A grain of salt comes to mind here but I'll pass this along to you Maniacs. A wild new rumor has popped up today saying that LindaHamilton could be coming for flashbacks in the upcoming Terminator Salvation by Warner Bros. and director McG. This one seem...
JAM! SHOWBIZ publishes a Calgary Sun article in which LindaHamilton discusses her current project, Hallmark's SILENT NIGHT, her relationship to ex-husband James Cameron, and what led her to decline participation in TERMINATOR 3.She, uh, didn't care for t...
LindaHamilton, once again, has been talking about the eventual TERMINATOR 3... and why she won't be a part of it.While talking to the UK's Independent newspaper, Hamilton spoke of why she's not doing the project, saying, "I read the script and it didn't ...
In an interview with EW.com, LindaHamilton confirmed once and for all that she will not be coming back to the TERMINATOR series in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES."I retired as a champ," she said. She also told the INDEPENDENT, a London newspaper, "I ...
...h Connor (LindaHamilton) from the cyborg of the title. The Terminator is an emissary for the machines of the future, also sent back in time to assassinate Connor and therefore prevent her from siring the child that will someday lead the resistance mov...
...orton and LindaHamilton) who end up taking a detour to Gatlin, Nebraska where they encounter a town totally run by children turned zealots who have killed off their parents to appease a “corn” God.While befriending two children not affected by the rel...
...and so is LindaHamilton, her character driven to apparent madness by her knowledge of the approaching apocalypse. Robert Patrick, as the T-1000, makes a nice visual contrast to Arnold, and the film wisely keeps their onscreen battles to a minimum. Cam...
John Brancato and Michael Ferris have been tapped by legendary genre producers Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna to rework the script for TERMINATOR 3. The film, which will reunite T2 actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong (though not Linda Hamil...
...arance of LindaHamilton, previously best known for appearances on the Hill Street Blues TV series, who later found fame in the The Terminator films. Like the 5 sequels that have followed, this is at best a lame little horror film. It was based on...
...quired by LindaHamilton for TERMINATOR 2 or Sigourney Weaver in the ALIENS films.In addition, word has it that Gabriel Byrne has been offered the film's male lead role, though formal talks have not yet begun.The film, which was previously developed un...
What an afternoon for wild rumors, both of which will be appearing in tomorrow's rumor column. The LindaHamilton returning to Terminator was out of left field and now, we have a possible return to Lethal Weapon from original screenwriter Shane Black, kno...
...Channing, LindaHamilton, Bruce Dern, Robert Loggia, Jaclyn Smith, Lori Petty, Diane Lane, and Allison Janney to name a few.WHAT GIRLS LEARN was directed by Lee Rose and is based on the book by Karin Cook. Scott Bakula and Tom Spiroff are executiv...
.... I loved LindaHamilton. I thought [she] played an amazing, interesting, kind of empowered female. Terminator 2 was my movie. I just felt [Hamilton’s character] was so intense and powerful. I just responded to that ‘cause I was young ...
...in Alien, LindaHamilton [from Terminator 2] and maybe a little Lara Croft from Tomb Raider thrown in...and some Traci Lords in there somewhere.`WILL JULIE BENZ RISE AGAIN?TV Guide Online has an interview with actress Julie Benz this week, in which the...
...famous by LindaHamilton in the first two "Terminator" films. Josh Friedman will write and David Nutter is set to direct the pilot.Headey's credits include the features The Brothers Grimm, The Cave and Ripley's Game. She next stars in Warner ...
...h Connor (LindaHamilton) enjoying the bright sunny day. This scene, thankfully, has little purpose now with the TV show and multiple sequels slated to occur. I am a huge fan of Michael Biehn returning in the dream sequence as Kyle Reese. There is a sh...
Ron Perlman isn't certain who the beauty is in his latest beastly love story. For three seasons, Perlman romanced LindaHamilton and TV audiences as the hairy subterranean hero of Beauty And The Beast. On Friday, he comes from the very core of hell to try...
...tion from LindaHamilton.
Apparently the bloody wall – which is an extremely ugly crutch for the writers of the series – reveals to the Connor’s, Dekker, and Cameron the name of a psychiatrist that is important to the creati...
When Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered many of us thought, why? Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was absent LindaHamilton (the original Sarah Connor) and was really just a rehash of what had already been done in Terminator 2: Judgment D...
...h Connor (LindaHamilton) learns that she will become the mother of a great future military leader, John Connor (Edward Furlong), and must carry the burden of both preparing the child for the coming battle between the humans and the machines and occasi...
