If you're counting the days left until THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS sequel hits theaters and you have a Sony PlayStation 2, you can satisfy your need for speed by playing Rockstar's MIDNIGHTCLUBII. The PS2 version of the game has just shipped to retail sto...
Rockstar seems to have a wonderful penchant for making games that stray on the wrong side of the law. MIDNIGHTCLUBII is the latest in the series of lawbreaking games, and the sequel to the popular street racer. Gamers can race around virtual cities that...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Despite being a huge fan and collector of Asian action films for many years, I was totally unprepared for the zany incredulosity that is KUNG FU HUSTLE. An absolutely mind-boggling mix of action and comedy, kung-fu and wire-fu ...
Though no one is expecting the same confluence of events which produced SPIDER-MAN's the $114 million opening weekend to repeat only two weeks later for STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, the initial word from movie houses around the world is CLO...
Oni Press in March will launch MIDNIGHT MOVER, a four-issue mini-series by crime writer Gary Phillips and artists Jeremy Love and Jeff Wasson.Featuring covers by HARLEY QUINN artist Mike Huddleston, this tale of sex and murder features the seedy world of ...
After a solid 2002 release year that saw the conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin and the introduction of Berserk, Media Blasters was set to capitalize on that with the release of the noteworthy series Twelve Kingdoms and Samurai Deeper Kyo. With those set as ...
In part II of our conversation with Mike Mignola we learn a bit about the possible Baltimore or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire movie, working with his publisher Dark Horse Comics, the pros and cons on the popularity of Comic-Con and the next fi...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G...
When Haruhi finds herself deep in debt to the Host Club, the only way to pay them back is to become one of them…
What They Say:
Ouran High School. An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury. Bookish Haruhi c...
The developers of KOHAN II: KINGS OF WAR have put out a call for beta testers for their new real-time fantasy strategy game. TimeGate Studios issued a press release stating that registration is open to all gamers who are interested in helping to ensure th...
What They SayTwo\'s company, three\'sia crowd...but what\'s four?
Now that theitotally dependable Lycoris has joined theigang, you would think that Orphen would get into less trouble. But trouble seemsito find him.
Betweenia power-hungry sorcerer, two ...
What They SayThings are really starting to heat up! After failing to destroy Orphen with monsters, Flame Soul decides to take the psychological approach. Now, Orphen and his friends have to fight a creature that can create alternate realities and blur th...
What They SayJust because you\'re the biggest geek on campus doesn\'t mean you can\'t get the girl. And Maeno, the club\'s sorest loser, intends to prove it - by cooking up a scheme to play Doctor with every girl in school! But instead of helping, his tea...
Making films is an organic process. Particularly if you work with a director like Bryan Singer, who constantly refines scenes until the day they`re shot. And while it`s normal for scripts to be revised numerous times, the X-Men feature film went through n...
The Los Angeles charity premiere of STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES held on Sunday, May 12th at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood was one of eleven charity screenings held throughout the United States and Canada to raise money for ch...
At a press junket for Hellboy II: The Golden Army in Los Angeles, Mania and others had the chance to sit down with the actors and filmmakers who brought the movie to life. In part 2 of a series on Hellboy II, we interview Hellboy himself, Ron Perlman, the...
This is the week for movie goers. After all, we're just a few short days away from quite possibly the year's biggest blockbuster. Yep, fans can hardly contain themselves in preparation for Hugh Grant's ABOUT A BOY. This charming film about…oh, wait. Sorry...
A Quick One by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-08-2004)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! It's been a hectic week here at the Cinescape offices. Since LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING won Best Picture, and 10 other Oscars at the Academy Awards, I've been to one homegrown victory party...
My thanks to everyone who has already written in with well wishes for my future success, and to those who wrote in with suggestions for my last two columns. Of the many interesting ones that came in, the one that had the sort of "last word" quality that ...
Most people know Glenn Danzig through his 30-year musical career. From the Misfits to Samhain to Danzig, he has remained a pioneering force in dark rock. His discography includes everything from cacophonous, yet catchy hardcore punk to 1950&rsqu...
"Being a host and getting fussed over by a bunch of girls may not be that bad."
