...Comments: SawIII is set to scare this Halloween.Updates:July 25, 2006 - The new poster for SawIII has been posted via Coming Soon.May 22, 2006 - Lionsgate Entertainment said it will release the third film in its successful Saw series Oct. 31 with a s...
In the tradition of everything from STAR WARS to SCREAM (more the latter than the former), SAWIII 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...
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. SAWIII is set to buzz into theaters on October 27 and will be directed by Darren Lynn B...
...da die in SawIII? Well, in an unusual bit of truth-in-advertising in a horror film series, there is no returning from the dead for Jigsaw ala Michael Myers or Jason Voorheis. Jigsaw is most assuredly dead. His skull and chest being spli...
...m watched SawIII last year. How? That question isn't answered by them. Figures, right?
Here's the first released photo of Saw IV. See if you can see the details in the picture below:
89:16 to see what he sees.
Tobin Bell, Lyriq B...
The final trailer for the upcoming Lionsgate film, SAWIII, 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...
...uation of SawIII, Jeff must find his daughter and escape the building to which they are confined before they both die. After finding another tape of Jigsaw, Jeff realizes there may be a newly added piece of the puzzle that he must decipher before it&r...
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...
DOOM III RESURRECTION OF EVIL I recently had the opportunity to check out the upcoming expansion to DOOM III on the PC, RESURRECTION OF EVIL. Not only does it feature a new (albeit shorter) adventure, it also has new weapons, enemies, locations and most i...
A scene from the upcoming horror film SAWIII 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.SAWIII will make it's way into theaters on Octob...
...decessor, SawIII. The fourth installment pulled in 14.3 million on Friday alone, setting itself up as the Halloween success its previous three films were touted as but it came just shy of the mark set by the third. The third film opened up last Hallow...
According to Variety, a vial of blood from SAW star Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) was used to make posters for SAWIII."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...
...cenes in 'SawIII' that seem very innocuous and benign, but when you see 'Saw IV' and they flash back to those, they have a whole different meaning," said producer Oren Koules. "We shot scenes for 'SawIII', knowing they'd be in 'IV.' W...
...im off in SAWIII. They had it shot but they edited it out of the final cut so once again, a cameo could be used for Wahlberg's character in SAW IV, says Rotten Tomatoes.
"Yeah, I got a scene in it," said Wahlberg. &...
What They SayThe tranquility of a traditional Japanese wedding is shattered when the bride is kidnapped by evil Ninja! Their ransom demand is simple: the key to a hidden treasure!
Unfortunately for the Ninja of the Fuma Clan, the groom is a master sword...
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...
On October 31st Meat Loaf is releasing BAT OUT OF HELL III: The Monster is Loose the final piece of the BAT OUT OF HELL trilogy, on Virgin Records in North America, and Universal Records outside of North America. "Meat Loaf holds such a unique place in ...
What They SayMars 2046: The murder of a celebrity reveals the existence of a secret ?Third Type? robot so intelligent and sophisticated that they can pass as humans. The continuing pubic slaughter of these ?Thirds? by the hate-spewing D?anclaude fan the a...
In 1988, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, HALLOWEEN 4, and FRIDAY THE 13th Part 7 were released. Generally dismissed critically, these sequels nevertheless produced a decent return at the box office. Hoping to establish another ongoing horror franchise, New Lin...
Moore says that he recognized VOYAGER’s biggest problem by the end of the first episode. `By the end of the pilot, you have the Maquis in those Starfleet uniforms, and— boom—we’ve begun the grand homogenization. Now they are any other ship. I don’t know w...
In Part Three of our exploration of Digital Stream’s vision to rework the special effects of STAR TREK The Original Series` with their own brand of cutting edge artistry, we approached a number of individuals who have made their careers working with STAR ...
What They SayFrom the creator of La Blue Girl and Demon Warrior Koji!
It’s the Age of the Overfiend, and flesh-hungry monsters rule the Earth. Immortal half-demon Amano Jyaku travels the wasteland, witness to the rape and torture of the human race....
... (Saw II, SawIII), Tobin Bell (Saw I, II and III) and the filmmakers of Saw IV invite you to play a game in the cruel and deadly world of Jigsaw. Hall H4:45-5:45 Spotlight on George Romero—George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead) is the undis...
