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Saw III
by Karl Schneider (Tue 08-01-2006)

Last Updated: November 1, 2006 Genre: Crime, Horror, ThrillerProduction Company: Lions Gate Films, Twisted PicturesDistributors: Lions Gate FilmsProject Phase: Released Budget: NAWho's In It: Tobin Bell (John Kramer), Angus Macfadyen (Jeff Reinhart), Di...

"Saw III"
by Abbie Bernstein (Mon 10-30-2006)

In the tradition of everything from STAR WARS to SCREAM (more the latter than the former), SAW III intelligently takes from an original that was intended as a stand-alone and finds ways to connect it and the sequel to ultimately produce both a new overvi...

SAW II
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-21-2006)

SAW II (the Roman numeral specified by the studio, so don't try calling it SAW 2) is the kind of movie that gets to the Injury To Eye material right away, cluing you in as to what kind of movie experience you're about to have. We see the latest victim of ...


SAW IV
by Tim Janson, Columnist (Sun 02-17-2008)

Just when you thought it was safe enough to, uhh…, not cherish your life, here comes Saw IV to make you pay for that transgression in a film that’s convoluted, but filled with some of the most deadly death traps yet in the series. But wa...

SAW IV Cuts Out the Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 10-28-2007)

It’s been a strange month at the box office for October 2007. Films with high box office expectations either flopped or had average results. Films with moderate-low box office expectations surprised analysts with higher results. Ben Stiller’s ...

SAW IV Picture & Plot Details Emerge
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 06-23-2007)

If you don't want to be spoiled on some plot details whether Jigsaw is alive or dead, I wouldn't click on this article, Maniacs. Alright now that the disclaimer is out of the way, here's some details and a picture. MTV had a chance to sit down and talk wi...

Tobin Bell lives on in "Saw" 4 and 5
by Karl Schneider (Sat 03-17-2007)

According to MovieHole, Tobin Bell has confirmed that he will be reprising his role as Jigsaw in the horror sequels, Saw 4 and 5.This news comes despite the fact that Bell's character appeared to have died at the end of the third film."There are thre...


SAW III Teaser Poster
by Karl Schneider (Thu 06-29-2006)

Coming Soon has received a copy of the teaser poster for SAW 3.You can view the full poster here.The story goes: Jigsaw has disappeared. With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrifi...

Saw III
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 03-03-2006)

Twisted Pictures and Lions Gate Films have decided to strike while the poker is hot and have announced the theatrical release date of the latest in the SAW franchise. SAW III is set to buzz into theaters on October 27 and will be directed by Darren Lynn B...

SAW
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-29-2004)

While SAW isn't totally original in fact, it in some ways resembles SEVEN retold from the point of view of two potential victims it has energy, enthusiasm and some real scares to recommend it, not to mention (a plus for gorehounds and a minus for the fa...

Lions Gate Unleashes First Clip for SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 09-18-2008)

The first torture clip for Saw V has been unleashed online courtesy of Lions Gate's official website. The scene was first revealed at this summer's Comic Con. This fifth installment into Jigsaw's world stars Tobin Bell, Julie Benz, Costas Mandylor, Scott ...


Mania on this Day: Chainsaw Peek, Smurfness and Donnie Saw
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 07-19-2008)

After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time. Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...

SAW 3 Eyes Fresh Blood
by Karl Schneider (Sat 05-06-2006)

A quick casting update on Saw 3. Bahar Soomekh and Angus MacFadyen have been inked to co-star in the upcoming film alongside the returning Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Dina Meyer.The film is set to start principle photography in Toronto and should wrap ...

Hackl to Direct SAW 5 & 6? (Wed 07-18-2007)

It seems that Lionsgate has already selected a director for SAW 5 and 6 judging by what Bloody Disgusting is saying. David Hackl served as a production designer on SAW II, III & IV as well as a second unit director for Saw II & IV. Apparently, he'...

First Teaser Poster for SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 06-27-2008)

The first teaser poster for Saw V has popped up online courtesy of IMDB. The poster features the main star who still wrecks havoc despite technically not being around to do it personally. Click on the photo to the left to see that new poster. The upcoming...


Det. Matthews Back in SAW IV?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 07-19-2007)

There are spoilers in this article for those who don't want to know anything about SAW IV. Now that the warning is out of the way, it appears that Wahlberg's character may be making a cameo in this next film. If he does appear, actor Donnie Wahlberg ...

SAW II Slices up Competition
by News Editor (Mon 10-31-2005)

Lions Gate's SAW II took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a total of $30.5 million in ticket sales. THE LEGEND OF ZORRO came in second place with $16.5 million. The romantic comedy PRIME, with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep, opened a...

"Saw IV" gets a Plot
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-24-2007)

According to FEARnet, a site affiliated with Lionsgate, the upcoming plot for Saw IV will revolve around Jeff and his daughter in the moments after the third film ended.According to the site, Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appre...

SAW II
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-28-2005)

Last year, SAW about two men trapped by a sadist bent on punishing people for not appreciating life enough was a surprise horror hit. SAW II is faithful to the subject matter, look and tone of its predecessor, playing fair with its clues while coming up...


SAW IV Hits DVD January 22
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 11-26-2007)

Lionsgate Home Video has announced a DVD/Blu-Ray shipping date for SAW IV on January 22, 2008. The fourth horror film was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Scott Patterson and Lyriq Bent. Lionsgate plans to release ...

Darren Lynn Bousman to direct "Saw IV"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 02-20-2007)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2, 3) has signed on to direct the upcoming fourth installment in the Saw franchise."It's not often that a filmmaker is given the opportunity to follow a genuinely compelling character thro...

Saw II
by Development Heck (Wed 03-23-2005)

Genre:Horror/Sequel.Studio:Lions Gate Films.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Pre-Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Unknown.Premise:Unknown.Release Date:Halloween 2005.Comments:None.Scoop Feedback:November 2, 2004... Buoyed by SAW's...

SAW sells on DVD
by Brian Thomas (Thu 02-17-2005)

The controversial horror film SAW, which hauled in 55 million dollars in theaters, is still making tons of money. Industry sources report the DVD release grossed an estimated 20 million dollars on Tuesday, the first day it went on sale.In other news, Drea...


