...es’ MovieLondon features almost 200 pages of travel tips, city maps and fun facts on literally hundreds of films. To say that Reeves’ pocketbook tome is the definitive London film guide is a bit of an understatement. Like other tourist boo...
Universal delivers a "Wolf Man Double Feature" in their Classic Monsters series, and this one is well in keeping with the "A" and "B" feature double bills of that era. WEREWOLF OF LONDON was among a slate of pictures planned to star Boris Karloff in the w...
Road to Perdition continues to be the year's most critically acclaimed
comic book movie. The film received two more award nominations in addition
to the Golden Globe nomination Paul Newman received for his work on the
film. Empire
Online reports th...
What They SayOn the even of a worldwide conflict, when businessmen, admirals and ministers of state are evaporting into thin air, a mysterious girl named Fuzzy reunites Nadia and jean after years of separation. Together with the Grandis Gang, the ymust fi...
Some interesting news for Transformers fans in the United Kingdom. Activision will be at this year's London Expo. That is not all! The Transformers Movie video game will be on display and fan will have a chance to play the game.
The Standard Lite will turn into The Daily Planet on Thursday to coincide with the premiere of Warner Bros new movie 'Superman Returns' in Leicester Square.
The Daily Planet is the newspaper where Superman's alter ego Clark Kent works as a reporter in ...
One of the largest collections of Film and TV costumes is to be sold at auction by Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London on the 6th March 2007, and a number of Superman movie costumes and props are included in the collection. A Supergirl costume, worn by Helen...
In his panel at SDCC, Neil Gaiman revealed he plans to start shooting his Death movie in spring in London.
No names of the actors considered for the major roles.
London Expo " May 2006
On Saturday 27 May 2006, I had the experience of attending one of the country's biggest conventions " the London Expo. The event takes place on long weekends twice a year, and attracts some huge audiences. This one alone was expec...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Silva Screen Records has released The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection (SILCD 1178), a specially priced 2CD set with over 110 minutes of some of the greatest film music in the history of cinema, including some of...
I have a modest proposal for Dimension Films. I would like to shoot a movie of me taking an 86-minute dump and distribute it on 2,000 screens across America. It will cost under $80 million and will look better and be about as funny as SCARY MOVIE 2.Now if...
Released one week after Stephen Sommers live-action film, VAN HELSING: THE LONDON ASSIGNMENT may prove to be the more entertaining of the pair. Serving as a direct prequel to the beginning of the movie, THE LONDON ASSIGNMENT (hereafter referred to as TLA)...
John Van Tongeren's music for the animated short, VAN HELSING: THE LONDON ASSIGNMENT, is as full-blooded and musically direct as that of Alan Silvestri in the feature film the animated short prefaces. The short has to do with Van Helsing's first encounter...
The music emerges out of the darkness, swelling up with a cadence and a roguish kind of playful sensibility that colors its rhythmic crests. There is a fresh dynamic here, one that`s rarely been heard in Hollywood film music. The music shifts form, temp...
Sideshow Toy has been a classic horror fan's dream come true, thanks to their phenomenal line of Universal Studios Classic Monsters action figures. Of course, when you have a successful product line like that (was there any way these could not be successf...
Major and Minor cons this week.
Sci-Finding The Capital
The biggest thing in the UK this week is the sixth annual Sci-Fi London festival, taking place at the Apollo West End from 2-6 May. The event has made a name for itself by screening...
These are good days for soundtrack collectors. With most movie soundtracks available on CDs, and others often obtainable on composer-produced promotional recordings, and more and more movies being released on DVD with isolated scores, its becoming incre...
Fox Searchlight Pictures is giving horror fans a chance to see 28 DAYS LATER two weeks earlier than the film's official release date. The studio plans on showing the film in 28 cities on Friday, June 13 -- just for one night only -- before releasing the ...
Comics2Film
has learned that there are plans afoot to bring artist Tanino Liberatore and writer
Stefano Tamburini's European comic Ranxerox to the big screen.
Producers Chris Hanley
of Muse Productions, Inc. and Fernando Sulichin of Blacklist Films in...
Sean Connery joined an elite group of actors as he attended his first West End premiere in a decade.
Connery dipped his hands in plaster for his prints to be placed as a permanent fixture in London's Leicester Square as he showed up for the screening o...