... same day SawIII will hit store shelves ensuring that horror fans will have enough deadly puzzles to watch unfold for a while. Well, a few hours at least.
PS3, Xbox 360 HD Add-On Numbers: Official numbers have been released for s...
... month in SAWIII. Musically, the series is known for its use of heavy rock music and the new film is no different. Artists Addiction Records will release SAWIII on October 24th, an album that apparently features some of the 'heaviest, bone-crunching ...
The trade reports that Keith David, Betsy Russell(SawIII, Saw IV), Nikki Reed & Noah Segan have all joined the cast of the upcoming horror film CHAIN LETTER. The chain-wielding killer, dubbed "Chain Man", will be played by Michael Bailey Sm...
... likes of SawIII. So by the time you Americans get this movie, consider that we'll have had to suffer it for nearly three months and take the advice of the rest of the world for once avoid! New DVD Picks for 02/10/06 Simpsons Season 8 It's hard to pi...
...oldovers, SawIII dropped 53.5% to $11.6 million, a solid gross considering the competition. Not to be outdone, The Departed fell only 18.8% to $8 million and The Prestige fell 18.7% to $7.7 million. All in all it was a pretty good and extremely...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shimizu Aki (Original Concept: Konami)Translated by:Patrick CoffmanAdapted by:What They SayEnter a world filled with adventure, love, bravery and courage.
Enter the world of Suikoden!
As a young girl, Chris Longfellow lost he...
A host of provocative directors, actors and writers - including award-winning directors John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London"), Darren Bousman ("Saw II, III and IV"), Ronny Yu ("Freddy vs. Jason," "Bride of Chuck...
...006 where SawIII took the #1 spot? It seems clear it could have a better impact because the next installment of the Saw franchise opens up in 3,000+ theaters next week with little competition. Still, the fan anticipation for this fourth film is somewh...
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 ...
Variety reports that the acclaimed docudrama BLOODY SUNDAY is in jeopardy as an Oscar contender due to a television broadcast last January 20th in the U. K. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences employs a number of rules to determine a film's elig...
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SawIII - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Seed of Chucky [HD DVD] (2004)
The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1980)
The Shining [Blu-ray] (1980)
The Shining [HD DVD] (1980)
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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...
Fan-favorite Michelle Ruff's performance as Kasumi in Hand Maid May still continues to please, and lead roles in Chobits, Ai Yori Aoshi, Please Teacher and Sugar in the last couple of years have seen her move into the elite of Los Angeles based voice acto...
Greeting, Maniacs, and welcome to another heart-stopping, villain-crushing edition of Comicscape. This week, I feel woefully short of ideas. I also failed to schedule an interview or garner enough mail to create a column. In lieu of ...
At last count, the seemingly unending series of HOWLING films had hit number seven (specifically, THE HOWLING: NEW MOON RISING), but none of these cash-in sequels have been able to match the original Joe Dante film. Having said that, HOWLING III: THE MARS...
One of the only games I've ever given a perfect score to is WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS. And why not? I still play it a few times a week and, while there are some good games out there, I haven't found anything to squash my WARCRAFT bug. And it doesn't lo...
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...
What They SayAs the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. As the bloodthirsty beasts capture the tyrant’s daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the...
Blizzard recently announced its plans to release a new expansion to the successful PC game WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS.The expansion pack, entitled WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE, takes place several months after the end of REIGN OF CHAOS, and now a new...
What They SayThirty years have passed since the pilot for Lupin III premiered on Japanese television. Now, see the story that has remained untold for thirty years... how did it all begin?The Review!Audio:
Since this was a special made for TV, the audio i...
Straight continuity. That`s the way director Richard Lester describes the genesis of Superman III, a sequel that had to be produced given the worldwide success of the first two entries in the series. The question, however, was where to take the Man of Ste...
A lone figure, decked out in the gothic regalia and make-up of The Crow, crouched next to a makeshift Columbine High School memorial of flowers, teddy bears and notes placed against a chain link fence. A newscast found him there a day or two after the inf...
As filming continues on STAR WARS: EPISODE III, spy reports that have been appearing on The Force.net are concurring with what our sources have been telling us: that the progression of Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader will happen in stages over the course ...
