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Tangerine Dream's Paul Haslinger scores CRANK and TURISTAS
by Randall Larson (Thu 05-18-2006)
Paul Haslinger, the composer who was a member of Tangerine Dream and is now scoring films on his own (UNDERWORLD, INTO THE BLUE), has two feature films and a computer game coming up on his schedule. The first one is called TURISTAS and is Haslinger's fift... Adrian Paul: Talking TRACKER Part Two
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 10-17-2001)
Yesterday, former HIGHLANDER star Adrian Paul discussed his new television series, TRACKER, which he stars in and executive produces. Today, in the second part of CINESCAPE's interview with Paul, the actor offers his perspective on the development of his ... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: AUCTION/ADRIAN PAUL ON DIRECTING
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 03-03-2005)
At the start of the auction designed to raise funds for the workshop itself and future Highlander Worldwide events, emcee John Bierly warns, "If you thought the concert last night was silly, wait 'til you see this."Showrunner David Abramowitz, swordmaster... 
Action Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-15-2004)
... musician Paul Haslinger, has been released on Lakeshore LKS33787). More a thriller than a horror film, the score eased its way throughout the film in between the heavy metal numbers (released separately, with added "influenced by" tracks, also on Lake... Adrian Paul: Talking TRACKER Part One
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 10-16-2001)
Some day, it's entirely possible that Adrian Paul will become best known for playing a perfectly ordinary human being but that's not in the cards just yet. True, after starring for six seasons as 400-year-old Immortal swordsman/martial artist/all-round g... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: ADRIAN PAUL, ELIZABETH GRACEN AND PETER WINGFIELD
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 02-24-2005)
Peter Wingfield, carrying a glass of wine, joins Adrian Paul and Elizabeth Gracen on the stage. Paul notes his friend's choice in beverage: "We get water, he gets wine he's Jesus!" He also takes not of the situation: "Three Immortals with microphones it... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: ADRIAN PAUL AND ELIZABETH GRACEN
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 02-23-2005)
HIGHLANDER star Adrian Paul, who portrayed Duncan MacLeod for all six years, and Elizabeth Gracen, who played Duncan MacLeod's Immortal centuries-on-again, off-again lover Amanda (and starred in one season of her own spinoff HIGHLANDER: THE RAVEN) share t... Music from the Underworld
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-23-2006)
... score by Paul Haslinger (reviewed in Soundtrax Jan 15, 2004), as well as plenty of modern rock music included to sell plenty of associated CDs. The new film also contains its requisite amount of songs, and like the first film they have been released o... The New Face of Wizards: Paul S. Kemp
by Pat Ferrara (Fri 08-24-2007)
With the much anticipated release of Shadowstorm hitting bookshelves this Tuesday, New York Times best-selling author Paul S. Kemp has officially barreled into dark fantasy with a quick wit, incomparable style, and an unabashed desire to portray the human... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: SWORD CHOREOGRAPHY WITH F. BRAUN McASH, ADRIAN PAUL AND PETER WINGFIELD
by Abbie Bernstein (Sat 02-26-2005)
Swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and actors Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield conduct a panel on the sword choreography for the episodes "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" and "The Modern Prometheus," both of which featured MacLeod and Methos.McAsh assesses how things u... HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME - Adrian Paul Part II
by Matthew F. Saunders (Thu 09-07-2000)
When Adrian Paul signed on as Duncan MacLeod for the Highlander TV series, he brought his own distinct flavor and talents to the role. Unlike Christopher Lambert, who portrayed Connor MacLeod in the Highlander film series, Paul was a skilled martial artis... Paul Newman's Own Part One
by Pamela Harland (Sat 07-20-2002)
At 77 it's highly unlikely legendary actor and philanthropist Paul Newman will ever retire. "I keep trying to retire from everything and discover I haven't retired from anything," laughs Newman. With a 50-year show business career, tons of charity work - ... BLAKE'S 7 revival loses Paul Darrow/Avon
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 10-10-2003)
Actor Paul Darrow, who played the rogue Avon on the British cult sci-fi series BLAKE'S 7, has left the show's revival project citing creative differences. The news first broke yesterday in an email sent out to BLAKE'S 7 fans and later reported on The Paul... Paul Jenkins in Spidey mix
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 04-29-2002)
Even though J. Michael Straczynski and Kevin Smith have exclusive agreements with Marvel and will be writing monthly Spider-Man titles, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN writer Paul Jenkins remains in the mix. "Paul's going to continue doing Spider-Man," Marvel ... Joe Satriani to Team Up with John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert for 2007 G3 Tour
by Randall Larson (Wed 01-31-2007)
The 2007 incarnation of Joe Satriani's popular G3 tour will kick off on March 14 in Phoenix starring Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. The tour will play selected dates in North America throughout March and April. The 2007 tour mar... Paul Newman Passes Away at 83
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 09-27-2008)
Paul Newman never much cared for what he once called the "rubbish" of Hollywood, choosing to live in a quiet community on the opposite corner of the U.S. map, staying with his wife of many years and — long after he became bored with acting... Paul Levitz snagged for president/publisher of DC
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-07-2002)
