Actor Terrence Dashon Howard has been cast to star opposite rapper turned actor 50 Cent in the upcoming action-adventure film LOCKEDANDLOADED. The story centers on a drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music. Jim Sheridan is...
The latest issue of Wizard Magazine had a quote from Marvel movie exec Kevin Feige, who said, "David Self has just turned in an amazing polish of the script, and we are moving forward."
Jim Sheridan, the director of IN AMERICA, has committed to helm LOCKEDANDLOADED for Paramount Pictures and MTV Films. The movie will star rapper 50 Cent as an orphaned youth that becomes a street criminal, then later has a change of heart and turns his ...
Critical whipping boy Uwe Boll recently gave us yet another reason to dislike him: He's a bully. He recently made good his offer to let his critics get in the boxing ring with him. Boll selected four young men who have been extremely critical of his work ...
What They SaySekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu, a Japanese romance novel by Katayama Kyoichi, sold over 3 million copies in Japan alone, is now adapted into one of the biggest hits of the summer box office in Japan! The film Crying Out Love, In The Centre...
...e\'s army lockedandloaded!
Episode 5: Goku vs. Ledgic
While hiding from the authorities, Goku, Pan, and Trunks become moved by the injustices that the Imeckians suffer under the oppressive Don Kee. They decide to confront The Don, and head straigh...
MTV News is hosting the exclusive download for the first trailer for SCOOBY-DOO 2. The music channel's website has the trailer lockedandloaded for three different download speeds, fast, medium and slow (upgrade already, willya?)Here's the link to MTV Ne...
...ack–lockedandloadedand ready to win the fight against the marauding forces of ruthless space pirate Gammis Turek. For Ky, it’s not just about liberating the star systems subjugated by Turek and defending the rest of the galaxy’s fr...
...e trailer lockedandloaded for three different download speeds, fast, medium and slow (upgrade already, willya?)Here's the link to MTV News you need, and you'll find the direct links to the SCOOBY trailer down near the bottom of their article. [MTV.]F...
...ot; comes lockedandloaded with numerous bonus features including deleted scenes, featurettes, actor and director commentaries, visual effect breakdowns, alternate endings, side-by-side comparisons and much, much more.All of the BD titles announced to...
Maya Rudolph (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE) and Dax Shepard (PUNK'D) are in talks to join the cast of 3001, the new 20th Century Fox comedy by director Mike Judge (OFFICE SPACE). Luke Wilson is already lockedandloaded to play the film's main character, a fellow ...
Ralph Winter, producer of the Fantastic Four movie, told The Continuum that the film is lockedand ready for its New York premiere and release in theaters next week. "(The) film is all done and I feel terrific about the final result," Winter told The Comi...
Robert Sanchez and Co. over at IESB report that an inside source over at WB claims the full cast of the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA have been locked. The source goes on to say that they will be announced sometime this week. This is contrary ...
Managing to better itself with every volume released, PRINCESS NINE enters its fifth DVD inning with PRINCESS NINE: BASES LOADED. A great saga of adolescents against the odds, this sports related title packs more punch per episode than most adventure anim...
What They SayThe magic touch of master animator Hayao Miyazaki is visible from start to finish in CASTLE IN THE SKY -- an imaginative tale full of mystery and adventure. The high-flying journey begins when Pazu, a mining apprentice, finds a young girl wea...
Sam Raimi has been promoting the DVD release of his Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge this past week, so of course while talking with him Now Playing snuck in a few Spider-Man questions as soon as the webslinging director let his guard down. And while Raim...
Plot:18 eligible bachelors fight for the love of a leather-wrapped ball. It's highstakes drama at its best here folks. Check back next week to see if Mary accepts Timmy's marriage proposal, or if she leaves him for Tom the garbage truck driver.Platform:PS...
The film will likely be centered more on Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) story and Jean Grey's (Famke Janssen) transformation, while Storm (Halle Berry) may be completely absent or only appear in a cameo performance.
As we passed along here, we're now sending along some cool programming notes on geek minded channels such as National Geographic and the events they have on the near horizon. Just two weeks after the channel aired a special space-minded event night of ser...
The official website for Midway's upcoming baseball game MLB SLUGFEST: LOADED has gone live. Officially licensed by the MLB and MLB Players Association, MLB SLUGFEST: LOADED is the company's latest version of the ultimate baseball experience for console g...
Coming off of her hit film THE GRUDGE, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER star Sarah Michelle Gellar is keeping her career rooted in the supernatural. She's now attached to star in REVOLVER, a new horror film in development at Rogue Pictures.Gellar would play a dri...
