..., at the lastquarter. Following the sound, it leads her to a mysterious mansion, where she finds a man playing a guitar. He claims to know her, that his name is Adam and that he comes from London. The two instantly bond as kindred spirits.
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Last Week by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-22-2008)
Last week was my first real chance to escape the confines of work and go shopping. I know it sounds girly but this lastquarter of 2007 was brutal. All the running around, deadlines and holidays made it one giant nightmare. I like to shop, ...
What They SayClaus and Tatiana are thrown together to fly a Vanship to defend the Silvana from a massive attack orchestrated by Anatoray and Tatiana begins to confide in Claus when the two make an emergency landing. Sophia, who is revealed to be of royal ...
What They SayThe winds of revolution howl through Kyoto as the Tokugawa era comes to a violent close. Will Kaede, Kikyoo, and Ayame follow the ninja code of honor and face their vicious destiny, or escape to another world? Will their love for each other a...
Column News: With the switch over to the new site design, I thought I’d make a couple of minor changes in High Def Revue. The most notable one is that the Blu-ray discs will be listed first in the Upcoming Discs section from now on. ...
The fourth quarter reportedly got off to a bang this week, with both high-profile DVD releases that streeted Tuesday -- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's "X-Men: The Last Stand" and Buena Vista Home Entertainment's platinum edition of "The Little Merm...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Reinvest your appreciation of the second component of the finest film score of the lastquarter century in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – The Complete Recordings, released this week by Reprise R...
...d for the lastquarter of the book. Entitled \"I.V.Y. Navy\", the last 50+ page chapter is a stand-alone, almost concept chapter from the creator that has nothing to do with the Earl or the Major. The story follows Tomcat, a young German government rep...
New Installments Of BLEACH, RANMA ½, INUYASHA Anime And Critically Acclaimed Live Action Feature Film - TRAIN MAN: DENSHA OTOKO
San Francisco, CA, JANUARY 17, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and c...
... only the lastquarter of it. I looked it up and learned the episode name was "Je Souhaite" from season seven. I tried to look up all the local station's schedules to see if I could find when it might rerun again. I looked up the Sci Fi Channel. I got ...
If you grew up with a fondness for classic animation, you should still remember one story in particular: When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain, and the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain…
She's in the s...
...gn in the lastquarter of the movie, it\'s done for fanservice of course but even then they\'re designed in a solid way and attempt to actually provide some defense as opposed to being just thinly disguised skin tight clothing designed to titillate. Th...
...g for the lastquarter as it takes the cover artwork, zooms in a bit and adds a brief bit of music. The navigation is kept to the right with individual episode access and quick submenu navigation for language setup and extras. The menu works well in he...
...ay in the lastquarter of the manhwa. Byun Byung-Jun's "Utility" is very different from most work in the Korean comic industry, exhibiting a darkly humourous, American-flavoured story about rational thinking in the face of crisis. "Ocean...
...nest. The lastquarter is brilliantly creative in its own right, and the showdown as tense as any live-action.The Buena Vista dub, featuring Anna Paquin (THE PIANO) and James Van Der Beek (DAWSON`S CREEK) was recently shown in New York. A video (and po...
Six New Series Deliver Unique Mix Of Historical Drama, Science Fiction, Award-Winning Comedic Romance and Supernatural Action
San Francisco, CA, July 19, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and compreh...
What was one of the most heavily anticipated genre films of 1999 is finally opening in the Year 2000. SUPERNOVA, the first science fiction film directed by Walter Hill (one of the driving forces behind the ALIEN franchise), was supposed to open last March...
...nt in the lastquarter of the book. Casually mentioning that a character can breathe water right before he stands in the face of drowning can leave the reader wondering why this important fact wasn't brought up before...like in the first chapter, perha...
...ed in the lastquarter of 2002 and the transfer is pretty clean. The background of the forest show up exceptionally well bring the feeling of being there. The flashbacks come out with an old television feeling with the constant "snowy ? black, white an...
...nd by the lastquarter of the year they will have started the long-time-coming Spiral and the under-appreciated Requiem from the Darkness, as well as be releasing some boxsets in time for Christmas. There's far more hiding in wait too, with previously ...
Hasbro's contract with Marvel is already returning dividends that would make Darth Maul red....der. Spider-Man 3 and Fantastic Four are credited with helping the toy maker beat earning estimates by 9% in the lastquarter.