...f keeping LindaHamilton out of the picture), he has to come to grips with who he is and what he needs to do to survive and keep humanity alive. Stahl succeeds the most when he acts with his eyes. It's in these moments that Cameron's backstory truly pa...
...eaver vs. LindaHamilton in tonight's CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH on MTV at 10 p.m.Starz! has got the truly awful END OF DAYS at 10 p.m. It almost meant End of Career for Arnold Schwarzenegger.SATURDAY, MARCH 2Buffy is horrified when her mom starts dating Joh...
...man named LindaHamilton has arrived and she\'s been messing around behind the scenes in her quest to oversex the campus. She\'s reached her final goal, as seems to be with everyone, of getting her hands on Takuro after she\'s able to easily dispose of...
...fe Vicky (LindaHamilton, months before finding fame in THE TERMINATOR) are driving across the American Heartland, when they run into an obstacle – literally – their car smacking into a child stumbling onto the road. Though understandably upset, Burt i...
...rminator (LindaHamilton)
Most one-night stands result in a nasty hangover, regret and occasionally (if you’re lucky) a suspicious rash. But for young waitress Sarah Conner, her reckless night of passion with a time traveling stranger re...
LindaHamilton (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY) and Michael Rooker (THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK) have joined the cast of FX's THIEF pilot. The show is about a career thief (played by Andre Braugher) and his crew who are preparing for their next theft. With Ame...
...cular why LindaHamilton's character would not be returning, the actor revealed that audiences would indeed see Sarah Conner in the form of flashback footage from the previous two films."She is [in the movie], but she is coming back as the past experie...
...h Connor (LindaHamilton) and father the world's future savior. The film picks up with their son (Bale), now in his 30s, fighting desperately to save a decimated civilization against machines that have taken control.Terminator will hit theaters May 22...
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LindaHamilton is Returning for Terminator Salvation Trilogy?
Rumor: Another wild rumor popped up stating that LindaHamilton has agreed to a deal with Warner Bros. and the producers of the upcoming Terminator Salvation trilogy, reliving her...
...nes. LindaHamilton created these scenes and broke the mold so Lena had big shoes to fill with these scenes and while she wasn’t as intense she did bring a more melancholy sort of presence to them that made the scenes hers rather than an att...
...LBOY) and LindaHamilton as they posed together. What a great love story that was. Also seen of the red carpet were stars: Selma Blair (Liz Sherman); Jeffrey Tambor (Dr. Tom Manning); Rupert Evans (John Myers); Doug Jones (Abraham 'Abe' Sapien); direct...
...d actress LindaHamilton (now a feminist icon), and some new special effects tricks. The time travel plot isn't strictly logical, but it made possible a great adventure that raised the bar for big budget modern action epics. Lasting Impact of Summer Mo...
...e actress LindaHamilton that you never question who it's supposed to be, without actually duplicating the actress' likeness (and hence requiring royalty payments to hervery tricky, those McFarlane chaps). Sarah comes in three variations: long hair, ca...
... attorney LindaHamilton maintains an odd relationship with noble subterranean man-beast Ron Perlman through 22 adventures in this hit 1987 TV series. (O) BICYCLE THIEVES (Criterion) Vittorio De Sica’s legendary 1948 classic...
...f, say, a LindaHamilton or a Sigourney Weaver. There’s no presence when she’s trying to be threatening. It’s like a pissed-off kitten threatening a Bengal tiger. When she demands that the diamond thieves leave her jungle, Nolan gives it as much of a t...
...Biehn and LindaHamilton are engaging leads. The film is almost a textbook model of how to create something great while working in a genre formula with a limited budget. The story is well conceived; the action never drowns out the characterization, and...
... Hammill, LindaHamilton, Ricardo Montoban and French Stewart. `This is such a great core cast,` says Warburton. `Wayne is comically evil as Zurg, and all of the rangers are particularly hilarious in their own right. Nicole is amazing as a comic foil i...
[NOTE: Last week, we began our coverage of Laurell K. Hamilton with an account of her personal appearance at a book signing for her latest novel A KISS OF SHADOWS. This week, we resume with a one-on-one interview.]After the huge line for autographs winds ...
It is a sunny Sunday afternoon behind the Orange curtain as I watch a young girl ascend the escalator at Barnes & Noble. She wears a crushed velour dress and velveteen cat ears. I know she is headed right for us, for a were-kitty must be a Laurell K. Hami...
PHENOMENA has arrived.Mania Entertainment, the parent company which owns CINESCAPE magazine, has just launched a brand new sister magazine and website devoted to the exploration of the unexplained. PHENOMENA magazine presents all the news from the strange...