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...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBy far the most impressive soundtrack release of the week – if not the season – is Decca’s Nov 2nd release of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’s score for Marc Forster’s imaginative fictional retelling of the creation of Peter Pan, FINDING NE...
Last week in San Francisco, Activision and id showed off a near-complete version of DOOM III for the Xbox. Looking phenomenal and supporting two-player co-op play over LAN and Xbox Live, DOOM III could be a smash hit for Xbox gamers looking for the newest...
Stan Winston Studio has had a busy year. Their makeup effects artistry can already be seen in PEARL HARBOR, and they have two other summer blockbusters coming out in the next few weeks, JURASSIC PARK III and A.I. So Stan Winston should have a lot to talk ...
What They SayA collection of music from Armitage Dual Matrix and Armitage III (the third) Poly Matrix. The Review!3 out of 5
This CD comes packaged up for the consumer with a small cover insert. The insert contains on its two pages very little actually...
What They Say2179: Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and \"Second Type\" robots - robots designed to perform the menial tasks humans won\'t do. Then there are the \"Third Types\" - illegal humanoid robots designed by a nationalist forc...
The Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith trailer, which debuted Thursday night for members of America Online and Hyperspace.com, is now available for all to see on Moviefone.com. Watch the full-length trailer in its entirety by clicking here: http:/...
The new Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith poster is being featured on StarWars.com along with a mug and a T-shirt sporting the same image.Check the poster out by clicking on the image above.
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...
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 ...
In an interview at THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION press junket, our intrepid correspondent Scott Collura nabbed these last few words on the prospects for a GHOSTBUSTERS 3 from franchise creator/writer Dan Aykroyd. QUESTION: Once and for all, as of today, ...
SUPERMAN III by Andrew Hershberger (Tue 07-24-2001)
SUPERMAN III is not a bad movie, in fact it’s somewhat good. A major component in its lackluster approval ratio is the two films that preceded it - the superb SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, and the good for its day but horribly dated now SUPERMAN II - and the inclu...
While promoting the soon-to-be-released Kubrick/Spielberg sci-fi feature A.I., producer Kathleen Kennedy took a moment to express her enthusiasm for her upcoming JURASSIC PARK III.'I'm very happy it,' says Kennedy of the third installment in the din...
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...
In a longer version of an interview that surfaced earlier this week, Margot Kidder talks about why she hardly appeared in "Superman III" in addition to previously-posted Smallville/Superman Returns bits.
...to die in SawIII but it never happened, leaving a door open from producers to allow the character to come back into the fourth installment.
To see what Wahlberg was saying a year ago on the possibility of returning, click the link above!
Today at the San Diego Comic Convention, at the Lucasfilm STAR WARS panel, the official title for EPISODE III was revealed to fans: REVENGE OF THE SITH. The title confirms what an industry insider first reported to us a year ago, back in June 2003, and wh...
One of the biggest dilemmas the JURASSIC PARK toy line has had over the years is having poor-selling human figures. Finally Hasbro has remedied that problem by providing each figure represented from the feature film (four in all) coming with their very ow...
While talking up his latest installment in the STAR WARS saga, EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES with this week's TIME, writer/director George Lucas outlined in broad strokes the evolution of the Empire as he sees it, and the real-world examples he used fo...
It sounds like William H. Macy is feeling embarrassed about his harsh comments made during the making of JURASSIC PARK III. While talking to Chicago Sun-Times columnist, Cindy Pearlman, Macy spoke of his rant, saying, "I read that I was railing against th...
Anecdotal evidence has it that the Chinese word for “danger” is the same as the word for “opportunity.” Unfortunately, in the case of Don Davis and JURASSIC PARK III, the opposite is also true. For Davis, the opportunity to step into the shoes of the worl...
Loads of pictures from the fast approaching JURASSIC PARK III arrived at the CINESCAPE doorstep over the weekend. You can check 'em out for yourself by clicking on the thumbnails below to see the larger versions. Be warned, though, that by doing so, you m...
I was actually on my way to buy this game Wednesday morning, when the FedEx man dropped a package off. Lucky for me, it was WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS. I'm sure everyone is wondering what this game is like. Let me put it this way: like I said I got the ...