Paul Levitz has been named President & Publisher, DC Comics, it was announced on Wednesday by Barry M. Meyer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.Levitz, who moves up from his 12-year post as Executive Vice President & Publisher, assumes the... HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME - Adrian Paul Part I
by Matthew F. Saunders (Fri 09-01-2000)
It`s never easy stepping into someone else`s shoes. And while he didn`t take over the role of Connor MacLeod from Christopher Lambert, that`s exactly what Adrian Paul did in 1992 when he signed on as the lead in the Highlander TV series, a spinoff of the ... HOLLOW MAN: Paul Verhoeven - Part I
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 08-03-2000)
If one was to philosophically understand what Paul Verhoeven is trying to accomplish with the much anticipated Hollow Man, perhaps you could sum it up as, `The art of invisibility without being invisible.` Hollywood is again revisiting the past by re-inve... SPIDER-MAN: REVENGE OF THE GREEN GOBLIN - Roger Stern, Paul Jenkins & Howard Mackie
by James Busbee (Wed 09-27-2000)
Every great hero has that one villain who stands above all the rest, that archenemy who isn’t a cartoonish `bad guy,` but a dark, disturbingly close reflection of the hero himself. Batman has the Joker, Wolverine has Sabretooth and Reed Richards has Docto... Paul Jenkins On UNIVERSE
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 08-29-2001)
Top Cow story editor Paul Jenkins says that the new UNIVERSE title is intended to last 12 issues - or maybe longer."At the end of the 12 issues, there is an in or out," Jenkins says. "There's a story point where it ends and you say, 'We move on from there... Auditioning For Anakin: Paul (Sky?) Walker
by Edward Gross (Fri 03-31-2000)
It seems that every day we log on to the Internet there are new rumors about who is supposedly meeting with Lucasfilm to possibly star in the forthcoming STAR WARS EPISODE II. Every young actor in Hollywood has been mentioned, but at least one of them has... Paul Walker Enters TIMELINE
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-01-2001)
Paul Walker has joined the cast of Paramount's developing TIMELINE, based on the book by Michael Crichton.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Walker will pull in $3M to take one of the film's three young lead roles. Gerard Butler (DRACULA 2000) was previ... Paul Giamatti is Dr. Satan (Mon 05-22-2006)
Paul Giamatti will lend his voice to the cast of Rob Zombie Presents the Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Giamatti will voice Dr. Satan, the film's main villain.VFX Supervisor Paul Franklin Talks Batman Begins (Sat 06-18-2005)
VFXworld's comic pro Danny Fingeroth talks with Double Negative's visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin about bringing Batman Begins to the big screen. (Free registration required)Paul McGuigan's next movie is 'Deathlok' (Thu 02-09-2006)
Paul MCGuinam, director of the upcoming 'Lucky Number Slevin' confirms that his next project is a movie adaptation of Marvel's 'Deathlok'.Paul Storrie On Mutant X Comic
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 02-01-2002)
Paul Storrie continues to adapt TV shows into comics. Storrie, who has written BATMAN BEYOND and JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES for DC Comics, has contributed a story to Marvel Comics' MUTANT X: DANGEROUS DISCOVERIES one-shot.Storrie's story is called "Dangero... Paul Levitz says good comic films take time (Fri 06-16-2006)
"In part [the slow development of DC Comics films is] because no one wants them to go wrong. So you really look at these things, both the size of the bet that the studios have to make, the complexity of making the films," says DC chief Paul Levitz. "You r...Paul Giamatti on 'Screw-On' and 'Superbeasto' (Mon 07-10-2006)
"It's basically a very dirty cartoon," actor Paul Giamatti said of Rob Zombie's comic-based feature 'The Haunted World of El-Superbeasto'. "It's just a lot of sex and drugs and violence, which is good, because I think we need a cartoon like that. It's lik...Paul McGuigan Not Directing Deathlok? (Wed 03-29-2006)
After numerous reports that Paul McGuigan would be directing 'Deathlok', this article states that the "Lucky Number Slevin" director is not doing Marvel's cyborg movie.Paul Verhoeven Helms THOMAS CROWN 2
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 11-11-2007)
Director Paul Verhoeven has publicly stated that he's in charge of leading the sequel to THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. The announcement came while talking to the Dutch radio program With the Eye on Tomorrow this week. Like the 1999 film, the story concept will... Death Race Interview IV: Paul W.S. Anderson: Blood on the Tracks 2
by Josh Gordon (Thu 08-21-2008)
Welcome back! In part II of our Comic-Con interview with director Paul W.S. Anderson we discuss the pitfalls of futuristic movies, the nature of modern action film editing and the Castlevania movie!
Q: Why do we never see the audience that’... Watchmen's Paul Greengrass reveals all...well, some
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 03-15-2005)
Paul Greengrass can talk.
The director of the smartest action film of last summer, 'The Bourne Supremacy', Greengrass is now in England getting ready to make a movie many of us anticipate and fear in equal measure: 'Watchmen'... 'Watchmen' director Paul Greengrass reports (Mon 01-31-2005)
Director Paul Greengrass said he'll be involved on the movie for the next 18 months or so, and showed that he's keenly aware of the source material's rep. "'Watchmen' is the holy grail of comic book movies," he said, while professing that he's not nervous...Scribe Paul Haggis Talks BOND 22
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 08-27-2007)
While talking at a press session for his latest film, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, Oscar winning writer Paul Haggis talked a little about his work on JAMES BOND 22. He's been keeping mum on the overall plot theme of the next 007 adventure but he did reveal how ... Haggis, Paul Haggis is Back on Bond
by News Editor (Thu 05-24-2007)
Sony Pictures has brought in Oscar winning screenwriter Paul Haggis to once again work on the script for the follow up to CASINO ROYALE.