One film that seems to get better and better each year is John Landis' classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Released in 1981, audiences weren't sure what to make of the film's mix of comedy and horror, but all these years later the mix proves to be jus...
TheLondonPaper.com reports on the latest happenings on the set of 'The Dark Knight'. They've even got photos of the event.
These were the amazing scenes as Battersea Power Station appeared to explode in the dead of night last night.
The emergency se...
A director
nomination for Sam Mendes in Road To Perdition is just one of four
nominations the comic-based feature garnered from the London Film Critics Circle
according to today's Variety. The movie All
or Nothing was the only film garnering more no...
Having already evaluated the best fantasy soundtracks of 1999 and assessed the best fantasy scores of the 1990, its time to cast an ear back over the last hundred years of fantasy, horror, and science fiction film music. Which scores were the trendsetter...
Gillian Anderson, who currently lives in London, recently talked with Newsday about her career and another X-FILES film.In regards to sequel, Anderson said, "Eventually there will be, we hope there is going to be."She also noted, "The longer we wait, the ...
SEE NARUTO THE MOVIE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN… ON THE BIG SCREEN!
NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW, the first big screen spin-off from the phenomenally successful Naruto anime series, comes to DVD on 24th December 2007, pack...
Manga UK has sent out a press release that talks about the upcoming expo in which they\'ll be announcing some new licensing deals. In a sneak peek, they\'ve already talked about releasing the Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence movie to both theaters and home...
The many effects shots in Jason and the Argonauts were refinements and elaborations on those Ray Harryhausen had created for previous films. As with the novelty of 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no one had ever paired the techniques of stop-motion animation to th...
Jason and the Golden Fleece (as Jason and the Argonauts was titled during pre-production) was not produced in a cinematic vacuum. The `Dynamtion` team had competition on several other fronts. The most obvious inspiration was Edward Small`s pastiche of Th...
Hurray! It's winter! Time to unpack the sweaters and stow the Speed-o! Time to drag out your electric blanket, and curl up next to a fire with a big bowl of popcorn! Sure summer is long gone but we still got to thinking about it... Every summer, we're alw...
The Review!Intro
Having the benefit of being the first to review this movie is a pleasure. Even though I no longer have the dvd in my possession, this dvd was truly spectacular. This review will consist mostly about the Ultimate Edition, but will make ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSJohn Van Tongeran has written a first-rate score for the animated short, VAN HELSING: THE LONDON ASSIGNMENT, released this week on CD by Decca (B0002757-02). The film is a preface to the VAN HELSING feature film in kind of the s...
Variety reports that Fox has placed a 100 foot tall replica of the Silver Surfer inside the London Eye wheel to promote 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'.
Under cover of darkness, construction workers busily erected a gleaming 100-foot mesh r...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...
What They SayStrange things begin happening in Tomobiki Town when a great cherry tree, Tarouzakura, is cut down while Lum & Co are making a movie. Lum loses her horn - and her powers!
Thus begins the strangest and most lyrical of the Urusei Yatsura movie...
What They SaySomeone is dealing out murder and mayhem one playing card at a time, and the deck is stacked against Richard Moore! Those around the bumbling detective are on the hidden hit list, with nobody safe from the methodical mayhem of an unknown madm...
Kiefer Sutherland has told a UK press outlet The Sun that London is the filming location for the 24 movie.Sutherland said, "The shoot will take place in London and Prague. Then we will use Morocco as a location - probably as an aspect of the Middle East. ...
SPOILER WARNING: This Q & A with Patrick Stewart contains MAJOR revelations about the events depicted in 'X-Men: The Last Stand'..
Comics2Film's thechrisbrown sat down with Patrick Stewart out in NY to discuss X-Men: The Last Stand.
He came in the...
What They SayGaia " a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and
violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon their journey of discovery. The battle ove...
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 KNIGHTS TALE). A plethora of unique and unusual releases like FANTOMAS, GODZILLA VS MEGAG...
What They SayIn the annals of fantasy there is no mage as feared, no sorcerer as powerful as the fiery redhead Lina Inverse. And when the exceptionally well-endowed Naga the Serpent accompanies her, the forces of evil will find there’s nowhere to hi...
Character Designer Masashi Kudo And Producer Ken Hagino To Give Unique Insights On New Feature Film Based On Hit Animated Supernatural Action Series
San Francisco, CA, June 4, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most in...