--Haruhi Fujioka
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Episodes 1-13.
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On Monday, Varese Sarabande Records announced their Spring CD Club editions, proffering a quartet of rare and previously unreleased soundtracks in limited editions ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 copies.
Not surprisingly, a Jerry Goldsmith score h...
I journeyed over to a friend’s house the other day to play Star Wars the Force Unleashed. I have it on the Wii and he had it on the Xbox 360. We both agree that the game didn’t meet our expectations. Nonetheless, he wanted to show me t...
Although Superman: The Movie was a monumental cinematic undertaking and one of the most talked-about creative battles between director and producers, Richard Donner fully expected to complete the filming of Superman II, which he had begun shooting simulta...
Updated July 17th
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What They SayJinno has become a member of the Magic User\'s Club, and he wastes no time making himself at home. He quickly gains the confidence of each member, confronting Nanaka, Aburatsubo and Takeo about their unrequited loves.
Akane may not have suc...
...ar Games' MIDNIGHTCLUBII. Since MIDNIGHTCLUBII won't be released to the public until after E3, both finalists will be playing the game for the first time. The winner of this final round will be crowed Ultimate Champion and awarded the home theate...
New York, N.Y. (May 25, 2005) – 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) has reached a distribution agreement with FUNimation Entertainment for the U.S. video rights to hit animated series WINX CLUB.
The WINX CLUB series continues to build a strong au...
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What They SayIt\'s time for the school festival, where each club gets a chance to show their stuff to the entire school. The Magic User\'s Club is no exception, but they do have one complication. They\'re not allowed to let anyone see their magic!
Sae d...
What They SayFrom the creator of La Blue Girl and Demon Warrior Koji!
It’s the Age of the Overfiend, and flesh-hungry monsters rule the Earth. Immortal half-demon Amano Jyaku travels the wasteland, witness to the rape and torture of the human race....
The Review!Magic Users Club (Mahou Tsukai Tai in the original Japanese) was a title I had been waiting for for at least a few months, namely because there's kawaii anime girlies in it. And I'll be darned if my kawaii anime girly fix has gotten a bit slim ...
With films like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and TV series like BAND OF BROTHERS, some role-playing fans out there may be looking for something in the World War II vein. Well, the creators of the Origins Award winning DEADLANDS role-playing game seem to have what...
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Centennial, Colo. – What will be the last name written in the Death Note? The drama and suspense surrounding that very question is brought to life when NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures once again team up to present 'Death Note II: T...
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 ...
What They SayThe aliens have been defeated, and the Bell has been transformed into a gigantic cherry tree. Now, the brave Magic User\'s Club must reconvene to deal with a new problem. Sae, Nanaka, Takeo and Aburatsubo are all on the case. Akane would be w...
U.S. Production Wraps on Popular Japanese Animated Series
Los Angeles, CA, July 4, 2008 -- At a premiere event held today at Anime Expo 2008, FUNimation Entertainment announced the cast for the animated romantic comedy series Ouran High School Host Club...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
Los Angeles, CA (July 10, 2006) - Broccoli Books has announced the acquisition of two manga titles, Galaxy Angel II and Kon Kon Kokon at Anime Expo 2006.
Galaxy Angel II is the third installment in the popular Galaxy Angel series, focusing on a new group...
What They SayDirty jokes, girl trouble, and other dumb things — these are the trials and tribulations of the boy’s Ping Pong Club. Join these not-so-lovable losers as they face their worst enemies – themselves!The Review!After starting t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ai Morinaga Translated by:Athena & Alethea NibleyAdapted by:Athena & Alethea NibleyWhat They SayDuring the hockey club\'s camping trip, Hana and Takashi find themselves lost in the jungle. Being alone in the wilderness with a ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ai MorinagaTranslated by:Athena & Alethea NibleyAdapted by:Athena & Alethea NibleyWhat They SayLazy Hana Suzuki lives for two things: eating and sleeping. But she owes a favor to Izumi, the captain of the boy\'s high school ho...
I wasn’t a huge fan of the first Hellboy film. I thought it was ok. It had some interesting ingredients but I felt it ultimately fell short of its potential. Hellboy II on the other hand is a much more realized film. Like a Harry Potter for grown up...