Haggis is doing a rewrite on the tenatively titled BOND 22, whose first drafts were done by Neal Purvis and Robert Wa... Paul W.S. Anderson, Zombie Fanatic
by SCOTT COLLURA (Thu 03-21-2002)
With the horror-action picture RESIDENT EVIL raking in $17 million in its opening weekend, both videogame fans and zombie movie fanatics have something to be happy aboutas does writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson, the man responsible for the film. Anderson... Paul Giamatti is Dr. Satan
by Karl Schneider (Mon 05-22-2006)
Paul Giamatti will lend his voice to the cast of Rob Zombie Presents the Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Superbeasto). Giamatti will voice Dr. Satan, the film's main villain.Superbeasto will be a 2-D animated comedy based on the Spookshow International ... Paul Bettany joins the fantasy INKHEART
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-24-2006)
According to Variety, Paul Bettany has joined the New Line family fantasy INKHEART. He will join Brendan Fraser in the cast of the film.INKHEART will follow a girl whose father has the power to bring characters from books to life by reading aloud. When ... Paul McCartney as Frodo in Beatles' LORD OF THE RINGS?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 03-05-2002)
It looks like the Beatles toyed with the idea of bringing J.R.R. Tolkein's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy to the big screen in the early 1970s, with Paul McCartney in the role of Frodo Baggins.According to Denis O'Dell, the film producer for the Beatles back t... Paul Giamatti to play Philip K. Dick
by Karl Schneider (Tue 08-08-2006)
Paul Giamatti is in negotiations to star in an upcoming untitled biopic about sci-fi author Philip K. Dick.Dick, who died in 1982, wrote more than four dozen books and numerous short stories, with at least seven being adapted for the big screen, including... Adrian Paul Battles Piracy as CAPTAIN DRAKE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 11-02-2007)
Adrian Paul (Highlander) and Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett) are getting ready to face off in a new upcoming Sci-Fi movie called CAPTAIN DRAKE, says the Hollywood Reporter. The duo will be joining Wes Ramsey and newcomer Sofia Pernas in a pirate-themed fant... Alien vs. Predator (Fri 08-27-2004)
Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Twentieth Century Fox.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Sanaa Lathan (Alex Kline; Lance Henriksen (Charles Bishop Weyland); Ewen Bremmer (Graham Miller); Raoul Bova (Sebastian de Rosa); Col...FARSCAPE: Paul Goddard
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 01-15-2001)
Actor Paul Goddard plays Stark, one of the many recurring characters on the Sci-Fi Channel’s Farscape. Stark figures prominently in the last four episodes of season two airing this month, appearing first in the three-part `Liars, Guns and Money,` and then... Paul Walker the Frontrunner for Johnny Storm? (Tue 04-13-2004)
The latest 'Fantastic Four' casting rumor claims Paul Walker ('The Fast and the Furious') is in consideration for Johnny Storm. More...Paul Newman's Own Part Two
by Pamela Harland (Sun 07-21-2002)
Currently appearing in ROAD TO PERDITION, Hollywood icon Paul Newman plays 1931 Irish mob boss John Rooney who finds himself torn between a biological son (Daniel Craig) and the one whom he grew to love as a son (Tom Hanks). Today we continue our talk wit... Paul not signed to HIGHLANDER 5
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 09-18-2001)
During an interview regarding his new series TRACKER, actor Adrian Paul was asked about stories circulating that he's been signed to do another HIGHLANDER film. "That's a wrong rumor," Paul replied.HIGHLANDER executive producer Bill Panzer announced at th... Paul Bartel
by John Thonen (Tue 05-23-2000)
Offbeat director and character actor Paul Bartel died in his sleep at age 61. Between 1969 and 1993, Bartel directed a dozen films, most notably the cult classics Death Race 2000 (`75), Eating Raoul (`82) and Lust In the Dust (`85) as well as the largely... Paul Dini's new mini-series
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 02-08-2002)
Oni Press has announced the May premiere of Paul Dini's second creator-owned mini-series, MUTANT, TEXAS: TALES OF SHERIFF IRA RED.The four-issue mini-series is illustrated by Alison Dare artist J. Bone, and it stars the sassy, superpowered lawgal Ida Red,... Directing HOLLOW MAN: Paul Verhoeven
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 06-05-2000)
One thing you would never call Paul Verhoeven as a director is `subtle.` Even his early European films like THE FOURTH MAN contained their share of graphic imagery gouged eyeballs, to site one example) meant to shock you out of the complacency often produ... Bai Ling Co-Stars with Adrian Paul in A BREED APART
by Steve Ryfle (Tue 11-28-2000)
You remember her from Alex Proyas` incredible The Crow. You noticed her has Dr. Loveless` (Kenneth Branagh`s) assistant in the otherwise awful Wild Wild West. And if you were one of the dozen or so people who actually saw Anna and the King, you saw her do... Paul Lee Draws FUSED!
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-09-2002)
Paul Lee will now be the artist for FUSED!, a bi-monthly Image Comics series from writer/creator Steve Niles.Nat Jones was named in the original solicitation as artist, but, according to Image, "A creative team change was made from the original solicitati... HOLLOW MAN: Paul Verhoeven - Part II
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 08-10-2000)
In Part One of my interview with the polemical Paul Verhoeven, we talked about the effect of Elisabeth Shue’s injury on the shoot, and the directing difficulties incurred due to the invisibility special effects, how that affected Kevin Bacon’s performance... Paul Anderson Talks ALIENS VS. PREDATOR
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 08-02-2002)
Hot off the success of his zombie/videogame movie RESIDENT EVIL, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson is gearing up to make the long-rumored fanboy wetdream ALIENS VS. PREDATORmuch to the chagrin of many of those same fanboys the world over who hold a grudg... Paul Dini talks about animated Batman projects (Mon 11-24-2003)
Toon Zone documents the highlights of Paul Dini's Wizard World Q&A regarding animated projects. Highlights: Dini said that the success of 'Mystery of the Batwoman' have led Warner Home Video to revive plans for a straight-to-video project that was shelve...Paul Dini co-producing 'Krypto' (Wed 02-25-2004)
Toon Zone reports former Batman: The Animated Series co-producer Paul Dini will produce the new Krypto show and write select episodes as well. More...Actor Paul Winfield died on Sunday at 62. (Tue 03-09-2004)
Paul Winfield, an Academy Award-nominated actor who was known for his versatility in stage, film and television roles has died. Winfield is well known to fans of comic-based movie and TV fare. He appeared in comic-based films like "Mars Attacks" and "D...Paul W.S. Anderson's "Castlevania" dead?