MTV has alerted the media to their upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards. The press release and nominations can be seen below.Nerds, pirates and robots take over as MTV: Music Television today announced the nominees for the "2008 MTV Movie Awards." Dom...
What They SaySakura wins a trip to Hong Kong! Or does she? A mysterious force calls out to Sakura in her dreams, and she discovers a dangerous legacy lingering in the alleys of Hong Kong. Thank goodness Sakura can depend upon Li and his family to help her...
What They SayThe Second Volume in the Acclaimed Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy!
The war rages on, and the Federation ship White Base continues to do battle with the Zeon forces as they undertake the long journey to federation headquarters in Jaburo. B...
One of the more enjoyable evenings at the American Cinematheque`s 1st Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction featured a screening of the ground-breaking horror film Hellraiser and a subsequent discussion with writer-director Clive Barker ...
OPINION: Just a warning if you have not seen SPIDER-MAN 2 yet (though that simply boggles the imagination at this point), and you don't want the plot spoiled, read only the next full paragraph, then come back up and click hereto be taken immediately to t...
Its starting to look as if contemporary Hollywood horror movie remakes owe ever-increasing royalty payments to Roger Corman and Barbara Steele. For some reason, when filmmakers refashion old movies, they borrow less from the official source than from the...
What They SayAll is well at the Tendo residence when from out of nowhere, a Chinese girl named Lychee appears, seeking revenge on Happosai for a broken promise made since her birth. Things get worse when Kirin and the Seven Lucky Gods appear and abduct A...
The Review!Since I have already did a R2 review of this movie already, I decided to write another review for the R1 version with expanded thoughts on the movie. Just to warn you this review contains some spoilers, but I tried not to reveal too much. With ...
OPINION: I've only recently become familiar with John Constantine, the lead character in Vertigo's longest-running series to date, HELLBLAZER. Even so, I was appalled to hear the changes that were being made to the character to bring him to the screen - a...
Craig Mazin who wrote, produced and directed 'Superhero Movie' is pretty much a guy's guy. He walks into a room and greets everyone with a handshake and a smile, cracking jokes; he's a guy I would want to go have a beer with while watching a college...
What They SayStrange things begin to happen in Tomobiki Town.
When a great cherry tree, \"Tarozakura,\" is cut down while Lum&Co. are making a movie, Lum loses her horns - and her powers!
Thus begins the strangest and most lyrical of the Urusei Yatsur...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
Genre:Action/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/"Batman"); Michael Caine (Alfred); Katie Holmes (Rachel); Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard); Morgan Freeman...
[Editor`s Note: In Part One, we looked at the American Cinemateque`s screening of Dark City at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, part of their First Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror & Science-Fiction. The screening was followed by a question-and-answer...
What They Say2040 AD Planet Eden. The Ministry of Defence is testing and developing a transforming super-sleuth aircraft: an advanced defense vessel to counter alien attacks. Isamu Dyson, the jet fighter maverick, is assigned as a test pilot competing a...
What They SayThe darkest chapter in the Yamato saga!
Earth has been revived from its near-destruction at the hands of Gamillon, but now a new danger appears at the edge of the Milky Way, and the crew of the Space Battleship Yamato must reunite to confort...
Welcome to another look into the future of anime dubs. Today's subject of discussion is X-Driver the Movie (hereafter X-Driver), released by Geneon Entertainment and dubbed by Bang Zoom! I'd like to thank animeondvd.com for making this trip into the fut...
What They SaySakura bravely faced the many challenges needed to finish the capture and transformation of the Clow Cards into her own Sakura Cards, but can she reveal her deepest feelings to Shaoran? Before she can face that challenge, someone begins stea...
What They SaySakura bravely faced the many challenges needed to finish the capture and transformation of the Clow Cards into her own Sakura Cards, but can she reveal her feelings to Shaoran? Before she can best that challenge, someone begins stealing her ...
What They SayA re-telling of the fan-favorite Escaflowne TV series available in the US for the first time ever! This LIMITED 3-disc set contains the Movie CD soundtrack and a second full DVD of bonus materials: Production Art Gallery, Staff and Cast Inter...
What They SayGATTAI means \"combine\"—and just like the fighting mecha of the heroines, two milestones from GAINAX, Hideaki Anno\'s Gunbuster and Kazuya Tsurumaki\'s Diebuster have come together...to form The GATTAI!! Movie!