...uring the lastquarter of the year (But before December 24th) and have a price point of $30 or more.
You’ll notice some comic graphic novels included in the list. There’s lots of hardcover graphic novels and collections coming...
...ry is the lastquarter of the book when Jonah and a few others encounter the prison inmates. Paffenroth ultimately made his characters too safe and secure in their museum home. The zombies were completely unable to mount any kind of a threat to them in...
Paramount Pictures is developing a movie based on Midway Games' FEAR & RESPECT, a new PlayStation 2/Xbox video game in development and slated for release in the lastquarter of 2005. BOYS N THE HOOD and 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS director John Singleton is working ...
...until the lastquarter of the book. She just happens to have a habit of taking over. She writes herself, so to speak. I wrote several stand-alone novels after EYES OF PREY, but Shara kept tugging at me as if her story was incomplete.``The series focuse...
...on in the lastquarter work very well. Occasionally, the dialogue scores a laugh as well.Mostly, though, ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS seems to be all about whatever its makers want to do at any given moment. You get the feeling that they're having a good ti...
VARIETY covers the addition of Charlie Sheen to the cast of Dimension/Miramax's no-longer-a-Wayans-project SCARY MOVIE 3, projected to be projected in the lastquarter of the year.Sheen, of course, has appeared in several parodies previously, most notably...
... over the lastquarter century. Is it worth picking up? If you like your heroes on their off days, in cutoffs instead of spandex, then yes.Trade paperback from Marvel. Written by: Various. Art by: Various.
...uring the lastquarter of 2004, the transfer for this TV series is presented in its original full frame aspect ratio. With this being a co-production between ADV Films and avex mode I was surprised to find that it was full frame. The look and feel of t...
...s out the lastquarter of the series and has a very odd feeling because of the way the characters act and end up seemingly comfortable with their surroundings so quickly.
While the production values for the series are pretty low, it does provide for ...
...an in the lastquarter of 2003 in the form of price increases on anime DVDs at Best Buy. While the retail chains have never been consistent with anime prices, DVDs with a $30 suggested retail price were sold in the price range of $18 to $25. Now, it's...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another exciting Wednesday morning. I trust you’ll all walk into your neighborhood comic shops later today – if you already haven’t – and walk out a few dollars poorer, but, I...
YAHOO! Entertainment News notes that computer animation powerhouse Pixar reported financial figures for the lastquarter of 2002 recently, showing net income of $17 million, up from $13 million in the same quarter in 2001. Revenues were similarly up, with...
...re of the lastquarter century has had such an effect on film music; suddenly large symphonic scores were back in vogue; composers were free; and the legitimacy of the traditional symphonic approach was validated. One of the rare examples of a directo...
...ns in the lastquarter of the 20th century. (Yeah, to hell with Adrian Mole!)In its original run, HATE ran 30 issues, and for the most part concentrated on Buddy and the motley crew that surrounded him - girlfriends Lisa and Valerie, Stinky, George, Mr...
Representative: Stephen Tang
New Title Announcements:
LastQuarter - Live Action Cinema title. No release date yet.
Barefoot Gen - Rerelease of the Streamline classic. No release date yet nor confirmation if Geneon will reuse the Streamline dub or comple...
...until the lastquarter of the show that the competition actually starts. Before that happens it\'s a tale of two women getting two very different sets of sexual encounters.
Yukino and Kyo have lived next to each other since childhood and they often ta...
... over the lastquarter century. It\'s easy to pick her style out both in writing and in artwork and it\'s one that I continue to enjoy. Hopefully the arrival of things like this anthology series will kickstart in some other quarters to release some of ...
Due out on 01/27/2004 from Geneon Entertainment is one of the more surprisingly enjoyable shows that started in a very crowded fourth quarterlast year is L/R Vol. #2, which we managed to sneak in last night.
...uring the lastquarter or so as he\'s been fixed up with her. His attempts at getting closer to Kyoko had him going down the path of getting a dog so that he could conquer his fear, but as he\'s been forced closer to Asuna she sees him and his dog as s...
...Frog. The lastquarter of the book is a short story called "'N' is for Nishiki" which Sugisaki wrote and published three years prior to D N Angel.
Sugisaki has a solid style that effectively gets the story across. It's not especially adventurous, but ...
...fact, the lastquarter of Volume One covers Gerard's life as an erotica novelist and explores his open-ended marriage to the aristocrat Nathalie and the unforgivable sin she commits. As the volume ends, Jacques still exhibits bouts of defiance towards...
