... material.MichaelKaluta is an accomplished illustrator, and his work runs the range from comic books to Tolkien. He's worked extensively for DC Comics in the past, and also dipped his toes in the Marvel pool by working on STARSTRUCK for their Epic Ill...
...legendary MichaelKaluta, Valente’s enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you’ve come to the end, you realize the adventure has o...
...legendary MichaelKaluta, Valente's enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you've come to the end, you realize the adventure has only begun......
...d William MichaelKaluta. We'll finally learn how all the men died in Y: THE LAST MAN #50, and then the series will wrap at #60. If you haven't jumped on the Y train by now, you're probably better off waiting until the series wraps, and then starting...
...legendary MichaelKaluta, Valente’s enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you’ve come to the end, you realize the adventure h...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi MakotoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayDescribed as \"Japan\'s version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one,\" Makoto Kobayashi\'s What\'s Michael? mixes slice-of-life cat reality with o...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
On a special edition of ABC`s television show POLITICALLY INCORRECT, host Bill Maher was discussing the Oscar telecast with a panel of guests including Chris Isaak and Michael Medved. The conservative critic was spewing his usual bile about an alleged Hol...
A plethora of rumors online are now confirmed with solid word that Michael Jackson will be appearing in the coming MEN IN BLACK 2. And, despite the visual joke in the first MIB, the singer will not be playing an alien.While talking to Variety columnist Mi...
Michael Shanks plays Dr. Daniel Jackson on the popular television series STARGATE SG-1. He leaves the series this season by way of a much-publicized, much-lamented character death ("Meridian"). But no one really dies in science fiction, and Dr. Jackson wi...
Sitting down to interview Michael Clarke Duncan who stars alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, the first thing I notice is his jovial, garrulous manner. He`s friendly, open, and extremely happy to talk about the biggest role of his acting career. Big. T...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
MAccording to ComingSoon.net, Michael Bacall has joined Quentin Tarantino's half of the double feature GRINDHOUSE. Bacall will join Eli Roth, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Kurt Russell and Omar Doom in the film.GRINDHOUSE will include two films joined by fau...
Currently co-starring alongside The Rock in the hit action film THE SCORPION KING, Michael Clarke Duncan is riding high. After his Oscar nominated turn in THE GREEN MILE, the actor has had a string of roles in popular films. In THE SCORPION KING, The Rock...
Some evil never dies. The Shape has been shot, stabbed, burned and thrown out of windows, yet keeps coming back for more. Even non-traditional methods, like less than stellar sequels, havent been able to take down modern horrors original mass murderer. ...
Michael Nyman's 'MN Records' have released a new series of albums entitled Composer's Cuts. The series highlights what the composer refers to as the "continuous evolution" of his film music. He suggests that with the performance of certain cues in the con...
He's big, bigger than most. But can he stack up against The Rock? You better believe it, says Michael Clarke Duncan who co-stars with the famous wrestler in The Rock's first starring role in THE SCORPION KING."He's six four, two seventy," says Duncan. "I'...
Possible SPOILER sub-plot details inside this article, reader. This story/rumor clarifies previous rumors on which character Anthony Michael Hall will be playing in Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT next year. Previously, online news stated that Hall could be playi...
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR on DVD July 25, 2006.The DVD will take a look at the history surrounding the horror franchise, including a backstage look at all of the classic films as well as feature a host of bonus ma...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, Hollywood "Jack of all Trades" and fan favorite comic book scribe J. Michael Straczynski revealed that his RISING STARS feature film adaptation is farther along then most have imagined."I turned in the fourth draf...
Theres something about Daredevil. Hes never Saved Our Entire Planet, spawned an epic crossover, or starred in a cartoon or major motion picture. Kids dont go crazy at the sight of a Daredevil action figure, and hot young actresses dont dance around in...
Brian Michael Bendis is definitely one of the good guys. Not only is he one of the hardest working men in comics, with titles like POWERS, ALIAS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ELEKTRA, and many more under his utility belt, but he's a gracious fellow to boot. After...