by Karl Schneider (Wed 03-28-2007)
According to Dread Central, Paul W.S. Anderson is no longer writing or directing the Rogue Pictures video game adaptation, Castlevania.The film was described as a fresh take on the much-filmed Dracula legend, mining back to its genesis in the story of the... Paul Schulze is the Law in JOURNEYMAN
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 09-24-2007)
Actor Paul Schulze is no stranger to playing a government agent in genre television. The actor who previously played Ryan Chappelle on Fox's 24 has been cast to play an FBI agent named Richard Garrity in NBC's JOURNEYMAN. Schulze has also recently wr... PAUL JENKINS CIVIL WARS & SIDEKICKS
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Tue 09-26-2006)
I first met Paul Jenkins several years ago when he was getting ready to begin his run on Top Cow's Witchblade. We hung out, talked comic books, and I learned how he had a penchant to root for the underdog. Since then, we've kept in touch, and I've follo... Paul McGuigan to helm FOUR KNIGHTS
by Karl Schneider (Tue 06-13-2006)
Paul McGuigann will direct The Weinstein Co's upcoming film, FOUR KNIGHTS.The film, a historical drama, is set in 12th century England and follows four foul-mouthed knights sent by King Henry II to negotiate the peace with the troublesome but hugely popul... Paul Monash dead at 85
by Mike Whybark (Thu 01-16-2003)
UPI runs an obituary for Paul Monash, who died in Los Angeles Tuesday at 85. The producer-writer's career began with writing for television, including series pilots for THE UNTOUCHABLES and TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, eventually moving into producer roles.His se... Interview: Paul Dini (Wed 08-18-2004)
Although he no longer has an office at WB Animation, Dini still has some projects in the works with the studio. He's waiting on the greenlight for another Batman direct-to-video project which will team the Dark Knight with Green Arrow. He's also penned so...HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: LIVE CAST AND CREW COMMENTARY
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 03-04-2005)
Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and post-production supervisor Don Paonessa all take the stage together as the last HIGHLANDER episode Paul directed, "The Modern Prometheus," is projected onto the big screen between them."It's a g... Paul Soles, The 60s 'Spider-Man' speaks! (Wed 06-02-2004)
"I didn't consider myself much the superhero type, so I had to do a little thinking," Soles recalls of his time as Spider-Man. "I asked myself, 'How does a superhero feel? How does a superhero sound'? But it was less about being superhero and more about b...Crowded House Drummer Paul Hester Found Dead
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-05-2005)
The drummer from 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House hanged himself in a park in southern Australia, an emergency services spokeswoman said Monday.Paul Hester, 46, went missing on Friday. His body was found Saturday, March 26th in a park near his hom... THE BREED
by ABBIE BERNSTEIN (Tue 11-20-2001)
If you’re in a certain mood, THE BREED is great fun. A near-future thriller about a human cop (Bokeem Woodbine) reluctantly teamed with a vampire cop (Adrian Paul) to investigate a fanged murderer who doesn’t want his species to integrate with humanity, T... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES LIVE COMMENTARY
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 02-25-2005)
Next up, showrunner David Abramowitz joins Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield and Elizabeth Gracen onstage for a live commentary on "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," a pivotal fifth-season episode in which all three actors appeared."This is much better than a DVD," ... DUNE: Alec Newman and John Harrison
by Steve Fritz (Mon 11-27-2000)
To hear director John Harrison`s take on Alec Newman, it was almost a miracle that he ever hired the young actor to play Dune`s Paul Atreides. `I had set out very early on to look for somebody that was a brilliant young actor to do the role,` said Harriso... Batman Beyond
by Coming Attractions (Sun 05-18-2003)
Genre:Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/Superhero.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:At one time rumors were heard that WB studio execs thought about Keanu Reeves playing the role of the futuristic caped cr... Star Trek and the Singularity
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-04-2008)
After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.”
It’... The X-FILES Complete Collector's Edition Hits Tuesday
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 11-04-2007)
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’... UNCANNY X-MEN #414
by Tony Whitt (Mon 10-07-2002)
The comics world seems slowly to be catching up with the real one once again in its sensitive depiction of gay characters, especially this month. First Judd Winick brought us the story of Kyle's gay friend getting beaten nearly to death by homophobes in t... Audio Treatment for Manfredi’s The Last Legion
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-13-2007)
Myth Adventures author Robert Asprin unveils a collection of SF war novels, Manfredi’s The Last Legion leaps onto the audiobook format, and an F. Paul Wilson’s classic gets the collector’s rendition in this edition of the Weekly Book... GODSEND
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 04-30-2004)
Part of a very good idea holds its own for a good long while in GODSEND, before both a prosaic plot turn and a strikingly unfortunate exposition sequence send the proceedings irretrievably downhill.Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos star as Paul and J... Exorcist: The Beginning (Fri 08-27-2004)
Genre:Horror/Sequel.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Morgan Creek.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Stellan Skarsgård (Father Lankester Merrin); James D'Arcy (Father Francis); Izabella Scorupco (Sarah); James Bellamy (James); Ben Cross (Semelier);...Roumanian Princesses and Lords of Lies
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-14-2008)
A slim release schedule doesn’t mean skimpy genre fare as this week’s debuts prove with big releases from powerhouse authors Kate Elliott, Orson Scott Card, and Ursula K. Le Guin along with newcomer Paul Genesse and a handful of talent from ac... PRISON BREAK Season Two - Breaks for DVD
by Associate News Editor (Sat 09-01-2007)
On Sepetmber 4th, “Prison Break” Season Two arrives on DVD. Featuring the return of Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, the second season adds Hollywood veteran William Fichtner to the ensemble cast as the determined FBI agent hot... Post-Christmas Book-Buying Tips
by Denise Dumars (Thu 01-11-2001)
Well, it`s after Xmas; no one has any cash, except for two quarters and a coupon for a fifty-cent double cappuccino at Borders. So whaddya do, besides see if your local library has been able to afford to buy any new fiction in, like, the last decade?You c... HOLLOW MAN: Unseen Star Kevin Bacon, Part 2
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 05-25-2000)
In part one of our interview with Kevin Bacon on the making of Hollow Man,, the star described some of the difficulties caused by wearing make-up that allowed Sony Pictures ImageWorks to remove him digitally from the frame, thus creating the illusion of i... Death Race Interview: Joan Allen is Ready to Be Sinister
by Josh Gordon (Mon 08-18-2008)
She’s played a presidential candidate amidst a sex scandal in The Contender, went against type as the heavy in the Bourne series and now she’s a sadistic prison warden in director Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race, a re-do of Roger Corman&... Toei 2005 Preview
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 01-22-2005)
In March of 2004, Toei Animation began to set up their offices in Los Angeles with plans to release a number of their shows directly into the North American market while using Geneon as a distributor for their shows. Waiting until the late fall to make th... DUNE: Julie Cox
by Steve Fritz (Mon 12-04-2000)
We`re going to see a lot of Julie Cox this December. For starters, she`s appearing in the latest Hallmark version of David Copperfield. She`s also in a small-budget movie with Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker called The War Bride, which is about British women ... Othello Vol.#02
by Mike Dungan (Mon 06-06-2005)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Satomi IkezawaTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:What They SayWait While I Change Into Someone More Comfortable. Shy Yaya spends her time in awkward conversations with handsome classmate, guitarist Moriyama, dressing up ... BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 11-09-2001)
In light of the ever-popular television series, it’s easy to forget the original cinematic version of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - which is probably for the best. While the general rule of thumb is that television spin-offs of hit movies pale in comparison ... Appleseed Original Soundtrack (2-CD Set)
by Lauren Goodnight (Mon 04-04-2005)
What They SayContains 2 CDs - both the Appleseed Original Soundtrack as well as the Appleseed Original Score!