Keith Hamilton Cobb, who plays genetically enhanced Nietzschean warrior Tyr Anasazi on Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda, has no problem relating to the `elegant, articulate tower of attitude` that is his character. `I`m like Tyr in every respect,` observes Co...
There`s one in every crowd...As Linda Blair sets herself in front of this crowd of semi-friendly reporters, one member of the press kicks the entire interview session off with an obviously smart-mouthed query regarding pea soup. He barely gets the two wor...
This bit of filming news for all of our Mania readers in or around Hamilton, Ontario. According to Superhero Hype, the production of THE INCREDIBLE HULK is about to invade your city with some major fight sequences in the first week of October. Here's the ...
According to TV Guide, Linda Blair (Original Exorcist) and Amber Benson (Buffy) have signed on to appear in various episodes of the CW's SUPERNATURAL.Blair will show up during November sweeps to bust stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, who play demon...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Matsuura TokihikoTranslated by:Kenichiro YagiAdapted by:What They SayGinji Kusanagi "dies" but in order to stay close to Minako, his one true love, he comes back to life reincarnated as an Adelie penguin. If that's true, then ...
For awhile, Premonition seems a little convoluted but potentially good – we’re hoping it will take its intriguing plot elements and zig in the right direction. Instead, it zags into a plot we’ve seen so many times before that only th...
American fans of Brit SF guru Neal Asher have long since dealt with delays between the UK and US release dates of his work. Being published through two different companies, Tor UK/Macmillan in Britain and Tor US in the states, has resulted in Polity novel...
The Prize Closet is open again! We have 3 copies of the new deluxe edition of John Waters' CRY-BABY to give away, courtesy of the good folks at Universal. If you want one, just send your USPS mailing address to DVDShoppingList@Cinescape.com with the...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
I have to admit, I've long avoided this title for a number of reasons. One: I read enough of Peter David's writing as it is. A little can go a long way, sometimes. Two: this title seemed steeped in the pseudo-Christian mythology that pervades most of DC's...
The J-Pop Center In Heart Of Japan Town To Offer Latest Live Action And Anime Films
San Francisco, CA, November 27, 2007 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it ...
Part One of our report on William Friedkin’s appearance at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors covered his opening comments, in which he explained how he came to direct The Exorcist and why he finally decided to re-edit the film for re-release this September ...
It may have seemed like a no-brainer - a popular teen idol with the same name playing a character called Fred opposite his real-life girlfriend in the new summer release, SCOOBY DOO. But Freddie Prinze Jr. needed just a little convincing first from the ri...
Genre:Crime.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Josh Hartnett (Sleven); Lucy Liu (Linda); Ben Kingsley ("The Rabbi"); Bruce Willis; Morgan Freeman.Who's Making It:Paul McGuigan (Director); Jason Smilovic (Sc...
Fueled partly by pre-release controversy, but mostly by the presence of marquee value stars, DOGMA became writer-director Kevin Smith's most successful film, earning $30-million at the box officesmall by big studio standards, but not bad for a film that c...
Tickets Now on Sale to DEATH NOTE Sequel in Nearly 400 Select Theatres Nationwide
Centennial, Colo. (Sept. 8, 2008) – What will be the last name written in the Death Note? The drama and suspense surrounding that very question is ...
VIZ PICTURES ANNOUNCES CANADIAN THEATRICAL DEBUT OF LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM — DEATH NOTE
Company Also Announces Special DEATH NOTE Advance Ticket Bundle That Includes A Ticket To Screening And DVD Of The Film
San Francisc...
THE DEAD ZONE returns to USA sans Jeff Buckley's evocative "New Year's Prayer" under the opening titles. While Blues Saraceno's new composition certainly captures the show's sensibility, it's a bit peculiar to make such a drastic stylistic change so late...
Twenty-seven years after its initial release, with a re-release just around the corner, it is difficult to convey just what a significant milestone THE EXORCIST is in the history of Horror Cinema. Today, it is commonplace for top directors to work with ge...
A Kiss of Shadows is the first book in a new series by Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the wildly popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. That series has come to a head and, as far as I can tell, there ain`t much more to say, but well…that`s the subject...
Romantic High School Comedy Inspired By Award Winning Shojo Manga
San Francisco, CA, February 1, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced the DVD release of the romant...
Film About A Married Couple’s Unconventional Relationship Based On Popular Manga Comic
San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has anno...
The 'Witchblade' feature film is on the fast track with cameras set to start rolling this September in Australia.
Platinum Studios, Top Cow Prods. and Arclight Films are teaming up to launch the film franchise.
Plans are to shoot the film on location in...
DVD Release And Special Poster Promotion Highlight Sequel To Hit Film NANA Based On Popular Shojo Manga Series
San Francisco, CA, JULY 22, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, h...
