MeettheRobinsons, for all its up-to-date CGI trappings, is squarely in the tradition of good-but-not-great Disney family entertainment. This is to say, it’s enjoyable, is constructed well, has a feel-good message that actually makes sense and d...
Meetthe Robinson’s didn’t seem to generate the usual buzz that a Disney film does when it was release last Spring and I’ve been trying to put my finger on why. I’ve come up with a couple of possible reasons…First, the ...
...animation MeettheRobinsons with a 12.1 mil take at the box office. The animation has pulled in 72 mil now domestically and another 25 mil overseas so it’s already 3 mil shy of that 100 mil mark overall. Not too shabby for the Mickey Mouse co...
After backing off competing with '300' earlier this month and facing a new threat from the 3-D 'MeettheRobinsons' that opens next week, six studios have decided to open six wide releases this weekend. The crowded frame at the North American boxoffice is...
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Disney's MeettheRobinsons (PS2 - Xbox 360 - PC - Wii - DS) - Do you like playing licence games based off of movies? I actually tried the game out at E3 during a tour through the Buena Vista Games section, and the game was not bad... but not great...
...s, “MeettheRobinsons “ and “Chicken Little” – both of those were primarily made as 2-D films and then a crew within the studio came in and towards the end of production made the 3-D version.
I love 3-D, I made a sh...
...the works MEETTHEROBINSONS and TOY STORY 3) on track. And for the audience? Is this good for us? Well, on the one hand, Pixar operating independently might have sparked some competition leading to a lot of better cartoon features being made by all ha...
...es
MeettheRobinsons (3,200+ screens)
Blades of Glory (3,000 screens)
The Lookout (1,000 screens)
Limited Releases
After the Wedding
Live Free or Die
Race You to the Bottom
T...
...nimation MeettheRobinsons comes in 2nd place this weekend, also scoring well with audiences and bringing in another 17 mil in its second weekend of release. The film rated G appeared on 3,435 screens across the globe and its total domestic take i...
Meetthe Fockers by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 05-27-2004)
Genre:Comedy/Sequel.Studio:Universal Pictures (North America); DreamWorks (International).Production Company:Universal Pictures/DreamWorks SKG/Tribeca Productions.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ben Stiller (Greg Focker); Robert De Niro (Jack Byrnes);...
At the tail end of their careers Abbott and Costello managed one last Universal movie monster team-up, the surprisingly funny ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEETTHE MUMMY, before their Universal contract ran out. While nowhere near the delirious heights of THE TIME...
Universal Pictures has issued the first photo of the cast of their upcoming sequel to MEETTHE PARENTS. Returning in MEETTHE FOCKERS are stars Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo, and joining them are Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Strei...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Disney’s latest computer-animated feature, MeetTheRobinsons, opens on March 30th and comes complete with a stirring score by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack album comes out on March 27th from Walt Disney R...
Anyone who thinks they are sitting on the script for the ultimate horror film spoof needs to watch this film about thirty times, then TEAR THEIR SCRIPT UP! After a bit of a drop-off at the box-office, Abbott & Costello regained their kings-of-comedy crown...
Transformers: The Game was presented to an underwhelmed crowed of journos yesterday, as the giant-robot action failed to meet high expectations set by the movie.
We were shown a city-based level that demonstrated destructible scenery by having robots s...
Who says the big-time, respectable journalists of the major TV networks are adverse to a little Weekly World News-style sensationalism? Who thinks the members of the nation`s Fourth Estate are so addicted to facts that they`re not tempted to delve into a ...
On March 3
Showtime unveils its near-future sci-fi show Jeremiah. While fans
in Europe are well-acquainted with Hermann Huppen's comic that is the basis for
the s...
Attention all movie fans! The Silver Surfer, Doug Jones, will be hosting a special screening of Pan's Labyrinth at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood on December 28th and you can win a pair of tickets here at the IESB.
Pan's Labyrinth is a great film a...
In celebration of the July 27 DVD release of 'Hellboy', UGO.com is giving away a trip for two to the set of Guillermo del Toro's next movie to meetthe famed director, among other cool prizes.
What They SayKei and Mizuho’s honeymoon summer vacation in Okinawa is interrupted when they discover that Hyosuke and the gang are vacationing there too! Though the honeymooners can’t seem to get any time alone, the buds of love begin to bloss...