The official STAR WARS movie website has revealed that two locations from the first STAR WARS trilogy of movies will be recreated for EPISODE III. The website confirmed today that three established sets from the first two prequels, namely Palpatine's off...
While George Lucas has hinted that things will be getting grim in EPISODE 3 of his STAR WARS prequel trilogy, he's now putting a little more kick in his teases. In this week's ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY STAR WARS cover story, Lucas said, "If you were a studio, ...
MGM has slated a December 7, 2004 release for SPECIES III, the direct-to-video sequel of the science fiction/horror franchise that uses sex as a weapon. Returing to reprise her role (albeit briefly) as the alien-human hybrid Eve is Natasha Henstridge. The...
Upcoming Horror Movies has the first still of Ryan Reynolds as vampire slayer Hannibal King in BLADE III. The bearded Reynolds is seen sprawled out on the floor with a sidearm in one hand and a fiercesome scowl on his face. What's that on his nametag? Oh ...
The official STAR WARS website reports that principal photography on EPISODE III, the final STAR WARS film, wrapped yesterday at 6:42 PM local time. Producer Rick McCallum held the slateboard and marked the final scene to be shot. Surprisingly the product...
Filming on STAR WARS EPISODE III is now slightly more than halfway complete. Cast members who have finished work on the production include Samuel L. Jackson (Jedi Master Mace Windu), Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Jimmy Smits (Senator Bail Organa), Christoph...
According to one of our oldest, must trusted sources, the wait is finally almost over. They have told us that the long-awaited teaser trailer for STAR WARS, EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH will be playing on theater screens come Friday, November 5 -- but...
George Lucas is about one week away from finishing the first draft of EPISODE III. That's the news contained in the latest issue of Homing Beacon, the official newsletter delivered free by www.starwars.com to subscribers.Once Lucas is finished with the f...
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 ...
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'...
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...
As we first told you about exclusively last month, today Access Hollywood will premiere the trailer for the final STAR WARS film, EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH. Starting tomorrow the trailer will begin playing in movie theaters and be available online...
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...
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...
Over the weekend, developer Blizzard Entertainment confirmed the third installment of their Diablo franchise at their Worldwide Invitational event in Paris. I put up the Cinematic Teaser trailer for our Sunday Mania Video of the Day and you can check out ...
[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...
The Pink iPod of DOOM was feeling artistic this week! Some classics, some total misses, and a few real hits, straight out of the park. The iPod commands you to read on...
The fourth and final part of "Lauren and the DOOMPod clean up the review pile" co...
What They SayThis special Set contains both Armitage III: Polymatrix and the Special Edition of Armitage Dual Matrix.
Poly Matrix
2179: Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and \'Second Types\' robots - robots designed to perform the m...
What They SayA cyberpunk Japanimation taking place on near-futuristic Mars. Our heroine is a girl detective. Also contains a trailer for the theatrical feature \'\'ARMITAGEIII POLY/MATRIX\'\'The Review!In the future, mars has been colonized. Large and com...
The official website for STAR WARS has unveiled the teaser poster artwork for EPISODE III. While it's not too much of a surprise, it should be noted that the official poster design is different from the alleged poster design art that hit the web two weeks...
If you can't stand the wait until the opening day of STAR WARS: EPISODE III, then you better own a video game console. LucasArts has announced plans to release the official tie-in video game for REVENGE OF THE SITH two weeks ahead of the premiere of the n...
Plot:It's time to get back behind the cockpit of your favorite Star Wars vehicles. What's that? You're tired of being inside the claustrophobic cockpit? Early rumors indicate that you'll be able to exit your vehicle this time, but will the lightsaber make...
Well, back from vacation and straight to the grind. If you've been a loyal reader of the site for the past year or so, you'll know of my addiction to WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS. Literally speaking, I played the game from its release in July of last year...
The official STAR WARS website has announced the start of production on STAR WARS EPISODE III, the final film in the prequel trilogy and by all indications, the last WARS film ever produced.As prequel producer Rick McCallum revealed, "They've been doing r...
Some more info is coming out about the needlessly delayed special edition of STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. If you’ll remember, Paramount Home Video released all the TREK films in almost reverse order, and only when they released the first film did ...