Hilarious Look Into Japanese Culture And The Geisha World To Screen In Los Angeles, New York And Seattle
San Francisco, CA, April 21, 2008 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announce...
New York, Seattle And Los Angeles Set To Run Visually Inventive Comedy From Director Katushito Ishii
San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has a...
DEATH NOTE AND DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series That Have Taken Japan And North America By Storm
San Francisco, CA, September 18, 2007 VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film ...
HONEY AND CLOVER, LOVE*COM THE MOVIE, NANA And NANA 2 To Be Released Domestically
San Francisco, CA, November 1, 2007 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has licensed the live action...
What They SayComputer engineer Otaku is an average young man, dressed in unstylish clothes and dorky glasses. But as luck would have it, he encounters a pretty young woman on a commuter train and saves her from a lecherous molester, falling in love with h...
Humorous And Insightful Film Explores The Nature Of Friendship, Competition and Table Tennis
San Francisco, CA, March 21, 2007 " VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC, the leading U.S. publisher of Japanese animation and comics that focuses on J...
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...
THE EXORCIST was--and remains--a galvanic theatrical experience, one in which each individual`s reaction to the film is enhanced by the kind of group psychology that takes over in crowded rooms, by the communal sense of shared experience, by the chorus of...
What They SayRina is a SWAT officer who is faced with a series of bizarre murders. The victims have chunks of their flesh bitten off, and are often found eviscerated or slashed with claws. Then a new string of crimes begin, the murders are similar but the...
Despite the notorious reputation of THE EXORCIST in novel form and the eventual blockbuster success of the film, director William Friedkin points out that the project was never considered a sure-fire success, which may explain the uncertainty of Warner Br...
Smallville is back for its Spring run and I really really want it to get back to what made season one and two so good. But, alas, it ain’t happening with this episode. I had a bad feeling about the episode when I heard Tori Spelling w...
Company Also Launches Special Giveaway Promotion To Coincide With Release Of Hilarious New Film About Japanese Culture And The Mysterious Geisha World
San Francisco, CA, June 20, 2008 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanes...
For anyone doubting the impact Christopher Reeve had on audiences in his interpretation of Superman, they need look no farther than the world's reaction to his tragic horse-riding accident four years ago. The love and support demonstrated spoke volumes an...
In 2000, the Dabel Brothers were doing independent comic books that flew under just about everyone's radar. A short time later they were working with Image and then, when Devil's Due left that publisher, they brought the Dabel Brothers with them...
Peter David's SUPERGIRL has been for some time one of the great undiscovered pleasures of the superhero genre. With solid scripting, superb character development, excellent art and a healthy helping of humor, the series has been one of the most consistent...
Recently we gave everyone a heads-up on a problem sure to plague anyone who wishes to learn more about a certain webhead this summer - namely, the many versions of this guy that are currently web-swinging their way across the many Marvel Universes availab...
Red And Blue DVD Editions Offer Comprehensive Music Video Retrospective With Multi-talented J-Pop Star Popular With Anime Fans
San Francisco, CA, October 8, 2007 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action...
Manga-Inspired Film Offers Realistic Portrayal Of Two Modern Women Searching For Love, Careers and A Sense of Purpose
San Francisco, CA, April 7, 2008 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, ...
Story of Two Women Searching For Love And Meaning Amidst the Hustle and Bustle of Tokyo A Box Office Hit In Japan
San Francisco, CA, February 26, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribu...
New interview, Anime & Gamers' Guide, contests & reviews in Episode 36
GRIMES, IA, March 16, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome actor, music producer and composer Vic Mignogna " the...
Roundtable discussion, Anime & Gamers' Guide, & more in Episode 37
GRIMES, IA, March 30, 2007 -- Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International takes an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the recent Tokyo International Ani...
Tony Thomopoulos and George Hamilton have hired David Steinberg to rewrite "Love at Second Bite," the sequel & update to "Love at First Bite," which was released in '78.George Hamilton and Morning Light Productions' Tony Thomopoulos will produce the film....
As if there isn’t a book-load of backstory already on The Hobbit’s road to film translation, John D. Rateliff is bringing the history back to its roots with an intimate, three-volume look at one of the most famous bedtime stories of all time.
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Plus, healthcare while traveling in Japan, reviews & more in the 35th episode!
GRIMES, IA, March 2, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome actor Rich McNanna " the voice of "Hiroyuki" in ...
Warner Bros. has confirmed that the forthcoming sequel to SCOOBY-DOO will be released in theaters on March 26, 2004. Filming gets underway in Vancouver on April 14.One telling aspect of the Warner Bros. press release is that the studio didn't officially ...