Comic fans in
L.A. can meet Marvel legend Stan Lee at an upcoming signing at Virgin Megastore!
The co-creator
of Spider-Man, X-Men and The Hulk
will be making an appearance at Virgin Megastore, Sunset. The legendary Mr. Lee
will be signing co...
Fans attending this years Hero Con can visit the Zoom Suit booth to meetthe star of the Zoom Suit series. Team Zoom is proud to announce their costumed hero will be on hand at Hero Con to meet fans, sign autographs and pose for pictures.
Free posters...
The X-Men Myspace page has announced an opportunity for fans to meet some of the cast of the film. If you live in the San Francisco area, you can head down to Torpedo Wharf (near the Golden Gate Bridge) today, May 15th, to meet select cast members, get fr...
It's a crossover of Groening proportions. Bongo Comics' THE SIMPSONS/FUTURAMA INFINITELY SECRET CROSSOVER CRISIS, the first meeting of Matt Groening's characters, will reach stores on Wednesday. The two-issue mini-series is written by Ian Boothby, writ...
TRANCERS 6, the latest entry in producer Charles Band’s long running film series, just hit video stores. Which makes it a perfect time to take a look back at the chronicles of time traveling, tough guy cop Jack Deth. Joining us for this look, courtesy of ...
So, you and your friends are all set to watch THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, EVIL DEAD and 2000 MANIACS for your Halloween movie marathon, but what are you going to put on for the kids until bedtime? Well, you couldn’t do much better for family fun than th...
The Review!The technical aspects of the show and the LE box are pretty much as Chris has described it. The music and video are very well done and outstrip what\'s on Cartoon Network. Even the sound levels have been corrected so the background music does...
I confess that I've yet to read Alex Robinson's critically acclaimed BOX OFFICE POISON, but after reading TRICKED, I sure as hell will. After huge summer crossovers, film adaptations, and excessive hype, it's refreshing to find an intimate, compelling, a...
SteveVP: Hello. We`re chatting today with actor Jeffrey Combs. Jeffrey first came to the attention of film fans thanks to his starring role in the horror movie RE-ANIMATOR. That lead to several more roles in low-budget horror films, but more recently, he ...
This Sunday, May 5th from 10 A.M to 5 P.M.,
The Los Angeles Comic Book and
Scinece Fiction Convention will be held at the Shrine Auditorium
Expo Center. Fans that are lucky enough to attend will get a chance to
interact with the directors of two rec...
AOL Time Warner has announced that rock band Remy Zero, whose hit single "Save Me" serves as Smallvile's theme song, will now be guest-starring on the show.
The band will be appearing as themselves in the show, and will perform "Save Me" and their ...
Harvey Pekar, author of the "American Splendor" comics that inspired the acclaimed movie, will be signing books at the Virgin Megastore in New York City on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6pm.
As the "Batman" media blitz unfolds and his Hollywood currency flies up the chart, Bale's strategy is to emulate movie stars like Steve McQueen, a longtime favorite who, Bale says, never let details of his own life -- such as his frequent womanizing and f...
Wonderful World of Animation Art gallery (WWA) along with Clampett Studio Collections, home of the Warner Bros. Gallery Art Program, welcome top voice talents from the popular Batman, Justice League of America, and Teen Titan cartoon series on July 24th, ...
We finally learn what happened to the Royal Family and then Nestor gets one step closer to fulfilling is quest on this week's all-new episode of 'World of Quest', airing Saturday, May 10 at 10:30 a.m. ET/PT, on the Kids WB! on The CW.
Every week 'World o...
Marvel Enterprises has met with Pixar -- and nearly every producer -- about translating more of its comic book characters into filmed entertainment, said Marvel vice chairman Peter Cuneo on Tuesday. (more)
In the film 'Twilight', which opens Friday, there is a special family that lives in the sleepy town of Forks, WA. They are the Cullens, an eclectic group indeed. The patriarch of the family Dr. Carlisle Cullen, played in the film by Peter Faci...
Columbia TriStar
Home Video recently released Stan
Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels a home video pairing comics'
founding fathers with one of the comics and film's freshest voices.
Stan
Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels includes two complete featu...
Alfred Molina's career is all over the showbiz map. He's currently Tony-nominated for his portrayal of Tevye, the meddling father in Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof. He plays himself in the indie film Coffee and Cigarettes (now in theaters). Plus, as most ...