CONTEST: Win a SAW prize pack!
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-28-2004)

Picture this nightmare scenario: you awake in a small, dingy and dirty bathroom with no memory of how you got there. The Jigsaw killer would like to play a game with you in SAW. © Lions Gate Films Chained to an iron pipe by your ankle, you se...

Director Sharpens Blade for "Saw 2"
by News Editor (Wed 03-23-2005)

Darren Lynn Bousman has been hired by Twisted Pictures and Lions Gate Films to direct "Saw 2." Bousman wrote the script for "Saw 2," which he developed with Leigh Whannel, writer and co-star of the original pic, and James Wan, the original director.Princi...

DVD See Saw
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-14-2006)

From the feedback received so far, it seems like most readers agree with my stand on the HD disc wars. Most of us are unwilling to open our wallets as wide as necessary to take in the choices we're being given. If we all already had HD monitors, we might ...

They Came, They Conquered, They Saw!
by Dan Cziraky (Sat 08-26-2000)

[EDITOR`S NOTE: A strange rift in time and space—a gateway to a parallel dimension—has opened up somewhere near Gastonia, North Carolina, allowing our faithful correspondent to report on events until now unknown in our dimension, events that take place in...


Hackl Updates SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 10-15-2007)

Director David Hackl talked with Ryan Rotten on the progress of SAW V, a film which hits theaters October 2008. Hackl was a second-unit director for the last two films in the franchise but he's taking over in the lead director's chair while SAW IV directo...

SAW II DVD Targets Hearts Everywhere
by News Editor (Sat 12-17-2005)

It was announced this week that SAW II will arrive on DVD on February 14, 2006 - Valentine's Day.Soon people everyone can curl up with their loved ones and watch as the villainous "Jigsaw" imprisons his hapless victims in a booby-trapped shelter, which th...

SAW III scene with CRANK
by Karl Schneider (Fri 08-25-2006)

A scene from the upcoming horror film SAW III will be shown with CRANK when it hits theaters on September 1.The first scene is reportedly very gory and will showcase the first of Jigsaw's games in the film.SAW III will make it's way into theaters on Octob...

SAW 3 Plot Synopsis
by Karl Schneider (Sat 06-03-2006)

Lionsgate has released the official plot synopsis for the upcoming film SAW 3:"Jigsaw has disappeared. With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police h...


SAW 3 Teaser on the web
by Karl Schneider (Tue 08-15-2006)

You can now find the teaser trailer for SAW 3 on the web over here via Yahoo!.In the film, Jigsaw has disappeared. With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baff...

See more SAW next year
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 11-02-2004)

Buoyed by SAW's impressive $18.3 million dollar opening weekend, Lions Gate Films has announced the immediate development of SAW 2. The sequel is being targeted for a Halloween 2005 release date.The news of the SAW sequel was announced yesterday by Peter ...

Lions Gate buys a horrific SAW
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 01-12-2004)

Lions Gate Films have taken some of their bucks and bought the worldwide distribution rights to the horror film SAW, with an intent to release the film sometime this year. Directed by James Wan and starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter and newc...

"Saw IV" stakes claim to Halloween '07
by Karl Schneider (Mon 10-30-2006)

According to the AP, Lionsgate is planning a fourth installment of the Saw franchise which is set to be released on Halloween next year. The franchise follows the diabolical schemes of psycho killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), who stages elaborate, bloody...


The Saw is Family
by Brian Thomas (Tue 03-30-2004)

Not long ago, Anchor Bay released a remastered DAWN OF THE DEAD on DVD in time to cash in on the hit remake, and the disc quickly hit the sales top ten. Those that haven’t picked it up yet might want to save their cash, though. As I predicted, they’ve ann...

Walhberg Takes Hold of SAW Too
by News Editor (Thu 05-05-2005)

Donnie Wahlberg signed to star along with Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudse and Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer and Tobin Bell in SAW 2 which began filming this week in Toronto.The script was written by Leigh Whannel a...

Official SAW IV Site Launched
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 09-15-2007)

The official website for SAW IV has launched for Lionsgate. The site features past traps by sinister mastermind, Jigsaw, as well as clips for the latest installment of the franchise--including the red band look at the trailer we presented yesterday--starr...

SAW IV
by Abbie Bernstein (Sat 10-27-2007)

As sequels go, Saw III was fairly clever, tying together what had seemed to be loose plot ends from the original Saw and Saw II. It seemed to wrap everything up with a bloody bow, leaving the audience to wonder what could be left to cover in a fourth Saw....


Boy Who Saw The Wind (-)

What They SayA moving anime show based on the book by C.W. Nicol. It\'s a coming of age story about a boy with a special power who faces many obstacles in growing up. The Review!After finding out that this DVD had English Subtitles, and seeing the cover i...

Teaser Trailer for SAW V Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 07-29-2008)

The first teaser trailer for Lionsgate's Saw V appeared at the San Diego Comic Con and has also popped up online, which fellow Maniac "WolfmanX" passed along to us. The next installment in the horror franchise, which is again set for Halloween, ...

New SAW IV Redband Clip Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 10-13-2007)

A new redband clip of SAW IV called "Cecil's Knives" has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies & Trailers. This clip shows Tobin Bell's Jigsaw character giving a man called Cecil yet another one of his "games" ending with a very sharp...

Banned Comic Con SAW IV Clip
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-13-2007)

Comic Con 2007 San Diego banned Lionsgate from airing a certain clip of SAW IV at their event earlier this summer due to its graphic nature. That same clip has made its way online for everyone to check out. The footage does give a clue on just how the &qu...


Scott Patterson joins "Saw IV"?
by Karl Schneider (Sat 04-07-2007)

According to a Bloddy Disgusting scooper, Scott Patterson has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming sequel, Saw IV.The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.Saw IV hits theaters on October 26,...

Teaser Poster for SAW IV
by News Editor (Tue 06-12-2007)

MovieWeb has posted the new teaser poster for SAW IV.  The fourth installment of the franchise, finds Jigsaw still haunting the living by forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of III, Jeff must race against the clock to&...

Saw IV
by Karl Schneider (Tue 11-28-2006)

Release Date: October 26, 2007 Studio: Lionsgate Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Screenwriter: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan Cast: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds...