What They SaySeveral years after the arrival of a massive, unknown vessel from outer space, life goes on as usual. The invaders even observe earth traffic lights. But now an unlikely group of youngsters have vowed to defeat the aliens--with Magic. Sae is ...
I am just about sick to death of games set during World War II. It was nice about 4 years ago, when it was still an untapped time period, but today, you can't swing a German Sheppard in a software store without knocking over dozens of expansions for T...
Here\'s the fully fleshed list of new announcements that came in Friday from Media Blasters for March and April:Space Pirate Mito Vol. #2 - 75 minutes - $24.95 - 03/25/2003
Genma Wars Vol. #1: Divine Twins - 100 minutes - $29.95 - 03/25/2003
Ys Vol. #2 - ...
Updated July 18th
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What They SayAkane’s magic has always been the most powerful around she’s never even had to practice her spells. Finally her power has attracted the wrong kind of attention, and it looks like the mysterious Bell plans to capture her for study!...
What They SayImperial Calendar Year 956. Operation Phantom Flame has come to an end and has been hailed as a complete success. Now, the Imperial forces have embarked on a new plan, codenamed Operation Hunter. Their task: to hunt down and destroy any remai...
What They SayLeon has penetrated the hidden city, and has come back with the forbidden weapon. Guided by Ferris, Leon is absorbed into Valdouk and proceeds to lay waste to the entire Earth. Babel summons his three servants to stop him, but they have all b...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:KananTranslated by:Koji TajiiAdapted by:Jason R. GrissomWhat They SayIt\'s been quite some time since Commander Takuto Meyers and the Angel Troupe put an end to Eonia\'s rebellion. The peaceful lull has paved the way for the d...
What They SayAdol has finally collected the six books of Ys and defeated Dark Fact. When the smoke of the battle clears, he finds himself far above Esteria, on the legendary floating continent of Ys. He befriends the young Lila, but most of the inhabita...
SAW II (the Roman numeral specified by the studio, so don't try calling it SAW 2) is the kind of movie that gets to the Injury To Eye material right away, cluing you in as to what kind of movie experience you're about to have. We see the latest victim of ...
What They SayAs the mysterious organization, Hades, steps up its attack, Koichi taps into a new area of his own unconscious and summons the war machine, Poseidon. Made with the same otherworldly technology that was used to create the tower of Babel, Pose...
Varese Sarabande Records today announced its March limited release CD Club titles. This quasi-quarterly series, usually containing four releases per season, provided rare and unreleased soundtracks in limited quantity, apart from the label's general relea...
STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES delivers on every cinematic promise George Lucas has made. In his years of directing and producing, Lucas has been putting his spin on nearly every genre in Hollywood's pantheon. He reordered the way a generati...
DEATH NOTE II: THE LAST NAME is set to hit theaters on October 15th and 16th as Viz Pictures is once again working with Fathom Events to get it out there nationally. To help celebrate the arrival of this film based on the manga series as released by Viz M...
Volume three of My Heavenly Hockey Club sets a new precedent for the series: Nobody plays hockey at all. In fact, it's barely mentioned. It's true that Morinaga's manga is about a field hockey team that aims to play as little hockey as possible (a goal th...
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...
'Let me put it to you this way,' laughs Richard Donner, 'all the good parts are mine. Everything with Hackman, Brandowell, they cut Brando out because he wanted more moneyBeatty and Perrine was shot by me.' Donner, of course, is talking about his footage ...
Mania is happy to announce it's latest contest, a giveaway for the PC game Medieval II: Total War.Medieval II: Total War drives the Total War franchise to a new level by completely upgrading the game’s battlefield rendering system, eliminating the c...
Mania's recent giveaway of the PC game Medieval II: Total War has come to an end.The winners are:CraigNickJohnJamieMarcelloMedieval II: Total War drives the Total War franchise to a new level by completely upgrading the game’s battlefield rendering ...
With Hellboy II: The Golden Army right around the corner, Edward Douglas had a chance to talk shop with leading stars Ron Perlman, Doug Jones and new villain Luke Goss. The upcoming sequel also co-stars Selma Blair, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Brian Ste...
