was busy with the line of people anxiously waiting to meet the recently announced cast of Ouran High School Host Club. We found space to intervi...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hinako TakanagaTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayKojima seeks to befriend the class outcast, and soon learns of Nakahara's troubled family life - of his uncaring, abusive father and mentally unstable mother. As...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yoshizumi WataruTranslated by:Koji GotoAdapted by:What They SayAt first glance, Nina Sakura seems like a typical teenage girl, but she's actually a transfer student from a witch school in another dimension! Now enrolled at a m...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Sakurano MineneTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayWhat would you do if you were blessed with a cute and magical guardian angel?
According to a 4000-year-old legend, there is a miraculous angelic ring known as the Shiten...
MTV recalls the commercial roots of 'Transformers':
Merchandising has become one of the most important elements of mainstream filmmaking. Before a studio commits to bajillions of production dollars, it usually wants to know what kind of ancillary marke...
In this week's "USA Weekend" insert that folks find folded into their locals papers, Morgan Freem talks about upcoming projects. He doesn't say much, but here's the scoop for comics fans:
'Wanted,' with Angelina Jolie. "I head up a fraternity of assass...
ComingSoon.net chatted with Gerard Butler about the rumored follow-up to '300'.
Butler, who is out doing the press for 'RocknRolla' told the site that he's as much in the dark as anyone, but speculated on the rumors he's heard:
"I've heard some bac...
One area that we have on the site here that may not be as well known as it should be is our Graphic Novel Comparison Chart, which tracs how many volumes a paricular series will run as well as where it originally ran and how the US run will stack up agains...
"I think there is a tendency, particularly in Hollywood, to underestimate kids and the way in which they respond to narratives. I think that if you show something incredible and take them to a different world, you don't necessarily have to be telling them...
Continuing, Comics2Film's coverage of the 'X-Men: The Last Stand' round tables, thechrisbrown had a chance to talk to the man that brings Beast to life, Kelsey Grammer. Being in the presence of some great actors, our reporter never felt starstruck until...
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Prevue Online talked with Dina Meyer (Oracle from the upcoming WB Birds Of Prey series) recently, about the last minute changes being made before the pilot airs. What's changing, you ask?
"We've revamped the Clocktower," Meyer said. "Before it was ki...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Various ArtistsTranslated by:Mayumi KobayashiAdapted by:What They SayCan a group of young, borderline-talented artists churn out their independent comics before a big festival? Will they ever have a hit? And more importantly, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Minekura KazuyaTranslated by:Alethea and Athena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayJOURNEY TO THE MAX
It was a time of chaos, when Heaven and Earth were as one, and humans and demons - the youkai - lived together in peace. The foun...
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 ...
Information about the future direction of STAR WARS toys, action figures and collectibles is being broken at the San Diego Comic Convention. With a host of STAR WARS fansites in attendance at this year's con, the internet is in no shortage of con coverage...
With quite a few releases delayed this week, it gives us a chance to chat a bit. DVD Shopping List has been running for about two months now, and we’re mighty curious to know more about how the feature is working for You, our wonderful readers. Are you pr...
Here's one for all you LOOK WHO'S TALKING fans...This week, CBS is premiering a sitcom about a talking baby, which makes it official: CBS has run out of ideas.Come on CBS! Talking babies?! That is soooo '89.I wish I were joking about this. Unfortunately I...
MSNBC reports that Jay R. Smith, a cast member in the LITTLE RASCALS films, was found stabbed to death October 5 north of Las Vegas.Smith, 87, was a member of the child comedy troupe in the silent era, appearing in three dozen films between 1924 and 1929....
In a time that the PSP is lagging in sales behind the DS by a fair margin, Sony still seems to attempt to get what they can out of the system with the game Killzone Liberation. Not too much has changed in the world of Killzone, though they are no long...
For those who were completely fascinated by Right Stuf\'s release of Boogiepop Phantom earlier this year, Robert Stanton has written up a Thematic Analysis of it that will certainly raise some eyebrows.
What They Say\"Who loves me so much that he would forsake his own dear life... could it be you?\"
Eiri, a talented art student, works part-time in an antique shop in a quiet part of town. One afternoon, he uncovers a delicate Venetian glass that holds a ...
What They SayArmageddon... The ultimate sin of humanity, perpetrated upon itself, which cast the shroud of death across the world centuries ago. And out of that lasting darkness, they emerged... From the legends of ancient times, they have been called for...