If you're not one for spoilers about STAR WARS, skip this one now. In a recent comment on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, George Lucas let slip the broadest outline of STAR WARS EPISODE III. Or, rather, what fans can expect out of the beginning. Skip now if you re...
The official STAR WARS website is offering its subscribers to Hyperspace the chance to pick Obi-Wan's droid in EPISODE III. Starting yesterday and ending this coming Sunday, August 3, Hyperspace subscribers will be able to choose from four different Astro...
Two new images relating to STAR WARS EPISODE III are scorching their way across the Internet today. However, if you've been following the pulse of spoiler material for this movie, chances are that you'll already have seen what's in store.First up, the new...
The official website for STAR WARS has announced two books that will examine the making of the final film in the STAR WARS saga's prequel trilogy, EPISODE III.THE ART OF STAR WARS: EPISODE III and STAR WARS: THE MAKING OF EPISODE III, both written by J. W...
USA Today uncovered an unexpected STAR WARS scoop straight from the films' creator, George Lucas. While attending a charity event that raised money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Lucas was spotted by the USA Today reporter and asked ...
In most of my reviews, I speak very highly about what all the Game Boy Advance can do. In all honesty, the system continues to surprise me more than any of the other next-gen consoles that are out on the market today. But, occasionally, a couple of bad ga...
Lucasfilm has finally confirmed the release date for the final STAR WARS film, the much anticipated EPISODE III. You can circle Thursday, May 19 on your calendars for 2005 if you live in the United States or Canada.Lucasfilm will continue to announce the ...
Once (and future?) Darth Vader David Prowse is hopeful that when Anakin makes the final transformation from the Light to the Dark side in STAR WARS EPISODE III, it will be his massive frame filling the familiar black armor. While talking to Reuters Prowse...
Amazon.com has a solicitation for a forthcoming STAR WARS novel for young readers, set during the Clone Wars and featuring a young Boba Fett. STAR WARS: BOBA FETT - A NEW THREAT is scheduled for an April 2004 publishing date, but what's causing STAR WARS ...
Uncle George's official STAR WARS website has informed fans that another classic character from EPISODES IV - V will be appearing in EPISODE III. Chewbacca the Wookiee, the 200-year-old co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon, will make an appearance in this f...
Ever since George Lucas announced his plans to make new STAR WARS movies, fans have speculated what the titles of EPISODE I, II and III could be. Before Lucas revealed the title for EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, dozens of would-be candidates were mention...
I remember buying WARCRAFT: ORCS AND HUMANS the week it came out, and also remember how hooked I was on it. I played it constantly alone, and then played with a friend over a modem connection just about every night. I also remember when WAR...
I’ve been a giant fan of theme park building simulators ever since the original THEME PARK came out, so I’ve been eagerly anticipating JURASSIC PARK III: PARK BUILDER since I first heard about it. Finally, a portable THEME PARK! It was only appropriate th...
Mumbo Jumbo announced today that it is currently accepting applications for it's internal beta testing of MYTH III: THE WOLF AGE.Gamers that live near either Dallas, Texas or Irvine, California, can submit an application, and hopefully be chosen to go to ...
Has Lucasfilm registered the domain listing REVENGE OF THE SITH in preparation for using it as the sub-title of STAR WARS EPISODE III? According to a reader of TheForce.net, the company has, and it's done so anonymously.A Force.net reader apparently got c...
"This December, the mating game turns deadly." That's the tagline for MGM Home Entertainment's SPECIES III, a direct-to-video sequel that continues the story of a beautiful but deadly alien female who uses lust as a weapon.Sara is the hybrid alien daughte...
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 ...
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...
The Los Angeles Premiere of STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH was recently held in Los Angeles at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California. This 20th Century Fox film was presented by Kellogg's and was a benefit for the charity Artists fo...
Anyone who grew up loving George Lucas' first STAR WARS trilogy, has certainly been hyper-critical of his prequel trilogy of movies entrenched with their political diatribes and CGI-overloaded sequences (we won't even go there about Jar Jar). Of course, y...
The Game Boy Advance is home to a lot of things: Mario, racecars, and now the dinosaurs from JURASSIC PARK. Konami’s first of III… err, three JURASSIC PARK III games for the Game Boy Advance, DNA FACTOR, sells itself as a "fun and unique mix of side-scrol...