The \"Appleseed Original Soundtrack\" assembled many of the world\'s greatest talents in electronica who have become enamored with this film. F... HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention Report Part Three
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 11-01-2001)
The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention was held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, marking the 15th year of the existence of HIGHLANDER. Both onscreen and behind-the-scenes talent from the various HIGHLANDER shows and movies attended this year,... TOMORROW PEOPLE: THE NEW GODS
by Tony Whitt (Fri 08-17-2001)
As new Tomorrow Person Paul breaks out for the first time, John and Elena encounter resistance as they try to contact him telepathically. The interference is linked to a public appearance made by media stars Zane and Katya, whose fans are unusually adorin... CARNIVAL OF BLOOD / CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
by Andrew Hershberger (Sat 05-25-2002)
Don’t bother looking up Leonard Kirtman in your Hollywood book of who’s who. Since releasing the Warhol-esque, or should I more accurately say Paul Morrisey-esque, CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1972), his cinematic offerings have taken a blue path with ... Monkey See, Monkey Do Part 1
by Pamela Harland (Fri 08-03-2001)
When Tim Burton calls, talent comes a running. And even the threat of wearing thick makeup and heavy prosthetics doesn't discourage actors from working with the mastermind behind such fantasies as BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ... Rider Strong returning for "Cabin Fever 2"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 03-14-2007)
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rider Strong will return to play Paul in the upcoming sequel, Cabin Fever 2.The film finds Strong's character, Paul, alive and well and living in fear of his life. Giuseppe Andrews will return as the oddball Depu... 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Mon 02-14-2005)
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ... Hitchcock vs. Lewton
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 10-04-2005)
That's right, fans it's October! The season of spooky pranks, ghoulish doings, colorful costumes and tasty treats is upon us. Of course you know what I'm talking about: Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Everyone who claims to be Canadian c... Longest Yard, The
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Wed 07-07-2004)
Genre:Sports/Comedy/Drama.Studio:Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Happy Madison Productions/MTV Films.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Adam Sandler (Paul Crewe); Chris Rock; Burt Reynolds (Nate Scarboro); William Fichtner.Who's M... Photos from the 2004 Saturn Awards!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groff (Fri 05-07-2004)
The 30th Annual Saturn Awards, 'Celebration of the Fantastic,' were held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel on Wednesday, May 5th. As the excitement built on the red carpet the key phrases from everyone about The Academy and Science Fiction in general seemed... Bulletproof Mizzy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-18-2003)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEric Serra's score for BULLETPROOF MONK, the Chow-Yun Fat martial arts fantasy by first-time feature director Paul Hunter released last week on DVD, is a pleasing mix of synth-ocated rhythms and sampled Asian textures. The sound... Castlevania
by Development Heck (Thu 11-03-2005)
Castelevania (Horror/Action/Adaptation of videogame)Current stage: DevelopmentDescription: The story will center on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope.Writer(... Nautical Fantasy, SC: Ghost, Jordan & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-28-2006)
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi... Book Buzz: Puttin’ the Folk Back in Hellboy
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 06-17-2008)
Guillermo del Toro’s first Hellboy film wasn’t exactly the strongest of foundations for a blockbuster comic book franchise. Its reviews were generally positive, yet still fairly mixed. Its domestic gross of $59 million, against a budget of $66... FUNNY GAMES
by Tim Janson (Thu 06-19-2008)
Funny Games was a difficult film to review. On one hand there are numerous outstanding elements to this horror/psychological thriller. On the other hand, the Director tries to be a bit too cute and threatens to drag the entire film down the drai... Amazing Journey: Mike Portnoy’s tribute to The Who now available on CD and DVD.
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-22-2007)
Amazing Journey, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy's all-star tribute to The Who, featuring Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Gary Cherone, is now available. The DVD, CD includes the entire concert recorded at BB King's in New York City on May 31st 200... JACK STAFF at Image Comics
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 06-04-2002)
Image Comics publisher and vice-president Jim Valentino has announced that Paul Grist's black-and-white independent series JACK STAFF is moving to Image. According to Valentino, the title will be relaunched in January 2003 as a new ongoing series -- in f... Top Ten Movies You Should Have Seen By Now
by Jessica Chobot (Mon 12-18-2006)
You can always tell when the holidays roll around by the plethora of “Top Ten” lists showcased on magazine covers, entertainment shows, websites and newspapers. It seems that within the world of “journalism/editorial” that every... Get Backers Vol. #01 (also w/box)
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-08-2004)
What They SayEveryone knows the feeling of coming home and finding their home broken into. Your possessions thrown around, dresser drawers are ransacked and everything you own has the unmistakable feel of a stranger\'s fingers on them. Then you realize so... CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIES: IN THE YEAR 2889 / THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE / TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE
by Tony Whitt (Fri 08-08-2003)
Remember those ratty videotape sets they used to sell at such fine stores as K-Mart, featuring six or seven grainy B-movies from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, recorded in EP mode? I'll bet you thought that the DVD revolution would get rid of that sort of junk... Drizzt Do’Urden Is Back?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-24-2007)
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th... The SCREEN ACTOR GUILD Nominations Are...
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 12-21-2007)
This particular award show may end up ultimately being the award show for 2007 films and television shows. As you know, the WGA denied requests for waivers to the Globes and Oscars. In fact, the WGA plans to picket the Globes, which has a lot of insi... Ghost in the Shell Continues
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-16-2007)
Ever since its explosion onto the global screen in 1995, the Ghost in the Shell series has provided viewers with a profoundly philosophical, yet innovatively stylized look into a near future world where the lines between man and machine finally blur. Thro... It’s A Wizards of the Coast Week
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-10-2007)
Although not considered a large publisher when compared to the big boys of genre book distribution, it’s weeks like these that Wizards of the Coast can truly flaunt their almost religious devotion to fantasy fiction. Nearly all of their popular s... "Frankenstein's Bloody Terror"
by John Sinnott (Mon 10-30-2006)
A staple of late-night creature feature TV shows for years and drive-in theaters before that, FRANKENSTEIN�S BLOODY TERROR is a Spanish monster movie (dubbed in English) that was influenced by the old Universal horror films of the 30's and 40's and ha... And The Nominees Are...