Each OVA series has been...
George Clooney and Grant Heslov will co-write the drama comedy ESCAPE FROM TEHRAN for Warner Bros. about how the CIA, with help from Hollywood, used a fake movie project to smuggle a handful of Americans out of Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis. ...
The Review!Content: A
I liked this movie over the first Patlabor movie, it has a great story, and animation. The movie is mostly story driven, with the word "deep" summing up the feel to it. There is lots of plot content going on throughout the movie, wit...
What They SayIt isn’t easy being a guy-especially if you’re Ataru Moroboshi, the luckless lecher loved by Lum, the aviating Alien Princess with a very short temper.
Lum doesn’t need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomo...
What They Say(publisher: King Records, catalogue #: KIBA-9794)The Review!For a fan of the Sakura Taisen franchise, it was my mission to get the movie whenever it arrives on the R2 DVD. Having pre-ordered this DVD since April, you could say I was highly an...
What They SayIn the first Urusei Yatsura Movie, \"Only You,\" Ataru found himself a reluctant bridegroom trapped between two warring Alien Princesses.
In the second Urusei Yatsura Movie, \"Beautiful Dreamer,\" he found himself trapped in one of Lum\'s d...
What They SayEscaflowne the Movie is based on the TV Series by Shoji Kawamori titled ?Vision of Escaflowne?. An adventure for Hitomi, a young girl transported to the planet of Gaea, where she must use her powers of precognition to help save a kingdom, ove...
'Transformers' and 'Spider-Man 3' score handful of nominations in the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, while 'Iron Man' and 'Speed Racer' also score surprising nods.
The autobots get kudos for "Best Movie", "Best Male Performance" by Shia...
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT...
What They SayThe date is 2002, three years after the events of Patlabor 1. The destruction of a United Nations Labor team in South East Asia signals the beginning of a deadly terrorist plan that threatens to send shockwaves throughout Japan?s military. Wi...
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on...
It'd be easy to say that THE GETAWAY is merely a Grand Theft Auto clone. But the game has been through much more than that. In development for eternity and costing Sony a fortune, the game has slowly evolved from a game like DRIVER to more of an interacti...
What They SayInitial pressing limited edition* High quality DVD edition of the acclaimed anime show based on the work by Kosuke Fujishima. It\'s a 2-disc set. Disc 1 contains the main feature, and Disc 2 containsspecial features. Comes in a memorial box. ...
Genre:Horror/Action/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:Revolution Studios.Production Company:Lawrence Gordon Productions/Dark Horse Entertainment.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Ron Perlman (Hellboy); Selma Blair (Liz Sherman); John Hurt (Dr. Broom); Jeffr...
The Review!The theatrical adaptation of Kosuke Fujishima's "Ah! Megami-sama" manga delivers with gorgeous visuals and a truly epic story. Unfortunately, it may be a little too ambitious for it's own good.
Visuals:
You would be hard-pressed to find a mo...
What They SayFrom renowned composer Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor Movies 1 & 2) comes of his latest, haunting instrumental work the Patlabor WXIII Movie Soundtrack! Moody, evocative, frantic and fantastic, this special soundtrack contains 17 t...
It`s been 22 years since Michael Myers broke out of the loony bin, commandeered a government vehicle and then terrorized his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, but the trail of dead bodies left in his wake is pretty easy to follow. Without John Carpenter`...
When Hellboy II: The Golden Army marches into theaters on July 11, it will have more in common with fairy tales and bedtime stories than with big, green, angry men or men in iron suits. Hellboy II packs a huge modern summer wallop while keeping a foot fir...
Robert Downey Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Jon Favreau and Terrence Howard landed in London today to walk the red carpet and sit down for the UK premiere of 'Iron Man'.
"It's great. I've been traveling around the world and I'm not someone that like...
In this installment of Comics2Film's continuing coverage of the visit to Vancouver and the set of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer', we move from the studio and our brush with the Fantasticar, to the inner offices of the production. We are w...
What They SayAfter their battle with Frieza on Namek, Goku and Gohan have decided to take a little camping trip for much needed rest and relaxation back on Earth. But their peaceful weekend trip is soon interrupted by Cooler, Frieza's brother whose defina...
It was tough to be a video store customer or late night cable TV viewer during a certain period without often coming across the work of Andy Sidaris. At first glance, one might take his films as indistinguishable from any other direct-to-video exploitatio...