HD DVD for X-Box 360 and SAW on Blu-Ray
by John Sinnott (Sun 09-24-2006)

HD DVD add-on for X-Box 360 No HDMI: The first pictures of the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 were recently posted on IGN.com, and there's some bad news: The accessory apparently will not have an HDMI digital output, only X-Box 360 &co...


SAW 3 to Theaters in October
by Karl Schneider (Mon 05-22-2006)

In an expected move, Lionsgate Entertainment has announced that Saw 3 will hit theaters on October 31. The movie is expected to have a large publicity campaign and a special director's cud DVD package will release earlier in October.Saw 3 is currently sho...

Final SAW III trailer online
by Karl Schneider (Wed 10-04-2006)

The final trailer for the upcoming Lionsgate film, SAW III, has found it's way online via Yahoo! Movies.You can view the trailer here.In the film, Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through...

Boy Who Saw The Wind (-)

What They SayA moving anime show based on the book by C.W. Nicol. It\'s a coming of age story about a boy with a special power who faces many obstacles in growing up. The Review!Kazuki Omori, veteran Godzilla director (Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, Godzilla ...

Sneak Peak at SAW 2
by News Editor (Sat 07-16-2005)

Cinescape has received an exclusive first look at the new SAW 2 trailer. It premiered at Comic-Con but we have it for you right here. The story centers on Detective Eric Mason (Donnie Wahlberg) who is investigating the bloody aftermath of a grizzly murder...


I SAW what you did
by Brian Thomas (Tue 02-15-2005)

Last winter, this column ran a very popular poll to find out which TV series readers most want seasoned on DVD. Well here's a progress report. While SEINFELD, MILLENNIUM, QUANTUM LEAP and the animated BATMAN and SUPERMAN series have started to arrive, cer...

See more of the SAW
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 08-28-2003)

New Line Cinema has added two new photo galleries to its official website for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE today. The photos primarily consist of the pretty stars of the film but there are also snaps showing some of the more...unusual characters we'll see ...

SAW to be seen on screens come summer
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 05-13-2004)

Lions Gate Films has made plans to release its horror film SAW this coming August. The low-budget thriller, directed by James Wan, is about two men (Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell) who awaken to find themselves held captive in a dark, windowless room. They be...

SAW switched to October, CURSED goes to 2005
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 07-29-2004)

A number of upcoming horror films are shuffling their release dates, with some moving right out of the Halloween month and into next year.Bloody Disgusting reports that Lions Gate Films has pushed back the release of their horror movie SAW from September ...


SAW 4 News and Notes
by Karl Schneider (Thu 10-19-2006)

According to Bloody Disgusting, various writers have been tapped to write different scripts for SAW 4. They say that it is possible that as many as four writers are currently working on the script.Actor Tobin Bell recently was quoted saying that he has s...

SAW III Poster made with real blood
by Karl Schneider (Tue 10-10-2006)

According to Variety, a vial of blood from SAW star Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) was used to make posters for SAW III."We decided to do a poster and he's wearing a red cloak. I was talking to the printer and asked what we could do to get the deepest blood red. I a...

Mark Rolston Cuts Into SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 03-11-2008)

Mark Rolston (Aliens, The Shawshank Redemption, The Departed) has joined the cast of Saw V. The actor will be joining the already cast Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson and Costas Mandylor in the fifth installment of the horror franchise for Lionsgate. David Ha...

Julie Benz Toplines SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 03-26-2008)

Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" vampire has co-starred in "Dexter", Rambo and Punisher: War Zone. Variety reports that she's now set to lead Saw V for Lionsgate. David Hackl---the production designer behind the second, third and fou...


Meagan Good Ready for SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-18-2008)

Meagan Good has been cast in a supporting role in Saw V. Director David Hackl is leading the fifth installment in the Lionsgate franchise. She joins Tobin Bell, Julie Benz, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor and Mark Rolston. Plot Concept: Little is known b...

Weekend Box Office Report: Saw Scares
by Karl Schneider (Mon 10-30-2006)

Once again proving that it doesn't take a budget north of $100 million to make a lot of money at theaters, the hottest horror franchise easily grabbed the top spot for the weekend managing a healthy $34 million in it's opening weekend. With a budget esti...

SAW IV Teaser Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 09-01-2007)

A new official teaser trailer for SAW IV has popped up online courtesy of Yahoo Trailers. The fourth film in the franchise by Lionsgate & Twisted Pictures has Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor an...

SAW IV First Cut Gets NC-17
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 07-27-2007)

At his Comic Con exhibit in Hall H, SAW IV director Darren Lynn Bousman, revealed that the MPAA had just given them a NC-17 Rating for the first cut of their film. They will now have to decide on what to do next, keep it as is or edit it back down to an R...


Justin Louis and Lyriq Bent join "Saw IV"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 04-11-2007)

According to various sources, Justin Louis has signed on and Lyriq Bent will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel, Saw IV.The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.Saw IV hits theaters on Octobe...

Official SAW IV Cast & Synopsis Emerge
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 07-03-2007)

If you haven't seen SAW III yet and you do not wish to be "spoiled", I'd advise you stop reading this article right now. There are spoilers in the plot synopsis for SAW IV. If you don't care about being spoiled, read onward. Alright, now that th...

Anime Expo - Sunday Report
by Andrew Tei (Fri 07-05-2002)

Hiroyuki Morioka Panel & Interview In March of 2002, I watched Crest of the Stars for the first time and immediately regretted not picking it up when it first came out. When Otakon announced they were having Hiroyuki Morioka as a guest, I was quite ...

The Mummy's Wrap-sody Part Two
by John Thonen (Sun 06-02-2002)

Stephen Sommers' hugely popular THE MUMMY and THE MUMMY RETURNS have meant the return of the wrapped-one to the pop culture consciousness, so what better time to take a look back at some of the other mummy movies out there? You all know about Karloff and ...


Daredevil Interview: Duncan: The Once and Future Kingpin
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 02-07-2003)

Continuing our coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film presents this transcript of the round-table  interview with Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie. Q: What's your typical breakfast? ...