A new photo of Hellboy holding his new gun, dubbed "big baby" at the official website, has appeared online for HELLBOY II:THE GOLDEN ARMY. Ryan Rotten provided us all with the first look of this gun set to premiere in the sequel next summer from...
'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau was on hand for a press conference for 'Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show' and answered a few questions about his movie and the planned 'Avengers' movie.
The director said that 'Iron Man' is "locked", although...
While the announcement of a remake of Mark Rosman's 1983 cult hit The House on Sorority Row piqued some horror fans' interests last year, any excitement quickly died down after it was revealed that Senator Entertainment was going the same route as the rec...
Cage confirmed he just signed to star in 'Ghost Rider' and says he plans to star in the American remake of 'Old Boy' the Korean award-winning movie based on a Japanese Manga.
With Guillermo del Toro now living in Middle Earth for the next four to five years and having Frankenstein and H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness on his "Things to do" list, we know the director has a very busy schedule ahead of him. H...
Although his film production company is named "Angry Films", producer Don Murphy is far from angry about his latest movie, "Transformers". In fact, I would say the man is down right ecstatic about this film, which opened in limited release Monday night...
Outside of the subject matter, LOADED BIBLE bears very little resemblance to the cult film, JESUS CHRIST, VAMPIRE HUNTER. That said, this sizable one-shot gets a "C" not because it offends me (because it doesn't) or anyone else (which it will), but becau...
The full cast has been confirmed for Ealing Studios' Oscar Wilde big screen adaptation of Dorian Gray, reports Variety. Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Fiona Shaw, Maryam D'Abo, Pip Torrens, Douglas Henshall, Caroline Goodall, Mic...
REMEMBERING GIL MELLEComposer Gil Melle, an innovator in mixing electronic and orchestral music, died last Thursday of a heart attack at his home in Malibu, California. For nearly five decades, Melle had made a mark in the world of jazz as an outstanding ...
What They SayTakeshi Sendo vs. Ippo Makunouchi. The final showdown begins. Ippo knocks Sendo down with his lethal \"Dempsey Roll\" in the first round, but Sendo soon recovers and throws his devastating right. Power vs. Power. Determination vs. Determinati...
Now, this is a little more like it! After the widespread disappointment that greeted George Lucas' fun-idea-packed but dramatically underwhelming STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE three summers ago, a reviewer would like nothing better than to shou...
Many authors of young people`s books dream of having their works adapted into movies—but if their character is not named `Harry Potter,` the chances are slim. In 1997 Francess Lantz wrote a comedic science fiction book, STEPSISTER FROM THE PLANET WEIRD, i...
Finishing out our non-hentai review pile tonight, we\'ve taken a look at the 12/30/2003 release of Dragon Ball GT Vol. #10: Revelations from FUNimation. As mentioned in our last news posting about the previous volume, this one contains a front-loaded trai...
Episode #1 - `Premiere.` Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon. Directed by Andrew Prowse. Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder), in his experimental craft on a trip around Earth during the present time, is drawn into a wormhole that deposits him on the othe...
What They SayTremors ripple through the city as new Dolems attack, but the most dangerous shock waves of all are the mental assaults that now threaten to overwhelm Ayato\'s grasp of the physical world itself. As new players enter the deadly game between t...
What They SayYagyu Jubei was Japan\'s greatest swordsman. His skill was legendary, but the one enemy he couldn\'t conquer was death.
Before he died, though, he gave his disciple hope - there would be a successor, and this deserving person would receive ...
The July 4th week has come and gone, the estimates are now in and the winner is locked. Honestly, there was never any doubt on who that winner would be. Transformers rolled out to victory this weekend pulled in 67.6 million in box office sales. For the ...
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 ...
Four people (a psychic, a ghost hunter, a filmmaker and a historian), all trained in the art of paranormal phenomena andloaded with three cameras, are flown to Louisiana to investigate the ghoulish goings-on in a notorious haunted house, plagued by the s...
My first reaction to titles like FINAL DESTINATION 2 is to scoff. I mean, isn't that a contradiction? How can there be so many FINAL FANTASYs isn't any of them the FINAL one? And shouldn't there always be another sequel to NEVERENDING STORY? But given th...
If you`re too Gothic for Milan, New York, and Japan, you`ll be right at home in Paris. First of all, if you wear all black, no one will assume you`re a member of the Trenchcoat Mafia; Parisians themselves wear black a lot because it`s chic, and they also ...
What They SayThe infamous millionaire X.S. Cash is funding the most amazing martial arts tournament the Universe has ever seen! The four tournament finalists must do battle with warriors representing the four corners of the galaxy in a decisive battle to ...