What They SayThe year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime - advanced robots called Labors are used to combat criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive B...
OPINION: I'm not entirely sure why, but I got neither death threats nor a lot of positive feedback on last week's musings about Captain America. I hope that doesn't mean no one cares about the old man anymore... My thanks, though, to the two(!) readers wh...
The Review!Audio
I watched the show in Japanese only.Every sounded normal the reason I give it a C- is because of the music.The music used for this movie are remixes and I didn\'t enjoy listening to them at all.Especially the background music songs for t...
Werewolves have been gracing legends and mythology even longer than vampires. Stories of shape-shifting humans turning from man to beast are rooted in ancient cultures all over the world. Movies have given these legends a face and a power that is ...
Italy's Digitmovies label announces April's trio of rare Italian soundtracks, released tomorrow, April 26th: COSA AVETE FATTO A SOLANGE (aka "What have you done to Solange?"), a persuasive score by Ennio Morricone for Massimo Dallamano's 1972 giallo, cont...
Writer-director Craig Mazin had a burgeoning career as a comedy screenwriter in the late ‘90s when he found himself in a room with David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun!), bandying about ideas. Their collaboration led to series redeemers Scary Movie...
What They SayA must-have for fans of the movie and Ah! My Goddess in general! This original soundtrack contains 26 musical tracks and the bonus track: Cantilena Angel.The Review!Content: A
Audio: A-
Packaging: B-
Extras: n/a
Packaging:
Pioneer has ...
What They SayThe Urusei Yatsura story comes to a climax in this animated retelling of the final Manga story.
Lupa, yet another one of Lum\'s fiances, arrives on the scene, and Lum and Ataru have to repeat their game of tag in order to prevent the Earth ...
What They SayInitial pressing limited edition* High quality DVD edition of the acclaimed anime show based on the work by Kosuke Fujishima. It\'s a 2-disc set. Disc 1 contains the main feature, and Disc 2 containsspecial features. Comes in a memorial box. ...
April 29th marked the 27th year of the passing of one of cinema’s greatest directors ever. A man who re-invented a style on the thriller and suspense genres all his own and created new inspiration for directors of today to build off. This genius beh...
Welcome to the special Christmas Eve edition of High Def Revue! Okay, there’s really not anything special about it besides the fact that it is premiering on Christmas Eve. In any case, I hope that you and yours have a safe and happy ...
Crowe as 007? by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 06-27-2001)
According to the Internet Movie Database, London is abuzz (well, the fanboys are) at speculation the producers of the JAMES BOND movies are looking to cast Russell Crowe (GLADIATOR) as 007 after Pierce Brosnan steps down. According to the piece, Lon...
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....
What They SayNew Namek is besieged by an enormous evil entity - the Big Gete Star - a \'living planet\' of metal that sustains itself by devouring entire worlds.
Fearing for the existence of his people, Dende, the new guardian of Earth, turns to Goku an...
What They SayThe island kingdom of Alabasta is about to erupt in civil war - a war engineered by Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and his criminal organization Baroque Works. Monkey D. Luffy, his Straw Hat pirates and Princess Vivi race to...
The press release I got in the inbox this morning is the major reason that we have a WGA strike going on right now. It's also a reason that many people are holding off on buying a Blu-Ray or an HD-DVD player. Here's the press release folks..
Apple® t...
What They SayThe future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven - two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity should be destroyed to create a purified univer...
For anyone doubting the impact Christopher Reeve had on audiences in his interpretation of Superman, they need look no farther than the world's reaction to his tragic horse-riding accident four years ago. The love and support demonstrated spoke volumes an...
What They SayThe squeal of smoking tires, the roar of the engine and the thrill of a hairpin turn in a power drift. Most people in the future have no knowledge of these adrenaline-pumping aspects to driving because they only use cars driven by AI compute...
Fifteen years before The X-Files made government conspiracy a way of life, there was Capricorn One. Born from post-Watergate angst and televisions increasing technological versatility, the film remains an effective thriller and adventure story, tightly-...
What They SaySet three years after the first film, Patlabor 2 draws police commanders Ki\'ichi Gotoh and Shinobu Nagumo into the hunt for Tsuge, a rogue officer of the Japan Self-Defense Force connected with an escalating wave of terrorist attacks. But th...
