The smash international success of King Kong vs.Godzilla (which unfortunately Classic Media does not own the rights to for this series) demanded another sequel, and producer Tomoyuki Tanaka had the inspired idea to pit their monster star against Toho...
There were two sounds emanating from Japan in 1954 which have had an indelible effect on science fiction ever since. One was the roar of Gojira—better known as Godzilla to American audiences. The other was the music that accompanied the majority of his e...
After killing him off in 1995, and loaning out his good name to an American production in 1998, Toho Studios decided on a fresh approach to their biggest star to start the 21st century. After all, the continuity of both their old and new Godzilla movie se...
GODZILLA 2000: MILLENNIUM, Toho Pictures’ latest Godzilla film, has some tough acts to follow, namely a twenty-two film backlog produced in its homeland of Japan and a Hollywood remake that was one of the most financially successful films of 1998. In term...
A fisherman named Yata is lost at sea when a huge sea monster (Hiroshi Sekita) attacks his boat. His younger brother Ryota (Toru Watanabe) fails in his attempt to win a sailboat in a dance contest, so he and his friends steal one to search for Yata. Yoshi...
Toho Records will release on October 20th the 4th Box Set in their "50th Anniversary Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection," a monstrous series of multiple box sets gathering the complete soundtracks to each and every Japanese Godzilla film.Box 4 will co...
For this 2002 entry in the long running Godzilla series, the aim of Toho Studios seems to have been to reproduce past success by incorporating elements that worked in the past. First of all, movies that pit the mutated dinosaur against favorite monsters s...
You may have noticed that the usual Monday Anime Avalanche column didn’t appear yesterday. Mania decided that anime is overexposed on the site and unceremoniously cut it. I’ve been writing the column without a break since March of 2005, so I h...
It’s been fifteen years since a new Godzilla film was last released on U.S. shores (the 1998 American production does not count), and the American distributor TriStar seems to have gone out of its way to rekindle unpleasant memories of Godzilla 1985. As w...
THE FILM MUSIC OF AKIRA IFUKUBE Akira Ifukube has maintained a notably symphonic style in his prolific array of film scores, utilizing traditional Japanese styles and voicings for many of his adventure and dramatic films, while embodying his music for sci...
Toho’s latest entry in the true Godzilla series once again pits the giant monster against another behemoth antagonist – this time the colossal energy-feeding Megaguirus. The new film also puts Godzilla against a new adversary: composer Michiru Ohshima. GO...
Japanese people do things to great extreme. In an everyday sense, they work hard and play hard with little given to the in-between. This cultural point can be seen in Godzilla movies as well. Bounding between weighty social critiques and childish, action-...
A dominant force in fantasy filmmaking for nearly fifty years, Toho Co., Ltd is famous for gracing motion picture screens with such classic giant monster luminaries as Mothra, Ghidrah, Rodan, and the reptilian embodiment of unbridled atomic power, Godzill...
The folks at Japan's Toho Studios decided to celebrate the 50th birthday of their biggest star in a really big way. News releases carried on wire services worldwide detailed the rerelease of the original GODZILLA to theaters, the installation of a new sta...
Released in the USA by American International Pictures under the title GODZILLAVS. THE SMOG MONSTER, this marks the film’s first US video release under its original title. This one rivals THE X FROM OUTER SPACE and ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (aka GODZILLA’S REV...
In Part One of my review of the American Cinemateque’s Japanese Science Fiction and Monster Film Weekend at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, I focused on the opening night screening of a newly struck, subtitled print of Gojira, the seminal 1954 film (re...
For those of you who have gone too long without a fix of GODZILLA footage, we've got some good news. The preview for the new Toho GODZILLA film, GODZILLAVS. MECHA-GODZILLA is up at Toho's official green guy site. Just how many times has GODZILLA teed off...
GODZILLA music has grown up over the years, as has the character and the film series. For its initial three or four incarnations, the creature was a malevolent gigantis, and treated seriously by its composers as well as its writers and filmmakers. Ifuku...
Japanese director Jun Fukuda died December 3, 2000 at the age of 77 of lung cancer, an illness he suffered for quite some time. Fukuda directed the following Godzilla films: GODZILLAVS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966); SON OF GODZILLA (1967); GODZILLAVS. GIGAN (...
What They SayA moving anime show based on the book by C.W. Nicol. It\'s a coming of age story about a boy with a special power who faces many obstacles in growing up. The Review!Kazuki Omori, veteran Godzilla director (Godzillavs King Ghidorah, Godzilla ...
