Rob Zombie has updated his blog with a simple question; "How many of you would like to see a full length movie ofWEREWOLFWOMENOFTHE SS?" The director has a three picture deal with Dimension, the first ofthem being the latest HALLOWEEN,...
If you watched the critically praised and box office bombed GRINDHOUSE, you caught the many faux trailers featuring crazy horror scenarios at Thanksgiving, evil Werewolfwomenofthe SS, good advice like " 'Don't' open that door" & what...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another serving of Comicscape calamity, where we rise above the fray and endorse insight over insults, and wisdom over whining. Once again, thanks to everyone for your praise and criticism in the comments secti...
Werewolves have been gracing legends and mythology even longer than vampires. Stories of shape-shifting humans turning from man to beast are rooted in ancient cultures all over the world. Movies have given these legends a face and a power that is ...
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies ofthe best fantasy literature ofthe year, one from St. Martin&rsq...
At this time of introspection, as the country climbs out ofthe chaos of tragedy and bad stock portfolios, one man, one giant man, has come to rescue us from the despair that has swept our great nation. Who is this man you ask? Certainly not Superman, nor...
When American fighting men (and women) returned from service in World War II, they returned with their horizons expanded. While our boys in Europe had some romantic adventures along the streets of Rome and Paris, commandoes ofthe Pacific theater got to k...
The Premise One can’t really talk about the double feature movie Grindhouse without explaining what a Grindhouse is first. During the 1960s, there was a simultaneous rise in independent film production and urban decay. Inner city theaters, ...
Following on the heels ofTHE VAMPIRE BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OFTHE UNDEAD comes Brad Steiger`s THEWEREWOLF BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHAPE-SHIFTING BEINGS. There hasn`t really been a decent book on werewolves in a long time, and Steiger massive tome is ...
A handful of DVD labels specialize in multi-film budget packages, and this week we've listed a bunch of new ones from a label that relies on them almost exclusively, Mill Creek (formerly Treeline), and their new Pendulum imprint, which features more recen...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OFTHE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor ofthe 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
THIS WEEK'S NOTEWORTHY NEW RELEASESTHE ANTICHRIST (a.k.a. THE TEMPTER) comes [IMG2R]to us from the good old days of rat ridden, derelict dwelling, sticky floored theaters which ran delightfully depraved Italian rip-offs of U.S. made hits in a desperate bi...
S.S. ASTRO is funny enough in spots to make me wish it could be consistently funny.
Creative Talent:Writer/Artist: Negi BannoTranslated By: Stephen PaulAdapted By: Stephen Paul
What They Say:
S.S. ASTRO follows the adventures - romantic and otherwise -...
OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther...
We've got a huge list this week so let's get right to the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of FAILURE TO LAUNCH for you, courtesy of Paramount. To enter, send one email containing your name and mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info with the word "FAIL...
Winning the Tiptree Award for feminist science fiction caps a fascinating chapter in the writing life of Suzy McKee Charnas. Thirty years after the writing ofthe first book in the dystopian Holdfast Chronicles, Charnas finishes the series with THE CONQUE...
One film that seems to get better and better each year is John Landis' classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Released in 1981, audiences weren't sure what to make ofthe film's mix of comedy and horror, but all these years later the mix proves to be jus...
Last week's admittedly meandering column about sex and women in popular comics didn't garner much mail, but it lit the comment section on fire. I thought that a column about everybody's favorite subject (or at least mine and Al's) would at least get me a ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Matoh SanamiTranslated by:Rie HagiharaAdapted by:What They SayWho would have thought that there was anything worse than changing into a woman on nights ofthe full moon? Marlo certainly didn't.
But now his engagement to David...
James Roday, the co-writer ofthe upcoming werewolf film SKINWALKERS spoke recently about the upcoming film."It's finished," Roday said. "It's in the can. And it's coming out in December. We're really pumped. We're really pumped about it. It's kind of a r...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Sweden’s new film label, Fin de Siècle Media, has released a real treasure of late 70’s Eurohorror film music – Luciano Michelini’s provocative score for L’Isola Degli Uomini...