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 02-25-2008)
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve... New Pics Online For FURIOUS 4
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 06-24-2008)
The first three official movie screenshots from the upcoming sequel The Fast and the Furious has popped up online courtesy of a new spotlight over at USA Today. The stills show a bus chase scene, Vin back in action with his trusty ride (on the left) and h... Bourne Supremacy, The
by Development Heck (Mon 08-02-2004)
Genre:Action/Thriller/Sequel.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Matt Damon (Jason Bourne); Joan Allen (Helen Landy); Franka Potente; Julia Stiles; Karl Urban; Brian Cox (Ward Abbott); Tomas Arana; Tom G... Divi-Chan Strikes Back: The Interview
by Roman Martel (Thu 03-25-1999)
3/25/99 - Well fellow Anime on DVD readers it seems that I was duped into thinking that this interview was with our beloved Divi-chan when in fact it was with an imposter who looked and acted much like her. This imposter's name is Diva and she has been ma... Get Backers Vol. #09
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-14-2005)
What They SayThe place looked fine when they left it. Makubex had founded the new Volts and was well on his way to cleaning up the Limitless Fortress and making it safe for everyone. The future looked as bright as Ginji is…not bright. So what wen... Comic-Con News: July 23 and July 24 Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-11-2008)
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE... THE BIG WHITE released on DVD
by Karl Schneider (Tue 06-13-2006)
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's THE BIG WHITE is available on DVD starting today, June 13, 2006. THE BIG WHITE stars: Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown, Alison Lohman and Woody Harrelson. The film is from Bri... The 2 Johns
by Brian Thomas (Tue 06-06-2006)
Many mathematicians and theologians are now saying that the Number of the Beast is actually 611. I know - short notice to reschedule your Antichrist party, but a late Saturday date is better anyway. Getting that tattoo changed is going to be a bitch, thou... Jingle Belle
by Coming Attractions (Fri 09-19-2003)
Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Fantasy.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Revolution Studios.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Gina Wendkos (Screenwriter); Steve Tisch, Gary Goodman (Producers); based on the graphic novel Jingle B... Into the Blue
by Coming Attractions (Wed 11-26-2003)
Genre:Adventure/Thriller.Studio:MGM.Production Company:Mandalay Pictures.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Paul Walker; Jessica Alba; Ashley Scott; Josh Brolin.Who's Making It:John Stockwell (Director); Matt Johnson (Screenwriter).Premise:A group o... Knight Rider
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Wed 06-02-2004)
Genre:Action/Adventure.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Revolution Studios.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:David Elliott, Paul Lovett (Screenwriters); Glen A. Larson (Screenwriter); Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Glen A. Larson ... THE DARKNESS PRELUDE
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 10-21-2002)
Top Cow and Dynamic Forces are teaming up for THE DARKNESS PRELUDE, a comic that sets the way for DARKNESS #1 in November."When Dynamic Forces president Nick Barrucci approached us about creating an exclusive lead-in story to the new DARKNESS #1, it seeme... Dini, Ross on JUSTICE LEAGUE
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-16-2002)
Paul Dini and Alex Ross have another oversized one-shot this November, JLA: SECRET ORIGINS. The 48-page, 10-inch by 13.5-inch one-shot begins a year-long build-up to fall 2003'S JLA: LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, an all-new, 96-page graphic novel. "The work Paul a... 2004 Eisner Awards nominees announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-08-2004)
The nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b... THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA
by Brian Thomas (Fri 06-25-2004)
Opening today at the Elgin Sky-Vue Drive-In is one of those new breed of Space Age thrillers that have been pulling in audiences across the nation. To be honest, your roving reporter can't claim to be a convert it all seems like something out of one of t... It's Halloween!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 10-25-2005)
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... SUNLAND HEAT
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-09-2005)
With the current state of world cinema, genre pictures can spring up just about anywhere, making this Brazilian martial arts entry no surprise. What is surprising is that it's so unconventional, delivering standard genre conventions in unusual ways in an ... Soundtrack Roundup
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-16-2005)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Mark Isham's score for CRASH, Paul Haggis' feature directorial debut, a compelling mystery film of strangers brought together through happenstance, has been released on CD by Superb Records. The score is as introspective a comp... Dukes of Hazzard, The
by Development Heck (Fri 08-05-2005)
Genre:Action/Television Adaptation.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Village Roadshow Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Johnny Knoxville (Luke Duke); Seann William Scott (Bo Duke); Jessica Simpson (Daisy Duke); Burt Reynolds (Boss Hogg, in ... Tom Hanks' ROAD Less Traveled
by Pamela Harland (Fri 07-12-2002)
Mr. Nice Guy does some naughty things in the new Sam Mendes thriller ROAD TO PERDITION. But when Tom Hanks does them they don't seem so bad for some reason. Which just proves the theory, some guys can get away with anything... even murder.Hanks plays hitm... Deth Eternal Part One
by John Thonen (Fri 08-02-2002)
TRANCERS 6, the latest entry in producer Charles Band’s long running film series, just hit video stores. Which makes it a perfect time to take a look back at the chronicles of time traveling, tough guy cop Jack Deth. Joining us for this look, courtesy of ... QUEEN & COUNTRY spin-off
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 07-19-2002)
In November, Oni Press and writer Greg Rucka will debut the first QUEEN & COUNTRY spin-off series, QUEEN & COUNTRY: DECLASSIFIED. This three issue mini-series takes place two decades prior to the regular series, and focuses on Director of Operations Paul... Immortalizing HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES -- Part One
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 12-26-2003)
Five years after it ceased production, HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES remains like its Immortal characters something that will not die. Davis-Panzer Productions released full seasons of the six-year run Highlander in videotape years before this was the norm, th... UNFAITHFUL