What They SayOn the surface, Kaname Chidori appears to be a normal, popular high school student. The problem is, she doesn’t realize just how popular she is. Unbeknownst to her, a group of terrorists believe she possesses the special powers of ̶...
What They SayThe battle for the Capital city of Kyo rages as warring political factions vie for power against hereditary rulers. After the murder of her parents at the hands of her seditious uncle, a young girl names Kintoko flees to the mountains to lead...
Proving once more that what many on this side of the Pacific believe is common and acceptable in Japan isn\'t always true, this Sunday Mainichi article talks about the growing disturbing trends to many in the manga industry there with what\'s coming out i...
Whether you agree with this statement or not, the world of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is getting smaller by the minute. Sure, with each incarnation of the series' characters (animated, comic book adaptation, novelization, etc.) the franchise expands exponen...
Columbia Pictures` mouse epic succeeded in toppling TOY STORY from the #1 position at the box office this weekend. The film took in $15.4-million for its debut showing, easily surpassing the competition.In second place for the second weekend in a row was ...
OPINION: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day and that, if you weren't out remembering those who have fought and died for our freedom, you were at least enjoying the fruits (and nicely grilled meats) of that freedom at the park or campgrounds of your cho...
What They SayFull of exciting adventure and great passion, this animated Japanese favorite tells the legendary tale of the mythological hero Hermes. The creator of the world orders Hermes to defeat the evil King Minos, tyrant of Crete. With his beautiful ...
For Kirsten Dunst, the hardest part about playing William Randolph Hearst's mistress Marion Davis in the new murder mystery THE CAT'S MEOW wasn't the period clothes, the permed hair or cradling a bloodied murder victim in her arms. It was kissing 58-year-...
Welcome to a brand new regular (we hope) feature here at C2F, the Digital Concept
Gallery Flashback. Here we'll be looking at some of the memorable and impressive
images from deep within the ancient and forgotten vaults of the DCG. The gallery
has be...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Azuma KiyohikoTranslated by:Javier LopezAdapted by:What They SayThe girls enter their senior year and Miss Yukari speaks ill of Tomo in the third volume of Azumanga Daioh! This volume marks the return of the sports meet, where...
When Saito suddenly finds himself drawn from the streets of Tokyo to a fantasy world, his life is thrown upside as he becomes a Familiar to a mage-noble.
What They Say:
In a magical land where two moons shine in the night sky, one young student in the m...
What They SayThe Sorcerer Hunters are five extraordinary humans charged by the powerful entity Big Momma with the task of traveling the land in secrecy and hunting down evil Sorcerers who use powerful and forbidden magic to enslave the helpless masses. So...
Well after returning home to find that an imposter had given an interview in her stead, Divi was pretty upset. As it turns out the imposter is not only someone who knows Divi well enough to impersonate her but has also caused trouble in the past. With som...
What They SayOfficially, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that\'s in the business of saving lives. In reality, it\'s an agency on the fringe of technology. They give terminal patients another shot at life using cybernetic im...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Gatou Shinji/Tateo RetsuTranslated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SaySchool's out! Gung-ho undercover agent/high-school dreamboat Sosuke Sagara and his unwitting charge Kaname Chidori are back in an all new action-packed ...
What They SayA band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago. But when Section 9 is called in to resolve the situation, they realize that something is very wrong - the girl is the same age she was when she was kid...
Boogeyman 2 is one of those rare sequels that is better than the original film. Granted, that’s not saying much. The original Boogeyman was a rather bland spook-fest about a supernatural Boogeyman that lived in children’s closets.&nb...
If you don't know who Tiffany Grant is, the odds are that you don't watch a lot of dubs produced by ADV. She has voiced some of the most popular characters in anime, including Maki in Burn Up, Kome in Blue Seed, Asuka in Neon Genesis Evangelion, and latel...
Thursday
at Comic-Con Hellboy fans were presented with an opportunity to
find out the latest news on the planned movie. Director Guillermo del Toro, star
Ron Perlman and creator Mike Mignola sat down with a packed house of hundreds of
fans to talk a...
What They SayHidden motives drenched in blood.
Lord Kozan's new position has increased his power, and thus, the Anti-Samurai Gun Unit has become even more deadly. They have garnered even bigger and badder weaponry " and their counter-intelligence has mo...
What They SayThe hobbled Elrics return to their childhood village for the first time in four years. As the Rockbells construct Ed\'s new limbs, the boys sift through the ashes they left behind. While Al comes to the fearful realization that his memories a...