This black-and-white, manga version of 1984`s THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (U.S. title: GODZILLA 1985) was originally published in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics as a six-issue mini-series in 1988/89. The English translation was by Randy Stradley and Mike Richar...
In celebration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary, Toho made an all out monster-fest of a movie: Godzilla: Final Wars. The 28th film in the series, this movie draws heavily from the ones that preceded it and is filled with homages to the earlier work...
Though the American version GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS has long been a staple on home video, there has always been speculation as to if and when the original 1954 Japanese version would become legally available in the USA. Speculation has heated up ov...
...TER ZERO, MOTHRAVS.GODZILLA, TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA and GODZILLA'S REVENGE, all available separately. (O) GRANNY (Brain Damage) Over the river and through the woods, to the asylum for axe murdering psycho senior citizens we go. (O) THE GREAT SMOKEY ...
The first Toho-produced Godzilla film to reach U.S. movie screens since Godzilla 1985, TriStar’s release of Godzilla 2000 is being met by kaiju fans with a bliss akin to that experienced by their Star Wars counterparts last year when Lucas Films released ...
The largest lot at Toho, stage 9 is where the majority of the effect scenes of the studio’s kaiju films are shot. It is separated from the outdoors by two sets of heavy steel doors. The inside is kept dimly lit and suspended above is a spider web like cri...
I first met Masaru Sato when I sat in on writer David (Cult Movies) Milner’s interview with the composer in December 1994. Sato had expressed some concern about doing the interview; he had written 300 film scores, and only a handful of those were science ...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBasil Poledouris’ magnificent epic score to the 1987 ABC miniseries, AMERIKA, has finally made it to CD, courtesy of Belgium’s Prometheus (PCR 519). The film, the logical next step after Poledouris’ RED DAWN (Intrada RVF 6001D) ...
GODZILLA PVC FIGURES (Bandai)Well, after over a year of watching merchandise languish from 1998`s travesty that posed as a Godzilla film, I was overjoyed to learn that figures from the Japanese films (the only true Godzilla movies!) were at long last avai...
All of the Godzilla films made in the 21st century thus far have been solitary entries, stories in an anthology with Godzilla as a common theme, but not necessarily inhabiting the same continuity. However, 2002’s GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA left enough...
Who’d have thought that a Japanese rubber monster from the Fifties would still be kicking butt today? While toys and merchandise from the ill-fated Sony/TriStar Godzilla only linger in a few remainder shelves across the nation, new toys and model kits of ...
Though it has previously been reported by CINESCAPE's Aaron Smith that principal photography on GODZILLA: GMK has been wrapped, the director's own website has now posted its own report on what happened during the last week of shooting.These last days were...
It’s been fifteen years since a new Toho Godzilla film (Godzilla 1985) was released in U.S. theatres, and with the demise of the revival house (thanks to the advent of home video) opportunities to see older G-Films on the big screen are few and far betwee...
On Saturday, July 15, after screenings of Son of Godzilla and GodzillaVs. Destroyah, the second day of the American Cinemateque’s Japanese Science-Fiction and Monster Film Weekend wound up with the U.S. premier of Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000, ...
PETER FERNANDEZ AND CORINNE ORR ANNOUNCED ON NEWYORKANIMEFESTIVAL.COM
Norwalk, CT, June 21, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced that anime legends Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr will participate in the inaugural New York Anim...
For fans of Godzilla, last year’s Tri-Star reworking was perhaps the biggest disappointment in the 45-year history of the preeminent giant monster’s career. Despite a huge box office receipt, reviews were poor and fan consensus was that the film’s creatur...
The trailer for GODZILLA: GMK can now be viewed online.The film, whose actual title roughly translated is GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GREAT MONSTER WAR, features a story that ignores all the previous GODZILLA movie series cycles. A direct sequel to t...
For the first time ever on CD in North America, La-La Land records presents the original motion picture soundtrack to the classic 1962 Toho Studios monster thriller KING KONG VS.GODZILLA. Legendary composer Akira Ifukube (GOJIRA/GODZILLA) fashions a spel...
Premiering at the 13th annual Tokyo International Film Festival this past Friday, November 3, was Godzilla X Megaguirus, the 24th entry in the series. Godzilla movies first hit the screen forty-six years ago, giving Japan’s preeminent mutant dinosaur the ...
TriStar may have failed to launch an American franchise with their 1998 Godzilla, but interest in the original Toho monster is heating up. GODZILLA 2000 will be release shortly, and another new G-film is wrapping production in Japan for December release i...