The Star Wars Vault may not be the greatest book ever published, but it might be the greatest thing to come off a printing press since Noah Webster published his first dictionary. This is the type of book that will have Star Wars fanatics all wide-ey...
What They SayHikaru is ready to qualify for the Pro Exam and take the next step to becoming a Go master. But can he handle the pressure of top competition and overcome his own inexperience? He\'s not the only one sweating - Ogata Sensei has his sights set...
With the addition of Tracy Morgan as the host Scare Tactics has quickly become one of the SCIFI Channel’s most popular shows. It’s sort of like Punk’d crossed with Jackass for the sci-fi horror set. At the recent Digital Press Weekend we...
What They SaySpurred on by the arrogant Tetsuo and the nervous Kimihiro, Hikaru is pulled into the new and exciting world of Go Tournaments. The only problem is Hikaru isn\'t even old enough to play!
As if the pressure of getting caught and playing in th...
Columbia TriStar
Home Entertainment announced Monday that the Spider-Man DVD would
be released Friday, November 1. The press released disclosed details about the
upcoming home video event.
The studio
promises that the two disc set "features an excl...
What does it take to make one of the more interesting entries in crowded summer of blockbusters? Take one part Angelina Jolie; one part most successful director in Russia’s history (Night Watch and Day Watch); one part Scottish up and comer James Mc...
The New Year is officially here, and with it a new crop of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature is beginning to spring up from the fertile minds of genre authors everywhere. But though 2008 is the year of the new, some authors from the past, ...
Director Rob Cohen is neck deep into post-production for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, hoping to get everything wrapped up by his August 1, 2008 release date. He mentions as much in his latest blog entry for the film, here he also lets us know th...
For those eager to see new trailers of upcoming series, particularly of things you've not seen before, you'll be pleased to know that GTO Vol. #1, reviewed below, has trailers available for Initial D and Real Bout High School. Unfortunately, it seems that...
After two months in limbo and a little back & forth, director Jon Favreau may be signed on to direct the next installment of Iron Man. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that the director has reached a deal with Marvel Studios and Paramount Picture...
Most people know that Tom Selleck was the original choice to play Indiana Jones but did you know that Tim Matheson also tested for the role? Or did you know that Sean Young tested for the part of Marion Ravenwood? These facts and so much more ar...
For those looking for more varied opinions than my own voice, we've got a few new alternate angle reviews loaded up this morning for your reading pleasure.
Plastic Little by Andrew Pease
Escaflowne Vol. #1 by Ibrahim Peasnell
Neon Genesis Evangelion Colle...
In the midst of preproduction announcements on Paramount’s and Peter Berg’s upcoming Dune remake, Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is getting the audiobook treatment from Macmillan Audio. Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick and Katherine...
We loaded Luis up pretty heavily in early December with a number of collections and some smaller stuff, one of them being a thirty-seven episode series. I think that would have taken me down several weeks at just a few episodes a night! But we\'ve got his...
Though not quite as loaded as last weeks list was, this week has a new round of titles up to tickle the fancy of many buyers. Let us know which ones you\'re snapping up as well to influence our pick of the week title!
Release Date
Title N...
With the release of the latest Rambo film (creatively titled Rambo) Lionsgate has given fans of the series the ultimate collection; All four films in a six disc collector’s tin set loaded to the top with bonus features. One of the most iconic c...
One of the more interesting articles that I\'ve been waiting to see more responses about before really talking about here is this one. \"Every disc that is published must contain an up-to-date list of revoked works and when ever a disc is loaded, the play...
What They SayHitomi surrenders to the fortune-enhanced soldiers Naria and Eriya, but the process has some unpredictable side effects. After her escape, Hitomi and Van are summoned to the ruins of Fanelia by Folken, where they face the menace of the dragon...
Catching up a bit on one of last weeks releases while we get loaded up with this weeks and next weeks new titles, we spent some time with TOKYOPOP's 07/15/2003 release of GTO Vol. #9.
Since we got loaded up with new discs this week, we\'re starting to move through them. First up is the concluding volume in a rather surprisingly good hidden gem of a series this year, Kurogane Communication Vol. #3 released by Media Blasters on 06/25/200...
At this year's International Toy Fair, NECA debuted some of the most anticipated releases of the year. In the coming weeks, NECAonline will be featuring the first approved photos and teasers for the latest additions to our ever-growing roster of action fi...