While covering the recent Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, CINESCAPE photographer Sue Schneider caught up with actor Michael Pare', self-proclaimed Hollywood hermit and star of the syndicated television series STARHUNTER. Perhaps bes...
Having superpowers isn`t all it`s cracked up to be. When last we saw the superpowered main characters of Rising Stars, a cadre of suddenly high-powered Specials prepared to wreak havoc on the world that had ruined their quiet lives. The words of the power...
UC: UNDERCOVER creator Shane Salerno and ARMAGEDDON director Michael Bay are reuniting on a new pilot for ABC about the real-life war between 1920s crusader Eliot Ness and Chicago gangster Al Capone. The story between the two was first made popular by the...
Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen has died. The 55-year-old, who gave us such memorable scores for such films as DIE HARD, LETHAL WEAPON, HIGHLANDER and X-MEN, passed away due to his battle with multiple sclerosis. Doctors said that Kamen suffered a ...
Director Michael Bay has posted some new thoughts over at his official site's forums in regards to the IMAX edition of TRANSFORMERS and some thoughts on the sequel. Basically, he confirms what producer Don Murphy said last week, the sequel hasn't begun pr...
According to AICN, Michael Apted has signed on to direct the upcoming third film in the Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.In the film, Edmund and Lucy help locate the seven banished lords of Narnia. The fourth film is expected to be an adaptat...
In late June, NECA (The National Entertainment Collectibles Association) will be putting out a Michael Myers bust sitting on top of a carved pumpkin. The "Mini-Bust" will glow in it's own luminescent way, via a few button cell batteries.NECA states, the ...
Actor Michael Caine has put up an update on his official site in regards to the shooting of DARK KNIGHT. From what he has to say, his end of shooting in the film is about to end with one more Chicago shoot scheduled for next month.
I have just got back ...
I say he kills me because when he’s on, he writes some of the best entertainment out there, but when he’s off, he can really disappoint. I credit him for bringing me back to comics. I was as hardcore a comics fan out there when I was...
There have been whispers of a Cloverfield 2 on the horizon in the near future. Even the trades said Paramount approved of a could-be-sequel not too long ago. But nobody's asked the leading star of the original until now. Ryan Rotten asked star Michael Sta...
Here's something for you John Carpenter fans, who happen to grab collectibles and action figures. NECA has announced a new figure in their Series 3 edition of the Cult Classics Hall of Fame collection. The new figure will be featuring a newly sculpted hea...
Time travel is--all puns aside--a time-tested motif in science fiction. In Michael Crichton`s latest novel, TIMELINE, we`re not talking dinosaurs here. We`re talking the Middle Ages, and we`re talking time travel of a sort we`ve never heard of before. ...
Paramount Pictures has confirmed that Michael Giacchino, noted for his scores for The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible III, and the forthcoming animated comedy, Ratatouille, is indeed attached to the new Star Trek movie. In fact, it was only officially co...
According to IESB, Michael Bay has signed on to direct the Jerry Bruckheimer produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.The film, is based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler f...
According to Bloody Disgusting, Michael Clark Duncan is the director's first choice to play the role of Vlad in the upcoming Todd Lincoln film, Hack/Slash.In the film, based on the hit horror comic from Devil's Due Publishing, Cassie Hack hunts and kills ...
According to a source of AICN's, Michael Biehn and Sigourney Weaver may both be up for roles in James Cameron's upcoming sci fi epic, Avatar.AICN's Scooper says:Sigourney Weaver was invited on a show called "le grand journal" here in france, and...
Michael Cera (Superbad) is in final negotiations to star in Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, says The Hollywood Reporter. Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, based on the graphic novel of the same name published by Oni Press. Marc Platt, Eric Gi...
A few weeks after Bloody-Disgusting announced it, Platinum Studios and Top Cow has confirmed to the trades that Michael Rymer will be directing its adaptation of Witchblade. The Australian director has primarily worked with Universal's "Battlestar Ga...