Mix THE HOWLING, a generous portion of TWIN PEAKS, and the occasional pinch of DAWSON'S CREEK and what do you get? If you're CBS, you hope you get a hit.Debuting this week, the genre-bending dramatic series WOLF LAKE concerns a rural American community mu...
Screenwriter
Hans Rodionoff recently spoke with Creature
Corner regarding his work on various Marvel Comics properties, and he says
that the focus has shifted a bit at Artisan films. Previously, it appeared that
Man-Thing was one of Rodion...
The genres two big nationwide releases, Paramounts What Women Want and Disneys The Emperors New Groove saw widely divergent results during their debut weekend. The fantasy comedy starring Mel Gibson as a male chauvinist pig who suddenly finds himself ...
During a recent (well, back in June) discussion in this column about DVD Special Editions, reader mckracken shut up everybody by reminding us that Anchor Bay is the king of reissues with their many new & improved, temporarily ultimate editions ofTHE ...
Welcome to Summer! Our friends at Sinister Cinema have notified us ofthe return oftheir Drive-In Double Features sale this Summer. These tapes and now discs have been a favorite of mine for many years, and though I've had trouble getting some oftheir...
What They SayAkiyoshi\'s life fell apart when he was turned down by the sweet, passive girl he liked. Trying to start over, he gets a job on a construction crew. Thewomen on the crew waste no time in bullying him into sex act after sex act, exhausting hi...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing theofficial prequel novel to the live-action film.
Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful, and welcome to another week of watching your credit card bill skyrocket like the national deficit. Yes, I'm hooked, too. So, don't feel bad. You've only got your wife to answer to. This week features the second (and much lo...
Lions Gate Films has acquired rights to thewerewolf film SKINWALKERS. The company plans to release the film this fall. The movie is about a 12-year-old boy at the center of a battle between two warring groups of werewolves -- one sworn to protect him,...
DC Direct has released an image and info on their WOMENOFTHE DC UNIVERSE: SUPERGIRL Bust.This limited edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5" tall x 2.5" wide x 2.5" deep, and is packaged in a four-color box. The bust...
R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con...
DC Direct has announced the upcoming WOMENOFTHE DC UNIVERSE: STARFIRE Bust designed by Terry Dodson and sculpted by Jack Mathews. This Starfire Bust measures approximately 6" tall x 3.75" wide x 2.75" deep and is packaged in a four-c...
VARIETY notes that Robert Nelson Jacobs has been assigned to script the Dimenson Films adaptation ofthe Marvel comic book WEREWOLF BY NIGHT.Jacobs wrote for both CHOCOLAT and THE SHIPPING NEWS. Thewerewolf tale focuses on a man attempting to live with h...
DC Direct has announced theWOMENOFTHE DC UNIVERSE line of cold-cast porcelain busts. First up in the collection will be the Wonder Woman bust, which was designed by Terry Dodson and sculpted by Jack Mathews.
This Wonder Woman bust will be a limit...
It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition ofthe 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...
The Review!Fans of VS Knight Lamune and 40 Fire will love this... and everyone else will be left scratching their heads and/or turning off their DVD players by episode 4.
Audio:
As a 1997 OVA series, the audio here is a well-mixed stereo soundtrack that...
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 ofthe Buzz.
Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:MEETranslated by:David UryAdapted by:What They SayWhen Natsuki is arrested for hunting without a license, Sakura recruits Batenen and Tomy to save her partner. With business slow and everyone barely scraping by, the four decid...
What They SayThe wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all the children to gain enough power to absorb the earth into her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is located in the center of Badiyanu’s castle and absorbs all the dream energy from the ch...
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...