Will the
tormented mutant vampire Nomak return to menace Wesley Snipes in the upcoming Blade
III? It could be according to the UK's Teletext
- Cinema site. Luke Goss, the actor who played Nomak in Blade II
dropped some sequel nuggets in an exclusive...
It's a little sad when the highest hopes you can have for a movie sequel sound something like, "Well, maybe it won't be as bad as the last one." For most fans of the Michael Crichton novel JURASSIC PARK, Steven Spielberg's big screen adaptation was someth...
Tea Leoni is one of a group of actors who went head-to-head with the dinosaurs of JURASSIC PARK III. While talking to Ian Spelling's Inside Trek & Sci Fi syndicated column, Leoni spoke of how she approached her role in the coming film, saying, "We did...
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...
David Kapp / Cthulhu
Note: these questions and their responses have been reconstructed from notes taken at the press panel, and thus do not represent the actual wording of either the questions or the answers. There may be questions that have been omitted...
It appears that Lucasfilm isn't willing just yet to reveal all they have in store for us concerning EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH. Two days before New Year's Eve five images of scenes from the new STAR WARS film were leaked onto the internet, specific...
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...
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 ...
What They Say2179: Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and \"Second Type\" robots - machines designed to perform the menial tasks humans won\'t do. Then there are the \"Third Types\" - illegal humanoid robots designed by a nationalist fo...
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...
"Playful" may be overstating the mood here a bit or maybe not. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III certainly gets back to the franchise's roots by remembering that these IMF people, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt included, take pride and even some pleasure in their work, w...
StarWars.com is currently showing the music video for the “Battle Of The Heroes” Theme for STAR WARS: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. The music video includes some footage taken from the movie trailer as well as some new material. Entitled “A Hero Falls...
What if Superman woke up on the wrong side of the bed—every single day?
Actually, that happened in 1983's Superman III, which is generally regarded as the second-worst of the movies that starred Christopher Reeve (after, of course, 1987's S...
Message to all anime newbies: relax. Unlike certain other Japanese cartoons (who said Pokemon?), Castle of Cagliostro is not part of a ferociously complex franchise requiring directory-sized guides to understand. All you need to know is that Lupin III is ...
After covering E3 for four years, I'm somewhat jaded about the show. E3 is merely a big light show, where you get to hear company lines about games, do a few interviews, haul around a bag with your laptop, notepad, and recorder, all while hoping your feet...
The weird tales of Howard Phillips Lovecraft are among the most potent horror stories of the last century. Told through a careful and precise narrative ambiance, H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the undying manifestations of monstrous, cosmic evil and arcane sor...
A few days ago, we presented you with the Golden Thumb Awards, our favorite games of 2002. But, as 2002 is over and 2003 is now begun, we must look ahead. So, in a similar fashion, we take a look at the games that we can't wait for in 2003.STAR WARS GALAX...
Caution: Spoilers ahead!The upcoming Voyager episode `Shattered,` which filmed last week at Paramount, promises to be a treat for long-time series fans. Visitors to the Paramount lot last week noticed Kazon, Vidiians and other species long gone from the s...
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...
Wow. I thought I was the only person on the planet with deep emotional scars from season-ending cliffhangers. Clearly, I am not alone. The last week has seen a deluge of e-mail and postings enumerating the heinous narrative hooks that have drug we hapl...
In the US, the 90s saw to the rise of the independent comic industry. Now, don’t get me wrong; independent comics have been going on since the invention of the printing press with the creation of political comics. But the 90s definitely saw the ...
What They SayThe Review!Character presentation
Lupin III is grandson of famous French thief Arsene Lupin. His gang is composed by Daisuke Jigen, a great gunman, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, the samurai you can cut everything with his own Zantetsuken, and Fujiko...
Part I: The Contractual Obligatory Mascot Bit
It was just another beautiful day in Tokyo. And I was happily walking down the street, minding my own business. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and I had just realized that for some strange reaso...
A week or so ago I received The Richie Rich/ Scooby-Doo Show Volume 1 from Warner Home Entertainment. A Saturday spent by yours truly watching cartoons, eating cereal and staying in my pajamas ‘till noon. The memories came rushing back over the seve...