For years, some video labels have sought to lure in movie fans by offering movies in "letterboxed" format that are actually just the cropped fullscreen version matted with black bars top and bottom, advertising more image area while delivering far less. I...
Well, last week`s review of the various Bandai Godzilla PVC`s did nothing to decrease the demand for the lil` buggers! The `Godzilla 6-inch (Blue Back) PVC` (PVGODB) is a great version of the Hesei series Big-G, with six points of articulation and great d...
Fangoria is now confirming the earlier rumor (first published by Creature Corner this past August) that New Line Cinema is actively contemplating a FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH film. While earlier reports were at first dismissed by actor Bruce Campbell, in re...
PitofHorror.com recently caught up with Robert Englund to talk about his upcoming projects. And in the interview Englund revealed some updates on a NIGHTMARE prequel and the rumored FREDDY VS. JASON VS. MICHAEL MEYERS project. In regards to a NIGHTMARE pr...
Well, you probably won't get them in time for Xmas or Hanukah, but we've got some nice stuff in the old Prize Closet for you this week. To win a prize, just send an email containing your name and address with the designated subject line to me at psycho@ps...
RESURRECTION OF MONSTRESS (Hobby Base Yellow Submarine)Vampire Curia: This series of Japanese figures is `recommended for mature collectors ages 17 and over,` and it`s easy to see why! Gorgeously sculpted by Kenji Ando from designs by premier Japanese com...
The trailer for the coming GODZILLA: GMK is now available to view online... and it looks good. Aaron Smith's Monster Zero currently has the trailer available on his site. The trailer features footage the Big G, of course, in action, as well as...
Drat! In my list of seasoning-worthy TV series in last week’s column, I forgot to include the ultra-strange ‘60s Japanese science fiction series ULTRA Q, which has never been released in the USA. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKNot since Godzilla and King Kong faced...
So, any of you guys catch ANGEL last week? It was only one of the best episodes ever!The only thing that sucked about it is the fact that we have to wait until April 15 for a new episode so we can find out what happens.Let's see: Wesley beats up The Host ...
The sequel to FREDDY VS. JASON was so close to happening back in 2005. How close? At one point, the FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH script had approvals from New Line executives and actor Bruce Campbell brought on board to co-star in the film. Then everything fe...
I’m writing this column from G-Fest, the annual Godzilla fan’s North American convention, which should not be confused with B-fest, the annual 24-hour B-movie marathon, but it’s almost as much fun. Every summer for the past 11 years, Godzilla fans from al...
This week’s column marks the start of my second year of DVD Shopping List, and I want to thank all the readers out there for the support they’ve shown for it – if you’re all enjoying it, that makes all the time & trouble that goes into it worthwhile.O...
This past weekend, July 8-10, fans of Godzilla and related daikaiju (giant monsters) gathered yet again just outside Chicago to discuss, support and celebrate their passion at what is increasingly one of the most significant and enjoyable conventions in s...
At 52, Mie Hama is still an incredibly sexy woman. The former `Bond girl` arrived for our interview wearing a tight leather miniskirt, and she appeared remarkably youthful for a woman whom most American viewers have not seen for 30 years. Nevertheless, sh...
The
Man of Steel will be flying back to the big screen soon, and when he returns
he will not be battling DC's other flag ship hero Batman. A New
York Times article by Laura M. Holson indicated that the decision to
make a new Superman film instead of ...
The rumors about FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH are true. Today's Hollywood Reporter confirms that New Line Cinema has entered discussions with director Sam Raimi, the fellow who helmed the three EVIL DEAD pictures and who owns the copyright to Ash, the sarcast...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS After a pair of thunderously powerful retrospective recordings of classic horror film music released in 1996, and an in-depth collection of jungle horror film music like THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE ALLIGATOR PEOP...
If you need a new dose of duelling extraterrestrials, then you should be informed that Apple is hosting the exclusive internet trailer for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. We've finally gotten our first looks at the Aliens, facehuggers, Predators and the human explore...
IGN FilmForce checked with its trusty
sources about the rumor that Paul Anderson ('Aliens vs. Predator') might be the director of 'The Transformers' movie. Their sources advised them that the Anderson rumor is completely false. More...
I’ll readily admit that I grew up a Monster Kid, a regular reader of Famous Monsters of Filmland, fascinated by all sorts of monster movies – but especially GIANT monster movies. All Day Entertainment is definitely playing my song with this fantastic comp...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGraeme Revell (PITCH BLACK, TOMB RAIDER, MISSION TO MARS) inherits the musical mantle inaugurated by Harry Manfredini in 1980 with the first FRIDAY THE 13TH movie. Whereas NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET had no real musical signature, w...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Italy's Digitmovies has scored another coup with their 2-CD release of EUGENIE DE SADE '70 (CDDM030) Bruno Nicolai's surrealistic score for Jess Franco's stylishly disturbing scond take on the Eugenie saga (it little resembled...