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 05-10-2002)
Director Adrian Lyne has made some fairly overwrought movies about sexual passion and its consequences these include FATAL ATTRACTION, NINE ½ WEEKS, INDECENT PROPOSAL and the remake of LOLITA so a movie entitled UNFAITHFUL suggests something along simil... THE BREED
by ABBIE BERNSTEIN (Thu 07-19-2001)
If your tastes in horror/fantasy include a fondness for stories that mix respectable gore content with twisty plotting and genuinely sweet characters, THE BREED may prove almost sinfully enjoyable. Director Michael Oblowitz gives his unnamed near-future c... DEATH RACE 2000: Days of Future Passed
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 01-20-2000)
Not very long ago, 2000 AD represented all that was futuristic and fantastic within our common view of life. That far-off era was held for fantasies of high technology or tales of The End of All That We Know or, at the very least, showing humanity in its ... Firewall
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Warner Bros./Village Roadshow.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford; Paul Bettany.Who's Making It:Richard Loncraine (Director); Joe Forte (Screenwriter); Armyan Bernstein, Jon S... HIGHLANDER WORLDWIDE WORKSHOP: MACLEOD AND METHOS
by Abbie Bernstein (Sat 03-05-2005)
The final panel of the two-day Workshop finds series star Adrian Paul and costar Peter Wingfield in a display of extreme good sportsmanship, imagination and not a little insanity doing a panel not on their respective characters, Duncan MacLeod and Methos,... Pre-Strike Priorities Have Changed
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 10-11-2007)
Remember that "Pre-Strike Priority List" we discussed last month? It had a laundry list of high profiles films which the studios wanted in production prior to the impending June 2008 strike. Well, it seems as time has rolled onward since Septemb... Bizarre New World: Population Explosion
by Kurt Amacker (Mon 03-10-2008)
Bizarre New World: Population Explosion follows up last year’s original Bizarre New World miniseries from Ape Entertainment, at the end of which everyone in the planet gained the ability to fly. In that first story, everyman Paul Krutcher reali... Strike Memo of High Priority Movies?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-13-2007)
Alright readers, I'm going to warn you now that this "memo" should be taken with a grain of salt. The reasoning behind that warning is we don't know how old this memo is..It could have been pulled together by the various studios rather quickly a... Remembering Basil
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-16-2006)
The untimely death of film composer Basil Poledouris last week, at the age of 61, has deprived the film music community of one of its finest contemporary practitioners. With more than seven dozen film scores to his credit since the early 1970s, Basil Pole... Who Watches the Justice League?
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 07-04-2005)
Welcome back, and a happy Fourth of July to all my fellow crazy, explosives-happy Americans out there. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves as you float on lakes or guzzle alcohol or blow off various appendages with illegal fireworks. In the words of P... Get Backers Vol. #01
by Dani Moure (Tue 04-19-2005)
What They SayBased on a popular manga and animated by the respected Studio Deen (King Of Bandit King, Cowboy Bebop).
Everyone knows the feeling of coming home and finding their home broken into. Your possessions thrown around, drawers are ransacked and e... Starsky & Hutch
by Coming Attractions (Wed 01-14-2004)
Genre:Action/Crime/Television Adaptation.Studio:Warner Bros./Dimension FilmsProduction Company:Weed Road Productions/Eagle Cove Entertainment.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Ben Stiller (Starsky); Owen Wilson (Hutch); Snoop Dogg (Huggy Bear); Vi... HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention Report Part Two
by Abbie Bernstein (Sun 10-28-2001)
The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention was held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, marking the 15th year of the existence of HIGHLANDER. Both onscreen and behind-the-scenes talent from the various HIGHLANDER shows and movies attended this year,... BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE 2
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-03-2002)
Five never-before-seen stories highlight BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE VOLUME 2, a new hardcover collected edition shipping on Aug. 28. VOLUME 2 which is 176 pages -- collects the back-up tales from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #1-16. The five new stories, which als... WHO Comes to the Rescue
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 07-13-2001)
It was about time, and that's how it was promoted when it first aired on FOX television in May 1996. After seven years of waiting and a plethora of failed scripts, discarded treatments and countless near misses on both sides of the Atlantic, the venerable... JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: Movie Retrospective, Part 2
by Ted Newsom (Sun 05-14-2000)
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... Resident Evil: Apocalypse
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 08-06-2004)
Genre:Horror/Action/Video Game Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Screen Gems.Production Company:Constantin Film.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Milla Jovovich (Alice); Oded Fehr; Sienna Guillory (Jill Valentine); Jared Harris (Dr. Ashford).Who's Making I... Robbing the Cradle of Life
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-24-2003)
NEW SOUNDTRACK RELEASESThe “official” soundtrack CD from Jan de Bont’s TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE is out from Hollywood Records (2061-62417-2) but don’t get too excited. It’s the typical rock song and remix collection, and most of the songs have noth... Transformers…Novelized
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-29-2007)
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation of the franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru... Stuart Gordon Talks DAGON Part One
by John Thonen (Wed 07-24-2002)
To true lovers of the literary horror genre, the name H.P. Lovecraft is an almost sacred one, which should only be mentioned if afforded the same respect as an Edgar Allan Poe or Stephen King. However, unlike either Poe or King, attempts to turn the works... Genre Oscar Winners of the Past: The List (Sat 03-25-2000)
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...Top 10 Reasons Why We All Should Be Grateful to Nelvana for Cardcaptors
by Steve Brandon (-)
(DISCLAIMER: This piece is purely satirical and in no way reflects the views of Nelvana, nor, for that matter, my own views (except for "number one").)
