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Arnett Replaced by Val Kilmer for K.I.T.T
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 02-07-2008)

A carmaker conflict has caused NBC to hire Val Kilmer to replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT on its "Knight Rider" revision, reports Variety. Arnett ("Arrested Development") had already completed his part for the pilot, which is s...

Val Kilmer Up for 'Captain America'? (Sat 11-15-2003)

HotDog magazine in the U.K, the issue on stands now, has an update on who might be the frontrunner for Captain America. They say Val Kilmer is the current favourite, commenting on his comeback of sorts in films like Wonderland and Alexander.

Val Kilmer screen-used Batman cowl on Auction (Mon 12-05-2005)

Original Val Kilmer screen-used Batman cowl from Batman Forever. (Warner Bros., 1995) Black urethane/foam rubber face mask and integral cowl, with signature pointed black ears and angular face.


Val Kilmer Dealing With a FAKE IDENTITY
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 09-08-2008)

Val Kilmer will topline crime thriller Fake Identity for Nu Image/Millennium Films, reports Variety. Dennis Dimster-Denk will direct the thriller, based on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Zvia Dimbort. Nu Image's Avi Lerner and Trevor Short exec produc...

Kilmer Leads Fivesome in THE STEAM EXPERIMENT
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 09-10-2008)

Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown and Patrick Muldoon will star in indie suspense thriller The Steam Experiment, says The Hollywood Reporter. Rob Malkani (Day Zero) wrote the original screenplay. The film is set in Grand Rapids, Mich.,...

Kilmer, Valderrama join "Columbus Day"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 04-25-2007)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Val Kilmer, Wilmer Valderrama and Marg Helgenberger have signed on to start in the upcoming crime thriller, Columbus Day.Kilmer will play a thief who has just one morning to fix what has gone awry in the biggest heist ...

Kilmer, Idle, Clarke voicing DELGO
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-17-2003)

A new CGI animated movie titled DELGO has cast actors Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan and Eric Idle as three of the film's characters. Kilmer will play a fearless soldier; Duncan a mentor to the film's hero; and Idle a slow, ego-filled imp.The picture...


Kilmer toplines 'XIII' film for NBC (Thu 04-03-2008)

In announcing it's new lineup NBC revealed plans for a made-for-TV movie based on the comic 'XIII'. The "event" film would star Val Kilmer ('Batman Forever') and Stephen Dorff ('Blade'). Here's how NBC describes the movie: "XIII" is ...

Kilmer, Balfour Outmatch Death in SILVER CORD
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 07-02-2008)

Val Kilmer, Eric Balfour, Shane West, Cam Gigandet and Arielle Kebbel have joined Silver Cord, reports Variety. Director James Ordonez is handling production through Handpicked Films and Tayrona Entertainment, based on a screenplay that he co-wrote alongs...

Kilmer Leads Four in Streets of BLOOD
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-18-2008)

Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Sharon Stone, Dylan McDermott and Brian Presley will lead a new action-drama called Streets of Blood, reports Variety. Nu Image/Millennium's project has Charles Winkler, son of Irwin Winkler, directing and Winkler, Avi Lerner and Rand...

Bat Battle: Who's The Best Movie Batman Ever?
by Jay Pinkerton (Fri 01-11-2008)

Michael Keaton. Christian Bale. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Even, yes, Adam West (he did a Batman film during the TV show's run). All of them have donned the bat-ears, the billowy cape, and the pointy gloves for one movie or another, to varying levels of ...


Collateral
by Development Heck (Mon 08-09-2004)

... bad guy, Val Kilmer as a cop on the trail of the bad guy, and will be directed by Michael Mann (who is not a bad guy.) [The Hollywood Reporter.]September 26, 2003... There won't be a TOP GUN reunion after all. Val Kilmer has exited Michael Mann's COLL...

Delgo
by Coming Attractions (Tue 08-26-2003)

Genre:Fantasy/Animated/Family.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Fathom Studios.Project Phase:Greenlighted.Who's In It:Val Kilmer (Bogardus); Jennifer Love Hewitt (Kyla); Malcolm McDowell (Raius); Michael Clarke Duncan (Elder Marley); Kelly Ripa (Kurrin); ...

THE SALTON SEA
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 04-26-2002)

...or Danny (Val Kilmer), who upfront tells us he's also known as Tom, fills us in on these details. Danny is in pretty dire straits when we meet him, fatalistically playing his trumpet as the room and what looks like a fortune in cash burns around him. H...

Trailer no longer MISSING
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 08-12-2003)

Sony Pictures has provided us with a link to the new trailer for THE MISSING. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett and Val Kilmer and it was directed by Ron Howard (A BEAUTIFUL MIND).Set in the western frontier of 1886, Jones plays a man who ret...


JLA: THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
by Tony Whitt (Tue 08-27-2002)

...even have Val Kilmer in it. As fond as I am of imaginary stories in general, stick to the real stuff on this one.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think atfeedback@cinescape.com.

DVD & VHS This Week: July 30
by John Thonen (Tue 07-30-2002)

...s Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport.THIS WEEK’S NOTEWORTHY NEW RELEASESANDROMEDA: Season One, VOL. ONE is all the proof we need that the recent popularity of releasing TV series on DVD may not be as great as it seemed when X-FILES and ...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
by Karl Schneider (Fri 01-19-2007)

...wney Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Larry Miller, Rockmond Dunbar, Shannyn Sossamon, Angela Lindvall Who's Making It: Shane Black - Director / Writer (screen story) (screenplay), Brett Halliday - Writer (novel Bodies A...