What They Say\"Space Battleship Yamato\" is the warp-speed version of television\'s first \"Yamato\" series, known in the U.S. as \"Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar.\" This seamless motion picture features the episodic adventure\'s most spectacular ba...
What They SayBased on the original and successful comics by Rumiko Takahashi (creator of the equally popular Urusei Yatsura series), Ranma concerns the comedic adventures of the eponymous hero and his friends.
During a trip to China to train in the mar...
Michael Keaton. Christian Bale. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Even, yes, Adam West (he did a Batman film during the TV show's run). All of them have donned the bat-ears, the billowy cape, and the pointy gloves for one movie or another, to varying levels of ...
The Review!I just finished watching Patlabor 1 for the first time. I am pleased to say that overall the DVD lives up to what one would expect from a movie 10 years old. I had heard mixed things about this classic. I have been told the movie is slow, and a...
So the news came out that the Half Life movie directed by Quentin Tarantino is destined to join the list of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed. It has damned good company ...
10. The "Real" Alien 3
The...
What They SayFrom the director of Sailor Moon and the key animation supervisor of Neon Genesis Evangelion! Utena duels her classmates to protect her friend Anthy, who is the key to a magical power that could make her dream - to become a prince - come true...
If Tyler Bates is any evidence of the current state of the art of music for horror films, cinema of the macabre is in very good hands. The composer of Zach Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects, and James ...
The Review!Video:
This is a great-looking disc. I remember watching this movie on VHS when it was originally released, and when I saw this on DVD I was blown away. This is a great authoring job from the guys and gals at Manga Corps. Despite two places...
What They SayThis mondo-mega-hit theatrical feature released in \'98 was produced as a sequel to the equally popular TV series. Bonus features include theatrical spots, trailers, promo clip for the theme song \'\'Dearest\'\', and more. The show\'s high po...
Generally speaking, I've enjoyed the recent glut of comic book adaptations that Hollywood has been bringing us. There've been a a few I didn't really care for, like BLADE: TRINITY and CONSTANTINE. But, even those were fairly entertaining in their own righ...
Intro
Well, here I am reviewing the newest Star Wars movie. And let me get one thing straight from the get go. I am a huge Star Wars fan. I am also a huge film fan in general, and I am able to be both at the same time. Is this an easy task... well for s...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Mark Isham’s absorbing musical score for Lee Tamahori’s Next, released on CD by Lakeshore, is as much a part of this gripping science fiction thriller as Nicholas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, o...
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 ...
The Review!Audio-The audio is very good, with both a English and a Japanese 5.1. French however is only 2.0, but if you are like myself, the English and the Japanese audio is all that matters. If you do not have surround sound, I would strongly recommend ...
After rejecting initial treatments developed by Gene Roddenberry, Paramount studio`s search for the proper vehicle to launch the first STAR TREK film began The writers approached included science fiction veteran Robert Silverberg; famed author Harlan Elli...
VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...
Best known for his work on both the X-FILES movie and television series, director Rob Bowman returns to the big screen this week with REIGN OF FIRE, a tale of fire-breathing medieval dragons inadvertently awakened from their slumber in present-day London....
What They SayRurouni Kenshin is back!
His exploits powered 97 episodes of the popular TV series and his legend has created millions of fans. But only this feature-length epic can tell his final, long-awaited adventure. The war against tyranny ended years...
What They SayThe Imperial Fighting Troupe is called again to defend Tokyo against the demons. However, this time, the Douglas-Stewart Company is selling a superior fighting machine that will revolutionize Japan\'s defense and make the Flower Division obso...
What They SayIn the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon (the colonies furthest from the earth) has sparked a war. The ...
Soundtrax is sorry to report the untimely death of Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer, music teacher, and noted author Fred Karlin, who died of cancer on March 26 in Culver City, California at the age of 67. Over three decades, Karlin composed more than two...
What They SayContains 285 minutes of Slayers goodness, including not only Slayers: The Motion Picture, but also the standalone Slayers: Return, Slayers: Great, Slayers Gorgeous, and Slayers: Premium.
Plagued by a recurring dream, master thief and sorcere...
What They SayIt is 1923 in Munich. Two years have passed since Edward Elric\'s sacrifice ripped him out of his world and into ours, separating him from his younger brother, Alphonse. In that time, Ed\'s continued research into rocketry as allied him with ...