This Tuesday, June 28, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, the entire cast of 20th Century Fox's Fantastic Four will be appearing exclusively at Jim Hanley's Universe...
The official Spider-Man 3 Blog has been updated featuring director Sam Raimi and Thomas Haden Church meeting fans at New York and London whilst premiering the new Spider-Man 3 trailer.
Fans in L.A. this weekend can stop in and say Excelsior to Stan Lee.
A reader named GoSpidey
writes in to say that Lee will be signing copies of his autobiography Excelsior!:
The Amazing Life of Stan Lee at Barnes and Nobles
Bookstore at "...
It's official, now... Spider-Man is a hit. Fans
love it, critics are praising it, and most of the "ORGANICS SUCK" fanboys
have come around. Even I, who only months ago feared this movie to be a farce,
am now eating my words. But, in all of ...
Fringe hasn’t been the runaway hit that LOST was when it started. The series has been entertaining but often it just seems to be missing that spark that could make it riveting. The show has had those moments though; and a good amount of humo...
The Superman mythos is full of legacies, and Jimmy Olsen is no exception. In 'Superman Returns,' young actor Sam Huntington steps into the shoes of Superman's pal and aspiring photographer for the Daily Planet, and he didn't have to look far for inspirati...
Here's your exclusive first look at Batman's newest sidekick. Nope, it's not Robin — he's so five minutes ago. Instead, the Caped Crusader will be joined by Batgirl when season two of 'The Batman' begins in the fall.
Bryan Bertino just entered the big leagues. The newly minted professional screenwriter just sold his first script to Universal Pictures, with THE RING/THE GRUDGE producer Roy Lee and Doug Davison set to produce under their Vertigo Entertainment shingle. T...
Natalie Portman and Eric Bana are in negotiations to star in THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL for Columbia Pictures. They join Rue McClanahan (Lady Jane Rochford) in the cast.THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL will take a look at the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary a...
With this short, silent, standalone mini-graphic-novel, Alex Robinson invites you to explore his Lower Regions. I heard great things about Robinson and his Lower Regions, so I thought I’d check them out. There’s a lot going on in tho...
The Review!Heading into the body of the show Please Teacher returns for a round of three highly entertaining episodes. In some ways this disc offers more depth than the previous episodes have had. The disc includes some serious relationship plots that add...
Two more actors have come aboard Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG; Jamie Bell (BILLY ELLIOT) will play a cameraman on Carl Denham's exploration mission to Skull Island while Evan Parke (ALIAS) will play the first mate on the Venture, the ship Denham hi...
Yesterday Dark Horizons produced everyone's first look at the actress playing the Oracle in THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. The actress' name is Mary Alice, and she inherits the role that Gloria Foster portrayed in the first two MATRIX films.As you will recall, ...
For this year’s crop of Universal Monsters classics on DVD, they appear to be getting down to the “B-squad” titles. Thus, they’ve generously decided to give our wallets a slight break and combine this wave into double features, with the deluxe treatment n...
By rights, I-SPY ought to not work at all. First of all, it's one of those movie adaptations of a TV series that cannibalizes its source material for names and retains little or nothing of value from the original, which is a form of false advertising. In ...
Not the most attractive leading man in Hollywood, Ben Stiller tends to play more of the Everyday Joe leading roles. So it was surprising, to say the least, to hear about Stiller's upcoming film ZOOLANDER, about a male model on the way down from his stella...
Welcome to the premiere, platinum, gold seal, five star, classic, first edition of this column. Here we'll give you a handy checklist every week of new genre releases on DVD. Somewhere in your browser you'll find a cute icon that says "PRINT," which will ...
After a brief introduction two weeks ago, popular voiceover artist Vanessa Marshall brings Mary Jane Watson to animated life in the character's first full episode of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' this Saturday, April 26. Entitled "Catalysts," t...
Australia's Sunday Tasmanian profiles Imogen Bailey, star of Marvel's 'Man-Thing':
" Working with the director, Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man), was fantastic. I learnt a lot from him," Bailey told the Tasmanian. The paper provides this synopsis:
"'Ma...
The sequel to MEETTHE PARENTS catapulted to the top spot at this past weekend's box office, dethroning last week's champ, LEMONY SNICKET, and sending it down to third place. MEETTHE FOCKERS earned an estimated $44.6 million over the weekend ($68.5 M sin...