Jada leads the pack for COLLATERAL
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 09-04-2003)

... bad guy, Val Kilmer as a cop on the trail of the bad guy, and will be directed by Michael Mann (who is not a bad guy.) Check out the COLLATERAL movie page for story premise and development history.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us ...


Music To Be Abducted By
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-29-2004)

...tars like Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Lou Gossett Jr, is supposed to be the first completely independently produced CGI feature in USA. Composer Marc Shaiman, who has been scoring films since the late 1980s and also won a Tony A...

Cruise's COLLATERAL co-star may have been found
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-13-2003)

When Val Kilmer exited Michael Mann's new thriller, COLLATERAL, the project was left without a good guy to counter Tom Cruise's menacing assassin. Kilmer's replacement may have been found: actor Mark Ruffalo, soon to be seen in the thriller IN THE CUT.Ruf...

DELGO gets one more
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 08-26-2003)

Actress Anne Bancroft has joined the ensemble cast of DELGO, a computer generated animated film produced by Fathom Studios. Lending their voices to the film also are Val Kilmer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Ripa, Er...

Get Lost in del Toro’s Labyrinth
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-15-2007)

...y Oldman, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Christopher Walken.(O)   ULTIMATE ERNEST (Mill Creek) Not maximum, and again not essential. Includes Ernest Goes to Africa, Ernest’s Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2.(O)   UNFORGIVEN (Warner B...


Strike Victims
by Stephen Lackey, Columnist (Mon 02-18-2008)

...pearance. Val Kilmer provides the voice of KITT; Deanna Russo and Sydney Tamiia Poitier also star. Sunday ASTROID (SCIFI, 7PM EST) Government astronomer Lily McKee (Annabella Sciorra) eagerly anticipates the Fletcher Comet's passage through the sol...

ALEXANDER trailer moves forth
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 10-01-2004)

...na Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto and Rosario Dawson also star in the picture.The ALEXANDER trailer is available in QuickTime, Real Player or Windows Media Player formats, and you can get the trailer from right here.Got a scoop? Know s...

TV Wasteland: The Good Times Will Come to an End
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 09-22-2008)

...remember. Val Kilmer provides the voice of KITT.   BONES (FOX, 8PM EST) THE PERFECT PIECES IN THE PURPLE POND   When the murder of a reclusive science-fiction writer with obsessive-compulsive disorder has the Jeffersonian team stumped, Ho...

Wagner and Cuban Take on Nunn's TIJUANA STRAITS
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 10-21-2008)

2929 Productions partners Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban have optioned the Kem Nunn novel Tijuana Straits, reports Variety. The company has set Ric Roman Waugh, a former Hollywood stuntman who most recently directed the Val Kilmer vehicle Felon, to adapt and ...


RED PLANET
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 11-09-2000)

...including Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) then have to get to a pre-fabricated shelter filled with food and oxygen.The first problem is that we never learn how this convenient shelter ever came to be. Did they just parachute it in? This leads to the secon...

MIKE NELSON'S MOVIE MEGACHEESE
by John Thonen (Mon 06-11-2001)

...an Damme, Val Kilmer, Sylvester Stallone, the Baldwin, Arquette, Eztevez/Sheen families, and many more. Not all of the movies at which he takes aim are in the fantastic genres. THE SAINT, SNAKE EYES, STEPMOM and ACTION JACKSON all take well-placed hit...

DVD & VHS This Week: June 11
by John Thonen (Tue 06-11-2002)

...when star Val Kilmer didn't take himself quite so seriously.SHATTER is an obscure, non-horror, Hammer title which seems like it was meant to be a "blaxploitation" concept, but without any major black characters. Instead, we've got Stuart Whitman as an ...

Inconvenient DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 11-21-2006)

... Bridge) Val Kilmer sings again as Moses!   (O)  THREE STOOGES: MEET THE BARON / GOLD RAIDERS (Warner Bros.) Rare 1931 and 1951 Stooge features.  (O)  WE’RE GOING TO EAT YOU (Media Blasters) Tsui Hark’s 1979 horror co...


Ashmore Deals With Cold Monster in the THAW
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 06-14-2008)

Aaron Ashmore ("Smallville,")---twin brother of X-Men's Shawn Ashmore---will star in the sci-fi feature The Thaw, reports HR. The actor is joining Val Kilmer and Martha MacIsaac. Mark A. Lewis is directing for Anagram Pictures, based on a screen...

Purefoy Ready to be the SAINT
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 03-10-2008)

... starring Val Kilmer.

Video: 'XIII' trailer (Mon 09-15-2008)

Here's the blurry trailer for the 'XIII' NBC TV mini-series, based on the comic book and video game series. The network describes 'XIII' as a high-stakes cat-and-mouse thriller starring Val Kilmer ('The Doors') and Stephen Dorff ('World Trade Center'). ...

Freestyle Opens Trailer Online for Animated DELGO
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 10-22-2008)

The animated gurus over at Fathom Studios have launched a trailer for their upcoming animated adventure Delgo.  The upcoming PG fantasy features the voicework of Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Lou ...