Hammer Studios is notorious for being known as the studio that dripped blood. Their full color Gothic tales and scantily clad women were all the rage after Universal’s movie monsters ran their course. The studios flourished for a long time t...
It looks like the legends are true, but its confirmation coming from a British newspaper, so watch out. SCREEN DAILY, the British version of VARIETY is reporting Michael Jackson is readying to star in thewerewolf flick WOLFED, which he will also produce....
Universal delivers a "Wolf Man Double Feature" in their Classic Monsters series, and this one is well in keeping with the "A" and "B" feature double bills of that era. WEREWOLFOF LONDON was among a slate of pictures planned to star Boris Karloff in the w...
David Hayter is moving beyond the world of screenwriting and preparing for his directorial debut in Crystal Sky's Werewolf, reports the horror fans at Bloody-Disgusting. Hayter, who's known for co-writing X-Men, X2 and Watchmen and voicing Snake in Sony's...
While the anthology ostensibly follows its male residents, Sin City would be dull indeed without its firecracker female characters. Following film noir and classic detective novel convention, thewomen are kicked as often as they're kissed but they give...
Connecticut's attorney general is threatening to entangle Spider-Man and a cereal giant in a web of litigation. Blumenthal has asked Kellogg Co. to have several cereals that contain a "Spidey Signal" toy pulled from store shelves because the toys contain ...
Tor Books unloads a handful of new science fiction and fantasy, Wizards ofthe Coast debuts a new series, and Robert A. Heinlein gets a hardcover rendition of one of his classics in this week's book buzz. Tor's James VanderMeer offers a well-rounded, epil...
Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, and Brittany Murphy star in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City, opening April 1st. ComingSoon.net discussed many aspects ofthe visually arresting movie with thewomen.
He takes on two ofthe sexiest womenthe silver screen has ever seen in "Catwoman." And when you're working with Halle Berry in black leather and a femme fatale Sharon Stone, co-star Benjamin Bratt says you better bring your A-game.
Patrick Smith Kelly will be in charge of penning the screenplay for the adaptation ofthe Kit Whitfield werewolf novel, BENIGHTED, says the Hollywood Reporter. The supernatural thriller will likely be directed by Andrew Adamson who is also producing ...
Fans sends in a photo of a 'Werewolf by Night' ad running on the side of a bus in L.A. The photo was said to have been taken last March. What does it mean for the movie?
There seems to be a cycle that happens every few years where there's a crop of vampire movies in development and no werewolf ones, or it's the other way around. Right now it seems we're approaching the height ofthe wolf craze. Wes Craven is filming CUR...
DC Direct has announced their upcoming WOMENOFTHE DC UNIVERSE: BATGIRL Bust. It was designed by Adam Hughes and then sculpted by John G. Mathews.This limited edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5'' tall 2.5'' wide a...
Going to conventions always reminds me a bit of going to film festivals. Every time I mention to family members that aren’t into film that my latest film is going to a festival, they always reply with “Oh so you are going to Sundance?&rdq...
Superhero Hype has posted an image that's said to be promotional art for the production of 'Werewolf by Night'. Director John Fasano is attached to direct from a script by Hans Rodionoff and Robert Nelson Jacobs.
An article discussing Crystal Sky's slate of pics to shoot in the U.K. over the next six months mentions Marvel's 'Werewolf by Night' as being an upcoming project.
More...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Silva Screen Records has released The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection (SILCD 1178), a specially priced 2CD set with over 110 minutes of some ofthe greatest film music in the history of cinema, including some of...
There are space operas, and then there are space operas.While no one would ever argue that STAR WARS, STARSHIP TROOPERS, or 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY are anything more then juvenile clap trap - existing only to satiate the need for filler during the long peri...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta...
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...
The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
In this case, cursed by both the full moon and tonal uncertainty ... Every new movie deserves benefit ofthe doubt, but when as is the case with CURSED it's entirely reshot before reaching theatres and opens without benefit of a press screening, viewers...