The Review!Audio
I watched it in Japanese only.The audio sounds good the problem is and it\'s the same with the other DBZ discs I own.You have to turn up the sound sure it\'s in mono but other mono anime I don\'t have to but this one I do.
Video
This l...
The Review!Thanks to an (unnamed!) friendly street-date-breaking retailer, I managed to get the Ah! My Goddess movie region 1 DVD a week before the official release date. This is one disk I've been waiting for rather impatiently since getting the region-2...
Ancient powers surface that threaten the stability of the world as Naruto discovers while trying to rescue… a ferret?What They SayNaruto, Shikamaru and Sakura are in the middle of returning a lost ferret to its owner - the easiest mission ever. Or ...
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' creator Peter Laird enters the ping pong match of rumors surround the next film in the franchise.
To recap recent events: Kevin Eastman made a public post about the next movie being a live-action movie (although Eastman has...
The Review!Leiji Matsumoto, one of the most unique anime directors out there, got his first big break with the highly underrated TV series Space Battleship Yamato. However, thanks to the support of many fans, the series spawned into a movie. Thus, Leiji c...
What They SayFrom the creators of Ghost in the Shell and Akira...
Set in an alternate history of Japan, Constable Fuse is part of an elite Special Forces unit known as the Capital Police whose mission is to maintain peace during a time of civil unrest. ...
What They SayLupica, another one of the Legion of Space Princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru. Needless to say, Lum, assisted by her friends Oyuki and Benten, gives chase.
Also needless to sa...
What They SayThe Review!Before I start reviewing this movie, I got state that this one of the most \"whacked\" (I want say the F word, but I doubt Chris will allow it.. ^_^) movie I have ever seen. If you combine Fair Princess Rane and Patlabor 1: The Mov...
The Review!I've heard for years that Patlabor was another one of Mamoru Oshii's great masterpieces, and I think that while this show doesn't quite live up to other movies such as Ghost in the Shell (granted GitS is 6 years newer) it's still a true classic...
Bandai Visual, Microsoft and Memory-Tech Agree to Collaborate on the Development of HD DVD Authoring Technology for the Release of "Freedom" (a New Anime Title), "Royal Space Force "The Wings of Honneamise", "Patlabor The Movie" and "Patlabor 2 The Movie"...
When you are working opposite Leslie Nielsen, best known for his work in the Naked Gun movies, chances are you won't be able to keep a straight face. However, Sara Paxton, who plays Jill Johnson in 'Superhero Movie', could definitely hold her own. At on...
Most known for his role in the tween hit television show 'Drake and Josh' on Nickelodeon, Drake Bell is no stranger to the screen. One of his earliest roles was starring opposite Tom Cruise in 'Jerry Maguire' and now Bell is a leading man and the star o...
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...
Every comic book fan knows the sensation—that queasy mixture of outrage and dread when a big-time Hollywood superhero movie makes changes. Adjustments. Little alterations in the character's background, appearance or abilities that differ from what i...
C`mon, who can resist having the ugliest, most disgusting movie monsters in history sitting on their shelves. No, I`m not talking about the cast of A Chorus Line, but McFarlane Toys` MOVIE MANIACS series! Yep, after starting the first Movie Maniacs series...
Thursday
at Comic-Con Hellboy fans were presented with an opportunity to
find out the latest news on the planned movie. Director Guillermo del Toro, star
Ron Perlman and creator Mike Mignola sat down with a packed house of hundreds of
fans to talk a...
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Blade 2
director Guillermo del Toro isn't your typical Hollywood director. Although the
vampire action sequel is his second American-made film, the di...
The prehistoric giant shark is officially out of the bag. CHUD webmaster Nick Nunziata revealed his involvement as a producer on a proposed live-action MEG film, based on the novel of the same name by Steve Alten. "Yes we have a script and a director gett...
Sidestepping inconvenient historical details and unburdened by factual evidence, director Bruce Burgess, whose prior directorial masterpieces include Dreamland: Area 51, The Bermuda Triangle Solved? and Bigfootville, takes a running le...
What They SayIt is 1923 in Munich. Two years have passed since Edward Elric\'s sacrifice ripped him out of his world and into ours, separating him from his younger brother, Alphonse. In that time, Ed\'s continued research into rocketry has allied him with...