Reeve's Supersuit To Be Auctioned (Wed 03-21-2007)

Christopher Reeve's costume from the first Superman movie and a Batsuit worn by Batman Forever star Val Kilmer are among the rare items being offered for auction by Profiles in History on April 5. Reeve's red-and-blue suit from 1978's Superman is expected...

Power options 'Shooting War'
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 02-20-2008)

... starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff; and the political two part mini series The Summit starring Mia Maestro, James Purefoy and Christopher Plummer. Anthony Lappé, a journalist and documentary film-maker who has written for The New York Times...

"Blockbuster Total Access"
by Pat Ferrara (Fri 02-09-2007)

...or. Want Val Kilmer as the swarthy swordsman Madmartigan in Ron Howard’s Willow? No problem. Or how about Piper Perabo in the steamy French Canadian lesbian drama Lost and Delirious? Oh yeah, they got that too.  What I’m most curi...

Kurt Russell
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 03-18-2007)

...rred with Val Kilmer whom also portrayed Elvis in True Romance (1993). In another strange connection, he costarred with Kevin Costner in 3000 miles from Graceland and both of these actors played historic lawman Wyatt Earp around the same time perio...


New MINDHUNTERS Poster
by News Editor (Tue 05-10-2005)

Click on the image above to see the newest poster for the upcoming film MINDHUNTERS. It will be released on May 13th.The film stars Eion Bailey, Clifton Collins Jr, Will Kemp, Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater and LL Cool J. ...

ALEXANDER
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 11-24-2004)

...acedonia (Val Kilmer), who has a ferociously antagonistic relationship with Alexander's mother Olympias (Angelina Jolie). For one thing, Olympias keeps insisting that the god Zeus, rather than Philip, is Alexander's real father. She urges Alexander to ...

MINDHUNTERS TV Series in the Works
by News Editor (Tue 06-21-2005)

...ill Kemp, Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater and LL Cool J. It was directed by Renny Harlin.

Nick & Nora boxed!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-02-2005)

...Jolie and Val Kilmer are his parents! And they never get to the part where he invents the telephone. Includes a commentrak with director Oliver Stone and a historian to fact-check, Making-Of and more. Also available in widescreen & fullscreen direc...


INTRADA releases expanded TOMBSTONE soundtrack
by Randall Larson (Wed 03-22-2006)

... Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.Composer Bruce Broughton describes his approach: "The music to TOMBSTONE is not particularly "western" in that the orchestration depends not at all on the typical western instruments such as the guitar and harmonica...

Grimm Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-01-2005)

...y Jr. and Val Kilmer, is the directorial debut of screenwriter Shane Black. For Ottman's thoughts on this score, see his web site at: www.johnottman.com/projects/features/kisskissbangbang/index.html)  The label has also announced forthcoming relea...

ALEXANDER stars walk the red carpet
by Sue Schneider (Mon 11-22-2004)

...na Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer, Neil Jackson, Erol Sander, Capt. Dale A. Dye (Military Advisory), and Director Oliver Stone. Joining them were guests: Paula Wagner with her husband Rick Nicita, Doris Roberts, Gore...

Michael Caine Toplining Vigilante HARRY BROWN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 09-08-2008)

It seems to be a crime thriller focused news morning with a former Batman star (Val Kilmer) announced as leading one while here we have the current Batman's partner (Michael Caine) set to lead another. The trades reports the actor getting attached to lead...


Take a look at WONDERLAND
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 10-01-2003)

The creatures who bring us CHUD have an exclusive look at a scene from the upcoming drama WONDERLAND starring Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas and Dylan McDermott. The movie is opening in limited release this week...

Kilmer's COLLATERAL
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 08-19-2003)

Actor Val Kilmer (RED PLANET) is now in talks to join the cast of Michael Mann's thriller COLLATERAL. If he can close a deal, Kilmer would play a NYC detective who is in hot pursuit of a hitman (played by Tom Cruise) using a cabbie (Jamie Foxx) as a drive...

DVD & VHS This Week: May 7
by John Thonen (Tue 05-07-2002)

VIDEO NEWSActor Val Kilmer has never really clicked with audiences and become the star his talent and looks once seemed to guarantee him. Part of the reason for this failure is that he so often comes across as an unlikable and arrogant ass, both on and of...

More KISS for your BANG
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-25-2004)

...wney Jr., Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan are slated to star in Black's action/dark comedy about the underbelly of Hollywood. Downey plays a thief who is masquerading as an actor; Kilmer is a tough-as-nails P.I.; and Monaghan is a starlet with dreams ...


KISS KISS, BANG BANG
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-21-2005)

...., Perry (Val Kilmer). Perry is testy, smart, cynical and has even better dialogue than Harry. (He's also gay, which comes up in discussion a lot more on this in a minute.) The two find themselves bewilderingly at the center of a real case involving a...

Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)

...d planet. Val Kilmer and Terence Stamp star. Has some stars we enjoy watching, but needs more distinctive identity to draw crowds who will have already seen MISSION TO MARS. Anticipation scale: 5. Box office: fair-to-moderate.SPACE COWBOYS (WB): Clint ...

STARSHIP TROOPERS Sequel, VACANCY Prequel?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 10-09-2007)

... starring Val Kilmer, Gary Cole and Jennifer Esposito; the Thomas Jane acting-directing vehicle "Dark Country"; "The Stone House," a horror/thriller directed by Alex Turner and starring Shane West, J.K. Simmons and Leonard Roberts; ...

