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Welcome to Andy's Wasteland
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-24-2003)
Greetings Cinescapers. A new dawn is upon us and, alas, a dusk as well. Brilliant, gregarious, gorgeous and great Sonia Mansfield has moved on and for the time being your one stop guide to what's on the telly will be handled by my humble old lonesome self... Sloth
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 05-12-2003)
...at I'm no Sonia Mansfield, I was allowed to keep my job and all is well.So now that the world is round again, let me just say that this week we have a bunch of shows listed and they're on something called a television. Read on and know what to watch!(F... How to Date a TV Columnist
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 04-21-2003)
Greetings Cinescapers! It's been a hectic time in TV review land and I thought I'd take a cue from good old Sonia Mansfield and give you genre fan women some hot dating tips on how to date a celebrity columnist like myself. (Now men, do understand that th... 
November 25 December 1: BIRDS OF PREY Crashes
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 11-25-2002)
...:Me: "Hi, Sonia Mansfield, TV columnist from Cinescape. What the hell is wrong with you people?"Bachelorette: "Aaron and I really connected."Me: "That wasn't the question. What's it like to whore yourself out on national TV?"Bachelorette: "Ummm."Bachel... August 19 August 25: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Widescreen
by Devin D. O'Leary (Mon 08-19-2002)
I don't blame Sonia Mansfield for ditching out on her duties during the height of the summer doldrums. Everybody deserves a vacation, and it's awfully hard to work up enthusiasm for the third FRIENDS rerun of "The One Where Rachel Tells." Me, I got so fed... January 20 January 26: Sonia Goes Random Again
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 01-20-2003)
Random thoughts alert!I've got an idea for a reality show. Wanna hear it? Too bad. I'm going to tell you anyway.It's called WHO'S YOUR DADDY?Twenty-five orphans compete BACHELOR-style for the love of one potential daddy.Hey, at least when these kids don't... PRIMITIVE LOVE / MONDO BALORDO
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 01-11-2002)
The Mondo film is an interesting cinematic curio. Purportedly documentaries on sensational themes, the films would often dramatize or fake incidents to heighten their topics. The success of MONDO CANE in 1962, with its Academy Award nominated theme song "... In Search of Alpha Vamps and Stephen King on stage
by Denise Dumars (Fri 11-17-2000)
If You`re an 800 Year Old Vampire, Why Are You Still in High School?That`s a bumper sticker I saw at Hot Topic, and it seems to fit with the first book I mention this time...ah, the wonderful world of romance novels! All those heaving bosoms...and those a... The Books You'll Be Reading This July
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 07-10-2002)
OK, first thing's first... The DVD guys call their regular column "Vidiocy," which I think is a pretty cool title, and Sonia calls her regular TV column "Remote Patrol," also a cool title... but when our editor Scott asked me to do a regular book column I... Online Gaming, Mario and New Game Smell
by James Stevenson (Sun 09-01-2002)
I have a lot of things I'd like to talk about, and in no particular order. This has been the busiest week of my life, and throughout it, three things that this Gamers' Thumb needs to cover have been brought to my attention.The first is the "New game" smel... Stardate 0008.21: UPN Smackdown!
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 08-21-2000)
Months of acrimony between Viacom, Inc. and Chris-Craft, who jointly owned UPN until Viacom forced Chris-Craft to sell earlier in the year, came to a head this week when Chris-Craft shocked Viacom by revealing a deal with another media giant, Rupert Murdo... Quite a Good Month
by John Thonen (Tue 05-02-2000)
The video world will long remember April 2000 thanks to a pair of phenomenal successes. According to the trade journal `Video Business,` Phantom Menace (which was only released on VHS, not DVD) sold an amazing 5 million copies in its first 48 hours of av... Casting: Taye Diggs into LIBRIUM. (Tue 04-04-2000)
Taye (House on Haunted Hill) Diggs is currently in talks to appear in writer-director Kurt Wimmer`s science fiction flick Librium. Diggs would play the partner to the film’s lead, an agent who enforces the oppressive codes of a futuristic society in whic...Killer Queen
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-25-2006)
Sony is attempting to keep the UMD format viable with a new marketing strategy lately. They've been bundling together the UMD and DVD editions of certain films at a special price. It's hard to figure their reasoning here, but I think they're assuming some... NINJA GAIDEN II
by Pat Sauriol (Mon 07-07-2008)
I never got my hands on the original “Ninja Gaiden” but I have heard of the great love bestowed upon it by hordes of gamers. Nevertheless, after playing the sequel I can assure any of the other noobs to this gaming universe that you don’... Midnight Panther Vol. #1 (-)
What They SayThe Review!This is a title that I\'ve anticipated for years. I\'m a big fan of the original manga by Yu Asagiri; I started collecting the books in 1995 while I was living in Japan. The manga\'s artwork is beautiful; with superb character desi...SW Trilogy - again
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 05-09-2006)
20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm have announced plans to release the original original STAR WARS trilogy (episodes 4-6) on DVD along with the 1997 "upgrade" editions, even though George Lucas claimed that the original theatrical versions would never be avai... Clamoring Toward 2001
by Denise Dumars (Fri 12-22-2000)
Lucky 13 Black Cat CandleEver burn a Lucky 13 Black Cat candle? You can get them at your local occult supply store or any hipster shop in, say, Silverlake, Santa Monica, or Los Feliz (all California, natch). I get them at Botanica St. Anthony in old downt... House of 1000 Public Domain Titles