May 3, 2007 (Cypress, Ca) " Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced today that a special event to celebrate the release of the first volume of the English language version of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will take place on the ...
Canadian-born actress Emmanuelle Vaugier has been cast as PAINKILLER JANE in the Sci Fi Channel pilot. Perhaps best known to genre fans for her role as Dr. Helen Bryce in SMALLVILLE, Vaugier will play a Marine officer that develops healing powers after be...
Manwha, the Korean terms for comics (a combination of the Japanese manga and Chinese manhua), always seems to get the short end of the stick, being regarded as cheap manga knockoffs. Many people have a hard time seeing the difference between manwha and ma...
As preparation continues on MEETTHE FOCKERS, the sequel to MEETTHE PARENTS, we were sent casting information for two roles the production wants to fill. It had been reported that the sequel may show us that Ben Stiller's character might have a son that ...
One year ago at this time, actor Dominic Pursell had his own TV series on the Fox Network. Unfortunately, JOHN DOE only lasted for one season before getting cancelled, Now Pursell is going to be returning to where the series was filmed -- Vancouver, Canad...
Wonderful World of Animation art Gallery (WWA) along with Clampett Studio Collections, Home of the Warner Bros. Gallery Art Program, welcomes the award-winning Directors, Writers, and Producers Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, and Bruce Timm for an exclusive auth...
IGN is showing a behind-the-scenes clip from 'Punisher: War Zone' that puts the spotlight on Dominic West's Jigsaw character.
Directed by Lexi Alexander, 'Punisher: War Zone' tells the story of Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) , now several years into his wa...
In September 1980, thethen Disney-free ABC launched another show by thethen non-Turner owned Hanna-Barbera Studios called Captain Caveman. It was typical of the dreck that was the mainstay of Saturday morning cartoons at that time; terrible animation co...
It seems that 100 titles is not enough to honor all the great films that have been made in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. At least, that’s the way some of our contributors felt, when they saw that several of their favorites had failed...
SPACE SHIPS, SCHOOLGIRLS, &
VERY SHORT SKIRTS
Harlock Saga DVD
Agent Aika: Final Battle DVD
&
Project A-ko: Love & Robots DVD
Available May 8th
NEW YORK, NY - Central Park Media, leading distributor of Japanimation on
DVD, is pleased to announce the DV...
The Review!New Cutey Honey is a continuation of the original 70's TV series. New Cutey Honey is one of my favorite anime series, which is why this was the first DVD I had to buy. This disc contains the first four of eight episodes.
Audio:
For my primary ...
OPINION: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day and that, if you weren't out remembering those who have fought and died for our freedom, you were at least enjoying the fruits (and nicely grilled meats) of that freedom at the park or campgrounds of your cho...
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADHaving gone beyond the veil into Heaven and finding Ben locked out by a door of Reed's design, the team attempt to solve the problem and soon find they have an appointment with God. No, really.Whether you'll enjoy FANTASTIC FOUR #51...
Waiting nine years to work again with one of Hollywood's top-notch actors is always worth the wait for actress Eliza Dushku. So when THIS BOY'S LIFE director Michael Caton-Jones wanted Dushku to act alongside Robert De Niro once again for his new crime dr...
This hasn't been the greatest season for pilots. Don't get me wrong: there have been several that I think will develop into worthwhile shows, assuming they survive long enough to do so. We've seen a bumper crop of high-concepts (PRISON BREAK) and genre ...
Looking at the schedule for the next several weeks I almost started to feel like summer was coming again. There’s a growing trend these days of starting new series, running them for several weeks and then stopping them for nearly three mont...
What They SayA timeless story of girl meets robot. Meet Noa Izumi. Cute and spunky, she could be the girl next door...except that she loves giant robots with a passion that\'s a little scary. Today\'s her big day, her chance to pilot a giant robot of her...
What They SayMeet Galan, a spastic geek who\'d do anything to be a real, live samurai. But that\'s just an impossible dream... or is it? When his Russian princess girlfriend gives him the gift of an ancient sword, strange events unfold, and even stranger ...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel in 2003, the impressive sci-fi work goes...