According to Sci Fi Wire, Michael Biehn has confirmed that he talked with director James Cameron about a role in the helmer's upcoming SF epic film Avatar."I've had two very very good meetings with Jim," Biehn said. "And they went very well...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Angarano is in negotiations to star alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li in an untitled project.The film, to be directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by John Fusco, will see Angarano play a troubled 17-year-old wan...
In 1987, the 20th Century Fox thriller BLACK WIDOW hit the screens, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. A deadly seductress marries a series of wealthy men, murders them, collects their estates, and gets away with her crimes thanks to her assumptio...
Age: 40 Most Recent Film: The Island Best Film: Pearl Harbor Most Underrated Film: The Rock Did You Know: Won the Gold Lion for The Best Beer Campaign (Miller Lite) at Cannes. Why He Matters: With James Cameron busy with his documentaries and enjoying all...
In an interview with MTV, director Michael Bay expressed interest in doing another sequel to the Bad Boys franchise."I don't know. Will Smith's people called. They're fun to work with, those guys," Bay said. He also added that producer Jerry Bru...
According to TMZ.com, Michael Bay has signed on to produce and possibly direct the upcoming adaptation of the sci-fi novel, 2012: The War for Souls. There are next to no details on the book available online, but TMZ had this to say regarding a possible p...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story today announcing the new Michael Bay film we told you about last week titled 2012: The War for Souls. HR had a bit of new information to report, including an updated plot synopsis.The film will reportedly center on...
SoundtrackNet has posted a report on Steve Jablonsky's recording session for the new Michael Bay science fiction/action thriller about cloning, THE ISLAND. Jablonsky, noted for scoring the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWI...
Writer-artist Joseph Michael Linsner has created a legion of fans with his independent comic books featuring the Dawn character. Sirius Entertainment, the small publisher for which Linsner usually works, recently capitalized on that popularity by re-offer...
As Dr. Daniel Jackson on the long-running hit science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Michael Shanks built a legacy of battling alien threats. SG-1 ended its run at 10 seasons, leaving fans and creators alike pining for more Stargate. A new DVD, The Ark of ...
Director Rob Zombie has posted an image of the homicidal Michael Myers on the MySpace page for the upcoming remake of Halloween. The film's synopsis: After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistak...
Auntie Stella and my Mum have been at the accountants all week for Year Rend, so Stella said that I can write the column this time as long as I behave myself and don't bloody swear, else Dark Jedi will delete me. Whatever.
I tried to register on...
For the newest James Bond extravaganza, producer Michael G. Wilson and star Pierce Brosnan wanted to move the character of 007 in a more dramatic direction-while still serving up fast-paced action, exotic locales, and beautiful women. With an established ...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
Opening in theaters today, the new paranormal thriller WHITE NOISE examines the unnerving discovery of electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Researchers claim that by using voice recording equipment and playing back supposedly dead air, spooky voices can be h...
Film music lost one of its finest contemporary practitioners this week with the sudden death of Michael Kamen on November 18th. The 55-year old composer had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996, but had persevered with a number of musical assign...
Every so often Hollywood hits us with a pleasant surprise that in fact really should not be a surprise. I cheered when I heard that Michael Clarke Duncan got nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role of the wrongly convicted John Coffey in w...
Universal Pictures has hired Michael Brandt and Derek Haas to adapt DECEIT, a novel by James Siegel.The book centers on a newspaper reporter busted for fabricating stories. Afterward, while working for a small-town paper, he stumbles onto a dark conspirac...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
If you ever meet Michael Dorn sans his infamous Klingon makeup, youd be hard pressed to place him as Star Trek`s Lt. Commander Worf outside of his height. These days he sports a close-cropped patch of white hair, a side-effect from wearing the `turtle sh...
As announced earlier this week, Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes struck a deal with Dimension Films to develop and produce films for that studio. According to the trade stories, the first slate of Platinum projects being developed will be p...
Let fly with all the type-casting jokes you want, but it seems Barry Sonnenfeld has cast pop singer Michael Jackson for a cameo in MEN IN BLACK 2, and he's not having the famously odd recording legend play an alien. "Michael really wanted to be in the mov...