If you were watching the "American Idol" finale (or if you're significant other made you watch the finale...), you would have probably caught the teaser which we're passing along below. Universal Pictures has unleashed a new TV spot for their up...
What They SayWatch and laugh as our heroes come face to face with their worst nemesis: An all-female team! Will it be love, or war?The Review!As these episodes continue to simply overwhelm me, I can’t help but wonder how wrong it is to laugh as hard...
Update: We said the trailer would be premiering today and Yahoo so you probably have been checking it and have found it by now. Still, here's the direct link for the new full trailer of the sequel.Tipped off by director Guillermo del Toro last month, we k...
Updated October 29th
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masaomi KanzakiTranslated by:Michelle Hayasi and Mai KusuyamaAdapted by:Jim Zubkavich and Matt MoylanWhat They SayThe stage is set for the best fighters from around the world to face off in the ultimate martial arts tournament...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:KananTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayWhen Milfeulle suddenly falls out of contact with the Rune Angel Troupe, it\'s up to them to get to the bottom of things, but they\'ve got problems of their own. Nano-Nano and Brave H...
In the sequel 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Guillermo del Toro puts an epic, fairy-tale spin on Mike Mignola's comic book creation. The film debuts on DVD and Blu-ray November 11th.
Below are some of the extras you'll find on the DVD:
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When asked how he approached the role in creating the lead character in 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army', actor Ron Perlman first gave the credit to writer/director Guillermo del Toro.
"Well the screenplay for 'Hellboy', I, first of all I couldn't be...
In 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' actors Luke Goss and Anna Walton play the Elvin twins Prince Nuada and Princess Nuala. Nuada has returned from exile to break the treaty with the humans. He wants to unleash the Golden Army but Nuala tries to stop him....
Want to know what's coming in the upcoming home release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army? Well, IGN has revealed the details of what's being provided in a 3-disc special edition DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray on November 11, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Enterta...
From ICv2:
Dark Horse Comics is preparing a June launch for a new set of Hellboy PVCs, Hellboy T-Shirts and a Hellboy Coffee Mug. Together with an ambitious publishing program that includes a novelization of the new film, Hellboy II: The Art of t...
What They SayTrack two is now boarding!
Some towns have legends of haunted houses or underground communities in the sewers. But in Takumi's town, the ultimate urban legend is the Midnight Sleazy Train. Desperate for a spot on the train, Takumi waits by th...
What They SayA new teacher has arrived who is so cheerful, so perky, and so completely annoying, that Maeno and the team just have to take action. The twisted freaks of the ping pong club unite to form the Losers’ Community, a class of losers, for l...
The soul of Mike Mignola's characters are alive and well in the first wave of the Hellboy II: The Golden Army action figures. The first 6 are all new, ultra articulated, 7 inch figures from Mezco. Each figure features their look from the film bu...
Not exactly an eye-opening affair but the official website for Hellboy II: The Golden Army has been updated by Del Toro and Universal pictures, which reveals a concept art for the character Johann Kraus. Click the website link above to check it out...The ...
The new Walt Disney movie National Treasure II (NT2) hits the big screen in just a few days. I predict that like its predecessor National Treasure, it will be a box office winner the first week. Why? Because the new National Treasure II uses a true myster...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kazuto OkadaTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayAn indecent proposal. A far from ordinary girl. Hideo Aiba’s boring life just go far more . . . frustrating.The ReviewSundome is a humorous look at h...
Two new international posters for Hellboy II: The Golden Army have appeared online courtesy of BadTaste.it. The posters come just a few short weeks after Universal revealed their Drew Struzan poster as well, which you can see on the left. To see the lates...
What They SayThe Magic User\'s Club includes the most powerful and skilled magicians in the world. Unfortunately, they were captured, and only Sae Sawanoguchi stands between Earth and certain destruction! The alien menace is drawing nearer, searching for ...
A new international poster for Hellboy II: The Golden Army has popped up online courtesy of Universal Pictures and Empire Online. Click the link to see the full new poster. The upcoming sequel stars Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, Seth Ma...
At the 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational event in Seoul, South Korea, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled STARCRAFT® II, the sequel to its award-winning real-time strategy game STARCRAFT. The announcement took place inside the Olympic Gymnastics ...