Spider-Man: Best Superhero Movie Ever!
by Michael Mason (Fri 04-26-2002)

...we'll get Val Kilmer or George Clooney as Spider-Man. (Okay... not really Kilmer or Clooney, but you get the point.) Let the movies, and the character, evolve over time. Let them continue to be dynamic, to develop, just as real people do. After seei...


McMurtry's COMANCHE MOON Hits CBS January
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 11-22-2007)

Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn), Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie, "Six Feet Under"), Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Linda Cardellini ("ER"...

WILLOW
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 12-13-2001)

...martigan (Val Kilmer, BATMAN FOREVER), a Han Solo for medieval times. After a lengthy decision making process it is decided that Madmartigan will become the guardian of the child and Willow heads for home. Surprisingly, his ability to hold onto the inf...

WHV wants you to decide
by Brian Thomas (Tue 06-13-2006)

...tor), and Val Kilmer (gay detective) to solve a murder mystery. Includes film noir documentary. (O) KITTEN IN A CAGE / THE GIRL FROM PUSSYCAT (Image) Two late '60s thrillers about bisexual bombshells, courtesy of Something Weird Video. Includes peep s...

Esposito Joins CONSPIRACY
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)

Actress Jennifer Esposito will join CONSPIRACY opposite Val Kilmer according to Hollywood Reporter. She's been cast as a single mother of an 8-year-old daughter and the survivor of an abusive marriage. involved with a wounded special-ops Iraq War veteran ...


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

...here with Val Kilmer and Patrick Swayze and we had a couple of big fight scenes in this old castle out in the moors or something like that. But it's a fun movie. It's a really fun movie. Q: Who are  you in that? George is played by James Purefoy,...

COLLATERAL loses one, gains another
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-26-2003)

There won't be a TOP GUN reunion after all. Val Kilmer has exited Michael Mann's COLLATERAL citing a conflicting schedule with his work in Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER, now filming. Kilmer was to play a detective who was hot on the trail of Tom Cruise's hitma...

THE SALTON SEA premieres at the Egyptian
by Sue Schneider (Fri 05-17-2002)

THE SALTON SEA premiere was recently held at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The film, a story about an addict in search of redemption, stars Val Kilmer (BATMAN FOREVER).Joining Kilmer at the premiere was Chandra West, Doug Hutchison, director D.J.Caru...

SUPERMAN LIVES, Part 3: Nicolas Cage
by Edward Gross (Fri 05-19-2000)

... starring Val Kilmer). Although nothing is really known about the Strick draft, his version had apparently gone over budget and some of his ideas were…well, different. Strick was discharged and Warner Bros.—unwilling to allow this hoped-to-be-born-agai...


WILLOW Special Edition heading for DVD
by Scott Collura (Wed 06-27-2001)

Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing a Special Edition DVD of George Lucas and Ron Howard’s fantasy pic WILLOW, DVDReview.com reported today.The 1988 film stars Val Kilmer as a medieval warrior who must combat the evil sorcery of a queen ...

Precious Rings of Metal!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 12-14-2004)

...McGillis, Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan providing the charisma. Widescreen and fullscreen special editions comes in either fullscreen or widescreen format. Also available in a TOM CRUISE ACTION PACK with DAYS OF THUNDER and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE.(O) UNDER...

Basic Harry
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-13-2004)

... starring Val Kilmer and Robert Downey, Jr., and wrote the themes for IMAGINARY HEROES (adapted and scored by Deborah Lurie) and the Kim Basinger crime thriller CELLULAR. via musicfromthemovies.com John Powell (CHICKEN RUN, EVOLUTION, PAYCHECK) w...

KISS KISS for Corbin
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 03-09-2004)

...etective (Val Kilmer) and another actor (Robert Downey Jr.) are pursuing.You can do it Corbin!Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!


Robots and Reptiles!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 02-08-2005)

...er Bros.) Val Kilmer as a secret agent in a taut political thriller from David Mamet. Includes commentrak by Kilmer. (O)  THE SPECIALS (Anchor Bay) The off-the-clock side of the superhero business, based on the hit comics series. Includes 2 commen...

Opie in space
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-29-2005)

... Once-hot Val Kilmer is left for dead and can't remember who he is or who is plotting to assassinate the president. Music by Machine Head. Includes a featurette on the film's editing. (O) BORN TO BE WILD (Alpha) Silly 1938 suspense musical (?!) in whi...

Shaggy Dog Story
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-23-2006)

... Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. For this special 2-CD release of TOMBSTONE, several exciting minutes omitted from earlier release have been restored, including dynamic opening Cinergi films 'logo' composed by Jerry Goldsmith, recorded under Broug...

Warhol horrors come to DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-20-2005)

...er. Is it Val Kilmer? LL Cool J? Christian Slater? Includes commentrak from director Renny Harlin, featurettes and more. (O) NED AND STACEY First Season (Sony) Strangers Thomas Hayden Church and Debra Messing get married for business reasons in this po...


WONDERLAND
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-03-2003)

...h Holmes (Val Kilmer) depicted as an addict who can still fully enjoy some aspects of life like his much younger girlfriend Dawn Schiller (Kate Bosworth) while largely drifting around in a haze of unpaid-for drugs and petty humiliations at the hands ...

TOP 10: Mel's PASSION is still number one
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 03-07-2004)

... Depp and Val Kilmer plays a Secret Service agent in SPARTAN.Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from March 5 through to March 7, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date: 1. THE PASSION OF THE C...