ANGEL: Episode by Episode, Part 4
by Edward Gross (Tue 09-26-2000)

In `Prodigal`, the present day story deals with possible corruption involving Kate’s father, ultimately resulting in the man’s death at the hand of vampires. In flashbacks, however, we are given insight into Angel’s past, seeing him reborn as a vampire (t...

CAPTIVITY: Unrated Edition
by Tim Janson (Sun 11-18-2007)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…A maniac is kidnapping people and imprisoning them in a dank, dungeon-like setting. The hooded fiend has numerous cameras set up to watch his prisoner’s every moved. He subjects them to ...

Cinescape's 25 Greatest Summer Movies of All Time
by Brian Thomas with Anthony C. Ferrante (Fri 11-18-2005)

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 EXORCIST Restored: William Peter Blatty
by Paul Davis (Fri 09-22-2000)

QUESTION: WE ALL KNOW YOU WERE INSPIRED TO WRITE THE NOVEL BY AN EXORCISM THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1949, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL PURPOSE FOR WRITING THE EXORCIST? WERE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOOK’S POTENTIAL EFFECT ON CHILDREN? William Peter Blatty: M...

Feedback to Improper Censorship in Shoujo Anime
by Justin Strauss (-)

These are segments from the replies that you, the readers, have sent in. These particular ones relate to a topic that is quite important to me, the censorship of shoujo anime. The following quotes from you guys will be in bold text (those parts are the qu...

Kubrick!
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-23-2007)

The DVD shopping bag keeps getting heavier and heavier as the list of new releases and special editions keeps growing. The Ultimate Edition of the ‘Battleship Potemkin’ is definitely in the bag. Sergei M. Eisenstein’s film is a...

X3: Hugh Jackman on the evolution of Wolverine
by Chris Brown (Thu 05-18-2006)

Comics2Film's thechrisbrown had a chance to visit the 'X-Men: The Last Stand' press roundtables in NY this past weekend and sit down with Hugh Jackman to talk, and not talk about the Wolverine prequel, Batman rumors, and, of course, all things X-Men 3. ...


A wild ride to the 'Trailer Park of Terror'
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 08-13-2007)

Each year the Hollywood presence at Comic-Con International has gotten bigger and bigger, with Marvel and DC showing off major motion pictures to comics fans. But not all comic based movies are glossy, superhero affairs and one of the best trailers we s...

'Incredible Hulk' looks good in preview (Wed 05-21-2008)

Latino Review caught a preview of some footage for 'Incredible Hulk' and liked what they saw: Director Louis Leterrier and Producers Kevin Feige and Gale Anne Hurd introduced a few scenes from the movie then later talked about the feature and about the...

Hellboy: Mo' Monsters!
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 11-20-2002)

"With a suspenseful ghost story like The Devil's Backbone, less is more," director Guillermo del Toro told Comics2Film during our recent visit to the production office for the Hellboy movie. "With a monster movie like Hellboy more is m...

Mania Exclusive Interview: Watchmen, Part I
by Rob Vaux (Fri 08-01-2008)

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is best known for his work on television, playing missing father John Winchester in Supernatural and making recurring appearances on Grey's Anatomy. Jackie Earl Haley enjoyed success as a child actor—most notably as Kelly Leak in...


Toy Maniac: The Necessity Syndrome
by Robert T. Trate (Thu 07-17-2008)

Every once in a while we discover something that just won’t let us alone. Whether it is a TV show, comic book or movie, there is something that becomes a necessity in us to capture that same feeling we had when we discovered it. Often, many of us tu...

THE STORMRIDERS: Hong Kong's CGI Breakthrough.
by Craig Reid (Sun 01-23-2000)

While studying corn-pest predators in Illinois, I was once in the middle of `flat` nowhere, when suddenly the skies darkened and a tornado ominously swooped down and weaved a destructive path through a field I had just been in. The next thing I knew, my c...

Saint Sinner Brings Barker Horror To SCI FI
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 09-11-2002)

Click thumbnails for larger images Can a man of ambiguous morality save the world from ravening demons? That's the question that'll be...

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: A Retrospective of the Ray Harryhausen Classic
by Ted Newsom (Sun 05-07-2000)

In 1992, when he presented the Gordon Sawyer special lifetime achievement Oscar to special effects creator and producer Ray Harryhausen, Tom Hanks called Jason and the Argonauts the greatest film ever made. Director John Landis, interviewing Harryhausen ...


X-MEN: Len Wein
by Craig D. Reid (Wed 07-19-2000)

If you think Wolverine`s creator enjoyed the great outdoors and beauty of the backwood trails of Canada while growing up, you`re wrong. Len Wein was born and raised in the Bronx in New York City, attended college out on Long Island, Farmingdale specifical...

Clive Barker Raises Hell at the American Cinemateque Film Festival
by Denise Dumars (Mon 08-28-2000)

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 ...

THE EXORCIST: The Restored Version
by Paul Davis (Thu 09-14-2000)

What an excellent day for an extended exorcism! Come September 22nd over 800 theatres across America will exhibit the definitive edition of the 1973 classic THE EXORCIST that contains 13 minutes of restored footage!When the movie initially opened on Decem...

THE TIME MACHINE Revisted, Part Two
by Craig Reid (Thu 06-29-2000)

In Part One of my story about the 40th Anniversary Celebration Screening of H.G. Wells` THE TIME MACHINE, I discussed the beauty of downtown LA`s Orpheum Theatre and how the LA Conservancy runs an Annual Last Remaining Seats Film Festival to widen awarene...


The Rebirth of Superman, Part 3
by Edward Gross (Wed 06-21-2000)

Jeph Loeb, the writer behind Superman, has one rule when he commences an interview: he won`t comment on the creative teams that came before the current regime because, as he puts it, `I have a lot of respect for those guys.` Nonetheless, there must be som...

Beware of Doug: Douglas Clegg on Life as a Horror Writer
by Denise Dumars (Wed 04-12-2000)

From the desert communities of California`s heartland to the crumbling infrastructure of New York City, the settings of Douglas Clegg`s horror fiction reflect his own wanderlust. But no matter how far from his origins Clegg travels, he always comes back t...

Anime Central - Full Report
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 04-24-2002)

By Madeline ColeI know I\'m a day or so late, but I was recovering from that god awful Funimation Lupin dub\' but more on that later! Well, I\'m sure what everyone wants to hear is the industry news \' so here it is, in order of appearance: Oh,...