...ed in the lastquarter of 1994 but holds up very well against the flashier shows of today. Especially, since in demon world there is a tremendous amount of coursing electricity which doesn't bleed and adds an eye catching background. The only minor pro...
...g for the lastquarter as it takes the cover artwork, zooms in a bit and adds a brief bit of music. The navigation is kept to the right with individual episode access and quick submenu navigation for language setup and extras. The menu works well in he...
...nest. The lastquarter is brilliantly creative in its own right, and the showdown as tense as any live-action.The Buena Vista dub, featuring Anna Paquin (THE PIANO) and James Van Der Beek (DAWSON`S CREEK) was recently shown in New York. A video (and po...
...n. In the lastquarter of 1998 Blatty signed a television deal to remake the movie in a four-hour miniseries that would star Peter Fonda as Father Merrin. Come Spring 1999, and all that was about to change! More unearthed reels and a compromise saw the...
As part of the Licensing International Expo 2008 conference, director M. Night Shyamalan, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies were on hand to preview their next high profile team effort, an adaptation of The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon sent media ou...
What They SayJapan\'s top anime creators bring a richly romantic action/adventure fantasy in an imaginary planet where retro-futuristic sky vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of a young and heroic air pilot duo --- C...
What They SayThe final contest has begun now that Radium Lavans has emerged to make the brutal intentions of Mars fully known. There\'s only one power in the universe mighty enough to stop the destruction and mayhem that this insurrection will cause: Meta...
What They SayAt the Yokata Air Force Base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam war. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatch...
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...
What They SayJapan\'s top anime creators bring a richly romantic action/adventure fantasy in an imaginary planet where retro-futuristic sky vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of a young and heroic air pilot duo --- C...
The President of Nintendo has hinted that the company will announce plans for a new gaming device sometime next spring.At the company's recent strategy meeting held in Tokyo, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said that the company is in development on a new...
Last Friday, Watchmen director Zach Snyder released the first five character shots from the upcoming comic-to-film adaptation, which will hit theaters on March 6, 2009. As usual, fan reaction has run the gambit from excited to enraged. The usual...
To no one`s surprise, the most successful horror video release this Halloween was THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which racked up tape sales in the millions and easily dominated the rental charts. However, the most interesting chiller to hit the video superstore...
By the end of his life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reportedly hated his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle's friend and fellow writer P.G. Wodehouse (creator of the hilarious Jeeves the Butler stories) recalled that he could get Doyle to pontificate ...
What They SayThe movie uses the full spectrum of digital animation which is said to have impressed even James Cameron. Japan\'s top creators gathered to make the show, which was shown in theaters using the HDCAM24P format which George Lucas will also be u...
What They SayWith Lucciola\'s help, Claus, Alvis and Dio escape the Guild ship while Delphine continues to hold Alex Row hostage and tortures him. Anatoray and Disith continue to wage an all-out war against the Guild and many sacrifice their lives in the...
The Review!A good idea, implemented averagely.
::Audio::
When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). The talking, ambient sounds, and background music made good use of the two, built-in, TV speakers. The English t...
What They SayClaus and Tatiana are thrown together to fly a vanship to defend the Silvana from a massive attack orchestrated by Anatoray and Tatiana begins to confide in Claus when the two make an emergency landing. Sophia, who is revealed to be of roya...
Dan Abnett releases a slew of Warhammer novels, Jeffrey Thomas continues the bizarre tales of the inter-dimensional Punktown, and alternate historical fiction runs rampant in this edition of the Weekly Book Buzz.
Greetings Maniac readers and wel...
You and Jeri Ryan are the last two people on Earth. What do you do? As soon as fanboys around the world stop hyperventilating easy, fellas... long, slow breaths let us explain how this not completely disagreeable scenario sets up the plot of indie filmm...
OPINION: Before I embark on this column, I want to indulge in a bit of CYA: the ideas herein are not all that original, nor are they all my own. Firstly, I am not the first (nor will I be the last) comics critic to note that death is a far more mutable co...
Coming Attractions at Cinescape has learned that the hit science fiction comic book series Y: THE LAST MAN has been optioned by New Line Cinema as a feature film. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra, this ongoing series debuted last ...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...
What They SayClaus and Dio return to Silvana from their vanship expedition to search for the Exile, only to find that Silvana had been hijacked by the Guild. Delphine holds Alvis, Claus and Alex Row hostage and takes them to the Guild ship. Delphine atte...