THE SAINT: SET 1
by Scott Collura (Thu 09-27-2001)

...course, a Val Kilmer movie in 1997. But it’s the Moore show that has endured best, and now A&E Home Video — those precious providers of classic British TV series on DVD — have begun to make the classic adventures available as a fine group of DVD co...

DVD This Week: August 28th
by John Thonen (Tue 08-28-2001)

...on Brando/Val Kilmer abortion of recent years, this one still can't match 1933's ISLAND OF LOST SOULS. Still, this one has a good cast, good makeup and fine production values. You could do worse.·        KILLER KLOWNS...


Video This Week: November 27th
by John Thonen (Tue 11-27-2001)

...988 stars Val Kilmer as a medieval warrior who must combat the evil sorcery of a queen with a taste for infanticide. Warwick Davis plays Kilmer's sidekick, the title character, but he has also popped up in a variety of "little person" roles over the ye...

DVD & VHS This Week: July 9
by John Thonen (Tue 07-09-2002)

...a likable Val Kilmer. All this, plus a bad Denzel Washington film. What more could a Vidiot want?Vidiocy is our weekly Video & DVD column.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.

And the father of ALEXANDER is...
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-09-2003)

After laying low for a couple of years (and letting the memory of RED PLANET slowly fade away from our minds), Val Kilmer is coming back. He's already landed the role of a NYC detective in Michael Mann's COLLATERAL and he's going to reunite with another d...

DVD & VHS This Week: July 16
by John Thonen (Tue 07-16-2002)

...d amusing Val Kilmer and a classic sequence with Peter Cushing and another with a cow. Check it out.MODESTY BLAISE was a bad film even when it first came out in 1966, and it’s even worse today. This is basically an attempt at an “oh-so-hip” distaff Bon...


TRUE ROMANCE gets new special DVD cut
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 07-10-2002)

... Pitt and Val Kilmer. It'll hit shelves September 24. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.

Kilmer hated Batman Forever Costume (Thu 10-02-2003)

On Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Kilmer related that he felt like an old man in the 'Batman Forever' costume and wasn't able to move or even go to the bathroom without assistance. He didn't keep the suit, but did keep the gloves for his kid.

Roy Webb: Music For the Films of Val Lewton
by Randall Larson (Sat 08-05-2000)

With their latest recording, Marco Polo Records continues to be the premiere restorer of classic film music, offering only the second CD to preserve the music of one of Hollywood’s most pre-eminent yet unrecognized masters of its Golden Age of film music....

HOLLYWOOD ENDING
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 05-03-2002)

Watching HOLLYWOOD ENDING, it's hard to figure out exactly how to review it. Every film is entitled to stand on its own merits, but this work by writer/director/star Woody Allen recalls so many of his previous movies that it's tough to know what's fair. S...


Two come aboard SPARTAN
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-06-2003)

...king with Val Kilmer's character to find out who kidnapped the President of the United States' daughter. Macy's character is described as being the right-hand man of the investigation's leader (not Kilmer) while Luke plays an apprentice Secret Service...

SITH Leads Nomination List for 32nd Annual Saturn Awards
by News Editor (Wed 02-15-2006)

...e Cinema) Val Kilmer ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang") (Warner Bros.) Ian McDiarmid ("Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith") (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm) Cillian Murphy ("Red Eye") (DreamWorks SKG) Liam Neeson ("Batman Begins") (Warner Bros.) Mickey Rour...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie OVA
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 08-30-2006)

What They SayDearly beloved, The big wedding is just around the corner, so it's time to get prepared. Nope, it's not the rehearsal dinner; it's the rehearsal for married life! Princess Mehm is worried about the obvious complications surrounding the relati...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 3 Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 08-09-2007)

What They SayThe blessed day is drawing near for Valkyrie and Kazuto, but that doesn't mean things are all pretty flowers and over-priced cake. Oh, no! This wouldn't be UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie if there weren't a ship-load of problems to sort out before t...


UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2 Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 03-26-2007)

What They SayThat Valkyrie Ghost always looked like trouble and now she proves just how much trouble she can be! This cat-eyed beauty with a fashion sense that leans toward the dominatrix line is back and no man is safe from her charms! Particularly not...

Comicscape - September 3, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-03-2003)

OPINIONA quick reminder: because of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, the newest comics will not be shipping to your local stores until Thursday, September 4. Bear this in mind as you plan today's errands, and save your poor beleaguered comics store owner ...

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE # 2
by TONY WHITT (Wed 05-07-2003)

After battling the Masters and leaving them trapped, Skeletor has moved on to Castle Greyskull, where Tri-Clops has created a dimensional portal that will allow him to breach the Sorceress' mystical defenses. The Masters don't stay trapped long, of course...

Comicscape - October 29, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-29-2003)

OPINION: First, a brief rant: Marvel has one of the worst websites in the comics world in terms of up-to-date info. Last week, the site was promoting (and is still promoting as of this writing, October 26, by the way) X-STATIX #13 as the first part of the...


DVD This Week: September 17
by John Thonen (Tue 09-17-2002)

VIDEO NEWSThe FX cable network's groundbreaking Emmy-nominated cop show, THE SHIELD, will soon join 24 as a TV series released to DVD after the airing of only its first season. The series is packed with profanity, nudity, sex and police corruption, plus a...