Jeffrey Combs, Reanimator - Part One
by Anna L. Kaplan (Thu 02-17-2000)

Back in the ‘80s, when horror had succumbed to the formula of stalk-and-slash psychos chasing hapless teenager, along came a film that truly revitalized the genre: REANIMATOR. Amidst the film’s over-the-top horror, the performance of Jeffrey Combs brought...


Otakon - Full Report
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 08-10-2001)

By Chris Beveridge Otakon 2001 has come and gone, and much like the past two conventions, this one is just as varied as those. Be forewarned that we\'ll ramble a bit here. The convention, as is unfortunately typical of Otakon, lacked any serio...

Tenchi Forever
by Justin Emerson (Mon 02-18-2002)

The Review!If this is the last Tenchi Muyo! installment, AIC sure decided to go out with a bang. First, let's all praise Pioneer for their simultaneous release of the DVD version of this film along with the VHS tape. Fantastic Pioneer! We hope you kee...

Tenchi Muyo: Tenchi Muyo In Love
by Abraham Chinchilla Jr. (Fri 05-17-2002)

The Review!Tenchi Muyo! in Love was actually my first exposure to the Tenchi series. It was a Saturday morning in 1998, and I switched to Sci-Fi to watch \"Saturday Anime\". This movie was playing, of course, since I had no idea why this guy had all these...

Full Metal Panic Vol. #2
by David Rehfeldt (Sun 09-14-2003)

The Review!Continuing where the first volume\'s cliffhanger left off, Full Metal Panic! kicks into gear with action, drama and comedy coming out in full force. Audio: Having already seen the show in Japanese once, I listened to the English track. Actuall...


Fushigi Yugi Suzaku Box Set
by Steve Brandon (Sat 02-16-2002)

The Review!This is the story of a young man, who wrote a review after he came to possess the four disks of the box set of Suzaku, and the first twenty-six episodes of the series Fushigi Yûgi were bestowed unto him. The story itself is a review. The one w...

Armitage III: Polymatrix
by Roman Martel (Wed 02-06-2002)

The Review!-Synopsis- Detective Ross Sylibus has transferred to Mars to get away from his past. He gets more than he bargained for in the form of his new partner Armitage, and a case involving a robot-hating lunatic. As the two partners try to work togeth...

Serial Experiments Lain Vol. #1
by Dani Moure (Sun 03-14-2004)

What They SayWe\'re all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after...

Dragon Ball Z Bardock/Trunks Double Feature
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 02-07-2008)

What They SayContains both The History of Trunks and Bardock: The Father of Goku! The History of Trunks When Goku dies of a deadly virus, it seems like the end of the world. But the powerful Master\'s passing proves to be merely a presage of the horribl...


Onegai Twins Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 01-09-2007)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Please!/AkikanTranslated by:Gretchen KernAdapted by:Alien LujoWhat They SayPlease! Someone tell me which one is my twin sister!! Maiku Kamishiro has a problem. Actually, make that two problems. He has two young girls boarding...

Lost in Translation
by Allen Divers (Thu 05-16-2002)

So how do you celebrate the 10th column in a series? Well, you would think I would come up with something good since I took a few weeks off while finishing up finals. Nope, didn't come up with anything. So, it's back to the same old thing. Which Came ...

Being a Brief Discussion with Samantha Inoue Harte
by Way Jeng (Tue 05-24-2005)

Fans are probably familiar with Samantha Inoue Harte's voice acting work. That's understandable, especially when she's voiced characters as memorable as Koran in Sakura Wars and Pipin in Magical Play. But what some may not know is that she works as an ani...

Being a Brief Discussion with Caitlin Glass
by Way Jeng (Tue 09-13-2005)

Recorded at: Anime Central '05 Caitlin Glass may be relatively new to anime dubbing, but she's already played some fantastic characters. She's probably best known for her role as Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist. Her other characters include Hiyono in Spiral...


The Phantom of the Movies Speaks - Part 2
by Dan Cziraky (Fri 10-06-2000)

[In Part One of our interview with Joe Kane (a.k.a. the Phantom of the Movies), the author discussed his early career as a film critic, reviewing exploitation movies in local theatres. In Part Two, the author addresses the changing market that led many lo...

Being a Brief Discussion with Mike McFarland
by Way Jeng (Thu 03-03-2005)

Mike McFarland has been a part of the English dubbing industry for a while now. He has worked on projects ranging from Dragonball to Case Closed and voiced several characters, including Roshi in Dragonball and Goemon in several Lupin the 3rd releases such...

Interview with Jonathan Clements, Part 1
by Paul Jacques (Mon 01-31-2005)

In our line of work you get to meet many people; Some commercial, with a view to making a buck; Some clever, with a view to making an observation; Some self styled “otaku” with view to boring the crap out of anyone who will listen; Some passio...

Random Tracks 03
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 07-11-2002)

Random Tracks is a column/editorial and email answering piece that sort of lets me just hit various subjects and just go with it. We've had columns similar to this in the past, but they were mostly done by other people. I figured it's finally time to get ...


Fans Take On... Cynthia Martinez
by The English Track Forum (Fri 07-09-2004)

Cynthia Martinez is a veteran of ISM in Houston who has had several leading and significant roles in the past, but is seeing a real renaissance in the last year with lead roles in new Slayers shows, Voices of a Distant Star, Puny Puny Poemy, Kino's Journe...

Anime Expo New York - Millenium Actress Premier
by Andrew Tei (Sat 08-31-2002)

This Q&A session contains small spoilers for Millennium Actress. You have been warned. This is not word by word, and has gone through an interpreter. Conventions J – Justin Sevakis TM – Taro Maki A – Audience Questio...

First Words on FINAL FANTASY
by Steve Ryfle (Thu 11-30-2000)

All right, I confess. I`ve been holding out on you, the readers, keeping silent about some really cool stuff I saw earlier this month in Honolulu, Hawaii. No, not the beautiful Hawaiian girls pushing their big surfboards out into the tide, and not a volca...