Director Alex Proyas has a lead actress locked down for his return to the genre of sci-fi thrillers. Rose Byrne (Sunshine, 28 Weeks Later) has landed the lead role opposite Nicolas Cage in the sci-fi thriller Knowing, reports Variety. Alex Proyas (I, Rob...
I hate to knock a Disney picture as even the least of the Disney animated films are better than most of what passes for children and family entertainment today, but The Aristocats simply is not one of Disney’s better efforts. The 1970’s w...
Penelope has ostensibly only one actual fantasy element, though this propels the plot – the Wilherns, an old and rich British family, has been cursed so that the daughter born to the line will have the face of a pig, a curse that can only be broken ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crime-bustin’, crypt-rockin’ edition of Comicscape! This week, I’m going to give some love to a love I haven’t loved nearly enough in a long time. I’m talking about the sma...
What They SayYuji, a high school teenager, discovers that he has an new incurable virus. With life looking very bleak, he's left only one option - hope that the future may hold a cure. With his decision made, he opts to undergo artificial hibernation...
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Welcome to another edition of Top Maniacal Rumors of the Week!
For this week’s list, Mania does its best fly on the wall routine to get updates on the mega-hyped Justice League movie, the final Harry Potter production and a couple of Marve...
You read the headline right, The Warner Brothers Television Group is bringing The WB back but in a much more hip and less expensive way. The network will be coming back exclusively to the internet. Warner plans to stream all of the Warner created sho...
Last year’s initial offerings of the After Dark Horrorfest films were surprisingly good. There were no classics in the group but neither were there any real duds either (Although The Hamiton’s came close). The films were consistently...
The new trailer for THE INCREDIBLE HULK which is currently running in front of SPEED RACER has been loaded up on YouTube. (See below.)
As a quick recap in case you have been out of the loop for a long time, the film stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, ...
As Harrison Ford's most famous alter ego, Indiana Jones, once said, “It's not just the years, honey, it's the mileage.”
And if you lower your expectations, then you're bound to get a lot of mileage out of Indy's fourth adventure, The Kingdom ...
Brian K. Vaughn’s name is sadly absent from the list of writers that worked on this episode of Lost. That doesn’t promise a bad episode, but Vaughn has done some of his best work ever on the series, so not seeing his name is disappointing.&nbs...
There are moments in 88 Minutes where it seems possible that none of its creative engineers fully thought it through on either the macro or micro level. For a movie with a protagonist, Al Pacino’s Dr. Jack Gramm, who is a forensic psychiatrist, the ...
Barefoot Gen is the autobiographical manga of a young boy who survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. His struggle to live in a ruined city lacking food and shelter is a story on its own, but Gen also has to outwit corrupt authorities, the mafia an...
In a somewhat strange move, Fox TV and the cast of voice actors for the long lasting Simpsons have inked a deal with them on board for 4 more years of the series. I mention strange because the network and Gracie Films (the production company) has yet to e...
What They SayAs the Earth Federation\'s space fleet begins its naval review, the remnants of the Duchy of Zeon carry out their secret plan of vengeance. Will Kou Uraki\'s newfound confidence and upgraded Gundam enable him to stop Anavel Gato\'s nuclear st...
What They SayThe Review!Toshiba SD2109 DVD Player
Video formats: DVD, Audio CD
Audio Outputs: Dolby Digital AC3, DTS, RCA analog
Video outputs: RCA, S-video, Component (Colorstream)
Street Price: $299
RATINGS (out of 5)
Compatibility: 4 (no VCD)
Video: 5...
What They SayNovis Noah and Orphan remain locked in mortal combat with the planet hanging in the balance! It’s the end of the world as we know it! Or is it?
The battle between Novis Noah and Orphan draws to a fever pitch as brother fights sister, ...
What They SayThe Review!Skyworth DVD-1050P
By Chris Beveridge
As we seem to do every so often, a new player comes to market
that simply gets our attention. The latest offering is the Skyworth DVD player, specifically the 1050P model. Skyworth\'s, as of th...
What They SayThe Review!DVD PLAYER GRUDGE MATCH
Panasonic DVDA110
Vs.
Pioneer DV414
Vs.
Sony DVP-5300
The purpose of this review is to compare and contrast three of the major introductory models that are readily available on the market at the current t...
What They SayThe Review!Philips Q50
Review by Gene Moy
SUMMARY
Released first in Asia from a Singapore design team around the middle of 2001, followed by a European and US release in around August 2001, the Philips Q50 is the first Philips DVD player to...
What They SayThree complete episodes: \"Clash Of The Superpowers\" (episode 73) - Goku and Frieza continue to match strength and wits on Namek. A clever underwater attack puts Goku on top until Frieza traps him in an energy ball. It\'s pinball style fun f...