Writer Mark Schultz cannot emphasize enough that his four-issue ALIEN VS. PREDATOR VS. TERMINATOR miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is, first and foremost, an exciting action-adventure that should appeal to fans of all three franchises. The reason for his...
So by now you should have heard the news that 20th Century Fox has given a greenlight to ALIEN VS PREDATOR, the long-awaited meeting of two of sci-fi's biggest and baddest creatures. If you attended the San Diego Comic-Con last week you may have even spot...
Over at Marvel.com they've announced a January 27, 2009 release for the 'Hulk Vs' animated double-feature, which comes with two short films pitting Marvels Green Goliath against Wolverine and Thor.
These dark and violent showdowns have been seen in vario...
San Francisco DJ/mix master Mike Relm has mashed up a treat for fans looking forward to Lionsgate's upcoming releases.
Check out this funky mash-up trailer for 'Punisher' vs 'The Spirit' vs 'Transporter'.
'Transporter 3' opens in theaters November 26th....
Based on Undead Television Programming.Boo Cinescapers! Alas, the creepiest holiday is about to rear its ugly head -- but enough about Thanksgiving. (Buh dum bum) With Halloween scratching on the door, one thing is certain, AMC will treat us to somet...
Updated September 12th
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The controversy over Classic Media's upcoming DVD release GOJIRA: THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE MASTERPIECE heated up this past weekend at G-fest 13. Among the attractions at the annual convention this year was a screening of the surprisingly good (again) new en...
Did anyone else notice an interesting interview with Dean Devlin that showed up a few days ago on IFILM (www.ifilm.com)? Not that Devlin is anyone`s favorite genre-movie auteur (in case you don`t know, he is one-half, along with director Roland Emmerich, ...
Last summer, at G-FEST 2000, I asked Yuji Sakai if the Godzilla suit from `1962`s KING KONG VERSUS GODZILLA was the inspiration for the maquette he sculpted as part of the design process of GODZILLA 2000. The Master responded, `Obviously. Also the origina...
We've been fans of Something Weird Video for two decades, as they've unearthed and preserved on home video hundreds of "lost" and obscure exploitation films over the years. We've enjoyed their TV show REEL WILD CINEMA, and their fun-packed Image DVDs have...
Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately they’ve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release of the US d...
Rhino continues to release episodes of this still popular cult favorite in more economically acceptable 4-disc sets, rather than their initial practice of serving them up one show at a time. Unfortunately, since this series incorporated the screening ...
Finally, in Hall H, with its multiple HD screens, there was something to watch other than trailers of movies. Lionsgate and Marvel debuted their Hulk vs. DVD at the San Diego Comic Con on multiple giant screens. Hulk vs. Wolverineis the first in a two sto...
The folks at Sony may have temporarily run out of new Godzilla films from Japan to deliver on US DVD, but they've still got a few new ideas for the world's greatest monster. Disappointment over the 1998 American version of GODZILLA has had time to dissipa...
The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...
This December 5, Disney will release the first titles in their interactive "Disney DVD Game World" series. These will be a sort of combination of traditional board games and interactive DVD play similar to the sort of DVD movie trivia games you see in boo...
Shipping Dec. 6, 2005 from La-LaLand Records is composer John Harrison's never-before released score to the recently re-discovered cult thriller EFFECTS. Lauded for his groundbreaking scores for CREEPSHOW, DAY OF THE DEAD, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE and othe...
New titles include RAHXEPHON, MEGAMAN NT WARRIOR, B.B. EXPLOSION, and SENSUAL PHRASE
San Francisco, Calif, January 13, 2004 - VIZ, LLC, one of the leading publishers and distributors of manga and anime for North American audiences, announced today the ac...
CNN`s Beth Nissen, who was one of the moderatators of the recent New York Anime Film Festival, admits that her interest in Japanese animation came about purely by happenstance. `I once covered arts and culture for ABC News,` Nissen recalls. `Maybe three y...
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...
Well, the millennium ended not with a bang but a whimper—at least in theatres, that is. The year 2000 gave us numerous enjoyable, even sometimes admirable films (including Gladiator and Erin Brokovich), but in the genres of science-fiction, horror, and fa...