As a lover of movies, I dearly love the DVD format. However, now that they’ve been around a while and the format has become established, the honeymoon is over. I still dearly love DVD, but there are some things I dearly hate about them, and from time to t...
According to the Sci-Fi Talk website (and picked up by Sci-Fi Wire), Keith Hamilton Cobb will depart GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA after the show's present third season wraps. Cobb plays the ship's tactical officer, a Nietzscheian named Tyr Anasazi."I kno...
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, for programs and individual achievements, at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, September 13. Highlights of the pr...
On March 17th at the Pacific's Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood, Calif., Newmarket Films and FLAUNT MAGAZINE presented the Los Angeles premiere of SPUN. The film is based on three rather bizarre days in the life of former junky Will de Los Santos, who w...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONBig news for film music fans is the first ever, legitimate release of the oft-requested soundtrack to PREDATOR (VCL 0803 1022), John McTiernan's 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Rambo-Meets-Alien monster thriller. The music never ...
The legion of labels that specialize in presenting public domain titles present a conundrum. On the one hand, they keep a lot of worthy films readily available to viewers that might otherwise be forgotten (witness the history of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE), an...
We interrupt our usual festival of grumpiness that’s been opening this column of late for a reminder that we don’t forget the joy a good movie can bring, especially when things are tough. Here’s a link to Movies For Free, www.moviesforfree.org/, a group t...
Paramount Pictures' STAR TREK: NEMESIS may have opened in theaters this past Friday, but the world premiere was held December 9th at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. and CINESCAPE was there to catch THE NEXT GENERATION era cast as they beame...
DC Comics continues to push its new Vertigo series FABLES, announcing a free 50 percent overship of FABLES #6 to retailers and a new trade paperback. FABLES #6, scheduled for release on Oct. 9, is the beginning of the new five-part story arc "Animal ...
This Week’s RecommendationSMarco Beltrami’s latest soundtrack, THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS (Milan 731383599422), is a totally strange change of pace for a composer seemingly specializing in modern horror scores (the SCREAM films, MIMIC, THE FACULTY,...
Does anybody else feel that Satanism is overkill? Look, you’ve got this perfectly good atheism in which you don’t have to do anything but not believe in God, so why bother with the backbreaking labor involved in “worshiping the lord Lucifer”? Worse with S...
THE THIRD MAN by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 10-03-2002)
I don’t know about you but if I paid for my buddy to come to Europe and because of some unforeseen circumstance had to fake my own death before I could meet him, I’d be pretty pissed off if he started hitting on my girlfriend before my fake grave had even...
Even the surprises in HALF PAST DEAD aren't all that surprising the movie's beats feel as rhythmic as those in the rap and hip-hop tracks coursing over the soundtrack but if you're up for it, the movie is still fun in its talk-shoot-kaboom, talk-shoot-k...
Welcome to our second weekly shopping trip to DVD land! It’s our hope that by printing out this handy checklist of new genre DVD titles that your DVD shopping activities will be even more exciting. Not that we didn’t realize that DVD shopping is already m...
Although there is much that misfires in the new film SCOOBY-DOO, there's just enough potential visible for us to understand what the filmmakers were going for and why they imagined it all just might work. In fact, some aspects do work, although there aren...
We got great response to my offhand musing in last week’s column about how folks use the DVD function of their gaming systems. Most readers that responded claim that they consider playing movies on their PS2, X-Box, or whatever, a terrific bonus. Some eve...
A few weeks back I was getting all mushy about drive-ins, but for those of you who can’t get to one, there’s often an urban alternative. Many cities and universities sponsor outdoor summer movie programs in parks and other outdoor venues. You might have t...
Every year William Shatner host the Annual Hollywood Charity Show to raise money for special-needs children across the City of Los Angeles through three charities: Ahead With Horse, Tilden's Children and Camp Max Straus Foundation. The event includes a si...
Today Touchstone Pictures' THE LADYKILLERS opens nationwide. The studio recently held the world premiere of the film at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. This is the first time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks has teamed up with Academy Award filmma...
Cartoon Network has announced a Saturday, July 31 premiere of JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED, the new spinoff series from JUSTICE LEAGUE. The 30-minute show will debut at 8:30 PM that day on the channel.JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED picks up a short time after the e...
EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING went through an unusually tortured path to get to the screen lots of movies go through development hell, but the process doesn't usually include an entire unreleased, completed feature before the "final" version gets made. Apparen...
Here in Chicago, the Psychotronic Film Society [www.psychotronic.info] found a new venue for having shows which features big, state-o’-de-art widescreen monitors. This reawakened my interest in upgrading my own old video system. And so, I’d like to renew ...