Escaflowne Collection Box 2
by Dani Moure (Tue 02-01-2005)

What They SayFolken sends out Naria and Eriya after the Escaflowne as Van hovers between life and death. Meanwhile, Dryden has discovered what he thinks is the location to Atlantis. Hitomi finds that one of her ancestors has been to Gaea and Allen confron...


Vanilla Series: Private Sessions 2
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 04-06-2005)

What They SayWelcome to the world of PRIVATE SESSIONS 2...a steamy new stand-alone story from producers Shiyuuta Biwajima and Chikara Nikki (PUNISHMENT, CLASSROOM OF ATONEMENT)! Ace hentai writer BISHOP (PRIVATE SESSIONS) has returned to weave another twi...

Ghost in the Shell
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-05-2007)

What They Say2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of \"The Puppet Master,\" a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Toget...

Kaleido Star: New Wings Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-17-2006)

What They SayThe world of Kaleido Star continues to turn in this new series set under anime\'s favorite big-top! The circus drama continues with more jealous divas, tempermental artists, and dangerous stunts!The Review!The performers at Kaleido Stage retu...

Tales of Seduction by U-Jin
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 01-28-2004)

What They SayFrom the creator of Vixens. In a city ruled by corruption, the world\'s most powerful men can have anything they want. All the rules are broken in this triad of tantalizing tales! The Review!Originally released as U-Jin brand back in the 90&#...


Outlaw Star Collection 1
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 10-03-2000)

What They SayGene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Centinel 3. But all that changes the day that Hilda hires them for a bodyguard job. Now, thrust into a mystery they don’t fully understand, they&#...

Princess Mononoke
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 02-09-2002)

What They SayClaire Danes (The Mod Squad), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Sling Blade) head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated, overwhelmingly acclaimed adventure epic! ...

Urotsukidoji Perfect Collection
by Julian Yuri Tacher (Wed 02-13-2002)

The Review!Wow. It's amazing how time will skew your viewpoint on certain subjects. Let me explain. I first saw this series with the VHS release oh so long ago. A friend of mine who was traveling to the US got me the first tape as a gift, and after seein...

Sailor Moon S TV Vol. #1
by Reed Nelson (Mon 02-18-2002)

The Review!The Sailor Moon S TV series has finally arrived in a way that will please a majority of its fans. The disc includes some nice features as well as the near-required dual language option. And heck, it's got 7 episodes (that's the first 2 VHS tape...


'FF2': Inside the production office with Ralph Winter
by Chris Brown (Wed 05-30-2007)

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...

DCG Flashback 11/06/2005
by Blazej Szpakowicz (Sun 11-06-2005)

Welcome to the latest installment of the DCG Flashback. Once again, we hope you'll join us as we take a look into the hidden depths of the C2F vaults and unearth some of the classic art of yesteryear. LOGAN by The InFamous NeuroJoc...

Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness
by Dani Moure (Wed 02-18-2004)

What They SayTwo years have passed since the great war. Akito and Yurika have vanished. The Jovians and the earthlings have joined forces and Ruri is now captain of Nadesico B. As the popularity of Boson Jumping grows, a vast transportation network has be...

Batmania! Rise and Shine with The Dark Night
by Josh Gordon (Fri 07-18-2008)

It’s six in the morning. What on God’s green earth would get someone like me to wake up so early? The Dark Night, the long anticipated sequel to the wildly successful Batman Begins. Believe it or not, there are showings for the newest Christop...


Anime Boston - Overview
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 05-02-2005)

Anime Boston has come and gone and the one convention that I ensure that I make every year has by all appearances been just as successful as the previous years have been. Anime Boston is rather special to me since it was something I saw forming from the s...

Tenchi Forever
by Steve Brandon (Mon 02-18-2002)

The Review!The highlight of this year's "Fant-Asia" festival here in Montreal was seeing "Tenchi Forever" on the big screen at the old Imperial cinema on de Bleury street! (Come to think of it; it was the only film I saw at this year's "Fant-Asia" festiva...

Anime Expo - Yuki Kajiura Interview
by Andrew Tei (Sun 07-06-2003)

Andrew: How do you feel about having your first CD released in the United States? Kajiura: I\'m so glad that...It\'s a great pleasure to have everyone in the US listen to my CD. Andrew: You\'ve done music with the group See-Saw, will you only release mu...

Exclusive: NYCC Incredible Hulk Interviews & Panel
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 04-21-2008)

Universal Studios was gracious enough to allow Mania the opportunity to interview the producers, director and villain of the Incredible Hulk. After watching a kick ass action sequence and the first of Emil Blonsky’s super soldier formula inject...


HEROES: Setting The Record Straight
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 12-10-2007)

Heroes has been a bit of a mess this season. It went out with a rushed bang, no doubt about it, but the first six episodes drug and the new characters those episodes introduced were less than interesting. Many fans, including many that comm...

TOP 12: FOCKERS continues to dominate the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 01-02-2005)

It was another big weekend for Universal's MEET THE FOCKERS. The New Year's Eve/Day weekend proved to be the best thing for the sequel which saw another $42.8 million dollars added to its gross. That's only a drop of a little more than 7% from its opening...

Comicscape - April 20, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-20-2005)

I guess everyone took their happy pills this week. I got a surprisingly constructive batch of reader mail about SIN CITY, with little in the way of name calling, death threats, or unsavory comments about any of my female relatives. It's like you were al...

Excerpt from Martin's FEAST
by News Editor (Tue 10-11-2005)

Bantam Spectra has provided Cinescape with an excerpt from George R. R. Martin's upcoming A Feast for Crows. The novel will be released on November 8, 2005. THE PROPHET The prophet was drowning men on Great Wyk when they came to tell him that the king was...


That Certain Something
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-08-2004)

I come not to praise TRU CALLING but to bury it.In case you hadn't heard, former Slayer Eliza Dushku's GROUNDHOG DAY/RUN LOLA RUN hybrid went down for the big dirt nap a while back. I can't imagine that even the cast and crew were terribly surprised: the ...

An early peek at THE RING 2?
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 02-09-2004)

Bloody Disgusting has published what may be a short review of two scenes from Ehren Kruger's screenplay for THE RING 2. Bloody Disgusting's Brad Miska isn't quite sure whether to trust the legitimacy of the scooper and what they had to say to the horror-t...