Updated September 14th
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Updated September 10th
Congratulations to daquietman
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Tokyo police embalmer Miyako Murakami (Reiko Takashima) is drawn into an intriguing case by her admirer Det. Hiraoki (Yutaka Matsushige) when Yoshiki Shindo, the teenage son of a prominent government official, takes a dive off a tall building, and she's o...
It is the mark by which the faithful shall know one another ... If you hear an argument about who'd win in a battle between Superman vs. Batman, Darth Vader vs. Ming the Merciless, Dracula vs. the Wolfman, you know you are listening to dueling genre geeks...
If I only play one fighting game this year, it’s, without a doubt, going to be MK vs. DC Universe.
I don’t really play a lot of fighting games. Sure I got into Street Fighter II for the SNES back in the day as well as MK II for the S...
It seems that one tradition is about to end within the Resident Evil franchise out of Capcom Japan. You RE fans will know that in order to save on their titles, you need to find that elusive typewriter scattered throughout the games.Well, not anymore. EGM...
With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark...
For many a horror fan, Halloween is amateur night, when the whole world wants to party in the graveyard we live in. But the holiday has its distinct advantages, and pretty high on the list is the accessibility of horror movies on TV. In between parties an...
New York, NY (January 20, 2006) – Leading anime distributor Central Park Media Corporation (CPM), in cooperation with CoMix Wave of Japan, is proud to announce CPM's acquisition of Jun Awazu's animation masterpiece, Negadon: The Monster from Mars, f...
It`s an archetypical ‘50s monster movie that has been copied so much that perhaps it has been overlooked and lost some of its charm. Members of a scientific expedition exploring the Amazon encounter and a deadly, amphibious Gill-Man (Ricou Browning). Feat...
What They SayThey say justice never sleeps, and in this gripping chapter of the Neo Ranga saga, the Shimabara sisters certainly have enough keeping them up at night. Caught between cruel conspirators and obtuse officials, hammered by the violent tides of ...
Like me and many others, Peter Jackson claims 1933's KING KONG as his all time favorite movie. But while most KONG fans never get as far with their remake ambitions as a reel of 8mm film shot in a garage, Jackson persevered, and backed by the overwhelming...
1989: It’s been four years since Toho Studios revived Godzilla, and having expanded their special effects department under Koichi Kawakita, the studio decided to give them something to work on while preparing for GODZILLAVS. BIOLLANTE. One of the abandon...
Far from the usual cash-in four-to-six issue miniseries Marvel publishes, David Lapham's DAREDEVIL VS. PUNISHER: MEANS AND ENDS works well for several reasons. The miniseries has not been without its missteps (the whole Bushwhacker subplot needs to die), ...
Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive have shipped their latest chapter in the cosmic brawn between species, ALIENS VS PREDATOR EXTINCTION, for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Microsoft Xbox version will ship to stores on August 5.With 21 missions to go through...
After months of rumors, innuendo and vitriolic diatribes, it's been confirmed that the powers that be at Twentieth Century Fox have tapped RESIDENT EVIL and EVENT HORIZON director Paul Anderson to write and direct the years-in-development ALIENS VS. PREDA...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSSteve Jablonsky has composed a likable score for Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest anime, STEAMBOY, released this week by Colosseum of Germany (it is also available on JVC in Japan; there is no report yet of an American CD). The film is ...
After Aliens in all three gestation forms run amok on a Predator ship (presumably the same one from the end of Alien Vs. Predator), the whole caboodle crashes to Earth outside a small town in Colorado. A lone Predator is sent to deal with the infestation....
Dreamworks Animation's first film utilizing stereoscopic 3-D technology, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, has been pushed ahead from May 15, 2009 to March 27, 2009. Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2) and Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) are directing this 3-D look at the 50's era of ...
The second half of the OVA series provides the much needed boxing material which gives it some much needed action.
What They Say
The two Joes are finally in the same ring together, both of them fighting for what they believe in. However, there can be ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Watching the film, there is little to relish about 1973's CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD, which was released in England as VAMPIRE WOMAN and may be found on DVD sales bins as YOUNG HANNAH: QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRES. It's a mishmash of a ...
Video games publisher and developer Namco Hometek has announced SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON, a new aerial-based action adventure game starring Peanuts' Snoopy and a cast of classic characters. While taking a nap atop his doghouse, Snoopy has a magical dream ...
Monday, January
21 through Saturday, January 26, the world's finest superheroes face off to see
which is the most powerful during Cartoon Network's Toonami: Batman vs.
Superman. Every night, Monday-Friday, Toonami will air
back-to-back episodes of...