There is something almost breathtakingly counterintuitive about trying to psychoanalyze Michael Myers, one of cinema’s great boogeymen since director John Carpenter first introduced the indestructible psychopath in 1978’s uber-slasher film Hal...
I read this interview over at Entertainment Weekly earlier this morning and honestly debated putting it up here. Since coming back, I've seen some news sites saying "Michael Bay says yes to a Transformers sequel" in the headlines. Okay, that's n...
ANANOVA reports that official subject of concern du jour Michael Jackson intends to travel to the Grammy Awards ceremony later this month from Miami to New York by train, accompanied by Barry Gibb and David English.English told U.K. tabloid THE SUN that t...
In the second annual Taurus Awards, the Oscars of stunt work in Hollywood, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS and RUSH HOUR 2 walked away with the lion's share of honors. FURIOUS took five nods, all for the spectacular driving sequences, while the Chris Tucker and ...
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 the werewolf flick WOLFED, which he will also produce....
The Comics Continuum website is reporting that Michael Ironside, an actor well known to fans of the fantastic, will play the father of Lois Lane in SMALLVILLE's fourth season. Ironside will reportedly become the face of General Sam Lane, a tough-as-nails ...
Michael Moore is already contemplating his next film, a critical examination of America's health care system titled SICKO. According to Variety, Moore and Miramax are hammering out a deal for the financing and distribution of the movie. As you may recall,...
Michael Bay has updated his official News Blog with some tidbits on the filming of TRANSFORMERS.We finished our first week. One of the best first weeks on a movie I've ever experienced. We shot over 250 set ups.I'm working on the military aspects of the f...
What They SayAs the countdown to The Claw\'s launch of the catastrophic \"Time of Happiness\" project draws ever closer, the deadliest \"Original Seven\" member, Fasalina, makes her move against Van and his allies. Thrown off by her bizarre and unorthodox...
As previously reported, Michael Jackson recently filmed a cameo appearance for the coming MEN IN BLACK 2... though now he says he has plans to return to the franchise later. According to Empire Online, while participating in an online chat, Jackson respon...
PitofHorror.com recently caught up with Robert Englund to talk about his upcoming projects. And in the interview Englund revealed some updates on a NIGHTMARE prequel and the rumored FREDDY VS. JASON VS. MICHAEL MEYERS project. In regards to a NIGHTMARE pr...
Gordon Michael Woolvett has no trouble relating to Seamus Harper, his techno-geek character on Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda. The Canadian actor brags about being a geek himself. The first time he met executive producer Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Woolvett ...
The summer can be a really long break for shows like Prison Break. The show has a very convoluted plot with many crossing story threads and a fairly large cast so it’s easy to forget different parts of the two previous seasons. To make thi...
In an announcement on a Babylon 5 Usenet group, J. Michael Straczynski has revealed that he has just signed to be the executive producer of a new science fiction television series for a pay cable TV network. Although Straczynski is not revealing any speci...
So youve heard the buzz about Powers, right? The comic that crosses genres by providing crime noir stories in a superhero world? Yeah, that one. The one your comic shoplike so many otherssold out of while you sat back listening to all the hype. And now...
In a CINESCAPE exclusive, BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski revealed that the ill-fated spin-off series CRUSADE may finally be brought to an acceptable close.Set five years after the events of BABYLON 5, CRUSADE tells the story of the Ranger ship E...
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
Genre:Documentary.Studio:Lions Gate Films.Production Company:Dog Eat Dog Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Michael Moore (Himself); George W. Bush (Himself).Who's Making It:Michael Moore (Director, Screenwriter); Michael Moore, Jim Czarnecki, Ka...
While doing a press junket for his upcoming movie, SLEUTH, Brian Jacks over MTV had a chance to sit down and discuss his character and the highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT sequel. In the interview, Caine described the new version of the Joker portrayed...
It was a hell of a cliffhanger: fearing for the safety of his wife and daughter, genetically engineered Michael Wiseman punched out the lights of his `creator`, Dr. Theodore Morris, and hit the road with his family , who were unaware of Michaels true ide...