What They SayUniversal Century 0083. The renegade Zeons have almost completed their intricate revenge scheme, and now a runaway space colony becomes their last and most terrible weapon against the Earth Federation. The fate of all humanity will be determi...
What They SayRestored to life by supernatural forces, high school delinquent Yusuke was granted paranormal fighting powers to protect the innocent.The Review!Having finally seen some of the TV series, CPM has decided to trot out their piece of the Hakusho...
What They SayAfter ten years of dormancy, Linea awakens from a capsule in the countryside of Japan. Without any memories, she wanders into a small research center staffed by three beautiful women. Sayako, one of the researchers, is entranced by the stra...
20th Century Fox has provided Mania with the latest batch of press materials, which includes six new clips of their upcoming sci-fi adventure Jumper and an expanded detailed plot synopsis. The film, based on the best-selling book by Steven Gould, was...
What They SayBloodberry, disappointed after a date with Otaru goes awry and joins the circus! Meanwhile, Lime meets a fairy, but when she tries to introduce her new friend to Otaru and Co - no one believes her! And finally, Otaru and the Marionettes decid...
What They SayToguro Returns
Life for these teens refuses to settle down, as Spirit World makes a chilling discovery. The Toguro Brothers faked defeat during Yusuke’s last case, in an elaborate plan by the trillionaire Sakyou. Now Toguro will hit Yus...
What They SayBased on the story and screenplay by Mamoru Oshii (\'\'Patlabor \'\' films, \'\'Ghost In The Shell\'\'), and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura who previously worked on both \'\'Akira\'\' and \'\'Ghost In The Shell\'\' as character designer and anim...
What They SayTenchi and his friends flee through space! Wanted by the Galaxy Police, these fugitives have their journey complicated by low provisions, engine trouble, ghosts, and hijackers! Just wait until the Police actually catch up.The Review!Things ar...
What They SayCommon wisdom is that being a soldier is a rather nasty business with a great deal of blood and killing, and that?s still true after mankind had discovered a way to cross interstellar distances. Nobility, Intelligence, self-sacrifice?all of t...
What They SayMaze wakes up with amnesia in a zany fantasy world, only to find herself by evildoers and baby-sitting a spoiled princess. Luckily, she?s developed explosive superpowers to help her cope! But the powers come with a strange side effect? Every ...
What They SayThe valiant Getter Robos – human-controlled giant robots – face their darkest hour in a final apocalyptic battle between the forces of good and evil.
The colossal Getter Dragon threatens the Earth with its terrifying power. Its ...
What They SayThe end of the world is fast approaching, in the form of a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Not if Goku has anything to say about it! Goku and Krillin race to the rescue. Using their incredible powers, they narrowly deflect th...
What They Say19-year-old Kayo’s demonic offspring lives and plots a diabolical family reunion! The Interplanetary Observation Agency dispatches a trio of beautiful female warriors to slay the invader. But they’re way out of their league, and t...
What They SayIt\'s triple jeopardy as the Angels continue to attack and the forces of NERV are finding themselves sorely pressed to find new ways to combat the alien invaders. Facing a new Angel with the ability to instantly replicate itself poses problem...
What They SayThe war for the fate of mankind shifts to a new field of battle as a promotion for Misato sparks an introspective review of the events behind her early recruitment into NERV. Against the background of an attack by the largest Angel yet, both ...
What They Say“A taut military thriller loaded with sea battles and political skullduggery… Still, viewed as a simple action film Silent Service is great fun.”
Codename: Sea Bat. The most dangerous submarine ever created. Explosively nuc...
What They SayThe brave blue hero is back! And this time, it\'s more than just fun and games. That\'s right, Sonic the Hedgehog is starring in his own motion picture, filled with all the fast-paced energy and action-packed excitement that Sonic\'s famous f...
What They SayAs Serena and her friends enjoy Christmas vacation, an unusual and fierce snowstorm hits town... The evil Snow Queen Kaguya has returned to claim Earth as her own. Crucial to Queen Kaguya\'s plan is a magical crystal from outer space, approac...
What They SayThe Meiji Revolution marked the end of the rule of the Shogun and the Samurai in Japan. In Tokyo, where swords with blades have been banned, Kaoru bumps into the wandering Kenshin while looking for the man that is tarnishing the name of her f...
What They SayWhat began in the darkness of asteroid base Lido now leads Chirico and Fyana to the cold depths of space. Awakening in the shuttle they used to escape from the burning jungles of Kummen, they find themselves trapped on a mysterious battleship...