What They SayIn a crowded train, strangers often end up being too close for comfort. But for some people, being too close is a comfort. When a poor conductor witnessesthe train sex phenomenon, he decides to turn it into a business. Every night after the ...
Come February, Sam Kieth takes another step in his growing film career, and enters rarefied air for creators in any medium, as he adapts and directs Four Women for City Lights.
The comic, released under the now defunct Homage imprint of Wildstorm in 2...
Sideshow Toy has been a classic horror fan's dream come true, thanks to their phenomenal line of Universal Studios Classic Monsters action figures. Of course, when you have a successful product line like that (was there any way these could not be successf...
The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...
MGM and Lakeshore Entertainment have set Agnes Bruckner and Olivier Martinez to star in their werewolf film "Blood and Chocolate." The script, based on Annette Curtis Klause's novel, was written by Ehren Kruger. The story centers on a teenage werewolf wh...
Brittany Murphy and Rosario Dawson, who appear in the upcoming comic-book film Sin City, defended the dark story's depiction ofwomen, who are shown variously as innocents, victims, hookers or sadistic killers in an assortment of revealing costumes. "I th...
When the final figures were tallied, it was clearly a Merry Christmas for science-fiction, horror, and fantasy films. Although a slew of newcomers, including Castaway, reordered the Top Ten for the long Christmas weekend, genre titles remained strong, tak...
Arguably a much better game series than a movie franchise, RESIDENT EVIL is back with the novelization ofthe third film, Resident Evil: Extinction due out in theatres this fall. G’day all you Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz. We’ve got ...
Vampires have come a long way from the putrid, re-animated corpsesof yore. Thanks to the pen of Bram Stoker, his contemporaries, and thousands of subsequent writers, the once demonic mass of decaying flesh has been transformed into a suave gentleman with...
VIDEO NEWSEVOLUTION proved Darwin wrong when it comes to movies, since director Ivan Reitman's work has de-evolved from the high of GHOSTBUSTERS to the low of this unfunny and derivative title. However, bad big budget movies don't become extinct, they jus...
Elmer Bernstein's work in cinema during the 1980s included quite a few youth-oriented comedies such as ANIMAL HOUSE, STRIPES, TRADING PLACES and others, many of which have been produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by John Landis, filmmakers with whom Ber...
VIDEO NEWSTheres not much on the video news front this week, so your old pal the Vidiot thought hed share with you (direct from the American Film Market) some titles which will likely be going the direct-to-video (DTV) route in the near future.RUTGER HA...
VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations ofthe industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...
Day three of ManiaFest started early with a Masters of Horror Panel, featuring emerging talent and established filmmakers. The panel consisted of Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth with the moderator being Cinescape's Editor-i...
Most people know Glenn Danzig through his 30-year musical career. From the Misfits to Samhain to Danzig, he has remained a pioneering force in dark rock. His discography includes everything from cacophonous, yet catchy hardcore punk to 1950&rsqu...
Got a long list this week, so lets dive right on in!SPOTLIGHT OFTHE WEEKFrom the beginning, Walt Disney promoted the image of his breakthrough cartoon character Mickey Mouse as an actor who appeared in a series of successful short musical comedies. Gary...
Im baaaaack! Risen from the pixel graveyard that was once Fandom.com, here is the latest reincarnation of Vidiocy, and you are present for the grand event. Dont you feel honored? Our aim is to be the best video column on the net. We will be taking a wee...
OPINION: Yes, you heard me right: "Part One." The response to my question about why there aren't enough female superheroes in their own books and what should be done about that problem was tremendous - and I finally got a goodly number of responses from f...
Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...
It is a sunny Sunday afternoon behind the Orange curtain as I watch a young girl ascend the escalator at Barnes & Noble. She wears a crushed velour dress and velveteen cat ears. I know she is headed right for us, for a were-kitty must be a Laurell K. Hami...