AFTERMATH / GENESIS
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 10-14-2005)

In DANSE MACABRE, his history of horror fiction, Stephen King makes the point that the genre is expressed at three levels. The artist aims at inspiring true terror, a sense of ghoulish dread achieved mostly via suggestion that can only end in the joyous r...

Tribute: Robert Wise Talks About His Career in Last Print Interview (Thu 09-15-2005)

Today, legendary director Robert Wise passed away at age 91 due to heart complications. Known for his eclectic body of work including THE SOUND OF MUSIC and WEST SIDE STORY (not to mention as an editor he tackled Orson Welles' CITIZEN KANE).However, Wise ...

BATMAN #626
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-05-2004)

... me) that Val Kilmer's line "It's the car, chicks dig the car" did in BATMAN FOREVER. It just feels wrong, dammit.Unfortunately, Dustin Nguyen and Richard Friend's artwork sometimes strikes me much the same way. There's an extreme roughshod quality to ...


SCARE THEIR PANTS OFF / SATAN'S BED
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Mon 03-18-2002)

Wowie Zowie! Two brown paper bag nasties from the golden age of roughies, what could be better!? Well the films for starters, but hey, we’re in this show for the skin not the story and man oh man do these film barely deliver. Now don’t get all squirrelly ...

Retrospective: Robert Wise's THE HAUNTING
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 11-25-1999)

November 23rd brought the home video release of this summer’s full color, effects-laden, big budget remake of THE HAUNTING, based on the classic novel, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, by Shirley Jackson. What today’s video renters may not realize is that the ...

Kidman Offered Catwoman Lead
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 02-05-2003)

...terest to Val Kilmer's Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever.

The Best Monster Movie Music of the Millennium, Part 1
by Randall Larson (Sat 04-15-2000)

Having already evaluated the best fantasy soundtracks of 1999 and assessed the best fantasy scores of the 1990, it’s time to cast an ear back over the last hundred years of fantasy, horror, and science fiction film music. Which scores were the trendsetter...


CULT FICTION: A READER'S GUIDE
by Denise Dumars (Fri 08-25-2000)

So you`ve read all of James M. Cain`s hard-boiled novels. But have you heard of Paul Cain, the `hardest of the hardboiled`? Of course you`ve read William S. Burroughs, but what about Clarence Cooper Jr., `the black William Burroughs`? If you think you`ve ...

Monstrous Movie Music is back
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS After a pair of thunderously powerful retrospective recordings of classic horror film music released in 1996, and an in-depth collection of jungle horror film music like THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE ALLIGATOR PEOP...

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
by Carl Cortez (Tue 10-09-2001)

It’s always a sad sign when more care is put into a movie’s soundtrack than the actual movie itself. JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS sounded like a doomed project from the moment it got greenlit. Like THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, I only suspected the w...

DVD This Week: August 13
by John Thonen (Tue 08-13-2002)

VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...


Punktown and Good Omens are Back to Mix Things UP
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-05-2006)

A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).  Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous...

Review: 'Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989 - 1997'
by Jim Harvey (Mon 10-10-2005)

"Minor qualms aside, 'Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989 - 1997' is awesome. Fans will love how in-depth the DVD gets, especially for films that didn't have a whole lot of behind-the-scenes material shot for it. Archived interviews fill up all t...

MV Creations Facing Bankruptcy, Looks To Fans For Help
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 11-24-2004)

A casualty of the CrossGen bankruptcy, MV Creations, the studio behind comics such as "Masters of the Universe," "Rob Zombie's Spookshow International" and "Tales of the Realm," is on the verge of bankruptcy themselves. Owner Val Staples spoke with CBR Ne...

Four RKO Horror Classics Getting Remade by Twisted
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 10-21-2008)

Looks like we have some more remake news for this morning. Producer Andy Fickman has made a deal with Roseblood Movie Company and Twisted Pictures to oversee and shoot modern takes on four RKO Picture classics. Three of classics were produced by horrormei...


'Paula Peril' film in development
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 10-22-2007)

Atlantis Studios issued a press release this weekend alerting us to the development of a feature-length, live-action film based on thier character 'Paula Peril'. Created by writer James Watson, Paula Peril is an investigative journalist who tends to run...

Review: 'Batman Forever: Special Edition'
by Jim Harvey (Mon 10-10-2005)

"Overall, you couldn't ask for better treatment for 'Batman Forever.' While it has one of the dullest director's commentary I've ever listened to, the other special features on the disc still hold up. Hearing from Kilmer and O'Donnell again was a treat an...

LAIR OF THE BEASTS: In Search of the Death-Worm
by Nick Redfern (Sat 09-13-2008)

As someone who spends pretty much his entire life chasing, investigating, and writing about mysterious beasts and diabolical monsters, I have to admit that I have come across some extremely wild and far-out stories in my time – and that’s putt...

ADV Announces January 9th REleases (Thu 11-09-2006)

HOUSTON, November 9, 2006 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce five titles heading your way on January 9. Prepare yourself for the first volume of Best Student Council, the fifth volume of Mic...


UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2 Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-09-2007)

What They SayHeat up the bathwater, find your rubber ducky, and lose the clothes because, around here, when the going gets rough the tough get in the buff! Not only that, but having a diabolical version of Valkyrie running around is actually the tamest th...

