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UK Newly Reviewed: Twilight of the Dark Master (Thu 05-13-2004)

It\'s been awhile since this title showed up in region 1, but now it\'s made its way to the UK and Dani Moure has taken a look at the Manga UK release of Twilight of the Dark Master that came out just this week.

Get Over Those Terrible Gifts
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-24-2007)

No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...

Altered Carbon
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-03-2008)

When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel in 2003, the impressive sci-fi work goes...


The “Potterverse” Defined
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-03-2007)

Jim Butcher propels the Dresden Files, Janine Cross’s dark fantasy series reaches its conclusion, and entertainment journalist Edward Gross takes a stab at chronicling the development of all things Harry Potter in a very weighted edition of this ...

Star Trek and the Singularity
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-04-2008)

After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.” It’...

Malazan Builds Momentum
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 03-06-2007)

Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition of the Buzz.  Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...

John K's revenge
by Brian Thomas (Sat 07-15-2006)

MONSTER HOUSE opens Friday, and the hype machine is chugging hard for it, but I'm not too excited about it. The situation seems trite, and the character designs are too close to real humans, so their exaggerations just look grotesque. I could be wrong, of...


Music with Depth
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-10-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS UK film composer David Julyan, noted for his moody scores for Christopher Nolan's FOLLOWING, MEMENTO, and INSOMNIA (the latter two scores issues on Thrive and Varese Sarabande CDs, respectively) has taken a dark swing into horr...

Honey Up Against The Law
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-13-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS A pair of vintage 1960s TV jazz scores have been released by those intrepid preservers of 60s pop culture, England's Harkit Records. Herschel Burke Gilbert was one of the pervasive composers of 1960s television music. While gai...

The Dresden Files Returns to its Roots
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-06-2007)

Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.  Happy Tue...

Weekly Book Buzz: An Open Letter to the Mania Readership
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-25-2008)

It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition of the Weekly Book Buzz will be my last as columnist. Due to a decrease in free time and one of those unfortunate things called a regular job I can no long...


Latest Archival Releases from Italy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-20-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGiallo and Eurofantasy film scores are alive and well thanks to the intrepid folks behind Digitmovies and GDM Records, whose releases for June and July are valuable and interesting restorations of rare, unreleased, or little kno...

Book Buzz: Year of the Spaceship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-04-2008)

From Star Trek’s FTL warp drive to Carl Sagan’s concentric-ringed, space-tearing Machine, spaceships have been as much a staple of science fiction as aliens or any other concept that has helped define the genre. Within the fictional SF univers...

Don't Mention Kolchak
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 09-26-2005)

Well, what do y'all think?Summer's over, most of the new genre shows have hit the airwaves (INVASION, THRESHOLD, SUPERNATURAL, SURFACE), Sci-Fi Friday takes a breather until January (thanks so much for that cliffhanger, Ron Moore, you bastard), and we fin...

The Return of the King
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-04-2003)

IM MEMORY: MICHAEL SMALLFilm composer Michael Small, 64, passed away on November 24, 2003. Small wrote musical scores for over 50 feature films and TV programs, as well as hundreds of TV and radio commercials. His many credits as include the music for Ala...


Harry Potter & the Disc of Silver
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-07-2006)

I know that you already know, but I'm writing this before the Academy Awards ceremony, so please don't ruin it for me by telling me who won what. Dipping into the Prize Closet, we have three copies of JARHEAD for you, courtesy of Universal. To enter, simp...

The Wicker Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-21-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Angelo Badalamenti has always had a remarkable flair for melodic fluidity, even in the midst of very diverse and unusual scores. Moments of melodic beauty contrast with harsh expressivity in BLUE VELVET; surrealistic musical el...