The summer is upon us as are a number of mainstream scores from composers like Graeme Revell (TOMB RAIDER), Elliott Goldenthal (FINAL FANTASY) and Carter Burwell (A KNIGHT’S TALE). A plethora of unique and unusual releases like FANTOMAS, GODZILLAVS MEGAG...
Godzilla celebrated his 50th Anniversary in Hollywood recently when the big green guy received the 2,271st Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. True to form, Godzilla was there to accept the honor.Dubbed the King of Monsters by his...
Bloody Disgusting got a report from a scooper regarding ALIEN VS PREDATOR 2. Here is the basic gist:- None of the cast from ALIEN VS PREDATOR will be returning.- Movie will be set in a different time.- Studio wants Sigourney Weaver to play a part.- Weave...
We've been hearing rumors on the grape vine that it's going to be a race to finish work on ALIEN VS. PREDATOR in order for the film to meet its release date -- which is just three short days away from today. While it's not completely unusual (albeit stres...
Chosen by Akira Kurosawa as of one of Japan’s most important films, this story of a beast resurrected by atomic bomb tests balances entertainment with a moral allegory that is still felt strongly to this day. Though the film’s creators intended to make a ...
Anybody who goes to a movie called BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER expecting subtle character development and profound observations about the human condition doesn't know his or her action flicks, and they probably deserve what they get. But even veteran genre ...
The game that launched Nintendo into the spotlight as a major contender featured a carpenter by the name of Jumpman battled a beast named Donkey Kong for a woman named Pauline. The carpenter became a plumber, his named changed to Mario, and he and Donkey ...
Since its announcement and showcase at the San Diego Comic Con Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe has gotten fans from both camps pumped. There really hasn’t been a good straight up fight game in a long time. Having played the game I found myself...
In an interview with iFMagazine about the 'Troy' DVD reissue, director Wolfgang Petersen also talked about the proposed 'Batman vs. Superman' movie. Petersen was attached to produce and direct the film, which was in development well before 'Batman Begins'...
You know, I'll be the first to speak out and say that Capcom has done an excellent job with its VS. series. And I still think that there is a lot of life and promise in the series. But I do take offense to the recent release of MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2 for the...
What They SayJoe Yuki, one of the coolest DJs in Shibuya, has a secret identity as the leader of gangs. Because of his traumatic childhood, he fiercely hates \"weaklings\" and sees winning as his only option in life. One night, an old man is being taunted...
The Tick started as a comic book superhero spoof from NEC Comics. Our hero's abilities include nigh invincibility, super strength, and drama power, which causes his abilities to increase during dramatic moments. His commitment to protecting The City along...
Updated August 29th
Congratulations to Mabus87!
The grim reaper may have cut your potato to freedom fries with its scythe, but the spirit of The Tick will live on with you as you enjoy the free DVD.
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Although it's one of the few
non-superhero entries in the C2F
Cinema, a fan film combining two 1980s franchises has become one of the best
reviewed shorts. "Freddy Vs. Ghostbusters" pits 1984's greatest
villain against 1984's goofiest heroes.
This...
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers is pure 1950’s B movie fare. The plot and acting are campy, the budget is minuscule, and it’s filled with 50’s sci-fi clichés, but the film had one thing going for it, and that was the stop-motion...
I've been playing Capcom's STREET FIGHTER series for almost as long as I can remember. Okay, not really but it really has been a long time. And while there have been a lot of incarnations of the series, I'll never think twice about pumping a couple of qua...
GOOD VS. EVIL gets a new name and a new home, starting March 10, 2000. The critically acclaimed, quirky mix of action, comedy and demon-chasers aired its first eleven episodes on USA Network under the title GvsE. Eleven new installments will begin on USA...
Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Action.
Studio:Warner Bros.Project Phase:Development Hell.
Who's In It:Unknown.
Who's Making It:TBA
Premise:After experiencing a personal tragedy, Batman becomes more adversarial in his quest for justice in Gotham City. M...
Updated September 3rd
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In our last two feature installments, we presented a chat with artist Jon Bogdanove focusing on the new Superman/Aliens match-up, SUPERMAN/ALIENS II: GODWAR, a sprawling cosmic epic co-starring Darkseid and the New Gods. This mini-series, courtesy of comi...
Dark Horse Comics has announced that they will publish a original companion comic story to this summer's ALIEN VS. PREDATOR film. Titled ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: THRILL OF THE HUNT, the 96-page graphic novel takes the story elements of Paul W.S. Anderson's f...
Toho Studios decided not to wait for director Ishiro Honda to finish the project he was working on when his Godzilla became a huge hit, and rushed into production on this quickie follow-up without him, releasing it less than six months later. Another ...