Mark Wahlberg may have spoken too soon when he accepted the lead role in director Tim Burton's revised PLANET OF THE APES. After all, the actor hadn't even thought about the big shoes he'd have to fill taking on a part inspired by the one Charlton Heston ...
If You`re an 800 Year Old Vampire, Why Are You Still in High School?That`s a bumper sticker I saw at Hot Topic, and it seems to fit with the first book I mention this time...ah, the wonderful world of romance novels! All those heaving bosoms...and those a...
In an effort to hit a few more conventions in 2005 than I did in 2004, I opted to check out the relatively new one down in Connecticut this past weekend. This is their third year I believe and they took advantage of their overall growth to do two things. ...
First, just a little bit of background. Prior to AN2002, my
only convention going experience has been Otakon in Baltimore since 1999,
meaning that AN was the fourth convention I\'ve attended. On the plus side,
there were no gas main breaks this t...
What They SayNo priceless bauble or exquisite jewel is safe from the leering eyes and stealthy hands of Jing, the King of Bandits. With a heart of gold and girl-crazy albatross sidekick Kir, Jing steals his way through one exciting adventure after another...
At the end of Farscape’s second season, John Crichton (Ben Browder) was lying strapped to a surgical table with part of his brain gone. Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) had retrieved the chip from Crichton’s head, and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) was entombed on a f...
It`s a sign of the times. Billboard Magazine recently announced the best selling musical act of the year 2000 was, believe it or not, The Beatles. According to the esteemed musical trade, the Fab Four sold $80 MILLION worth of music last year, whether it ...
Creator Of FULL MOON To Meet Fans In VIZ Media Booth# 4113 And
Participate In SHOJO BEAT Panel Discussion While Magazine Plans
Interview And Rare Manga Short Story For August Issue
San Francisco, JULY 13, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the ...
With the STAR TREK II writer/director’s bible having been written, producer Harold Livingston began contacting writers and agents in an effort to get the first thirteen scripts in motion. `I wanted to make STAR TREK more universal,` explains Livingston m...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
Fifteen years before The X-Files made government conspiracy a way of life, there was Capricorn One. Born from post-Watergate angst and television’s increasing technological versatility, the film remains an effective thriller and adventure story, tightly-...
Aria Vol.#01 by Danielle Van Gorder (Mon 04-07-2008)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kozune AmanoTranslated by:Elina IshikawaAdapted by:Gina Lee FerenziWhat They SayOn the planet Aqua lies the watery city of Neo Venezia, a tourist hub in which people travel around in gondolas. Professional gondoliers known as ...
On August 18 2004, I had the chance to take a trip to the UK office of ADV for a special interview with one of the most renowned American voice actors, Monica Rial. She has been in numerous English anime dubs in the past few years, including some of the m...
Random Tracks is a column/editorial and email answering piece that sort of lets me just hit various subjects and just go with it. We've had columns similar to this in the past, but they were mostly done by other people. I figured it's finally time to get ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yoshitomo WatanabeTranslated by:Emi OnishiAdapted by:Mark IlvedsonWhat They SayFutaba, a boy that has grown up in an overprotective family, suddenly finds himself transported to a strange world, where he meets Kiara, the Amara...
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Usually our convention year is limited to one convention down in Baltimore. This year, due to a new local one in our area, we bumped up to two. And then due to some events in the region, we ended up with three.
Anime Next, normally in New Jersey, shifted...
Comics2Film's
regular critic thechrisbrown finally got a chance to see Twentieth Century Fox, New Regency
and Marvel's Daredevil. thechrisbrown is a hard-core
Daredevil fan and a tough critic besides. We present hi...
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Minari EndohTranslated by:Yoohae YangAdapted by:What They SayA young girl named Rahzel is abruptly sent off to see the world by her father. She is alone on her journey... until she meets Alzeido, a mysterious lone traveler on ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Inui SekihikoTranslated by:Mike KieflAdapted by:What They SayWhen the editor-in-chief of a monthly manga magazine offers Kazuki a chance to become a professional manga artist, a fierce competition ensues between him and Eimi t...
What They SaySpike and Vicious conclude their reunion with a deadly duel. And after that, more mayhem and hilarity await as the crew of t Bebop continues to try and make a living as bounty hunters. As they travel, they will meet a feisty space trucker, ...
What They Say\"An essential part of modern anime history... highly recommended\" - Anime On DVD
Three\'s a Crowd!