A Monster's Life for Me Part Two
by Pamela Harland (Wed 11-14-2001)

In part one of CINESCAPE's profile of the actors behind the voices in Pixar's latest hit movie, MONSTERS, INC., Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi discussed their involvement in the CGI animated film, and what it's like to work in the medium of...

Comicscape - July 31, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-30-2003)

OPINIONFinally...consensus! Even though many of you may have disagreed with the choices I and your fellow COMISCAPE readers made for the Ten Best Comic Book Movies, and even the Bottom Five of the Ten Worst, you all seemed to have no trouble agreeing on w...


Comicscape - March 29, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-29-2006)

Welcome to another week of Grind Your Axe at COMICSCAPE. I'm your host and all-around nice guy, Kurt Amacker. This week, we took some time at the Home Office to tear open some of your letters about that swinging new flick, V FOR VENDETTA. As most of our v...

Movie News & Rumors
by Oren Kamara (Thu 07-20-2006)

So what does the Hollywood horror world have in store for us? Well, it ranges from the good to the bad and finally to the just plain why. Here's a selection of the recent scoops and rumors buzzing around the water cooler about what scares you can expect i...

300 and Captain America: Your Mail
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-21-2007)

Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another sequential art escape, courtesy of Comicscape.  Last week’s column about the death of Captain America and the successful release of 300 at the movies garnered a respectable amount of mail &nd...

Ferrell wins gold back to back!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-08-2007)

Paramount & Dreamworks scores another victory in the box office race this weekend with stars Ferrell and Heder still racing circles around the competition in their gold plated skating gear. The comedy took the top spot of Easter weekend bringing in...


LOST: Through the Looking Glass
by Stephen Lackey (Thu 05-24-2007)

So, it finally came, the season finale of LOST. So, would we be disappointed? What would be this season’s cliffhanger? These questions plagued me as I sat down in high anticipation in front of my television for the two hour finale.&nb...

Oeming's Powers of Comic Creation
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Sat 12-09-2006)

In any given month, you can find Michael Avon Oeming's name attached to a handful of comic book projects.  In the New Year alone, he's working on Powers, The Magician's Apprentice, Omega Flight, and Red Sonja, to name a few.  He's been worki...

Weekend Box Office Report: "Borat" is Niice!
by Karl Schneider (Sun 11-12-2006)

For the second weekend in a row Borat snags the top spot of the weekend box office.  Expanding from 800 to 2,500 theaters, Borat managed about $29 million in it's second weekend, driving it's total thus far to almost $68 million.  Just how high...

Comicscape - July 26, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 07-26-2006)

Here's the obligatory San Diego Comic Con aftermath column. I wasn't able to make it this year for financial reasons, but I can't really ignore the event and the announcements that came out of it. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I can still read ab...


How to Make a Monster: The Mechanics of Horror Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-27-2006)

October draws nigh, COMICSCAPE faithful. Sure, it's a few days away. But, like a kid sneaking downstairs on Christmas morning, I celebrate my favorite holiday early. And, if the skeletons and jack-o-lanterns all over Target and Wal-Mart didn't already ...

ANDROMEDA: From Greek God to Starship CaptainKevin Sorbo Speaks
by Frank Garcia (Mon 11-06-2000)

The bronze-colored starship bridge set is in pitch black. Jagged beams of yellow light from outside sources, piercing from ceiling corners and wall slits help illuminate numerous consoles and the `Slipstream chair` sitting in the center of the room. The ...

Top Maniacal News: Gort Destruction, Mummy Mum and Iron Holmes
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-11-2008)

It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers. If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarro...

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...


Leaping Lizards and Goodness Snakes Alive! - Part One
by John Thonen (Sun 12-16-2001)

Phobias have formed the basis of any number of movies. Acrophobia was the root of Jimmy Stewart's VERTIGO, Agoraphobia was the challenge for Sigourney Weaver in COPYCAT and Jeff Daniels was so afraid of spiders that his fear became the title of Arachnopho...

Comicscape - November 24, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-24-2004)

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I wish I could say I'm thankful for all the responses I got regarding last week's question, but because of the snafu that afflicted last week's column the one from the previous week went out first, along with a blank templ...

Danny Elfman's Manic Movie Music: From Pee Wee Herman to Ichabod Crane
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 06-24-2000)

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...

DVD Shopping Bag: Munster Memories
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 09-30-2008)

Next week the complete series of the hit TV show The Munsters will be released on DVD. It is complete with all seventy episodes and the two feature length films Munster, Go Home and The Munsters Revenge. With more than enough time to get all the episodes,...


Lost in Translation
by Allen Divers (Mon 05-12-2003)

This week, I've decided to shake things up a bit. Lost in Translation, as a column, has slowly evolved into quite a lot of things. Initially a forum for reviewing English soundtracks for Anime, Lost in Translation has become something of an answering ho...

Anime Expo - Yuki Kajiura Press Conference / Interview
by Jason Yeh (Fri 07-04-2003)

I had the opportunity to attend a press conference / group interview with Guest of Honor Yuki Kajiura. At the beginning of the interview, Kajiura briefly introduced herself as a composer in Japan. She mainly works on anime and game soundtracks (i.e. Noir ...

Comicscape - May 24, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 05-24-2006)

Greetings fellow comic fiends, and welcome to another exciting installment of COMICSCAPE. By the end, I'll be hanging off of a cliff and you'll have to tune in next week to find out if I survive or not. Actually, I'll run my in-depth and hyperbole-free ...

Entering the Asylum
by Matt Kamen (Thu 05-17-2007)

Con Coverage   There were two conventions of note this past weekend that, annoyingly enough, I was unable to attend due to real-life constraints. First was the Bristol International Comics Expo, which I’ve devoted a bit of lead in coverage to...


Silent Mobius: The Motion Picture (also w/Limited Edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 09-19-2008)

The world of the future faces its darkest enemy as the demons in the shadows come out to play. What They Say: In the future a massive earthquake has devastated Tokyo, leaving this barren city to suffer the ravages of the world about it. Despite phenome...