What They SayMysterious clues about Sylia\'s past begin to surface as the Knight Sabers are drawn into a deadly race to discover a missing research facility. But even as they near their objective, the team starts to fall apart as the real reasons for the ...
The Gravedancers is part of the After Dark Horrorfest, One of the “8 Films to Die For” as the tag line boasts. Three friends come together for the funeral of another friend who died in a car accident. In “Big Chill” fashi...
I found this news too awesome to pass up:"Kolton Mahoney, a 14-year-old boy from Layton, Utah, was delighted to receive a copy of Madden NFL 06 as one of his presents on Christmas Day from his uncle. Football may be a game of X's and O's, but this pa...
The end of the HD format Wars?? Could be. Two news releases this past week make it look like the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray may be drawing to a close sooner than expected. And the winner? Both formats.
Warner...
It has been another slow week for HD news this week. The week between Christmas and New Years is traditionally dead as far as DVD releases and announcements go, and the same seems to apply to HD video too. The most exciting thing is that so...
Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound might bring back memories of the impotent "creative writing" exercises you went through in grade school. The teacher, not keen on the idea of spending his weekend grading clumsy stories, would hand out a ...
This week in our Prize Closet we’ve got a copy of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Complete First Season, courtesy of Universal. I remember that there wasn’t much buzz about the show – it was considered an alternative to local affiliate broadcast...
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...
Before I dig into what happened in the spring premiere I have to comment on the poor ad campaign running for the series. The ads are like a schmaltzy Smallville rip off with some horrible pop balad that just makes the series appear flaccid and s...
In the wake of so many lucrative CG films it’s easy to see that early blockbusters like Toy Story (1995) and Shrek (2002) were the frontrunners for traditional animation’s demise. Now 12 years after the first theatrical release of a CGI fea...
To those familiar with William Gibson’s work, Neuromancer is one of SF’s most definitive masterpieces and a foundational stone of the cyperpunk subgenre. To those who’ve never even heard of the triple crown award-winning author (Hugo,...
This week, we have rappers being barred from filming more horrible movies in New York. Snoop Doggy makes the news for being himself. Lohan is still crazy, Sinbad is indeed alive and Jolie is still looking to adopt a soccer team of babies from each 3rd...
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...
With The Number 23 just hitting theatres, postproduction work ongoing with Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, and Babel up for a Best Picture nod (with the Oscar’s right around the corner), life is pretty busy right now for IC President Raymo...
The untimely death of film composer Basil Poledouris last week, at the age of 61, has deprived the film music community of one of its finest contemporary practitioners. With more than seven dozen film scores to his credit since the early 1970s, Basil Pole...
The highest rated story in the 26 year history of the original run of DOCTOR WHO, THE CITY OF DEATH a perennial fan favorite. Written by Douglas Adams (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) and Graham Williams and featuring Catherine Schell of Space 1999...
ANT BULLY opens next Friday, a modern fable in which a bullied kid who takes out his aggressions on the lowly ants in his front yard, only to find out how the other half really lives when he's shrunk and abducted by an any wizard. It takes a while to warm...
Do you ever look at something and think, "Has no one else noticed this?" That's exactly what I did when I sat down to watch THE PRISONER in a marathon session earlier this week. Think about it. You have an isolated location honeycombed with strange bun...
Director Peter Weir has left the film SHANTARAM, a Warner Bros film which stars Johnny Depp."Peter moved on from this film because his interpretation of it differed greatly than that of the studio and producers," a Warner Bros. spokesman said. According ...
Scooper Shannon sent in this blurb regarding Stallone:According to Sly Central (http://www.slycentral.com/), Sylvester Stallone will guest-star on the new SHOWTIME series Brotherhood. Stallone is believed to have signed to appear in the final four episode...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
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...
Blade Dancer is a rare breed of games slowly coming out onto the PSP. They are called "Role-playing games" or RPGs, and they are all about doing tasks and gaining experience to make your characters stronger. Okay, putting all jokes aside, I was saying tha...
Thankfully for all of us, there are actually some happenings worth talking about this week. Poking Fun at Americans Normally, I leave DVD discussions to the end of each column but this week's release of the classic anime movie 'Only Yesterday' a Studio G...
Warner Home Video and Amazon.com have announced the wionners of their "DVD Decision" promotion for 2006. The 10 movies that received the most online votes will be released by Warner Home Video in two waves. THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN, PR...
Hot damn! Last week's lame outputting of new fantasy and sci fi literature is officially eclipsed by the cornucopia of new hardback releases coming out today. From armor-plated unicorns to world-destroying aliens, we've got a flavor to fit everyone's ta...