I come not to praise TRU CALLING but to bury it.In case you hadn't heard, former Slayer Eliza Dushku's GROUNDHOG DAY/RUN LOLA RUN hybrid went down for the big dirt nap a while back. I can't imagine that even the cast and crew were terribly surprised: the ...
The director of LEGALLY BLONDE and WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! is in talks to bring the long-running primetime soap DALLAS to the silver screen. Robert Luketic is talking with Regency Enterprises and the show's producers, Michael Costigan and DALLAS cre...
You have to hand it to the makers of SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED they are nothing if not faithful to their movie's Saturday morning origins. Okay, maybe the characters are all a hair more self-reflective, the monsters are a tad more monstrous and th...
SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED opens domestically on Friday, March 26th, but on Saturday March 20th Warner Bros. Pictures held the World Premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The premiere was a charity event benefiting the United Frien...
Greetings Cinescapers! Since the WB's latest pulp to prime time hero TARZAN was listed in critical condition I have received a barrage of e-mails asking me to help save the show. If you are a fan of the show and would like to see what you can do to help h...
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...
It was tough to be a video store customer or late night cable TV viewer during a certain period without often coming across the work of Andy Sidaris. At first glance, one might take his films as indistinguishable from any other direct-to-video exploitatio...
Two more have joined the cast of BE COOL, the sequel to GET SHORTY, scheduled to begin filming early next month. Cedric the Entertainer will play record producer Sin Russell, a manager for a rap group that butts head with Chili Palmer (John Travolta). Chr...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! This week I'm proud to point out that William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy will be working together again on a project that will milk these two to the full extent of their abilities. Yes, you guessed rig...
When Linda Cardellini stepped into the role of the bookworm Velma for the new SCOOBY DOO feature film, she not only had to embody a cartoon character beloved by several generations of fans, but became a fourth wheel among three very close friends - Sarah ...
The urban youth flick YOU GOT SERVED hip-hopped its way to the top of the box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $16 million in its first week of release. The Screen Gems movie stars Marques Houston and Omari Grandberry as a pair of pals who are ...
Josh Duhamel (star of the upcoming WIN A DREAM DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!) has been cast in the leading role for ANTARCTICA, a new project set up at Disney. Duhamel will play one of two researchers who were crossing the frozen continent when an unexpected co...
The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony was held Monday, October 20th at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Awards were chosen by voting online at the Yahoo Movies and Entertainment Tonight websites. And the winners are:The Hollywood Actor of the Year...
Beast Master by Stephanie Crawford (Mon 10-15-2001)
Imagine a world where vampires, lycanthropes, fey, and other assorted monsters are legally recognized and grudgingly accepted by the general populace. Welcome! You've just stepped into the world of horror novel heroine and vampire hunter extraordinaire An...
What can you say? This is the kind of film that you love as a child; then, much to your delight, you find that it still amazes and entertains you even when you`re older, and not just out of any sense of childhood nostalgia. The songs are great; the techni...
`THE EXORCIST 2000,` says the promo on the official Warner Bros. site, `The Version You`ve Never Seen.` What is this unseen version? A remake, a special edition, or a director`s cut? None of the above, really. If we had to coin a term, `producer`s cut,` w...
Finally, someone who understands! Trek X screenwriter John Logan told startrek.com this week that he`s a lifelong fan who went trick-or-treating in his youth dressed as Captain Kirk. `I`m a rabid fan...I`m not just doing this for the money, believe me,` e...
With Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith reportedly looking for $20 million each to do MEN IN BLACK 2, this new series of novels by sci-fi author Dean Wesley Smith (STAR TREK, SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN, ALIENS, PREDATOR, SHADOW WARRIOR, etc) might be as close as we ge...
In a dimly lit distillery turned seedy Canadian redneck trucker bar, something`s about to go down. An enraged and hulking patron with a sharp knife suddenly lunges at a stranger sporting a distinctive pointy hairstyle, a leather jacket, and lumberjack shi...
What an excellent day for an extended exorcism! Come September 22nd over 800 theatres across America will exhibit the definitive edition of the 1973 classic THE EXORCIST that contains 13 minutes of restored footage!When the movie initially opened on Decem...
If one was to philosophically understand what Paul Verhoeven is trying to accomplish with the much anticipated Hollow Man, perhaps you could sum it up as, `The art of invisibility without being invisible.` Hollywood is again revisiting the past by re-inve...
Summer is traditionally a time for people to spend outdoors, engaged in fun recreational activities such as tsunami sweating, swatting mosquitoes, coping with severe sunburn and braving long lines at theaters showing highly hyped summer blockbusters. For...