A new TV spot for Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, has popped up online courtesy of his official website. The next installment stars Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Brian Stee...
The epic battle to save humankind continues on the PSP system with the release of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. Building on the deep customization and storyline of the console games, X-Men Legend II: Rise of Apocalypse for the PSP features fo...
"We didn't want to just push the envelope we wanted to lick it," says producer Rick McCallum of shooting STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES entirely on digital video. Speaking before a packed room of theater owners and press in Las Vegas, Nev., ...
On August 29th, 1977, producer Harold Livingston presented a new writers status report, and noted that they had met some twenty odd writers. `We have also received a large number of submissions from various writers, either in one or two page outlines, and...
Varese Sarabande has posted the titles for their July limited edition CD Club offerings. Headlining the quartet of soundtrack preservations, limited to only 1,000 copies, is the music to SKY BANDITS, a near-epic 1986 adventure fantasy featuring an enthu...
The game of hockey lends its own set of smells and sound effects. There's the silvery slither of skates, the crack of the puck against the stick and the scent of blood streaked across the ice. If you expect the same sensual experience from a manga about h...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ai Morinaga Translated by:Athena & Alethea NibleyAdapted by:Athena & Alethea NibleyWhat They SayHana\'s come to enjoy being the only girl in the Grand Hockey Club, but the dream may be over: if the team doesn\'t win its next m...
What They SayA criminal mastermind is loose in the ping pong club! Lunches and club dues are missing — who is the culprit? Watch in horror as Maeno uncovers the team’s deepest, darkest secrets and incriminating photos come to light! If only so...
Update: Universal Pictures has unleashed a third full trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. A featurette has also been released via the Apple website. Click there to see the new trailer and featurette. Original Article: Two new video clips for Guillerm...
Updated July 16th
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ai MorinagaTranslated by:Athena and Aletha NibleyAdapted by:Athena and Aletha NibleyWhat They SayHana doesn\'t really care that she\'s flunking out of school, but her friends in the hockey club do. If Hana can\'t improve her g...
It’s happening again. In the midnight hours, they ride. Clans of oddly dressed folks scuttling about in the night, clawing at each other’s throats. Moving about quickly and clumsily to be... the first. No, we’re not talking about the blood-sucking Childre...
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 ...
What They SayThe Magic User\'s Club is always looking for new ways to train in the art of magic, but every now and then their spells don\'t work out as planned. The backfired spells take their toll on school life, while Takeo himself seems to be skipping ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shiozaki YujiTranslated by:Ryan FlakeAdapted by:Aaron SparrowWhat They SayBattle Club is back with a hard-hitting and wrestle-pinning round two. Mokichi and Higushi are slacking in their training. Things heat up when Tamako fa...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shiozaki YujiTranslated by:Ryan FlakeAdapted by:What They SayThe school of hard knocks has just received an extreme makeover! New kid Mokichi wanted nothing more than to become "Big Man on Campus"--and battle-babe Tamako is ju...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tuna EmpireTranslated by:Sebastien AzarAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayMore silly sexy fun from the creator of Spirit of Capitalism. To join the most popular club on campus, you\'ve got to be totally hot and willing to do anything ...
Can flat-chested Hana really have a lolita cousin with large breasts and tons of feminine mystique? The boys of the hockey club certainly can’t believe it.
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Ai Morinaga
Translated by: Athena & Alethea N...
When Comics2Film first met Mike Elizalde, his newly-established creature shop Spectral Motion had just begun work on its first major movie. Having previously worked as an F/X supervisor with Guillermo del Toro on 'Blade II', Elizalde's company quickly f...
A hockey-themed manga about a student club that rarely engages in the sport is unusual on its own. Volume five of Ai Morinaga's My Heavenly Hockey Club takes the weirdness a step further by finally engaging the cast in a game of field hockey with high sta...
Comic-Con
International in San Diego starts up tonight! Comics2Film is here with
another tip for producers who will be heading down to the show looking
for the next coolness.
Today filmmaker Ryan Parrott
tells us about "Unsung Heroes II: Yell...