Prison Break is one of those shows that is constantly resetting and rebooting itself. The one constant has always been the thematic elements and the atmosphere. Basically the series is, or was, a re-envisioning of classic shows like The Fugitive. Within t...
Honestly, this new approach to Michael’s story is a disappointment based on this episode. Of course, the story arc could improve over the next few episodes but if this one is an example of the new formula, the future doesn’t look bright even i...
It's obvious from previous interviews that the writers already have a rough outline of the characters and overall story for the future but with the WGA strike in effect, the production of Transformers 2 is still a bit shaky at the current time. We also ha...
With the debut of the 19th James Bond film, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, it seems fairly ludicrous to have ever wondered if 007 could still be relevant in the 1990s. Three films and $700 million into the final decade of the 20th Century, the answer is pretty ...
In the NOW AND AGAIN episode `There Are No Words`, a virus connected to Dr. Theodore Morris is actually erasing the words from all forms of print on a global basis, and there seems to be no cure. In reality, its all just a dream, springing forth from Mor...
The 80th edition of the Academy Awards hosted by Jon Stewart has aired and the biggest winner of 2007 goes to No Country for Old Men, which took home 4 statues for Best Motion Picture, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Adapted...
Burn Notice is a series that feels like it’s on the cusp of being forgettable but that one thing, keeps it from fading into oblivion. The series at first blush appears to be extremely derivative. Much of what you see in episodes of this series is ob...
What They SayFamiliar friends and new allies band together alongside Van and Wendy to take down the Claw; however, other conflicts are already in motion. Dissenters within the Claw\'s own organization stage a coup d\'etat, forcing \"Original Seven\" membe...
Although it probably won't mean much right now, if you ever need to cross the Abyss, this information will be vital to your survival. Therefore, should you get stranded, it is essential to remember that the only route back is via the Archangel Michael coo...
Wow, these two episodes were easily the two best episodes of the season. The action came full speed and the twists were great. Prison Break is hitting its stride; primed for what I hope will be a fantastic series finale. In the first hour, ...
Were this episode what it was meant to be, a midseason ender, it would have been excellent, but because the series isn’t being brought back for a few more episodes like so many other series post strike, I have to look at it as a season finale. ...
Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards® were announced on Tuesday morning by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of ...
Lets go back to the beginning for Moore, to get a history lesson as well as an idea about what about VOYAGER upset him so much. He remembers, `When I came aboard in the third season, NEXT GEN was very much the new kid on the block. There was a lot of sta...
Based on Undead Television Programming.Boo Cinescapers! Alas, the creepiest holiday is about to rear its ugly head -- but enough about Thanksgiving. (Buh dum bum) With Halloween scratching on the door, one thing is certain, AMC will treat us to somet...
Hurray! It's winter! Time to unpack the sweaters and stow the Speed-o! Time to drag out your electric blanket, and curl up next to a fire with a big bowl of popcorn! Sure summer is long gone but we still got to thinking about it... Every summer, we're alw...
The Spectre has always been my favorite DC character even though he’s rarely been my favorite DC Comic. That’s because like Superman, The Spectre has been an inherently difficult character to write ever since his first appearance in M...
Do the creators of this series read my reviews? I ask because it seems like this week they answered my biggest complaints about this season so far. The first “fix” I was happy to see was the redefining of T-Bag as an evil murderous d...
Here we are, one of the most dreaded events of the Fall for me, the Fall finale of PRISON BREAK. This series has proven itself to be one of the most agile of any on television, never falling into a formula for too long, always evolving and chang...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
Three free HD DVDs with every Toshiba player: Thinking about buying a HD DVD player for Christmas? Wait until November 1st if you want to score three free HD discs. Toshiba has announced that it will give away three discs with every player sold. Buyers wi...
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 nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b...
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened. There have been a few times this season I was inclined to agree, but the last several episodes have been just as entertaining as some of the best from season...