[In Part One of our retrospective interview, Peter Hunt discussed his tenure as an editor on the first three James Bond films: DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, and GOLDFINGER. In Part Two, Hunt discusses the three remaining films on which he worked: THUNDER...
Since the success of THE TERMINATOR, which featured LindaHamilton’s transformation from incompetent waitress to self-sufficient warrior, the tough-girl bad-ass chick has become as much a science fiction cliché as the cowering scream queen that she replac...
Darclight, the L.A.-based genre division of Arclight Films, has added the thriller "Brodie's Law" to its slate.
The announcement was made Friday by Darclight's Gary Hamilton.
Pic will be directed and produced by Renny Harlin from a script by Kirsten...
More and more horror "B-movies" are receiving deluxe treatment on DVD, but for every cult classic being reborn on disc there are dozens of less worthy titles sitting in the vaults. Some are worth seeing, but just not as sought after, or else pristine elem...
The Living Dead is a brand new zombie anthology that features stories from some of the true heavyweights of horror including: Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Norman Partidge, Poppy Z. Brite, Clive Barker, Laurell K. Hamilton, Dan Simmo...
Thespian Adrien Brody is getting the nod for an upcoming cross country action ride as The Courier, reports Variety. Arclight Films have attached the King Kong star in the action film written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted). Meanwhi...
Thespian Crispin Glover not too recently helped spoof Tim Burton's Charlie in the Chocolate Factory by playing Willy in Epic Movie. The trades now report that the Back to the Future actor will be joining a Tim Burton production as the director is set to b...
Halloween is fast approaching and this is the time of the year for all of us horror fans to watch the various marathons of decent horror classics that we know and love. Same goes for breaking out those horror DVDs that we have been saving all year long fo...
After twenty-eight years, William Peter Blatty is finally happy with the film version of The Exorcist that he scripted and produced. Ever since the initial release, the author has expressed his disappointment with William Friedkin`s final cut, even going ...
The closer it gets to Halloween, the hotter it gets here in SoCal. Is it the famed Santa Ana winds, or something else entirely? Clever segue here to our first title: The 13th Element, by science writer John Emsley, which seems an appropriate title for thi...
Wo Nellie, this is certainly a fine pair from the good ol’ boys at Something Weird. Yes’n you can have yo’ high falutin big city movies with them fancy sets and bone thin lady stars, for I got’s me two of the finest, I say the finest, movies ever done mad...
After weeks of rumors, a number of actors were officially announced to have signed on board the coming new STAR TREK TV series, ENTERPRISE. Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery, Dominic Keating, Connor Trinnear and Linda Park...
Tonight's ENTERPRISE is a "special episode" which acts as, in effect, a sequel to the two-hour series premiere. The good news is that it's got a pretty cool plotwhich is likely to encourage some of the hardcore TREK fans who've been complaining of weak st...
DreamWorks has decided to bring the massive novel franchise, the MATT HELM spy novels, back to the big screen for the first time since the 1960s.THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER story reveals Robert Luketic (LEGALLY BLOND) has been hired to direct the first movie, ...
EVIL DEAD fans should start packing their bags and preparing an impromptu trip to Royal Oak Michigan to attend the premiere of a restored print of the horror classic at the Landmark Main Art Theatre on February 22, 2002. The event ties in with Anchor Bay ...
The windy city of Chicago will play host to several genre oriented film festivals in June, starting with the, appropriately named Chicago Fantastic Film Festival. The fest runs Saturday and Sunday, June, 1st and 2nd at the city's historic Gateway Theatre....
One of the greatest pleasures in watching movies is when you uncover some minor gem that has gone largely unnoticed by the press and public alike. I had that pleasure in watching RETROACTIVE. Directed by Louis (CARNOSAUR 2, BATS) Morneau – a veteran ...
“Hey, you got your cop drama in my softcore!” “Hey, you got your softcore in my cop drama!”“Hey, why’s Tom been in the bathroom for four hours?”All the above are statements and questions that might arise when watching Harry H. Novak’s dubious classic A SC...
If professional STAR WARS booster Steve Sansweet were writing this, chances are he'd be saying, "STAR TREK is back...and in a big way." In this case, however, it wouldn't just be hyperbole; it'd be an accurate assessment of "Broken Bow's" potential to re-...
The UPN network has released the first official promotional cast shots from their upcoming ENTERPRISE. The shots show Scott Bakula, Anthony Montgomery, Dominic Keating, Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, John Billingsley, Connor Trinneer in their program uniform...
G.K. Chesterton (author of the Father Brown mysteries) once said that there can be no satire without reverence. Although the two might seem to be mutually exclusive, Chesterton maintained that it was impossible to satirize something unless it was revered;...