Machiko Noguchi, the only human ever to become a Blooded Hunter in the Predator clan, has been traversing the universe with the clan for over a year. Although blooded by the fallen leader Broken Tusk, she is still considered an outsider: human, small, and...
There hasn't been much news lately on Paul W.S. Anderson's ALIEN VS. PREDATOR project. We know Anderson stepped down as director on RESIDENT EVIL 2 so he could focus on the A VS. P project but that was months ago. Where does the project stand now? Is ther...
DRACULA VS. KING ARTHUR, the critically acclaimed hit graphic novel published by Silent Devil, will now be adapted into a role playing game entitled VAMPIRES vs. KNIGHTS by Tony DiGerolamo. The game is a d20 role-playing supplement that uses the...
Turn on all the lights. Open the blinds. Grab the stuffed animal that got you through the nights of older-brother induced terror. And for the love of God go to the bathroom first. Not only has Sierra created a terrific game in the way of single player act...
Marvel.com has the third trailer for 'Next Avengers' , plus info on its' upcoming screening and first looks at 'Hulk vs. Wolverine' and 'Hulk Vs. Thor', (two parts of Marvel's upcoming animated 'Hulk Vs.' title).
Marvel and Lionsgate are proud to give ...
At the Hollywood release party for BOOGYMEN, a new DVD compilation of scenes from popular horror movies, actors Robert ("Freddy") Englund and Kane ("Jason") Hodder assured fans that the often-speculated JASON VS. FREDDY film would definitely move forward....
Antonio Banderas is talking about his upcoming FBI thriller, ECKS VS. SEVER. Banderas, last seen in SPY KIDS and probably known best for DESPERADO and THE MASK OF ZORRO, plays an FBI agent who's emotionally slain when his wife dies young.Or does she?"He i...
With its announcement of a sprawling epic period-piece, i.e. THE TROJAN WAR, Warner Bros. put in doubt another of it’s long rumored projects: the much fabled BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN film.It seems Wolfgang Petersen and Brad Pitt are looking to work on the GLAD...
Wes Craven has been giving his take on New Line's forever in development FREDDY VS. JASON project.While talking to SCIFI.COM, Craven revealed that he'd be open to working with New Line's producers on the project, saying, "That would entirely depend on the...
Aardman Animations has revealed that their temporarily halted TORTOISE VS. HARE project is moving forward again with word of having hired new screenwriters.Screenwriting duo Rob Sprackling and John Smith have come on board the project to write a new draft...
It's Marvel Vs. DC for the
Summer box office this year! In one corner: Marvel's first family, the 'Fantastic
Four' will finally get the big-budget Hollywood treatment they deserver. In the
opposing corner is the comeback kid, shaking off the disaster...
Dan Aykroyd and Theresa Russell will take top billing in HBO`s Earth VS. The Spider, the third installment of `Creature Features,` a series of five films inspired by Samuel Z. Arkoff`s 1950s sci fi monster films.Roswell`s Devon Gummersall and The Limey`s ...
Leonard Nimoy and John De Lancie have teamed up to laucnh their new audio book, STAR TREK: SPOCK VS Q, with a major promotional push at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience on November 19. Alien Voices--the science fiction, multimedia, product...
VARIETY reports that New Line Cinema has officially given the go-ahead to that long wished-for meeting of the slashers known as FREDDY VS. JASON. We've previously reported that this film was happening, but now it's official, and what's more, there's a sta...
Though it's future may be inextricably tied to the success of JASON X, a recent rumor suggests that the forever-in-development FREDDY VS. JASON may be making some slight progress.According to Fangoria, the film's script, written by Mark Protosevich, has b...
About a week before shooting is set to begin, Brad Renfro has been replaced by Jason Ritter (SWIMFAN) as the male hero in FREDDY VS. JASON. The film, which also stars Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger, Monica Keena and Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child), is...
I recently reviewed MONSTURD, which ends with the little girl narrator declaring, "..and they made a movie of it for a hundred MILLION DOLLARS!!" Film budgets have skyrocketed out of control in the past few years. Where will it end?I think the days of the...
The official website for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR has thrown up a second behind-the-scenes featurette, this time examining the crafting of the creatures for the film. In the short film we get to see Tom Woodruff, one of the principals at Amalgamated Dynamics, s...
Comics Continuum reports that 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' will remain on The CW4Kids, and John Jameson will play a larger role in the second season. Also, look for updates on 'Wolverine and the X-Men' and 'Hulk Vs.'