Like his last work, SOMETHING SO FAMILIAR, Alex Cahill manages to walk the fine line between complex and intentionally obscure in THE LAST ISLAND. And like that last work, Cahill works with very little dialogue and relies on images to convey the story. As...
People who have no idea what DISCWORLD is have a rather hard time breaking into the series. They aren't written or released in any kind of logical order, which is very interesting for fans, but makes potential new recruits balk at picking one of the books...
What They SayJapan\'s top anime creators bring a richly romantic action/adventure fantasy in an imaginary planet where retro-futuristic sky vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of a young and heroic air pilot duo --- C...
THE LAST CASTLE is one of those movies that doesn't promote post-screening argument over its themes, as discussions as to which aspect of the story is least believable will take the forefront. The film is watchable owing to a punchy pace and some fine act...
In celebration of Halloween week the Book Buzz is leading off with the week’s new releases and horror and inviting you to share with Mania’s readers the scariest book you ever read! Just use the comments below to tell us the book ...
Wow, you might say, a film with Jeff Fahey and Ernie Hudson, Ive so got to get this for the dorm. Yes, you might say that, even though youre 47 years old and still live in your parents garage guess that Masters degree in Art History really paid o...
Constantine by Coming Attractions (Mon 03-15-2004)
Genre: Horror/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio: Warner Brothers.Production Company: Shuler Donner/Donner Productions.Project Phase: Released.Who's In It: Keanu Reeves (John Constantine); Rachel Weisz (Angela); Tilda Swinton (Gabriel); Djimon Hounsou (Papa Mid...
Last week in COMICSCAPE, I somehow accidentally characterized FABLES: THE LAST CASTLE as yet another collected edition of previously published issues. More fool me. Turns out that THE LAST CASTLE is a one-off issue telling a completely new story from the ...
Tonight, at 7:00 p.m. Central time, the Marshall Public Library Board of Trustees will convene to vote on whether or not to remove two graphic novels from their shelves BLANKETS by Craig Thompson and FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel. Louise Mills, a resident ...
Welcome to another week of Grind Your Axe at COMICSCAPE. I'm your host and all-around nice guy, Kurt Amacker. This week, we took some time at the Home Office to tear open some of your letters about that swinging new flick, V FOR VENDETTA. As most of our v...
What They SaySince ancient days it\'s been said that Kuruda is a land which is easy to defend and impossible to attack. Its palace is situated on an island, surrounded by a jagged mountain range which keeps the fiercest of enemies from piercing the strong...
Barrel Entertainment has just announced that they will be releasing the 1970s grindhouse classic THE LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET on DVD. Known as the most vile and disgusting film ever made, LAST HOUSE was made in 1972 by Roger Watkins (under the pseu...
Hey look kids, it's an entirely unnecessary company crossover event with the Joker causing all kinds of mayhem! Buy them all!Yes, I'm cynical, but when the publishers feed into my healthy distrust of all things, it only makes it worse. Fresh off the summe...
With his last film hitting DVD just last week, THE LAST SAMURAI director Ed Zwick is currently in talks to take over DreamWorks' long stalled epic fantasy film THE TALISMAN. If Zwick's signature on the contract is dry he'll be taking over from Vadim Perel...
A dash of "Paul is dead" mystique, a hint of ALMOST FAMOUS, and some great performances by the regular and guest cast combine to make "The Last Goodbye" every bit as good as last week's wonderful episode. This season's taken its time in hitting its strid...
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...
What They SayAt the Yokota base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a mysteriou...
All right, the headline's exaggerating the book's one girl-on-girl scene a bit much, but there is a scene with two women kissing (you'll have to read it to find out which ones), but in world with only two men (Yorrick and the astronauts' baby), I don't su...
Imagine popping CASABLANCA into your DVD player. When Ilsa Lund utters the immortal line "Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By," Sam obligingly pounds the keys of his piano producing a generic piece of 40s era music completely devoid of the requested son...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another entry into the Comicscape canon! Last week, I had to pick between two important subjects – the return of Captain America – temporary or not – and the conclusion of DC/Vertigo’s fantas...
In her latest novel, author Patricia Cornwell continues the adventures of coroner Kay Scarpetta, picking up where BLACK NOTICE left off. This time, Scarpetta finds herself the target of a criminal investigation, accused of killing a professional rival and...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
Happy Tue...