As if having to defend the Earth and mankind wasn\'t enough to cope with, Shinji Ikari now finds himself faced with something completely une...
What They SayThis is the story of four high school friends, Takayuki Narumi, Haruka Suzumiya, Mitsuki Hayase, and Shinji Taira. Takayuki is drifting a bit and not really thinking about college entrance exams. After meeting Haruka he feels better about him...
What They SayThe war between Earth and its space colonies has turned childhood friends Kira and Athrun into enemies. In their Mobile Suits (giant manned robots), they undergo a life-changing epic. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, one of the latest series situat...
What They SayThe once impenetrable band of seven, now diminished to six, was forced to come to terms with inevitable when Gorobei risked his life to save his brethren. With sword in hand, Kambei is determined to find answers. Leaving the surviving samurai...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kurihashi ShinsukeTranslated by:Joanna SchugAdapted by:What They SayManiac Road is a story about a run down electronics store, located in the backstreets of Akihabara Japan. On its last leg, three sisters the store owners hire...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Akimine KamijyoTranslated by:Yukiko Nanamura, Dan DankoAdapted by:What They SayIt is 1604, four years after the Battle of Sekigahara, Japan's greatest civil war. Yuya Shiina, a beautiful bounty hunter, mistakes a traveling med...
What They SayCan poor Mikey withstand the horror of the horribly improper twins, Tony and Charles? Will he be able to keep up with the schedule obsessed Time Boy? Will his amorous ambitions for the lovely Emily ever come to fruition? Or will he succumb to...
What They SayMeow! Taruto is a young cat-girl living in a world filled with mystery and magic. She and the other cat-people appear as nothing more than just normal animals, but she has a unique gift of magic! Can she control her troublesome powers and unr...
Subject: Thematic concerns in character dubbing
Hello, and welcome to another installment of "Being a Brief Discussion..." This time around I'd like to take a moment to consider thematic intent, one of the more subtle points of dub enjoyment. Naturally, ...
...y’s MeettheRobinsons. As I state, we can see clearly which demographics won this weekend and also had a piece of last weekend if you include TMNT in the mix. The Disney animated Robinsons opened up on 3,413 screens with a likewise short run...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! I know it's late January, but I'm still miffed about the shoddy Monsterfest AMC crammed down my throat last Halloween. "Give me any more of those crappy HALLOWEEN sequels and I'll give you a taste of ...
Man, I am so sick and tired of all these reality dating shows.They're just so freakin' terrible. THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELOR 2, THE BACHELORETTE, BACHELORETTES IN ALASKA, JOE MILLIONAIRE and so on and so on: All of them are evil shows.First of all, the peo...
Most writers spend their entire careers honing their talents in just one medium, be it novels or screenplays or comic books. Neil Gaiman is not like most writers. After achieving rare critical and commercial success with his DC comic book series SANDMAN,...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
The Review!ADV\'s first title, Devil Hunter Yohko, has finally arrived onto DVD! Since it has been ten years since Yohko was first released (English Subtitled) so ADV has released this disc, marking their 10th Anniversary. The first three of six episodes ...
When two women of the same name meet on a train bound for Tokyo, their lives change in dramatic ways.
What They Say
Based on the popular manga by Ai Yazawa, NANA follows the adventures of two girls both named Nana. While they share the same name, they c...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuno OgamiTranslated by:Melanie SchoenAdapted by:Studio TakomangaWhat They SayMicah Remington is a serious businessman who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. A shark when it comes to hostile takeovers, Micah has been ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takuya TashiroTranslated by:Josh ColeAdapted by:What They SayBlondes, Bullets and Bombshells! Najica may be an old hand at recovering Humaritts, but this special agent is on a mission to top all missions. She's off to a remote...
Hi, there. Today we'll be taking a look at the fourth volume of Kiddy Grade, released by FUNimation. As a series this show has been a mixed bag. Although previous episodes have shown high quality in animation and dubbing, the stories haven't been up to th...
The Review!Audio:
Sound is great, love the opening and closing songs and the bgm is good too. While its a stereo mix there is not alot of directionality, but there are no distortions or dropouts that I noticed.
Video:
Video has the usual amount of grai...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
Hello, and welcome to the newest installment of "Being a Brief Discussion..." Today I'd like to take a moment and reflect on Kiddy Grade's third volume, released by FUNimation Productions.