When Boom! Studios published the first issue of WAR OF THE WORLDS: SECOND WAVE in March, the cover offered a quote from writer Mark Waid, who called the series "a sci-fi WALKING DEAD." I reviewed that very issue and, while I enjoyed it, remained cautious...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Soda Masahito Translated by:Joe YamazakiAdapted by:What They SayWhat do firefighters do when they're on vacation? Daigo and Company M take time out for a much needed vacation, but the "R" and "R" on this vacation stands for "r...
First, a little more COMICSCAPE housecleaning: because of the overwhelming number of e-mails I've been getting that either declare the column "BOR FRICK ING" (in one astute reader's words) or threaten to stop reading altogether, I'm going to try to make t...
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on...
Welcome to the Countdown, where gaming knowledge is taking a brief stay over on Mania before being shipped out to see the family. Personally I have been spending a bit too much time with the family, only because a game or two are holding me back. I ha...
It would be difficult to imagine Buffy-creator Joss Whedon finding a more suitable creative partner than David Greenwalt. Having served as co-executive producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer since its first season, it seemed only natural that Greenwalt woul...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hiragi AoiTranslated by:Amemiya NaokoAdapted by:What They SayWhen awkward schoolgirl Haru rescues a cat on her way home from school one day, the last thing she expects in return is to be honored by the feline royal family! Bef...
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....
Think back. Way back, if you need to. When was the first time you set eyes on televised anime? The answer might surprise you.I've spent a lot of time over the past couple of weeks yelling about Pokemon being the Great Catalyst, the animated phenomeno...
What They SayIt's as if the Dirty Pair are in your galactic neighborhood! The original girls with guns are back! Kei and Yuri, the Lovely Angels, top agents of the World Welfare & Works Association (3WA), known throughout the rest of the galaxy as angels...
It`s been 22 years since Michael Myers broke out of the loony bin, commandeered a government vehicle and then terrorized his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, but the trail of dead bodies left in his wake is pretty easy to follow. Without John Carpenter`...
The Review!Yu Yu Hakusho will invariably be compared to Dragonball Z if only for its emphasis on fighting, the fact that it is being aired on Cartoon Network and the fact that it is released by DBZ licensors, Funimation. The two series could hardly be mo...
Ed Chavez: Well, thanks for joining me today, Dallas. I have to say, at least for Anime on DVD and for my own podcast, Mangacast, it’s just been the general consensus that, over the past year, Del Rey has basically been the best publisher for, rea...
What They SayBlack Jack is an underground surgeon who, although he has no licence, has God-like skills which enable him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. Charging millions for secret operations, he is a man who is alo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Minekura KazuyaTranslated by:Alethea Nibley and Athena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayJOURNEY TO THE MAX
Continuing their journey west and leaving a trail of dead Youkai in their wake, Genjyo Sanzo and company come upon a young...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Aihara MikiTranslated by:Pookie RolfAdapted by:What They SayOur heroine Hatsumi is on Cloud 9 when male model and childhood buddy Azusa asks her to be his girlfriend! But all is not as well as it seems: Hatsumi still has to ge...
Besides his numerous film scores, Elfman has also contributed bits and pieces for other films. He contributed songs to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, GHOSTBUSTERS II, LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, SCREAM 2, and wrote the theme for SHRUNKEN HEADS (...
Get ready to get BOUND. This Wednesday, June 20, Image Comics will release Dawn Brown's LITTLE RED HOT: BOUND #1. Featuring the exploits of Chane, "a retired bounty hunter literally fighting for her soul," this three issue mini-series is also benefiting f...
Moore says that he recognized VOYAGER’s biggest problem by the end of the first episode. `By the end of the pilot, you have the Maquis in those Starfleet uniforms, and— boom—we’ve begun the grand homogenization. Now they are any other ship. I don’t know w...
I`ve been doing this annual survey of the best and worst of Direct To Video (DTV) for a well-known genre magazine, since 1993. While I`m happy to bring the column to the World Wide Web, I feel I should spend a few words on just what the column is about. I...
Interviewer: Way Jeng Interviewer (I): Today I'm talking with Liam O'Brien, voice actor in and ADR director of Koi Kaze. Let's start at the very beginning. Any discussion about Koi Kaze has to involve its central theme, incest. A lot of fans are undoubte...
Last week
"Welcome To Eltingville" creator Evan Dorkin talked
about the inspiration for The Eltingville Club and the process of
bringing the caustic strip to animated life. This week Comics2Film
presents part II of that interview. Dork...