Cinescape is proud to present another DVD contest, this one for Hayo Miyazaki's THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO. The renowned Japanese animator held audiences spellbound in 1979 with his first feature-length animated film, THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO. Now, Manga E...
This October, Dracula will once again rise from the dead to haunt comic shops. Image will bring William Harms's unique vision of the historical Dracula to New York City in IMPALER. The prince awakens in modern times to fight a vampire plague begun centu...
Ghost House Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment will produce INCIDENT AT SANS ASYLUM. Daniel Calparsoro will direct from a script by S. Craig Zahler.
The story follows aspiring musicians working as cooks for the criminally insane who find thems...
Sure, there are more stories in this article but the two biggest stories of the week in the whole “goof-up” department go to Paris Hilton who thinks a myspace petition or a Governor pardon will get her out of serving 45 days in a jail…t...
It's been a while since I did a Superficial update here but in the past week, two stars have been sentenced or took plea deals for jail time, time which could have affected their genre related projects. Both cases are on the opposite end of the spectrum. ...
Long before the Forgotten Realms, Eberron, heck before most of us even knew what a role-playing game was, there was Greyhawk. Created by Dungeons & Dragons godfather Gary Gygax, Greyhawk would morph from a castle to an entire world. This was...
As I published a few days ago, NBC has ordered a new series based off the MASTERS OF HORROR premise for their network in the 2008 season. The show will be an anthology of horror themed shows by the same creators of the MoH series. Now, while this bit of n...
Can you feel the energy? I can. Next week is the big premiere week and I couldn’t be more excited. NBC is who I’m looking at the most because of Heroes coming back on Monday night. It’ll be great I’m sure.  ...
Modern literature has made most human beings aware that their greedy love for technology is responsible for the death of faeries and magic. Whimsy cannot compete with a fully-loaded iPod or Xbox360, and we ought to be ashamed of ourselves.
We Sh...
As a warm-blooded human being who considers herself an anime fan, the gravest sin I've committed is--get ready for this--depriving myself of Cowboy Bebop. Hallelujah I have seen the light and atoned for my error, and it's about damn time. Cowboy Bebop is ...
One of the biggest films of 2007, Spider-Man 3, hits DVD this Tuesday so it’s time to take a second look at the film, and the wide range of extras on the two disc special edition. Have you noticed how the directors of superhero films cannot res...
I don’t think I’d be exaggerating to say that Shrek the Third had higher expectations than perhaps any third part of a film series in history with the possible exception of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. The first two Shrek f...
No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...
It seems that the next villain for BOND 22 may have already been cast this week. Sources tell Roger Friedman that 007 will be going up against Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) in the next spy tale set for next fall. The same sources als...
The Sword of Truth series debuted in 1994 with Wizard’s First Rule and has been chugging on ever since. Translated into 20 foreign languages with 10 million copies in print, Terry Goodkind’s leviathan of an epic clocks in at over 7700 pages an...
While JJ Abrams has pretty much locked up his main cast and crew of the next STAR TREK adventure, the production still has some casting calls to give out. Since this story is reportedly based around their cadet years, this latest call makes sense. If you ...
The man hailed as the father of cyberpunk is back on the bookshelves with a follow-up to 2003’s Pattern Recognition, a novel Publisher’s Weekly named one of the best books of the year.
Good start of the work week to all of you Maniac ...
On July 31st, 300 arrives on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Warner Home Video. Based on the graphic novel from Frank Miller, 300 is an epic action-adventure about the 300 Spartan warriors led by the heroic King Leonidas who challenged Xerxes ...
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation of the franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru...
Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.
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In The Shadows by Captain Gordon Edward (Sat 05-26-2007)
Welcome to the Countdown where every now and then you can be surprised by the article's good looks, but stay with it because of its personality. This week we got just what I have been wanting and that is plenty of games. Along with those game though are p...
What They SayIn desperate times, the people of Earth search for a new hero-hopefully one that comes fully loaded with a lifetime guarantee! What they have is Dai-guard!
The Heterodyne invaders think they have the advantage, but they don\'t understand th...
The fantasy drama Pan’s Labyrinth will be available in a two-disc edition DVD on this Tuesday, May 15th, from New Line Home Entertainment.
The film from writer and director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade II), centers on young gi...
We already knew that when it comes to celebrities facing consequences from breaking the law, our justice system was an absolute joke. We just never see how much of a joke it was. If this week is an indication of it, the humor of analyzing it is indescriba...