Guillermo del Toro has made a career of bouncing back and forth between intimate, indie horror films and higher-budgeted Hollywood studio pics. Last year his beloved fantasy film 'Pan's Labyrinth' (which he wrote, directed and produced) collected six Os...
Director Guillermo del Toro understands the parameters and ramifications of his material.
"When you go see a movie called 'Hellboy,' already there is an implicit, assumed, certain sort of sense of goofiness that you have to then say, 'Look, we kno...
This week's DVD peeve: UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF THIS COLUMN MAY RESULT IN FINES AND/OR IMPRISONMENT BLAH BLAH BLAH... Many readers are mighty peeved at discs that don't allow you to skip over the lame FBI warning or any other material - at the start ...
Actor Doug Jones talked about the challenges in playing three roles, Abe Sapien, The Angel of Death, and The Chamberlain, in 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'.
The way he creates the different physicality of the characters, "has to come organically fo...
Gotham
Clock Tower reports there will be a Hollywood Birds of Prey
Premiere Party! KTLA has announced they will be hosting a Birds of Prey
premiere party at The Key Club and fans are invited! The party will be from 5 pm
to midnight on October 9th, a...
Last week
"Welcome To Eltingville" creator Evan Dorkin talked
about the inspiration for The Eltingville Club and the process of
bringing the caustic strip to animated life. This week Comics2Film
presents part II of that interview. Dork...
What They SayIn a crowded train, strangers often end up being too close for comfort. But for some people, being too close is a comfort. When a poor conductor witnesses the train sex phenomenon, he decides to turn it into a business. Every night after the ...
It seems that all the hype, all the eager fan anticipation and all the high expectations were meant to come true for the Christopher Nolan-directed sequel The Dark Knight. The Warner Bros. film has managed to accumulate the amount of $314 million in 10 da...
Manga Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment company and an industry leader in anime DVD, has announced the first DVD release of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie unrated and unedited, with additional graphic and footage previously unseen in the United ...
What They SayHidden psychic powers are unleashed in a reluctant hero who is transformed from a mild-mannered student into Babel II, a supernatural warrior who must battle an army of zombies led by a ruthless Magus. Based on the classic science fiction gra...
William Shatner's new DVD club casts him in the one role he's not had during his storied 50-year acting career: film critic. The recently launched Official William Shatner DVD Club (www.ShatnerDvdClub.com), a DVD-of-the-month club, showcases the best sci-...
If you frequent the more macro-heavy corridors of the Internet, you've no doubt seen that picture of a polar bear struggling to chew some apples out of a block of frozen ice. That particular macro asks, "How does a bear know what apples is?" Rea...
While the Suliban prepare a captured Enterprise for destruction, Archer and Daniels attempt to find their way out of a ruined 31st Century in which the Federation never existed.ENTERPRISE begins its second season in the time-honored STAR TREK tradition, b...
Though hockey brings to mind some very intense physical activity, My Heavenly Hockey Club is probably the most laid back manga available on the shelf today. Volume two continues The Grand Hockey Club's valued tradition of eating, sleeping, traveling and g...
Guillermo del Toro has made a career of bouncing back and forth between intimate, indie horror films and higher-budgeted Hollywood studio pics. Last year his beloved fantasy film 'Pan's Labyrinth' (which he wrote, directed and produced) collected six Osca...
It cannot be stressed enough that before AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL there had never been (to the best of my knowledge) a horror film made in Brazil. There had been a version of Jekyll & Hyde and some Poe adaptations done in Argentina during the 1...
It is always a bad idea to try to write a Gamers' Thumb at midnight. I say "Hey, I'll finish watching this football game, and then I'll go write the article". And of course, I sit down in front of my computer and realize that I have absolutely nothing to ...
In an era when studio marketing departments seem to be in an ongoing competition to devise the most convoluted, multi-sectioned, all-bases-covering titles for their franchise pictures (try saying LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE three times fast...
After netting $137 million bucks at theaters this past summer, Columbia Home Video will release BAD BOYS II as a two-disc special edition DVD on Tuesday, December 9. The movie will be presented in widescreen format and feature director Michael Bay, cast m...