What They SayBrand new animation from GONZO, the studio that created BLUE SUBMARINE NO.6 and GATE KEEPERS!
Women are Monsters! For generations, the men ofthe planet Tarak have waged a valiant war of survival against their fierce enemies ofthe planet Me...
I was stuck at Denver International Airport, all out of things to read and my eye caught the cover of this book. When I saw Laurell K. Hamilton's name on the front (she wrote OBISIDIAN BUTTERFLY which I previously reviewed and loved), I bought it. I found...
VIDEO NEWSMGM will make the small army of John Carpenter fans happy this summer when they finally bring J.Cs semi-classic ghost tale THE FOG to DVD. Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins will be onboard with Rob Bottins waterlogged ghosts. T...
As one of two female leads in the new film RESIDENT EVIL, which opens today nationwide, Michelle Rodriguez is in the unique position of being a woman carrying (along with her co-star Milla Jovovich) a medium budgeted, action/horror/sci-fi movie that also ...
Most kids don`t know what they want to be when they grow up: not so Richard Laymon. `While I was still in elementary school, I had dreams of being a writer,` Laymon begins. `My first piece of fiction, I guess, was a report on a non-existent book I wrote f...
What They SayLesson 1: Welcome to the all-girls dormitory!
It felt like heaven when Takuro Hayami first transferred to St. Alcadia School with its all girls dormitory! The babes are luscious and Saori Otokawa, the caretaker, is the hottest ofthem all. B...
DOG SOLDIERS is a British horror-action film in which a small cadre of soldiers go in the woods and wind up staving off a hungry wave of giant wolves while the men bleed and fight from inside an isolated and vulnerable house. They count their ammunition e...
The Review!AUDIO: A+ I'm primarily using the original Japanese audio track for this review. Both the Japanese and English tracks are in Dolby Digital Stereo. Overall, a very good job, with everything clear, crisp and undistorted. In particular, the lovely...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of cutthroat Comicscape action! Late as usual, I realize the furious spell of controversy over the statue of Mary Jane Watson-Parker leaning over a laundry hamper wound down last month, but the storm ov...
Twenty years after its release, director Joe Dante's THE HOWLING still stands as one ofthe most memorable werewolf movies ever made, old or newit's right up there, in fact, with THE WOLF MAN, Werewolfof London and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. While t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masaki SegawaTranslated by:Mini EdaAdapted by:Mini EdaWhat They SayBLOOD ON THE TRAIL
With the Aizu Seven Spears on their trail, the Hori women are eager to learn to fight and avenge their men\'s deaths, so they turn to swor...
Another January has barged in upon our complacent consciousness, and that means it's time to take stock ofthe previous year's harvest of film scores. After a healthy twelve month's worth of listening and watching and reviewing here are my selections fo...
Has there been a better time to be a TV-on-DVD fan? As I was sliding my newly purchased DVD set of David Greenwalt's short-lived PROFIT onto my shelf a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that they really do seem determined to put every damn show in history...
The Battle ofthe Sexes leaves no battleground bloodless. This week's Comicscape column references two fairly hot topics that has set the comics fandom aflame: The cover of Heroes for Hire #13, and a certain collectable statuette of Mary Jane, Spider-Man'...
You may notice something different down at the bottom ofthe Shopping List from now on. We're going to give Universal Media Discstheir own little section. I've been listing UMDs since they started selling them, but up to now I've only given them token me...
Column News: With the switch over to the new site design, I thought I’d make a couple of minor changes in High Def Revue. The most notable one is that the Blu-ray discs will be listed first in the Upcoming Discs section from now on. ...
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...
“Kung-Fu Hustle” arrives on Blu-ray by the end ofthe year: Trying to get more product out before Christmas, Sony has announced that it will release the Stephen Chow action/comedy flick Kung-Fu Hustle on December 19th. While I ...