Brody Boards Dario Argento's GIALLO
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-11-2008)

Three thespians have hopped on board Italian horror mastermind Dario Argento's Giallo, says the Hollywood Reporter. Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner and Elsa Pataky have signed on to star in his latest horror thriller. The screenplay was penned by Jim Agn...

BORIS KARLOFF
by Brian Thomas (Thu 09-28-2006)

With FRANKENSTEIN, Universal Pictures made an unexpected star of character actor Boris Karloff, and it's as a Universal star he'll likely always be remembered. When the United States Post Office chose to feature the heavily trademarked Universal Monsters ...

Book Buzz: The Author-Reader Relationship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-07-2008)

Back in the olden days an author’s book was the sole connection to his readership. Regardless of the story particulars a writer’s characters, places and themes are their own private dialogue to a very public world. But outside of actually read...


Comic-To-Military Threatens Comic-To-Film?
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 08-30-2002)

MIT engineers borrowed design elements from from an Image comic book when submitting their winning bid for a grant to develop high-tech super soldier armor according to a report from the Reuters newswire service. The Massachusetts Institute of Tech...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 07-15-2006)

What They SayOur outlandish adventure reaches its final frontier... in outer space! And there's more action and intrigue than you can crash a spaceship into! Kazuto is forced to sell his bathhouse. He builds a new bathhouse on an unassuming asteroid! Ther...

Contest Update (Mon 04-24-2006)

We had a lot of contests running over the weekend that need to be cleared out today. Here\'s the rundown of whose gotten what:James Gwinell won the Bundle of FUN contest.Jack Chen won the Yu Yu Hakusho Bundle.Will Kilmer and Ginger Kowal each won a prize ...

SUPERMAN RETURNS Final Poster
by Karl Schneider (Thu 05-18-2006)

A new poster for Superman Returns hit the Internet on Tuesday. I apologize for not getting this in sooner and thanks goes out to Val for the reminder.The second full trailer will be shown with X-Men: The Last Stand, though it should land online before th...


A HISTORY OF HORROR: Music for Scary Movies
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 06-03-2000)

The idea of a 2-CD set presenting music from some of the best horror film scores over the last century is a great idea, particularly using modern digital recording technology and faithful recreations of music lost to the ages. Unfortunately, what we have...

Space Babe Kristen Cloke: Going Above and Beyond Television
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 04-02-2000)

Actress Kristen Cloke has appeared on various television shows, such as MURDER SHE WROTE, DOOGIE HOWSER, SILK STALKINGS, and even QUANTUUM LEAP, but it’s safe to say that she is most well known to genre fans for her work with her husband, Glen Morgan, one...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 4 Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 09-06-2007)

What They SayThere is so much to do and only a bunch of goofballs to make sure it all goes as planned, so Valkyrie and Kazuto have to get it in gear in order to get married. Or better yet, to make sure it happens at all. Because, well...in this bunch, y...

THE CAT PEOPLE (1942)
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 06-09-2001)

This little black-and-white gem is an excellent example of B-movie making at its finest. With resources left over from RKO Pictures A-features, producer Val Lewton fashioned an excellent film that played on the power of suggestion to create horrors that w...


Oct. 15 - Oct. 21: SMALLVILLE Debuts
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 10-15-2001)

...ANET with Val Kilmer.Thursday, October 18Can't get enough of body-switching movies, but your VICE VERSA and FREAKY FRIDAY DVDs haven't shown up yet? Well then you won't want to miss tonight's CHARMED (WB, 9 p.m.) when Phoebe and Paige swap bodies and t...

DVD and Video This Week: February 19
by John Thonen (Tue 02-19-2002)

VIDEO NEWSAccording to VIDEO BUSINESS magazine, the notoriously cost effective (or cheap) Roger Corman - who not long ago filmed the demolition of his California studios for use in an upcoming film - has recently struck a deal with the Los Angeles Film Sc...

THE TROLLENBERG TERROR (a.k.a. THE CRAWLING EYE)
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Wed 12-26-2001)

Straight from late night television to DVD comes THE TROLLENBERG TERROR (previously known to us Yanks as THE CRAWLING EYE), a British horror offering based, like the superior QUATERMASS films, on a U.K. serial television show of the same name. When the ti...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Season 1 Collection (Thinpak)
by Paul Gaudette (Mon 02-11-2008)

What They SayDespite his parents\' protests, Kazuto Tokino has taken it upon himself to run his late grandfather\'s bathhouse. But with no previous management experience, Kazuto must rely on his sunny disposition to keep his new business afloat. When the ...


Seven Join Cage in Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 07-03-2008)

Seven new additions have hopped aboard Werner Herzog's upcoming remake of the 1992 cult classic Bad Lieutenant, says The Hollywood Reporter. Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker and Xzibit are join...

MTV Makes VALIANT Effort
by News Editor (Thu 06-23-2005)

MTV Films has picked up the movie rights to Holly Black's teen novel VALIANT: A MODERN TALE OF FAERIE.The story centers on seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell who runs away to New York City, where she tries to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. S...

Lost Weekend - Part One
by Andrew Hershberger (Fri 02-01-2002)

Now I'm not one to throw superlatives around without a little green palming, but doggone it, if you didn't attend Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in New York a couple of weeks ago, you missed out on a humdinger of an event. Why, all sorts of horror and sci-...

FANTASTIC FOUR #68
by Tony Whitt (Thu 05-01-2003)

It's official: Baby Val is in the control of Doctor Doom. Seems that when he helped Sue deliver the baby, he also managed to make her his familiar, a conduit for his sorcery to attack her family. None of this is known to the team, of course, since they ha...