Over the weekend, we had our first look at the new Abomination character (played by Tim Roth) by way of a toy snapshot. Now, it seems as if we're getting our first report of actual footage shown at Germany's Nuremberg Toy Fair from AICN:
It was great to ...
Happy Wednesday to all, and welcome to another weekly installment of all things wondrous, wacky, and wall-crawling in the wily world of comics. Ah, and what a treat it will be, as I, Ben Johnson, in my stunning debut, razzle and dazzle and deconstruc...
.hack//SIGN - Koichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo (President of Bee Train, director of .hack and Noir), Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Ent. VP & panel host), and another Japanese guest (who didn\'t say much) were present at the panel.
This is one of the more interestin...
Greetings, and welcome to another edition of "Readers Take Aim" on this week's COMICSCAPE. Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on BATMAN BEGINS, particularly those that didn't care for the film. It seems counterintuitive to welcome disag...
Well, after a two-week absence I got another column up last week, and low and behold a new Forum Buzz went up! Nothing like a bit of rivalry to keep things fun! Of course, I feel there was one important fact missing from Sean's column. That would be th...
There were two sounds emanating from Japan in 1954 which have had an indelible effect on science fiction ever since. One was the roar of Gojira—better known as Godzilla to American audiences. The other was the music that accompanied the majority of his e...
After two weeks of venom directed at the comic book industry for the resurgence of 1990s marketing gimmicks, this week I'm going to write about something I actually like. Consider this week's COMICSCAPE my love letter to the American comic book shop. Fo...
OPINIONI've just reread AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 for what is probably the 40th or 50th time, and whatever else we may say about it, there's one incontestable fact: it's lost very little of its original power. I thought that, after having read it so many tim...
REMEMBERING GIL MELLEFor nearly five decades, Gil Melle had made a mark in the world of jazz as an outstanding saxophonist, composer, and also noted as a painter. In the world of film and television, his work has been extraordinarily notable if not t...
My Thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand After a year of fan anticipation rife with both trepidation and outright, venom, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND opened in theaters last Friday to the second-highest single day box office gross ever, following REVENGE OF THE SIT...
The Review!My 7-year wait to get my hands on a beautiful Japanese-language version of Castle of Cagliostro has finally come to an end, thanks to Manga! I've been a huge fan of Lupin III and Cagliostro since I first bought Streamline's dub in January 1993,...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
“Everybody loves robots,” simply states Fon Davis. “I remember thinking in the early 80s that right around the corner I’ll have my own.” Unfortunately for Fon and many other enthusiasts (myself included) technological innovat...
Spider-Man 3 opened on Friday to mixed, yet mostly positive reviews. It also opened to record-breaking box office receipts, making it the biggest opening weekend in history. Effectively, more people saw Spider-Man 3 in a single weekend than any ...
The Review!Jin-Roh is head and shoulders above most anime features, both in ambition and execution. Given the universe the plot is set within, this could have been written to be nothing more than a pointless action movie. Instead, it boldly sets its chara...
What They SayThe Bad Girl Returns! Naomi Armitage (voiced by Juliette Lewis) and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars - until a robot riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth...
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 ...
What They SayMusic found in Megazone 23 IIIThe Review!3 out of 5
The CD comes with a small six-page insert. The insert has first a song tittle list complete with credits for the musical arrangements. It also contains the English lyrics for Sleeping Bea...
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...
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...
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, ...
According to an update at DiscStation as posted by \"littleharlock\" today, it looks like the next phase of the series is starting up with a release in August of this year. Details are pretty much no more than price and date, which is leading to speculati...
Ryan Reynolds ('Two Guys and a Girl') is in negotiations to join Wesley Snipes in 'Blade: Trinity,' the David Goyer-directed New Line drama. Reynolds will play Hannibal, a vampire hunter.
Pic calls for the Hannibal character to team closely with a female...
TAJN spoke with the head of Spectral Motion, Inc. - Mike Elizalde - who has worked on many a genre film, including 'Blade II', 'Hellboy' and the upcoming 'Blade: Trinity'. The interview is accompanied by two pictures from the Prague set.
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...