What They SayChibi Usa dreams of a beautiful and mysterious Pegasus that becomes her friend. Meanwhile, Sailor Moon and her friends barely have time to celebrate the peace from their latest victory when suddenly, an eclipse darkens the city. The Dead Moon...
A trilogy about werewolves? That seems to be the plan here. Scott Steindorff's Stone Village has acquired Lobo, a spec script for an action thriller by Dikran Ornekian and Ryan Colluci about a colony of werewolves in Brazil, reports Variety. Ezna Sands ha...
SkyNews claims that Sarah Michelle Gellar is at the top ofthe list to play 'Wonder Woman' on the big screen but also acknowledges recent interest from former 'Buffy' player Charisma Carpenter. This article reads to us like a rehashing and overstatement o...
The folks at Ad Age report that HSX Research is projecting high numbers for the upcoming
Spider-Man film: approximately $213 million for the first four weeks in box office receipts.
Ad Age says that Sony is targeting the over-25, female market wit...
The First Three Titles of Luv Luv's Romantic and Sexy 2008 Line Up Announced!
Torrance, California (October 22, 2007) ‹ Aurora Publishing, Inc. brings 'passionate manga for women' to America with their new Luv Luv imprint.
Extremely popular in Jap...
Just in time for the return of Alicia Baker in Wednesday's new Smallville, KryptonSite's Russ Dimino takes a look at some of Clark Kent's leading ladies from the comics through to the Superman movie series, Lois & Clark, and Smallville...
Five for '05 by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-27-2004)
Another Christmas come and gone, and I hope everyone out there managed to take in his or her federally mandated allotment of fruitcake, eggnog, and soul-crushing familial strife. Fear not, we've still got New Year's Eve to look forward to, with opportunit...
Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimi's upcoming Spider-Man 3, won't tell SCI FI Wire or anyone whether the sequel will mine the love triangle among her character, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)but adde...
Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Masaki SegawaTranslated by: Mini EdaAdapted by: Mini EdaWhat They SaySTRIKE AND COUNTERSTRIKEThe Hori women surprised everyone by defeating the deadly Tessai. But now his comrades are plotting a counterattack, with the help ...
The Review!Sailor Moon The Movie Super S is the third ofthe Sailor Moon movies and the latest ofthe uncut releases in the US.
On the video side the colors were very solid. Ofthe three movies this one appears the best and the quality was noticeably abo...
The worlds of both women's fiction and fantasy lost a great figurehead in 1999 when Marion Zimmer Bradley passed away at the age of 69. Ms. Bradley left behind many great novels, from gothic-styled works to science fiction, but she is probably best known ...
According to an item in Tuesday's New York Post, the Joss Whedon is looking to lasso either 7th Heaven's Jessica Biel or Oscar winner Kim Basinger to slip into Lynda Carter's satin tights in his big screen 'Wonder Woman' flick. "Kim would be used if Wonde...
The success
of Spider-Man and X-Men opened a portal from the Marvel universe
to Hollywood. Avi Arad, the man who oversees Marvel superheroes on
their voyages to the big screen joked that the only Marvel character you
shouldn't look for at thetheater...
With as many remakes as original films being made today, it comes as no surprise the 1957 genre 'classic' I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF is getting an update. According to Hollywood columnists Marilyn Beck and Jenel Smith, the film will be produced by Michael V...
What They SayThe Last Stand! Halfway home, thewomen finally get fed up and decide to throw the men in the brig. Hibiki flees with his Vanguard and discovers a fleet of spaceships with both men and women working together in harmony! Hibiki\'s initial surp...
What They SayYamamot Akuji noticed that the world is a totally different place after his release from prison. He experiences Osaka as something very new and strange after he got out of prison. During his imprisonment, the hierarchal structure flipped upsi...
What They SayWhat teenage boy wouldn\'t want to spend his days surrounded by a pack of beautiful women? Chitose, that\'s who! He just moved out ofthe orphanage and back into his deceased parents\' house. But instead of lounging around the ultimate bachel...