McFarlane Toys has been granted the license to create a series of action figures based on Fox's upcoming extraterrestrial ultimate fighting contest, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. McFarlane has already produced a line of ALIEN and PREDATOR figures that are out in st...
Actress Sanaa Lathan (who can be seen playing opposite Denzel Washington in OUT OF TIME) has landed the role of Lex Kline in ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, Paul W.S. Anderson's meeting of the 20th Century Fox extraterrestrials. Lathan's character is the lead in the ...
Previously available for the Nintendo Gamecube, Atari's GODZILLA: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS video game has now shipped to stores for the Microsoft Xbox. Based on the Toho creatures from the classic movie and Godzilla film series, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS features...
There's another new trailer for Fox's ALIEN VS. PREDATOR available for download on Apple's website, and it's even better than the one that hit the 'net last week. This new preview presents more of the film's set-up: humans find mysterious pyramid buried u...
In an interview with CINESCAPE's own Chris Wyatt in the latest print issue of this magazine, BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER producer Chris Lee is talking about his hopes for the film's vaunted action scenes, what inspired the cast and crew, and how he hopes fo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chi Wan ShumTranslated by:Yun ZhaoAdapted by:Shawn SandersWhat They SayThere exists a limbo realm where the cost of admission is death! Here a new battlefield is populated by the most powerful and fearsome martial artists the ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Shareeka Epps, John Ortiz and Johnny Lewis have all signed on to play roles in 20th Century Fox's upcoming film ALIEN VS PREDATOR: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.Epps will play Kendra, a young girl who must protect her little...
New Line may have dropped its MEG adaptation but that doesn't mean they're going away from the mother nature horror genre. Ryan Rotten over at Shock Til You Drop has revealed that they are currently looking for a director to their recently penned scr...
A new trailer for the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies. The new trailer features more bloody carnage and sequences including a shot of a Predator holding 2 Aliens at once, a scene involving some swimmin...
Even though it's some weeks away and it's only 4 days before the movie's release, HR is giving out a release that we should expect an "American Gladiators" special on June 9, which pits Incredible Hulk original star Lou Ferrigno vs. wrestling (a...
McFarlane Toys has released images of their new 12-inch action figures based on characters from ALIEN VS. PREDATOR.The SCAR PREDATOR, the last remaining member of a small hunting party sent to Earth to test their mettle against a horde of Alien attackers,...
An international trailer for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR has surfaced on the website for the English tabloid The Sun. The trailer contains about 95% of the same footage seen in the domestic AvsP trailer but there is some new material in there, plus the internation...
The FilmJerk website has followed up on our ALIEN VS. PREDATOR article posted earlier today and confirmed that the action does take place in Antartica and that the film's main character is named Lex. Furthermore, FilmJerk has posted detailed character des...
"The Magic 8-Ball" (who was 100% right about when we'd see the teaser trailer for RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE) knocked on our door late last night to tell us another scoop. Are you ready to see your first look at Paul Anderson's ALIEN VS. PREDATOR next mont...
We'll have to file this one as a story spoiler, but it's just a small one: the Coming Soon team has published masks and accessories offered by Rubies Costume Company for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. The photo on the CS site shows all sort of fine E.T. swag that yo...
Though the initial release was delayed, we\'ve finally gotten a chance to sit down and take a look at the first offering from AnimeWho with their 06/10/2008 release of Joe Vs. Joe Vol. #1 (of 2).
This week in Gamers' Thumb, James and Troy explore the growing focus on story in videogames. The biggest example of this is fantasy and STAR WARS novel writer R.A. Salvatore working with Atari on FORGOTTEN REALMS: DEMON STONE to provide gamers with a deep...
The DVD prizes keep rolling in...This contest has two (2) prize packs with the following super hot DVD's - The Batman vs. Dracula, Teen Titans Season 2 Vol. 1 Fear Itself, Justice League Unlimited Joining Forces, The Batman Vol. 2 The Man Who Would Be Bat...
Rumor has it there are a couple of reasons why 'Superman Returns' got the greenlight. Mainly, "Warner are still interested in doing this Batman Vs. Superman thing - always have been. Its always been the plan to do it, but only after Batman and Superman ha...
'The Batman' will see DVD releases during the second, third and fourth quarter of 2005, presumeably making up the entire first season between the discs. In addition, the new DTV The 'Batman vs. Dracula' is set for a fourth quarter of 2005 releases and the...
"Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock's simplistic gameplay is a double-edged sword. It manages to offer a more immediately playable experience, but it's over too soon, and it doesn't offer enough to warrant extended play."