`Space...the final frontier, these are the voyages of the Starship Andromeda Ascendant, its two-year mission: to streak across the universe, rebuild the Commonwealth, to seek out new allies and new civilizations. To boldly go where Star Trek has never gon...
The bronze-colored starship bridge set is in pitch black. Jagged beams of yellow light from outside sources, piercing from ceiling corners and wall slits help illuminate numerous consoles and the `Slipstream chair` sitting in the center of the room. The ...
Universal's Golden Age Of Horror will soon be coming our way when Universal Studios unleashes a host of DVD double-features sure to whet the cinematic appetite of any classic-era horror movie fan. Not wanting to miss out on the interest generated by their...
When Tim Burton first announced that his version of PLANET OF THE APES would be a "re-imagining" and not a remake of the 1968 classic, many fans were outraged. I imagine now that we've seen the results of that "re-imagining," they're even more upset the ...
While Fox's PLANET OF THE APES DVD box set is a great collection and a must-have for true fans, one noticeable element of the set is lacking: extra features. Aside from little more than trailers, the only real extra in the box set is a sixth disc which fe...
VIDEO NEWS· THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE: SPECIAL EDITION is a good example of the little known or rarely seen title that the DVD explosion is bringing to the surface. On 9/19, Image Entertainment will release this e...
In the new CINESCAPE magazine, SCOOBY DOO screenwriter James Gunn talked about the pressure (just listen) he had to slave under while trying to translate the 1970s and 1980s Saturday morning cartoon icon to a live action/CGI adventure. "Scooby-Doo is the...
According to The
Hollywood Reporter Sony has rung up $35million in promotional deals for the
upcoming Men In Black II. Burger King and Mercedes-Benz are the
biggest sponsors of the film. BK is set to cough up $15 million in promo dollars
while Merce...
YahooTV has posted 3 Preview Clips from tonight's all new Smallville episode "Progeny". This second clip features Lex threatening Chloe's mother, guest star Linda Carter...
Click here to view a new Preview Promotional Clip aired last night for Smallville's upcoming episodes Progeny, Nemesis, and Prototype. Smallville returns on April 19th with "Progeny" guest staring Linda Carter.
"'Man-Thing' is a far bigger blow than anything Linda Lovelace could've bought to the table. If the comic-book stables previous cinematic efforts were a Chocolate-adorned caramel filled Cornetto ice cream, then this is the unappetizing defrosted home-bran...
Thomas Tull, founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures (the company jointly responsible for producing the films 'Batman Begins', 'Superman Returns' and '300'), spoke to Hamilton students on April 17.
Tull showed clips from 'The Dark Knight' and als...
From a press release
IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's highly anticipated and technologically unprecedented summer movie, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and dir...
In March of 2007 Casino Royale wasreleased on Blu-ray. It was the only James Bond film, out of the 20 that preceded it, to be released on the new format. This was not surprising to me. Having been raised on Bond and working at various video stores...
Having known that Helena Bonham Carter usually shows up in a Tim Burton film and being somewhat excited about Depp being cast as the Mad Hatter last week, fans immediately began speculating whether Carter would show up as the Red Queen in Tim Burton's upc...
British thespian Michael Sheen (Tony Blair in The Queen, Lucian in the Underworld films) has two new high profile projects coming to his resume in the near future. Variety reports the actor has been cast in Samuel L. Jackson's upcoming thriller Unthinkabl...
Want to play dress-up as the Adam West-era Batman? You can, if you have a spare 10-15 grand. Pics of the West Batsuit and Burt Ward Robin outfit are online, as well as their amazing pricetag. Also, get a peek into the costuming world with a photo of origi...
Although Bloody-Disgusting.com broke this news over a month ago, Variety now confirms that 'Battlestar Galactica' helmer Michael Rymer is set to direct and co-produce the 'Witchblade' movie.
'Witchblade' is, of course, based on Top Cow's flagship...
Hit TV Series Delivers Intense Swordfights in Video Game Debut in North America
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (July 6, 2007) " SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that Bleachâ„¢: Shattered Blade will be available on the Wiiâ„...
HOUSTON, Deccember 13—ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime in North America, is pleased to announce five exciting titles set to hit the streets on January 17, beginning with the tenth and final volume of Gantz! Other Jan 17 relea...
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...
Limited Edition Design Will Only Be Available Via VIZ Media Online Store at Store.viz.com
San Francisco, CA, October 9, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animatio...
It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition of the Weekly Book Buzz will be my last as columnist. Due to a decrease in free time and one of those unfortunate things called a regular job I can no long...