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-12-2003)
The legion of labels that specialize in presenting public domain titles present a conundrum. On the one hand, they keep a lot of worthy films readily available to viewers that might otherwise be forgotten (witness the history of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE), an... The 5,6,7,8's - TEENAGE MOJO WORKOUT and other albums
by Randall D. Larson (Mon 03-29-2004)
The darlings of KILL BILL’s climactic House of Blue Leaves swordfight sequence, The 5,6,7,8’s are represented by a handful of notable Japanese imports which you can find through Amazon if you have a little patience. The female trio, who play a species of ... Wading
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 06-16-2003)
Greetings Cinescapers! Last week this humble TV critic asked for you the reader to come up with pitches for the worst possible direction for season three of SMALLVILLE and boy did you ever! Response was overwhelming. So many of you contributed ideas, and ... DVD on ICE
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-28-2006)
Troma has joined the ranks of video labels offering iPod video downloads on Troma.com. So far, their slate of programming includes lessons from Lloyd Kaufman's film school in a box MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE and edited, serialized version of Trey Parker &am... Video This Week: November 27th
by John Thonen (Tue 11-27-2001)
VIDEO NEWSFans of director Christopher Nolan's recent MEMENTO, and if you aren't you should be, will get a small dose of his intriguing style with the December, 11th release of his earlier film, FOLLOWING. Shot for next-to-nothing, in black and white and ... Jan. 7 Jan. 13: Breaking Those New Year's Resolutions
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 01-07-2002)
By the time you read this I will have broken any New Year's resolutions I made.Yeah, I know it's only been a week. I assure you, they were all broken by Jan. 1 at 5 p.m.Hello? Have we met? I'm Ms. No Will Power. Good to meet you.I'm no different than anyo... RISING STARS #1/2
by Tony Whitt (Thu 07-26-2001)
Edward Claiborne is a teenager who secretly has Specials-type powers, or so he wants everyone to think. Since everyone, including the government scientists studying the Specials, believed that they had accounted for all the kids who had gained superpowers... JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: Movie Retrospective, Part 4
by Ted Newsom (Sun 05-28-2000)
The many effects shots in Jason and the Argonauts were refinements and elaborations on those Ray Harryhausen had created for previous films. As with the novelty of 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no one had ever paired the techniques of stop-motion animation to th... April 22 April 28: "TV-Turnoff Week"
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 04-22-2002)
So today is the kick off for "TV-Turnoff Week."What? You didn't hear about it. That's strange. Well, it's not like they could advertise on TV or anything, although I suspect that UPN wouldn't turn them away.What's the heck is "TV-Turnoff Week," you ask? W... DOCTOR OF DOOM
by Brian Thomas (Wed 07-18-2001)
In Mexico, horror movies had always been a minor genre, mostly content to import Hollywood's monster epics while only producing a few Old Dark House and ghost story pictures domestically. All that changed during the late 1950s (just as it did everywhere e... Remote Patrol Takes a Vacation
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 08-05-2002)
A message from our Remote Patrol TV columnist, Sonia Mansfield:Yeah, so, I'm on vacation for the next two weeks. Woo-hoo!Hey, even a TV critic needs a vacation. So, for the next two weeks all my TV-watching will be for fun. Actually, I'll just spend my fr... December 23 December 29: Golden Globe Nominations
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 12-23-2002)
So, some of the things about the Golden Globe nominations for TV pleased me, but overall I thought the nominations were just, well, eh.With just a few exceptions, most of the nominations were just carbon copies of the Emmy nominations, and usually the Gol... James Newton Howard to Score "I Am Legend"
by Randall Larson (Thu 05-03-2007)
The upcoming science fiction film I Am Legend, starring Will Smith and based on the classic Richard Matheson science fiction story (previously filmed as The Last Man On Earth and The Omega Man), will get an original score composed by James Newton Howard. ... Uncanny X-Men #495
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Thu 02-14-2008)
This 495th issue of Uncanny X-Men introduces readers to the world of Marvel’s Merry Mutants after the events of Messiah Complex. In short, with Charles Xavier absent – though likely not dead – Scott Summers struggles to redefine the... Jayne can't help it
by Brian Thomas (Tue 08-08-2006)
Attending comics conventions this summer I noted an extreme drop off in the number of video pirates, which seems odd now that DVD burners are so much more common. Even I have one! A few years ago, every other table had an illegal copy of SPIDER-MAN on it ... ALIAS: Mirage
by Jason Davis (Fri 05-06-2005)
In "Mirage," an excellent concept is let down by convenient execution, while several outstanding performances are shortchanged by on-the-nose dialogue. Despite its deficiencies, the episode does manage to dig deeper into the psyche of the show's most eni... Uma Strikes Again!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 08-10-2004)
Regular readers know of our enthusiasm for the adventures of Beatrix Kiddo, so our spotlight item this week should come as no surprise. You may be wondering if we're giving away copies of the DVD, just as we did on the release of KILL BILL Volume 1. Yes w... City Hunter TV Season 4
by Luis Cruz (Thu 04-15-2004)
What They SayIt may not be over till the fat lady sings, but Ryo Saeba would rather make music with a beautiful woman. And mokkori is the sweetest music of all to City Hunter\'s ears. At least until his partner, Kaori, strikes a sour note with her trusty ... 
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