It looks like STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES is going where EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MANACE shied away from: namely, pay TV. Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox shook up the bidding departments of HBO, Showtime, Starz and the other pay channels ...
Due to unexpected personal reasons, director Michael Caton-Jones (CITY BY THE SEA) has exited the Sci-Fi Channel's five-hour mini-series 5 DAYS TO MIDNIGHT. Caton-Jones was the latest high profile filmmaker to be announced on a Sci-Fi Channel project, joi...
It has been said at times that the 3d platformer genre is all but dead. While I don't believe this is true there is only so many variations that can be taken on the classic, exploring and collecting in the same fire, ice, and water-themed levels. There h...
While many are hoping STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES will be as easy to pick on as THE PHANTOM MENACE, the rest of us were quietly hoping STAR WARS creator George Lucas took notice of all the complaints against the first part of his prequel t...
Randy Quaid has been cast in the Sci Fi Channel's new five-part mini-series FIVE DAYS TO MIDNIGHT. Quaid will play a homicide detective named Irwin Sikorski who is approached by a college professor (Timothy Hutton) convinced he is about to be murdered in ...
The first look at the final STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES trailer won't come in movie theaters, but on the Fox network March 10. According to the official STAR WARS website, the two-and-a-half-minute trailer will hit between MALCOLM IN THE MI...
According to a piece in Variety on the exhibition contracts being hammered out between Lucasfilm and theaters around the country for STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, the new preview for the film could be out as early as the first week of ...
Jim Ward, Vice President of Lucasfilm, is stoking the fires of anticipation for the new STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES trailer hitting next week. Titled Trailer D: "Clone Wars," the spot is set to premiere (as reported here last week) between ...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE's own Arnold Blumberg magazine, comic artist John Bogdanove talked about his work with Chuck Dixon and Kevin Nowlan to bring the Man of Steele face to face again with the popular, and vastly grisly, ALIENS, in SUPE...
Our good friends at TheForce.net have dug up this interesting bit of news: some DVD retailers are already taking orders for STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, and there's even a release date: November 26. According to several sources on the site,...
It's funny. Upon exiting the first press screening for STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES, the only feeling I could assimilate with any kind of certainty was that this installment was better than the first film in the prequel trilogy. However, th...
It looks like Paramount Home Video is doing the same with the Collector's Edition DVD of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN as it did with the Director's Edition DVD of STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE. Namely: delay, delay, delay. While the disc has been in t...
On Wednesday June 26, at the Mann Village Bruin theaters in Westwood, Columbia Pictures held the premiere for MEN IN BLACK II. The film reunites Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as agents who offer the first and only line of defense against a sinister seduc...
Game:
Club
Plot:
For most people The Club exists only as an urban legend – a game where criminals are paid huge amounts to carry out gunfights and where online spectators view, gamble and cheer them on in a deadly game of skill. Y...
While we\'re getting some of the most gorgeous weather out here yet, we took a break from the fresh air and took in the 04/13/2004 release of Orphen II Vol. #4 from ADV Films while having some lunch.
One of the more anticipated series for me since it became official that Cartoon Network was indeed funding new episodes, I\'ve finally gotten my hands on Big O II Vol. #1, due out from Bandai Entertainment on 01/20/2004. While those who have followed it o...
In addition to the open contests below, we\'re running a contest exclusively for anime clubs in the US and Canada. One club will win a set of five posters to give away to its members, courtesy of Manga Entertainment. Check out this page for the details!
We\'ve got a number of titles to get reviewed this week that bring closure to series so we\'re excited about that. The first one that\'s up is a look at ADV Films 07/20/2004 release of Orphen II Vol. #6.
Tiffani\'s checking out one of the many collections we have in a big stack (which we\'re looking to find some new reviewers for and has sent in a look at the 08/30/2006 release of the Orphen II Collection.
Compared to Saul's last book that I reviewed (NIGHTSHADE, which I gave an "F"), this book is absolutely fantastic and more like the Saul I'm used to reading. THE MANHATTAN HUNT CLUB is a definite departure from Saul's previous works. Where he usually dabb...
It seems we may have an official release date for Blizzard's long awaited sequel Starcraft II. I say may because there's a big event for the developer coming this weekend in Paris and it just so happens that now, three major retailers have went ahead and ...