Going into the middle of a show it's often difficult to know what...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shohei ManabeTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayShirou saves the day! Or did his friends save him instead... Nana, a sweet girl, but not quite the ordinary, decides to join the crew. But her timing is hor...
DAY ONE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6The first ever New York Anime Film Festival started ominously enough. The opening night was set in the city`s Japan House, a center dedicated to Sino-American cross-cultural exchange located within eyesight of the United Nations....
To hear director John Harrison`s take on Alec Newman, it was almost a miracle that he ever hired the young actor to play Dune`s Paul Atreides. `I had set out very early on to look for somebody that was a brilliant young actor to do the role,` said Harriso...
What They SayJun has always been different from everyone else-the life of a fashion model is unlike anything else in the world. But she has no idea how different she is... until a mysterious stalker throws her head-first into a brutal confrontation with t...
That's right, fans it's October! The season of spooky pranks, ghoulish doings, colorful costumes and tasty treats is upon us. Of course you know what I'm talking about: Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Everyone who claims to be Canadian c...
Several years ago, cable channel American Movie Classics acquired the broadcast rights to Universal's library of classic monster films for Halloween. While this was a sad day for local TV horror hosts, who then had to rake through the lower dregs for horr...
Next summer a cunning
villain will put the world in danger. The only people capable of
saving the civilized world from a madman's scheme are a team of heroes.
This team is the literary equivalent of the magnificent seven. Their
struggle will be deta...
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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK FIVE, #1 REGULAR and SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original ...
Comics2Film sat down for an exclusive interview with 'Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier to talk about the daunting task of rebooting the film franchise for one of the most iconic comic book characters of all time.
We were able to spend more time...
What They SayOne morning, Kazuki and his long time classmate from junior high school, Mizuki, head out to meettheir classmate. Taishi, waiting in front of the station, takes them to a place where people are lined up by the thousands. That place is the \"...
What They SayHitomi is an ordinary girl caught up in a struggle on a fantastic planet! She has already seen more destruction and sadness than she thought possible. Now, a stray feather causes Hitomi to see Van\'s past with her special abilities. She learn...
What They SayThe once impenetrable band of seven, now diminished to six, was forced to come to terms with inevitable when Gorobei risked his life to save his brethren. With sword in hand, Kambei is determined to find answers. Leaving the surviving samurai...
What They SayIn a land beset by the forces of evil, a solitary light shines forth with the hope of salvation... but that\'s a far different story! Meet Lina Inverse, a spunky sorceress with a penchant for fire who enjoys nothing more than liberating the u...
The Review!Jin-Roh is head and shoulders above most anime features, both in ambition and execution. Given the universe the plot is set within, this could have been written to be nothing more than a pointless action movie. Instead, it boldly sets its chara...
The Review!Tenchi Muyo! has became a favorite of mine since I saw it on Cartoon Network, and rented the movies, and purchased a few of the videos. Now, I have finally been able to get my hands on this awesome collection. All 13 current OVA episodes are al...
What They SayIn a land far from their own, a band of adventurers stumble into a prophecy and must once again save the world... but at what price? Meet Lina Inverse, a spunky sorceress with a penchant for fire who enjoys nothing more than liberating the un...
Due to a combination of a hard drive crash followed closely by tornadoes, I was unable to get a review for the season premiere of LOST posted last week. I thought the episode deserved discussion though so this week this extensive article will look at...
What They SayContains 4 DVDs (the full series) in one lovely artbox!
Narue is an adorable schoolgirl with a secret. She\'s really an alien with powers right out of a sci-fi comic! But growing up is never easy, and it doesn\'t help when you\'re from outer...
The announcement that Kevin Smith had been hired to write SUPERMAN LIVES, following the ousting of the Jonathan Lemkin and Greg Poirier drafts of the script, seemed surprising to many. After all, Smith was an independent filmmaker whose writing credits ba...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS THE MYTH is Jackie Chan's latest Hong Kong film, and an unusual departure as he plays a Qin Dynasty General in a film that mingles the epic spectacle of films like HERO with the kind of humorous kung-fu action that Chan is know...
Anyone who writes about science fiction, fantasy and horror films for a (probably meager) living these days owes Bill Warren a debt of gratitude. Warren, along with Don Glut and a handful of other writers, was one of the first people to elevate genre-movi...