In part II of our conversation with Mike Mignola we learn a bit about the possible Baltimore or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire movie, working with his publisher Dark Horse Comics, the pros and cons on the popularity of Comic-Con and the next fi...
We first encounter superheroes as children. Before we can read, we watch them in cartoons and movies. We play with their toys long before we ever learn about "mint condition" and the importance of leaving action figures in their original packaging. Thi...
Last year, the masterminds behind the Penny-Arcade comic strip (www.penny-arcade.com) decided to give something back by running a drive to collect toys, an more importantly, videogames to send to the Seattle Children's Hospital.This year, they're back at ...
"Well, it seems to be the last of the series," Ratner said of the eyebrow-raising title for the third film, "X-Men: The Last Stand," due May 26. "We wanted to make sure the audiences knew that this was a trilogy. Even though they weren't made together lik...
What They SayClaus and Lavie\'s fathers died attempting to cross the Grand Stream to deliver a message from Anatoray to Disith. Empress Sophia obtains a copy of the original message and discovers it suggested the two empires join forces to defeat the Guil...
What They SayClaus and Lavie deliver Alvis to airship Silvana?s captain, Alex Row. But much to Claus? anger, Alex Row accepts Alvis inhumanely into Silvana and leaves the duo and their damaged ship behind. Claus and Lavie fly to Silvana to retrieve Alvis,...
Carl Ellsworth, screenwriter of the film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's 'Y: The Last Man' sat down to talk with Wizard Universe about the movie.
Ellsworth he admits he wasn't a fan of the comic, or comics in general, before taking on the project. "...
Shia LaBeouf is a busy young actor. He's currently at work on 'Indiana Jones 4' and anchors the blockbuster franchise 'Transformers 2'. He's also rumored to be the front runner to appear in the filmed adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's 'Y: The Last Man'.
In...
After a record-setting first weekend, X-Men: The Last Stand took a big plunge and placed second over the weekend.
Dropping 67 percent from its first weekend, X-Men: The Last Stand brought in $34.4 million. "I'm not shocked at that drop," 20th Century ...
Hey, Happy All Saints Day/Day of the Dead! Hope everybody had a fabulous scary (but not TOO scary) Halloween. Speaking of scary stuff, I didn't list them in the column, but last week Triumph Marketing released a series of DVDs that I find truly frightenin...
Warner Home Video has targeted a May 4 release date for the two-disc DVD of THE LAST SAMURAI, last year's Tom Cruise vehicle. A commentary by director Ed Zwick will be included with the movie on disc one.Disc two will contain Zwick's video journal chronic...
The most terrifying part of the first issue of Y: THE LAST MAN is not the nail-biting countdown to the release of the male-dominating plague, or even the scenes of every man but one suddenly vomiting blood and bleeding from the eyes as a result. No, indee...
If you're a Marvel fan at all, and certainly if you still have fond memories of Peter David's superb run on the INCREDIBLE HULK comic book series from #331 in May 1987 to #467 in August 1998, you simply must pick up this astonishing one-shot, the first in...
DC Comics has announced that it will be releasing Y THE LAST MAN DOUBLE FEATURE edition on October 2. The 64-page, $5.95 book will collect the first two issues of the Vertigo series. According to DC, the second issue has joined the first issue in sellin...
Following up on our exclusive report that New Line Cinema is developing a movie based on the Vertigo/DC Comics comic book Y: THE LAST MAN, a source relays to us the latest developments on this project.According to our inside source, New Line Cinema execut...
To no one's surprise THE LAST SAMURAI cut its way to the top of the chart this week at the box office; nevertheless, Warner Bros. was expecting Tom Cruise's latest adventure to earn more moolah in its opening weekend. The snowstorm that struck the east co...
Former SWAMP THING writer Brian K. Vaughan returns to Vertigo territory with Y THE LAST MAN, a new series that begins in July from DC Comics. Here's the series' set-up: "When a mysterious plague suddenly kills every living creature on the planet with a...
SteveVP: Hello. We`re chatting today with author Douglas Clegg. Clegg`s recent horror novel YOU COME WHEN I CALL YOU was reviewed on Fandom, as was his anthology of short horror stories THE NIGHTMARE CHRONICLES. To start the chat, I would like to ask Cleg...
According to Variety, 20th Century Fox is opening The Last Stand at 3,688 theaters, slightly less than the 3,741 for X2. There are no other new major releases this weekend, and The Last Stand's only major competition will come from the second weekend of T...