The cover artwork alone speaks volumes but the show itself has a number of surprises as we get an early look at Kitty Media\'s 03/27/2007 release ofWomen At Work.
In the 1980s, Joe Dante was the bomb. He had a string of cool genre-movies displaying a unique flair for melding horror, science-fiction and humorremember the newscaster turning into a werewolf on TV in The Howling or the microwave oven scene in Gremlins...
Did ya spend your Easter holiday going through piles of receipts in an attempt to avoid paying off the entire national debt with your own tax bill? Did you only find one egg on your Easter egg hunt and it was hidden last year? Wanna get revenge? Well, we...
I know were coming up on a holiday, so Id like to take a moment to give thanks for the technology that gives us things like satellite TV and DVDs. But as I write this, I cant help but be distracted by something Im not thankful for incompetence. (Uh ...
I hate summer reruns, but as Monty Python has taught me, I always look on the bright side of life.I try to use this time to check out some shows I didn't get to watch the first time around. I mean, my TiVo can only record so much. Poor little overworked t...
Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately theyve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release ofthe US d...
I was originally going to sing the praisesof BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this week, but that was before this Creeping Lovecraftian Death Cold set up shop in my head and turned my respiratory system into an industrial-grade snot factory. And so, as I lay here fe...
I left my first experience at San Diego Comic Con behind a bit sadly. Aside from a few awkward moments with editors and comics professionals (never underestimate my ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time), I had a great time and will likely retu...
Last week I reported on how several DVD labels were releasing Mexican genre cluster content on DVD in the USA without taking into consideration the massive English speaking audience that enjoys such classics as LA LLARONA and CASTLE OFTHE MUMMIES OF GUAN...
Erimem is a charming Egyptian girl - bright, inquisitive, honorable. But she's also due to be installed as Pharaoh in a very short time, and that weighs heavily on her and her people. Can a young girl assume the role ofthe living god? And what will happe...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masaki SegawaTranslated by:Mini EdaAdapted by:Mini EdaWhat They SayVOW OF VENGEANCE
Seventeenth-century Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one brave warriors dead and most of th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mario KanedaTranslated by:Asuka YoshizuAdapted by:What They SayBoy meets girl. Boy breaks out in hives. Boy stumbles onto alien planet full of girls...
Meet Yukinari Sasaki, an average high school boy who has extreme girl-pho...
The James Tiptree, Jr., Memorial Award (named for the nom de plume ofthe late science fiction author Dr. Alice Sheldon) is given each year for an outstanding work of role-expanding speculative fiction. On the last weekend of July 2000, during the awards ...
What They SayYuji is a young businessman with a penchant for groping women on the train. Unfortunately, he\'s really bad at it! Enter the dashing hero, Kazuo, the man with the Golden Touch. Touched by Yuji\'s plight, Kazuo takes him under his wing and tea...
What They SayThe Universe is changing…but war remains eternal. The Terak and the Mejale Empires had been at war with each other for generations. The new era brings an escalated war front. But now, an alien threat lead a trio of Tarak refugees to wor...
What They SaySeina Yamada is your common 15-year-old boy with one uncommon ability: bad luck. He can\'t get through a day without causing serious harm to himself and those around him. So what in the universe do two gorgeous Galaxy Police officers want to ...
What They SayIn a fantasy world where townsfolk are being slaughtered by demons with huge sexual appetites, only one man can make things right: Rekka and his force of anti-demon warriors! Armed with swords, magic, and the power of sex, these hunters will ...
In the Prize Closet this week we have one copy of MALLRATS to give away. Okay, some of you may think that's extremely lame. Many folks consider MALLRATS slightly below JERSEY GIRL on the Kevin Smith filmography, and you might not think it worth opening th...
Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that there werent any cartoon series on my list of TV series worthy of DVD seasoning a couple weeks ago. Well, thats because I have a whole separate list for animation! Enjoy!BEANY & CECIL Yeah, the