Conan and the Midnight God concludes with this fifth issue, reinforcing the amazingly consistent quality of Dark Horse’s Conan brand. Written by Violent Messiahs scribs Joshua Dysart and with art by Will Conrad, the issue brings the titular kin...
Last year, SAW about two men trapped by a sadist bent on punishing people for not appreciating life enough was a surprise horror hit. SAW II is faithful to the subject matter, look and tone of its predecessor, playing fair with its clues while coming up...
Hand Picked Films has paid a mid-six figures for the rights to Dawn Barnes children's graphic novel series, THE BLACK BELT CLUB. Hand Picked looks to develop a multiplatform franchise based on the series. The producers plan to make an animated television ...
George P. Cosmatos, who directed RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II and TOMBSTONE, has died at the age of 64. He had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.Of the the RAMBO film he directed, Cosmatos said, "It's a psychological release for people to have a her...
At Harvard's Hasty Pudding ceremonies, Halle Berry had to write "I will not make CATWOMAN II" on a chalkboard four times in order to earn her pudding pot as Harvard's Hasty Pudding woman of the year. The actress also "shook her hips in a comic faux dance ...
According to Sony, the classic Midway arcade game, Mortal Kombat II, will be made available on the PS3 in March for $4.99.The game brings together the original game's roster of a dozen fighters and their respective finishing moves, and is updated with onl...
Actor Kevin Costner has launched a new project under his production company Treehouse Films titled THE EXPLORER'S CLUB. He plans to finance, produce, and co-star in 12 four minute long animated web episodes all with the sole attention of turning it into a...
The trailer for the upcoming horror film, Hostel: Part II, is now available online via MTV.You can find it here.In the film, three young Americans studying in Rome set off for a weekend trip when they run into a beautiful model from one of their art class...
Hollywood has once again supplied the voice talent for a new video game adventure, and this time it's for the highly-anticipated sequel to EVERQUEST. Sony Online Entertainment announced today that legendary British actor Christopher Lee (Saruman in Peter ...
Check out the hour long audio file recorded inside DGA's theater during the screening of "Superman II: The Donner Cut".
The audio file features Richard Donner and cast members and the opening and closing segments of the movie
As reported Tuesday, Men In Black II is due out
later this year with a plethora of features. Today, online vendors or soliciting
the movie for a November 26th release.
The DVD will include a never-before-seen alternate ending,
blooper reel, and al...
DVDFILE recently spoke to Guillermo del Toro, director of Blade II, about the upcoming DVD release of the Wesley Snipes film.
The running theme among the bonus material on the DVD, including commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes and interviews, is...
The local newspaper in Margaretville (in New York's Delaware county) reports that George E. Harris II, best known to Superman fans as Officer Mooney in "Superman: The Movie", died on December 29, 2005 aged 84.
They're doing it. I'm not doing it. They're doing it," says director Richard Donner of the prospect of a restored version of 'Superman II'. "Michael Thau, who used to be my assistant and is a good little editor - [said that] there were so many requests to...
"Clayfaced", the most recent episode of "The Batman" cartoon (which aired in the U.S. on Saturday, October 7th), paid homage to the diner scene from "Superman II".
Watch this episode online at YouTube.
"'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' is coming along smoothly. While it doesn't quite have the green light yet, budgeting and script revisions are currently underway, and all signs point towards pre-production beginning this summer. I wasn't able to pry any new...
With our recent move, there haven't been a lot of contests running of discs that have been coming in that we have duplicates of. To help correct that, we want to get them rolling again with some new contests...
What They SayIn the not too distant future, civilization is under attack. Leading the forces of darkness is the evil mastermind Bison, who is determined to capture the minds and bodies of the world\'s greatest fighters for use in his manic plan to conquer...
Matthew is digging into his pile a bit with something slightly older this morning with a look at the November 2007 release of My Heavenly Hockey Club Vol. #3 (of 9) from Del Rey.
We took a bit of time last night and today to check out the two versions of the film on this new release from Manga Entertainment as we look at the 07/18/2006 release of Street Fighter II: Uncut Movie.