I can never praise Y: THE LAST MAN enough. Each month, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (usually) deliver a funny and intriguing episode in their epic of a world with only one man left alive. As of this 44th issue, Yorick Brown's sister, Hero, and, Beth, t...
`I remember when we were starting eight years ago,` Cartoon Network President Betty Cohen. `People were asking me who was going to watch an all-cartoon cable network. Now I can say that we were actually in first place for prime time in the third quarter o...
When last you read my words, I promised you my own personal list of the ten best TV shows ever. I delivered eight of them while noting that the remaining two would be forthcoming in this week's column. This week, I present my ten favorite shows still in...
What They SayShe\'s dealt with demons, barbarians and thugs before, but Elle\'s toughest opponent now looms before her: a five thousand-year-old ceremony full of pomp and posturing. The ceremony of the Devas has begun, and the only thing more humiliating ...
As the Fall season rapidly approaches, one of fiction’s most popular manifestations of the Other is lurking from the shadows and sizing up your jugular in a slew of new horror, fantasy, and even science fiction literature.
Hello Maniac read...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yamada YugiTranslated by:Melanie SchoenAdapted by:Melanie SchoenWhat They SayWhat would you do if your crush of many years suddenly got married?! After attending his beloved Saitoh\'s wedding, broken-hearted Nagai gets a littl...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mamoru Oshii / Katsuya TeradaTranslated by:Camella NiehAdapted by:What They SayAt Yokota Base in Japan, American soldiers stand guard at the brink of the Vietnam War. Although they fear the enemy outside their base, an even mo...
Myth Adventures author Robert Asprin unveils a collection of SF war novels, Manfredi’s The Last Legion leaps onto the audiobook format, and an F. Paul Wilson’s classic gets the collector’s rendition in this edition of the Weekly Book...
What They SayAre you ready for Round Three?! Team Hokage\'s next opponents are the sexy and dangerous Team Uruha Sound. First up is the Mighty Domon against the beautiful Aki. Will he fall prey to her charms and finally win one for the team?
Meanwhile, R...
What They SayAt the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists with the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a m...
What They SayLAST EXILE has completely blown away fans and critics alike with breathtaking visuals, captivating storylines, and sensational music. Don the headphones and experience the majestic sense of aerial exhilaration effortlessly combined with aural...
What They SayClaus and Lavie participate in an eight-hour endurance vanship race, and are joined by Dio Eraclea who tries to befriend Claus. Tatiana also participates in the race, but she is actually on a secret mission under Alex Row\'s direction.
In t...
I also bought the hardcover version of this book because I have a Stephen King collection of first editions. The hardcover edition has 14 short stories by King; the audiobook only has five. So far, there is no "unabridged" version out with all 14 stories ...
Warner Bros. Pictures THE LAST SAMURAI opened last Friday in theaters and on December 1st the U.S. Premiere was held at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.THE LAST SAMURAI was the first of the premieres that were to be held this December and...
What They SayWith Lucciola's help, Claus, Alvis and Dio escape the Guild ship while Delphine continues to hold Alex Row hostage and tortures him. Anatoray and Disith continue to wage an all-out war against the Guild and many sacrifice their lives in their...
Hey you. Yeah, the person who clicked on this article, not because they were interested in the latest, hottest and coolest things out there for the holidays, but rather because you're like many last minute shoppers who haven't even stepped into the mall s...
Welcome to today's column. This time I'll be taking a look at Last Exile volume three, released by Geneon Entertainment. This is a show that has sported a quality dub in its previous volumes, and this volume continues to uphold the standard of work establ...
Last Day in Vietnam is about warriors at relative rest.An American GI sits at a cafe in Saigon. He has bandages on his face, a cast on his arm, a cane for his busted leg. He sits and smokes, and thinks of the beautiful local girl he picked up. In his mind...
According to an article at ICv2, the number of anime releases during the first quarter dropped by 35% from the same time in the last year. According to their calculations, the number of releases went from 159 to 104. Their methodolgy may just include new ...
Shekhar Kapur, the director of ELIZABETH, is in talks to helm THE LAST FULL MEASURE for New Line Cinema. MEASURE is a military drama about a idealistic officer in the Pentagon who battles with his superiors hoping that a Medal of Honor can be awarded to a...
In The Last Mimzy, the title character is something that appears to be a toy stuffed animal bunny – but is really something quite different. Just what Mimzy really is, and what the objects found with her do, becomes a matter of increasing fascina...