X3: Ben Foster, Anna Paquin and Shawn Ashmore
by Chris Brown (Tue 05-23-2006)

WARNING: Portions of this Q&A contain significant spoilers. However, those portions are "whited out" for readers who wish to avoid them. Throughout the week, we have been presenting the X-Men: The Last Stand round table discussions with the cast. Com...

The Dark Knight Set Report (Sun 06-24-2007)

Fan reports from the set of "The Dark Knight" ...I saw director Christopher Nolan leaving a trailer in a parking area, which is also a parking area used for 'The Color Purple' stage play. I also saw production crew rolling carts, one of which had two d...

Being a Brief Discussion with Liam O'Brien About Koi Kaze
by Way Jeng (Tue 07-18-2006)

Interviewer: Way Jeng Interviewer (I): Today I'm talking with Liam O'Brien, voice actor in and ADR director of Koi Kaze. Let's start at the very beginning. Any discussion about Koi Kaze has to involve its central theme, incest. A lot of fans are undoubte...


Chat with Charles McCarter of Bandai
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 11-10-2000)

All right, lets get this little shindig on the way. Good evening everyone. :) This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight. Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou...

Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)

Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it. Another thing, if ...

Divergence Eve Misaki Chronicles Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 12-27-2005)

What They SayFor a hapless young cadet, boot camp is no picnic, and Misaki is as hapless as they get. With the help of friends Luxandra, Kiri, and Suzanna, however, she advances in her training. Pretty normal, right? Wrong. Luxandra should be dead. Suzann...

Push Man Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 09-26-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tatsumi YoshihiroTranslated by:Yuji OnikiAdapted by:What They SayOver four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics story-telling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary short stori...


Princess Mononoke
by Kevin Askew (Sat 02-16-2002)

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 ...

FANTASIA 2000: Supervising Animation Director Hendel Butoy
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 01-19-2000)

Now playing in Imax theatres around the world, Disney’s FANTASIA 2000 is the first feature-length film released in the format. The animated musical, set to the strains of Beethoven, Respighi, Stravinsky and others, continues the dream of Walt Disney, who ...

THE MAGIC BOX - Wonderful Imax Short Subject
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 03-26-2000)

One of the most innovative works of cinema to emerge last year never made it to a multi-plex near you. Instead, SIEGFRIED AND ROY: THE MAGIC BOX was limited to engagements in Imax 3-D theatres where its amazing imagery and cinematic sleight of hand could ...

Marv Wolfman: From ROBIN to NIGHTWING: Chronicling the Adventures of Dick Grayson
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Thu 10-19-2006)

One of the first comic book series I can remember feeling addicted to was Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans. There was just something about these characters: Wonder Girl, Starfire, Raven, Kid Flash, Cyborg, Changeling and Robin that struck ...


THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH: Michael Apted
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 11-19-1999)

For the newest James Bond extravaganza, producer Michael G. Wilson and star Pierce Brosnan wanted to move the character of 007 in a more dramatic direction-while still serving up fast-paced action, exotic locales, and beautiful women. With an established ...

Comicscape - October 20, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-20-2004)

Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli...

THE EXORCIST Restored: William Peter Blatty, Part 2
by Steve Fritz (Thu 09-28-2000)

The revised version of The Exorcist will expand its release by over 400 screens on Friday, September 29. The film opened in 664 engagements on Friday, September 22nd (in major markets like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington ...

Once Upon A Time
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 03-06-2004)

What They SayFor years the citizens of Lunaria have shared their sacred natural resource - water - with the industrious inhabitants of the Shadowlands in exchange for advanced technology. That is, until the Prince of Lunaria decides such high-tech wonders...


Year in Review: 2000
by Roman Martel (Sat 01-01-2000)

Intro I've been writing reviews for Anime on DVD.com since 1998. I've been a fan of anime for a bit longer than that. It's been interesting to see my style of review change over the years. With 2000 I realized that I had to do something a bit different in...

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE - The Making of the Motion Picture
by Edward Gross (Fri 02-18-2000)

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...

Agent Aika Complete Collection (Anime Legends)
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 05-14-2008)

What They SayAgent Aika is back by popular demand! In her search to recover a mysterious energy artifact Aika encounters a plot for world domination. Watch as the titular Aika attempts to stop a perverted scientist and his army of short-skirt wearing wome...

Amazing Nurse Nanako Vol. #1
by Roman Martel (Wed 02-06-2002)

The Review!Overall Rating: 4.3 (on a scale of 1-5) -Disc Ratings- Sound: 4.5 Picture: 5 Menu: 4.8 Presentation: 5 Goodies: 5 Overall: 4.8 -Artistic Ratings- Animation: 4.8 Sound: 4 Plot: 3.1 English Acting: 4.5 Music: 3 Overall: ...


Demon City Shinjuku
by Jon Turner (Thu 02-07-2002)

The Review!Video Quality: **** out of ***** Audio Qualty: **** out of ***** English Language Track: **1/2 out of ***** Japanese Language Track: **** out of ***** Packaging: ***1/2 out of ***** Menus: ** out of ***** Extras: *1/2 out of ***** Content: ***1...

Le Chevalier D'Eon Vol. #6
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 12-17-2007)

What They SayAfter subterfuge and sin, the blood-stained Royal Psalms are returned to France and d’Eon’s mission seems complete. Or is it? For traitors still reveal backstabbing loyalties, royals show their true, shocking identities, and horri...

A Fantastic Feud: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-27-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another controversial edition of Comicscape! Last week’s review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer sparked a hellacious debate on the comment section unlike few we’ve seen on the site. It ...

The Engaging Captain Picard
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 12-13-2002)

Patrick Stewart is psyched. It's been four years since he last donned the Starfleet uniform as the beloved Captain Picard, and he can't wait for his return to the Enterprise, which takes place today in theaters across America with the debut of STAR TREK: ...


Lost In Evisceration
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-12-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Steve Jablonsky reprises his dark ambiances from the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE with an equally brooding and disconsolate score for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (DA...

Hulk, Hellboy II, Wanted previewed at Universal (Wed 10-31-2007)

Ain't It Cool ran a spy report from a private preview screening of materials for next year Universal movies. Shown were concept art and animatics from 'Hellboy II', 'Wanted' and 'The Incredible Hulk'. Here are some highlights: Next was some good stuff ...

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:Releas