On Thursday, June 21, at 7:30pm, the American Cinematheque kicked off its four-day series, "Outside Looking In: A Tribute to Malcolm McDowell," with a Thirtieth Anniversary screening of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, one of the actor's most memorable and controversi...
THIS WEEK'S NOTEWORTHY NEW RELEASESTHE ANTICHRIST (a.k.a. THE TEMPTER) comes [IMG2R]to us from the good old days of rat ridden, derelict dwelling, sticky floored theaters which ran delightfully depraved Italian rip-offs of U.S. made hits in a desperate bi...
GreeneStreet Films has hired HIDE AND SEEK's John Polson to direct TENDERNESS. The script is based on Robert Cormier's serial killer novel .The story centers on a teen runaway who becomes entangled with a charming serial killer around her own age.Howard ...
Sideshow Collectibles is offering the Tony Montana Premium Format 1/4 scale figure from Brian DePalma's SCARFACE. This 1:4 scale mixed media figure of Scarface is pain-stakingly reproduced in polystone & high-quality fabrics - a museum-quality piece perfe...
Walt Disney Feature Animation will team up with Dolby Digital Cinema and Industrial Light + Magic to release CHICKEN LITTLE in 3-D.The film will be digitally projected on 100 customized screens.CHICKEN opens November 4th.
Walt Disney Pictures has provided MovieWeb with an exclusive first look at the teaser poster for their upcoming animated adventure, CHICKEN LITTLE.The CGI film is about a young chicken who causes widespread panic when he mistakes a falling acorn for a pie...
This week’s peeve from the mailbox: “DVDs scratch far too easily, and unlike music CDs, a scratch can permanently ruin a film on DVD. This is especially so when renting DVDs. I used to work at a video store, and even though I could rent for free, I rarely...
A source that's supposedly close to the FARSCAPE production tells IGN FilmForce reports that the rumors of the show's resurrection are indeed true. FilmForce's informant maintains that work has started on a new FARSCAPE production in Australia but that it...
Yes, there is such a thing. Now I'm usually one to write about why I love anime in the capacity that I do, but I've found the more I watch anime, or engage in anything for that matter, the more I realize where anime is lacking. I'm going to try to look...
Now this is how to run a television show! Last season was the best of the series, building mystery upon mystery, thrill upon thrill, throwing lots of curve balls and changing the character’s lives forever. Last May, I thought the show should have ended o...
If you’re like me you may think you’re well-versed on fantasy literature, but it doesn’t take much to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of Forgotten Realms and Eberron literature out there. It was only recently that I myself was abl...
What They SayMeow! Taruto is a young cat-girl living in a world filled with mystery and magic. She and the other cat-people appear as nothing more than just normal animals, but she has a unique gift of magic! Can she control her troublesome powers and unr...
What They SayMeow! Taruto is a young cat-girl living in a world filled with mystery and magic. She and the other cat-people appear as nothing more than just normal animals, but she has a unique gift of magic! Can she control her troublesome powers and unr...
Much to the surprise of the FARSCAPE audience, Chiana, played by the young actress Gigi Edgley, joined the group on board Moya during `Durka Returns,` an episode airing mid-way through the first season. The character of Chiana is a Nebari, a gray-skinned...
When it comes to THE NEXT GENERATION feature films, Ronald D. Moore is candid about his successes and failures. He co-wrote the first two with Brannon Braga; Michael Piller wrote the third. Moore says, `I am more than willing to accept at this late date t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Matsuura TokihikoTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:What They SaySummertime means beaches, girls in bikinis, and penguins on the loose! But all this fun isn't without consequences. Poor Gin-chan discovers that he's fathere...
Jazz Vol.#01 by Eduardo M. Chavez (Wed 05-17-2006)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Maeda Sakae/Takamure TamotsuTranslated by:G. GenkiAdapted by:What They SayNaoki\'s illness haunts him like a curse until he meets the one person who gives him a vibrant life. Like a slow jazz refrain, thoughts of his beloved f...
Cute little robot animals fight a never-ending battle for the fate of ... something or other. As long as it's not raining. What They SayRobonimal World is under attack from the Warunimal Empire. Now, wearing the scarf left to him by his father, Pan-Taron ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Susugi SakuraiTranslated by:Kristy HarmonAdapted by:Zachary RauWhat They SayIt\'s girl meets boy meets fist - and anything but your typical love story!
Meet Satsuki, a rather rough and tumble girl, who acts more like a gang m...