What They SayFor pure escapism into the wild blue yonder, it doesn\'t get any better than the LAST EXILE Original Soundtrack, which delivers mesmerizing vocals and highly evocative instrumentals that will entrall and please those who love the grand sense ...
What They SayAt the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists with the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a m...
Discover the beginning of the legend of King Arthur when the epic-action adventure The Last Legion rides onto DVD December 18th from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company. As ancient Rome crumbles, the only hope lies with the Roman Emperor...
What They SayClaus and Lavie\'s fathers died attempting to cross the Grand Stream to deliver a message from Anatoray to Disith. Empress Sophia obtains a copy of the original message and discovers it suggested the two empires join forces to defeat the Guil...
Strieber works his usual prose magic in this imaginative follow-up to THE HUNGER. His rich, realistic dialogue plays beautifully against the complex and believable vampire world that he creates.Vampires, in this world, call themselves "Keepers." Once upon...
The Review!It's a good thing that they named this movie "The Last Vampire", otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue what was going on... no wait, I still didn't have a clue what was going on.
I'll get to the technical end of things here. The video in Blood ...
Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino has signed on to star in "The Last Templar," reports Variety. The new NBC mini-series will be based on the bestselling novel from Raymond Khoury. Sorvino will join Victor Garber ("Eli Stone," "Al...
January is a cold, pale month that's made blearier by the post-Christmas blahs. The early days of 2008 have been a little more cheerful, however, because a mysterious movie called Cloverfield has initiated enough speculation and discussion to help us forg...
It looks like Santa is dropping the presents, grabbing the guns and taking on zombies in THE LAST CHRISTMAS, says Hollywood Reporter. The comic book, created by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan, is getting adapted to the big screen in the near fut...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has announced that John Travolta (SWORDFISH, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE) is in negotiations to star in Intermedia Films' JOE'S LAST CHANCE. Andrew Bergman (STRIPTEASE, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS) will direct. Following in the ANALYZE THIS vein, L...
Lionsgate has stepped up to make screen scribe Stuart Gibbs' debut novel, The Last Equation, reports Variety. Production will be overseen for the studio by vice president Jim Miller. Plot Concept: An action-thriller, the contemporary story pivots on gove...
Wes Craven has hired Adam Alleca to write and Dennis Iliadis to direct the remake of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.
The story will center on killers who inadvertently seek refuge with the parents of one of their victims. The remake will aim f...
With direct M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming supernatural thriller The Happening hitting theaters this Friday, the media has a chance to approach him a couple of subjects in his field of vision. One such project is the upcoming adaptation of The Last Airbend...
Well, that may be a bit subjective, but in a sizeable change from most of their recent series that have been done in letterbox format but not anamorphic, the Japanese DVD release of the first volume of Last Exile just came out and it breaks the bad trend ...
While we still don't have one official released trailer for The Incredible Hulk, we've had plenty of coverage for Iron Man. Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios has revealed the latest (and likely last) poster for the upcoming Jon Favreau-directed advent...
I KNOW WHAT YOU QUOTED LAST SUMMER is the massively dumb title of a massively interesting film quiz book. I KNOW, which was complied by the author of the WHAT'S THAT FROM ? movie quote book, sets up two levels to the quiz.First, the book presents series o...
Y: The Last Man by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 01-26-2007)
Premise: After a mysterious plague has wiped out every male mammal with a Y chromosome on the planet save for a twentysomething amateur escape artist and a monkey he was training, Yorick Brown and Ampersand become the two most wanted individuals in ...
October 10th marks the first day of principal photography for the upcoming Edward Zwick period epic starring Tom Cruise, THE LAST SAMURAI. Cruise plays an American military adviser retained by the Emperor of Japan to modernize the country's military.Zwick...
Congrats to Craig Ramirez for winning the Mini-Goddesses #4 prize this afternoon! Up for our last one today is Saber Marionette J to X Vol. #3 from Bandai Entertainment!
Warner Bros. Pictures has optioned French children's book "The Last Giants" by Francois Place.Set in the mid-1800s, the story revolves around a paleontologist who discovers what appears to be an enormous human tooth inscribed with a map. He sets off on a ...