There are a few things that set “The Abandoned” apart from the other films in the After Dark Horrorfest series…First, there are no recognizable names in the cast. Big or small, most of the films had at least a couple of recognizabl...
Evan Almighty flooded into 3,604 theaters this weekend clocking in at 1 hour and 30 minutes in length. The Universal comedy, starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, ended up drowning out its competition in the process. It pulled in 32.1 million in recei...
While readers across the country quickly devoured Scott Lynch’s fantasy debut The Lies of Locke Lamora last year, they’ve got a lot more to chew on from the 29-year-old Wisconsin writer in the months ahead.
Hello all you Maniac reader...
A Weekly Book Buzz on a Monday? No you’re not going crazy, I am. From now on the Buzz will bring you up-to-date news on all your highly anticipated literary fare a day before the new genre releases hit the shelves.
Happy belated Father&rsqu...
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...
The Heirloom is a Korean ghost film that thankfully has nothing to do with other popular Asian horror films. There’s not a hint of the Grudge or The Ring, and no site at all of creepy long hair ghosts stalking about. If anything, The Heirl...
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 last quarter of 2007 was brutal. All the running around, deadlines and holidays made it one giant nightmare. I like to shop, ...
What They SayTsukushi gets invited to Shizuka\'s birthday party. On top of being overwhelmed by the appearance of celebrities and gourmet hors d\'oeuvres, she hears shocking news - Shizuka is going back to Paris, never to return. Tsukushi wonders - what w...
What They SayBEFORE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION THERE WAS ZEORAIMA
Caught by fate - surrounded by lies - one teenage boy holds the future of the world in his hands - and failure will mean a nuclear nightmare!
For decades the secret Steel Dragon society has ...
What They SayA strange new girl shadows the team and appears to know Taku. Mutsumi gets furious over this which gets to her game. Coach Shimojo pulls her out and orders Mai to take her place. With the girls team making it into the tournament finals, will ...
What They SayPoor Serena! From hanging out in bakery shops to falling in love, there are so many things for a young girl to do when she\'s not in school. Unfortunately, the evil Rubeus and Emerald are keeping Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts so busy that...
What They SayRubeus and the evil sisters from the Negamoon are back and they\'re pulling out all stops in a furious series of new attacks! Between his last evil sisters an his new ally, Emerald, it looks like to Rubeus may finally have Serena cornered. Bu...
What They SayThey\'ve begged. They\'ve pleaded. Crikey, they\'ve even threatened bodily injury. But for Sasshi and Arumi, getting back home to the real world really isn\'t as simple as saying \"Abracadabra!\" So once again, the pair plunges headfirst into...
What They SayThe Apocalypse is coming - and only four women can stop it! Get ready for the ultimate assault on the senses as the wildest action series to ever roll out of Japan is reborn with the state-of-the-art animation and a thunderous rock-and-roll ...
What They SayWhen Inuyasha and his friends come across a demon possessing the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls, they realize it’s not just a shard – it’s the whole jewel! But the group soon learns it’s only an imitation and the demon is ...
What They SayThe mysterious Gads... Everyone desires them and believes that they will fulfil all their dreams. However, each person will soon come to realize the nightmare that is hidden inside them. A monster woman, a dragon train, a flying fortress, and...
What They SayYou can’t outrun the past. Whether it’s a bad memory that dogs you, a good one you’re trying to hang onto, or an old nemesis you can’t quite shake loose, the past is always right over your shoulder. Good thing the Ge...
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 memor...
What They SayThe surreal, apocalyptic world of rose brides, secret student councils, silhouette stage girls, high-stakes sword duels and revolutionary prince girls all come to life in the long-awaited \'Utena Original Soundtrack,\' loaded with 36 tracks o...
What They SayIn our society, there are creatures with paranormal power known as Witches. For years, a secret organisation known as \"Solomon\" has been hunting them down. This organisation, based in Italy and run by priests, has a branch in Japan - the ...
What They SayIt\'s girl power to the rescue as Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts continue to fight the evil minions of the Doom Tree. Forced to find new victims to feed the monstrous vegetable\'s ever increasing appetite for energy, Alan and Anne concoct...
What They SayAs the final match of the Eastern Japan Rookie Championship tournament takes place, Ippo faces Mashiba with his damaged right fist and a vow to keep the promise he made with Miyata. Mashiba draws his \"flickers\" incessantly; Ippo decides not...
What They SayWhen Tsukushi finally accepts her true feelings and faces reality, life at Eitoku returns to normal with a few changes – The Terrible Trio is out of Tsukushi’s hair, the F4 is now the F3 with Rui gone to Paris, and Tsukasa is gett...