Comicscape - August 27, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-27-2003)

OPINIONI don't know what shocks me most: the fact that I got deluged with hate mail from a reader for not including SPAWN in our discussion last week (for space reasons, but also because no one who wrote in really said much about it); or the fact that sai...

Quadrilogy
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-29-2008)

‘The Invasion’ hits the street today on DVD and though not many people saw it I thought it was worth at least a one time viewing. It was entertaining but the original ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1956) and the ‘Inva...

Lewton Horrors on DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Thu 06-23-2005)

Just in time for Halloween, Warner Home Video has announced that the complete VAL LEWTON HORROR COLLECTION will be available on DVD October 4. These horror classics have been out of print since their release in a laserdisc box set in the 1990s, and with t...

Damned Indeed - Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 02-22-2002)

If you're a vampire your life sucks. Sunlight destroys you, everybody's trying to drive a stake through your heart and you never know who your next meal is going to be. But all that pales in comparison to the trials and tribulations director Michael Rymer...


Saturn Award nominees announced
by Eric Moro (Fri 03-15-2002)

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced its nominations for the 28TH annual Saturn Awards to be held this summer in Los Angeles. The ceremony honors the best in genre entertainment from 2001.What follows is a complete list of ...

Robert Wise’s Vision Still Lives.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-08-2007)

In our last week’s column, I alluded to how passion for the arts molds that star to be elevated to a whole other echelon of achievement inside Hollywood’s history books. Certain actors find such passion with every word they utter in the gla...

"Criminal: 5"
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 03-16-2007)

Ed Brubaker writes Captain America and Daredevil to great critical acclaim.  But, he also writes Criminal, a compelling new ongoing series from Marvel’s Icon imprint.  This fifth issue concludes the first arc of the series, in which Leo...

Deluxe Húrin
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-15-2007)

Amidst the flurry of studio inquiries which have flooded the Tolkien estate since The Children of Húrin hit the shelves last month, Houghton Mifflin is rolling out the stops to release a deluxe hardcover edition of the novel complete with brand new...


STREAMS OF SILVER: The Legend of Drizzt Book V
by Tim Janson (Sun 10-14-2007)

Streams of Silver continues Devil’s Due’s adaptation of R.A. Salvatore’s Crystal Shard Trilogy. Salvatore is a bit of a polarizing writer. You seem to love him or hate him without much middle ground. I personally like Salv...

Roumanian Princesses and Lords of Lies
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-14-2008)

A slim release schedule doesn’t mean skimpy genre fare as this week’s debuts prove with big releases from powerhouse authors Kate Elliott, Orson Scott Card, and Ursula K. Le Guin along with newcomer Paul Genesse and a handful of talent from ac...

CRIMINAL #10
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 11-15-2007)

Ed Brubaker’s Criminal remains one of the best comics from Marvel in print, as well as one of the best ongoing series of any company. This arc, entitled “Lawless” moves away from Leo, the career-thief-with-a-heart from the last stor...

Hitchcock vs. Lewton
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 10-04-2005)

That's right, fans it's October! The season of spooky pranks, ghoulish doings, colorful costumes and tasty treats is upon us. Of course you know what I'm talking about: Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Everyone who claims to be Canadian c...


Sin City's Elegant Anarchy
by Randall Larson (Thu 04-14-2005)

Robert Rodriguez' brutal film noir, SIN CITY, comprises a series of three inter-related stories, each based on a different graphic novel by Frank Miller, who was brought it as co-director (along with Quentin Tarantino, who guest-directed the segment where...

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE the comic
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 08-27-2002)

Following the hit new animated series on Cartoon Network, the new MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE comic launches on Nov. 27 from Image Comics. The comic is written by Val Staples, with art by Emiliano Santalucia and Marco Failla. The first issue features covers ...

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Comic Book
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 06-25-2002)

The '80s craze continues. Image Comics has announced that MV Creations has obtained the exclusive license to develop comics based on the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE property from Mattel. Image will begin publishing the new adventures of He-Man and his counte...

He-Man TPB hits in July
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-02-2003)

The new publisher of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERE, CrossGen Comics has announced it will publish a trade paperback of the first MASTERS mini-series on July 9. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE SHARD OF DARKNESS was originally published by Image Comics but will be c...


First look at SPACE ACE comic
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 05-08-2003)

Don Bluth's SPACE ACE, that beloved animated video game from the mid-80s, is getting dusted off as a comic book. A new full-color six-issue mini-series will debut this summer published by CrossGen Entertainment and produced by MVCreations, the team behin...

Behold the mighty ALEXANDER trailer
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-26-2004)

...awson and Val Kilmer.Click here to grab the trailer for ALEXANDER. The picture opens in theaters on November 5.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!

Comicscape - March 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-17-2004)

OPINION: I've only recently become familiar with John Constantine, the lead character in Vertigo's longest-running series to date, HELLBLAZER. Even so, I was appalled to hear the changes that were being made to the character to bring him to the screen - a...

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Season 2 Collection (Thinpak)
by Paul Gaudette (Mon 07-21-2008)

Presenting once again- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie- now with plot!What They SayCollecting the second season of the series together in thinpak form, UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie doesn\'t break much new ground here and instead decides to add more characters to the...