Not that it was unexpected, but the Sci-Fi Channel has sagely renewed Ronald D. Moore's updated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. So, those still reeling from the shocking final moments of the finale can breathe a sigh of relief. With an elegant first part, "Kobol's ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, M. Night Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the live-action big-screen adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.Avatar is set in a world balanced on four nations -- Water, Earth, Fire and Air. In each society, th...
Rogue Pictures has signed a deal to remake Wes Craven's THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.Craven, who wrote and directed the original, will produce the remake with longtime partner Marianne Maddalena and Sean S. Cunningham. The latter produced the original. Crav...
According to Reuters, the last film made by the late Anna Nicole Smith, a sci fi comedy titled Illegal Aliens, will be released onto DVD this May. The film stars Smith as one of three aliens who transform themselves into super-hot babes and arrive to p...
THE LAST SAMURAI is coming together in casting and is set to star shooting in a few months. The latest evidence: Billy Connolly (TIMELINE, MRS. BROWN), Tony Goldwyn (THE 6TH DAY, TARZAN) and Timothy Spall (VANILLA SKY) have all signed to join Tom Cruise i...
"I do have to take lessons in two different things. But I can't say because I would give it all away," says actress Kirsten Dunst of her preparation work for 'Spider-Man 3', which may be her last turn as Mary Jane.
She said she won't be returning to th...
Marvel Enterprises, Inc. just held their 4th Quarter Earnings Conference Call and some interesting items were covered by Marvel Studios' Avi Arad. X-Men 3 is now scheduled for May 22nd, 2006. Arad said that you can expect the new Fantastic Four poster in ...
Natalie Portman, who stars in the upcoming V for Vendetta film, said she is awaiting the reaction of the comic-book commmunity to the film.
Longtime X-Men writer Chris Claremont told The Continuum he had "great fun" filming a cameo for X-Men: The Last...
You may not be too familiar with the name Aaron Stanford, but maybe his alter ego Pyro might ring a bell; that's right, he's the star of the upcoming film, X-Men: The Last Stand. During his press day for his new movie The Hills Have Eyes, The IESB snagged...
20th Century Fox has given official confirmation that the new trailer for X-Men: The Last Stand will appear before V for Vendetta in theaters, and will go up in high-definition on Apple next Monday.
A commercial airing during Tuesday night's episode of 'American Idol' showed clips from 'X-Men: The Last Stand' and indicates the the next trailer will air during Monday night's episode of '24'.
Marvel's third quarter earnings report gives a preview of upcoming movie and TV projects.
Slated for release in 2006 are: 'X-Men 3', 'Iron Man', 'Ghost Rider', 'Luke Cage', 'The Punisher 2' and 'Deathlok'
2007 could see: 'Spider-Man 3', 'Namor', 'Th...
'Freddy vs. Jason' director Ronnie Yu talked to Moviehole.net about his upcoming slate of projects. Next up, says the director, is a feature film version of anime/manga classic 'Blood: The Last Vampire.'
"It's about this highschool girl who carries this ...
What They SayYusuke is a young, orphaned, high-school student who just happened to be late for class one day. Little did he know that his tardiness would consequently put him in the right place at the right time…soaking in the middle of a muddy pudd...
Our adult pile has grown again a bit recently so we\'ve got a look today at the 09/12/2006 release of The Last Kunoichi Vol. #1 from Adult Source Media.
Paul\'s checking in from the UK this morning by closing out one of his series with a last look at the 12/26/2005 release of Last Exile Vol. #7 (of 7) from ADV Films UK.
The Review!The anime that has already become popular when shown at an anime convention in Canada finally makes it's way here. It took about a year, but it's finally on DVD to own. And it is well worth checking out.
Audio: Okay, here's the layout. When yo...
Central Park Media has announced its best deal ever! This tremendous 3-tiered program for the fourth quarter combines 3 winning elements: cool anime titles, great value, and super savings!
The first tier of this program is designed to boost DVD box set ...
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CHATSWORTH, CA (September 11, 2006) " Adult Source Media, the fastest growing distributor of Japanese Adult Anime, has announced the release of the popular Japanese title, The Last Kunoichi. A world of mystery, suspense and sex unfolds in this battle of ...
Congrats to Don Zimmerman this morning who has scored a copy of Dokkoida?! Vol. #2 from us. Today is the last day of the contest and we\'ve got a copy of Tsukihime Vol. #1 up for grabs, so get your entry in and try to end the year with a win!
Check out the new photos from X-Men: The Last Stand, including two two special effects shots and three behind-the-scenes shots of director Brett Ratner with cast members