What They SayUniversal Century 0093, 13 years have passed since the events of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. But the foundations of peace are once again threatened by a new Neo Zeon Army led by the infamous Char Aznable! Their ultimate goal is to...
Before too much longer, Brian Tyler is going to find himself at the upper echelon of Hollywood film composers. His efforts over the last dozen years have demonstrated a remarkable proclivity toward orchestral melody and stylistic invention that has result...
What They SayIt is 1923 in Munich. Two years have passed since Edward Elric\'s sacrifice ripped him out of his world and into ours, separating him from his younger brother, Alphonse. In that time, Ed\'s continued research into rocketry as allied him with ...
What They SayVeteran police detective Kusumi and his young partner Hata search for the cause of several deadly labor accidents in and around Tokyo Bay. Each detective applies their own style of investigation and they soon uncover a labyrinth of deceit wit...
What They SayTrouble in Paradise! Belldandy\'s mentor, Celestin, was imprisoned for attempting to overthrow the Goddess system, but now he\'s back! Using a system virus, Celestin, corrupts the Goddess system and removes all of Belldandy\'s memories of Kei...
What They SayEarth\'s last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city\'s population. Under the strict guidance of a supercomputer, humanity\'s last survivors enjoy an idyllic pe...
What They SayEnter the world of SIN. In the 21st century, the city of Freeport teeters on the verge of collapse. The twin tides of rampant crime and ruinous graft face but a single barrier, an elite strike-force labeled Hardcorps. Led by Colonel John Blad...
What They SayReturn to the world of RahXephon, where humans and Mu fight for dominance over a shattered Earth, and giant statues are the ultimate weapons. Where music forms the fabric of the universe and the link
between two hearts is the thread upon whic...
The Review!Oh Lord have Mercy...not another TV series to film conversion!
Audio:
The only tracks presented here are an English 5.1, a Japanese 5.1, and a Japanese DTS track. Oh, there's also the isolated musical score track, but I don't really count th...
What They SaySet three years after the first film, Patlabor 2 draws police commanders Ki\'ichi Gotoh and Shinobu Nagumo into the hunt for Tsuge, a rogue officer of the Japan Self-Defense Force connected with an escalating wave of terrorist attacks. But th...
What They SayThe war rages on, and the Federation ship White Base continues to do battle with the Zeon forces as they undertake the long journey to Federation headquarters in Jaburo. But turmoil from within also threatens to tear the White Base apart. One...
What They SayIt’s just another day when they are after a bounty on Mars, when a strange event unfolds. After a devastating explosion on a highway an unknown disease begins to spread among the people.
The situation gets really disastrous when the d...
What They SayThe Review!This is the movie version of Street Fighter 2 that was released in Japan a few years back. The movie has appearances by all of the Street Fighter 2 characters up through the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo arcade game. Some of the cha...
What They SayThe Legendary Gundam Movies Now on DVD!
Universal Century 0079. Amuro Ray, a normal boy, finds himself the newest soldier in the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon when he becomes the pilot of the Federation\'s pr...
As a long time Dragonball and Dragonball Z fan, incoming news reports about the Dragonball live-action movie make me itch with indecision. On one hand, Stephen Chow--as in Shaolin Soccer and Kung-Fu Hustle Stephen Chow--is the film's producer. If anyone i...
The Review!Weird. I've already seen the first 7 episodes of Utena TV series already and I thought that show was weird. The movie is even weirder. Not to say it's a bad thing, oh no. This is one enjoyable show.
So how to tell the story without giving much...
What They SayIt isn\'t easy being a guy - especially if you\'re Ataru Moroboshi, the luckless lecher loved by Lum, the aviating Alien Princess with a very short temper.
Lum doesn\'t need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomobiki gets an ...
What They SayShoji Kawamori\'s critically acclaimed Macross Plus is one of the most expensive and respected anime films ever produced. Originally created as a 4-part Original Video Animation series, this masterful story featuring world-class animation was...
Fox Home Entertainment has announced the DVD rollout date for their latest summer hit, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, which hits International markets for DVD & Blu-Ray on December 3, 2007 and North American markets on December 18, 2007. The long awaited ad...
Written by Andrew Tei (Reikun) and Mariela Ortiz (Sapphire)
Friday night\'s big event, and probably the biggest event for Big Apple Fest
was the premiere of the English language version of the Cowboy Bebop Movie.
The line for the movie began...