Steve Brandon*
(Portion of a transcript of the Monday, June 20th, 2000 broadcast of The David Letter-... Book Buzz: A New Skin for the God Emperor of Dune
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 06-23-2008)
In the midst of preproduction announcements on Paramount’s and Peter Berg’s upcoming Dune remake, Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is getting the audiobook treatment from Macmillan Audio. Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick and Katherine... Ranma Forever Vol. #4
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 12-11-2002)
What They SayIt\'s not easy being a teenaged martial artist named Ranma Saotome, but it\'s even worse when your martial artist father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade long training mission. He doesn\'t speakia word of Chinese, a... DAGON
by Jason Henderson (Wed 07-10-2002)
Thick, gray sheets of rain and images half-seen behind battered village shutters and doors, and behind: beauty and horror, alien and old and hysterical.Dagon is one of my favorite horror films, and I saw it first last week. Now in limited release and head... INVISIBLE MAN: Vincent Ventresca
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 12-25-2000)
Vincent Ventresca has attracted a lot of attention since he started to disappear. As the titular The Invisible Man, Ventresca spent much of last year fading out and going insane—a side effect of the Quicksilver secretion that enables his character, Darien... LADY FRANKENSTEIN
by Brian Thomas (Mon 07-09-2001)
One need only view the trailer to see why LADY FRANKENSTEIN jumps to the top of monster fans' "guilty pleasures" lists. Rarely are so many strange and eccentric elements contained in one picture. For starters, you've got Joseph Cotton who went from starri... DUNE: Remaking the Classic Novel
by Steve Fritz (Mon 12-04-2000)
When it comes to reinterpreting sci-fi novels from print to screen, it would be hard to find a project more difficult to do than Frank Herbert’s Dune. And when producer Dino De Laurentiis released his theatrical film version of the sci-fi classic 15 years... DR. WHO: Which Who is Who?
by Andrew Osmond (Mon 11-13-2000)
At the beginning of September, the British Film Institute produced their list of Blighty`s hundred greatest TV shows. The voters included program makers, actors, academics, critics and executives (1,600 polled, a quarter replied). In third place, just und... UNIVERSE X
by Craig Shutt (Wed 07-26-2000)
Sometimes there’s no happily ever after. Last year’s Earth X maxi-series from Marvel Comics presented a future continuity in which battered and altered versions of Marvel’s current heroes fought to save their planet. When the story ended, there was hope f... HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention Report Part One
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 10-23-2001)
At a lot of conventions, downtime between panels can feel like hanging around in a theatre lobby between acts of a play. The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention, held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, has an atmosphere much more like a party wi... Deathlok
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 08-27-2004)
Genre:Science Fiction/Action/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:Artisan Entertainment.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Development Hell.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:David Self, Stu Zicherman, Raven Metzner (Screenwriters); Avi Arad, Steven Paul (... CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
by Jason Henderson (Tue 11-26-2002)
Curse of Frankenstein comes to us finally on DVD as a companion feature in Warner Video’s recent release of the earliest and most important films to come from Hammer Studios, alongside Hammer’s THE MUMMY and the superb HORROR OF DRACULA. CURSE OF FRANKENS... HOLLOW MAN: Memoirs of an Invisible Motion Control Operator
by Les Paul Robley (Thu 08-10-2000)
Motion-control—words that strike fear and loathing in even the most seasoned film crews. The process traditionally takes longer than normal camera setups, and has suffers from a higher degree of Murphy’s Law, despite the superior accuracy one gets from co... RIDE TOGETHER from Karasiks
by Mike Whybark (Wed 11-20-2002)
The LIBRARY JOURNAL reports on the upcoming publication of THE RIDE TOGETHER by siblings Judy and Paul Karasik. Paul and David Mazzucchelli adapted the Paul Auster book CITY OF GLASS into a graphic novel some years ago. THE RIDE TOGETHER mixes comic book... THE 2002 PHILIP K DICK AWARD NOMINEES
by Chris Wyatt (Sat 02-23-2002)
The influential Philadelphia Science Fiction Society recently announced this year's nominees for one of SF biggest honors, the Philip K Dick awards.Philip K Dick's mind-blowingly revolutionary science fiction has been adapted to the screen many times. Fil... DEATH RACE 2000: Days of Future Passed, Part 2
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 01-27-2000)
Preproduction for DEATH RACE proved to be an intense experience. Getting the cars was easy enough; five junkers were bought, and designs by James Powers were turned into customized killing machines by Dean Jeffries (of Jeffries Auto Stylings, also respons... Editing HIGHLANDER THE SERIES: AN EVENING AT JOE'S
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 09-25-2001)
Anybody who's been to a bookstore knows that the science fiction and fantasy shelves aren't hurting for a lack of media tie-ins. STAR TREK and STAR WARS have their own sections, while relatively new whippersnappers like THE X-FILES and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE S... GHOST RIDER Production Start?
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 11-08-2001)
Producer Steven Paul has been talking about the delayed GHOST RIDER movie project.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Paul briefly discussed the film that was scheduled to start shooting this month. Beck and Smith re... SCARS OF DRACULA
by JASON HENDERSON (Sun 11-11-2001)
Let’s get this part out of the way first: SCARS OF DRACULA is not a popular movie. It ranks, in critical estimation, as perhaps the absolutely lowest-regarded film in the Hammer Dracula series, with the possible exception of SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, whic... Anime Expo - Opening Ceremonies
by Andrew Tei (Fri 07-01-2005)
Paul Wilson was our host for opening ceremonies. He started out by plugging Wing My Way by KOTOKO as the official
theme song of AX2005. AX2005 seems to be the plugfest Geneon so far. Paul went to announce the World Cosplay Summit
where 4 people from t... THE LAST VAMPIRE
by Francesca Sorenson (Wed 10-24-2001)
Strieber works his usual prose magic in this imaginative follow-up to THE HUNGER. His rich, realistic dialogue plays beautifully against the complex and believable vampire world that he creates.Vampires, in this world, call themselves "Keepers." Once upon... TRACKER - "Pilot"
by Abbie Bernstein (Sun 10-21-2001)
In an age when all kinds of things are going very wrong in the world, one silver lining for science-fiction/fantasy fans is the variety of fare available. There was an era, not so long ago, when anyone thirsting for an alien fish-out-of-water story had on... DUNE sequel split into two books
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-05-2004)
On their official website for the DUNE novels, authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have announced that their plan to write a sequel novel to CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE has slightly changed. Instead of DUNE 7 being one volume the concluding story in the epi... Necropolis
by Coming Attractions (Wed 09-03-2003)
Genre:Supernatural.Studio:Dimension Films.Production Company:Impact Pictures.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Vincenzo Natali (Director); Paul W. S. Anderson (Screenwriter); Jeremy Bolt (Producer).Premise:A ghost story with... How To Become A Midwestern Beauty Queen
by Jessica Chobot (Tue 11-21-2006)
Having lived in a variety of small, Midwestern towns throughout my youth I’ve been accustomed....nay, fortunate, enough to witness first hand the idiotic rituals and contests that family-oriented clubs such as the PTA, Brownies and the Boosters h...