Genre: Thriller.Studio: Dreamworks Pictures/Paramount Pictures.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: Released.Who's In It: Tom Cruise (Vincent; Jamie Foxx (Max); Jada Pinkett-Smith; Mark Ruffalo; Dennis Farina; Irma Hall.Who's Making It: Michael Mann...
So, it’s finally back, only for five episodes, but at least it’s back. When we last saw our heroes, Michael was being escorted out of the prison after two failed prison breaks one of his doing and one by Gretchen. The new General has...
The setup is afoot; Michael must escape from Sona with Whistler in toe to rescue LJ and Sarah. He’s good at prison breaks obviously, but only if he’s had time to prepare. He worked out every option for getting Linc out of Fox River b...
Bad Boys II by Coming Attractions (Tue 07-01-2003)
Genre:Action/Adventure/Sequel.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Jerry Bruckheimer Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Will Smith (Mike Lowrey); Martin Lawrence (Marcus Burnett); Gabrielle Union (Sydney Burnett); Peter Stormare; Joe Pantol...
Do you feel that? Do ya feel it? Well, do ya? It’s the writer’s strike slicing away at your favorite shows. We were supposed to get several more episodes of Prison Break before the mid season finale but in order to make sur...
What They SayOn their trek to the next town, Van and Wendy locate Michael Garret, Wendy\'s older brother who had gone missing, but they\'re stunned to discover that he\'s aligned himself with the killer known as The Claw! More surprises abound, as the mys...
The Halloween holiday is upon us and various television networks are kicking it into overdrive with their horror-themed programming schedules. If you're a horror fanatic, like me, you probably own all of the horror films that you truly...
The ads for the spring return of Prison Break have hinted that this is the time the boys stop running and start fighting back. It’s true that they do just that with an unlikely ally in Kellerman, the rogue agent who once worked directly fo...
At a destination such as Mania, which prides itself on superhero coverage and sci-fi analysis, it's hard not to talk about the Olympics. If anyone else has seen the genetic freaks splashing in water, flipping on balance beams, pedaling uphill faster than ...
This season of Prison Break has been top notch, even with the blasted baseball games getting in the way, but this episode really took things up a notch. LOST and other similar series should take a look at this episode because this is how you do suspense....
In any given month, you can find Michael Avon Oeming's name attached to a handful of comic book projects. In the New Year alone, he's working on Powers, The Magician's Apprentice, Omega Flight, and Red Sonja, to name a few. He's been worki...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Alan Menken hasn't entirely dropped out of site since scoring a run of successful Disney animated features from THE LITTLE MERMAID through HERCULES. He did some TV work, scored Disney's humdrum animated HOME ON THE RANGE as wel...
The official details for the DVD/HD-DVD releases of Paramount's TRANSFORMERS have been released online. The release date is set for October 16, 2007 for both formats. Here's the press release and the list of items set to appear on the 2-Disc Special ...
The central gimmick in PAYCHECK is bound to remind people of MEMENTO, which isn't really fair, as the Philip K. Dick short story that inspired this movie long predates Christopher Nolan's film noir thriller. The resemblance doesn't go much further, as dir...
The AMPAS announced Oscar nominees today and the leader is CHICAGO with 13 nominations. Other notable contenders included GANGS OF NEW YORK, with 10, and THE HOURS, nine; THE PIANIST, seven; and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS with six.THE TWO TOWER...
This week’s episode could be re-titled “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. Fortunately the good is good enough to still make the episode an entertaining watch but some of the formulas of this series are getting just a little tired. Each w...
With the STAR TREK II writer/directors bible having been written, producer Harold Livingston began contacting writers and agents in an effort to get the first thirteen scripts in motion. `I wanted to make STAR TREK more universal,` explains Livingston m...
As if there isn’t a book-load of backstory already on The Hobbit’s road to film translation, John D. Rateliff is bringing the history back to its roots with an intimate, three-volume look at one of the most famous bedtime stories of all time.
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When it comes to THE NEXT GENERATION feature films, Ronald D. Moore is candid about his successes and failures. He co-wrote the first two with Brannon Braga; Michael Piller wrote the third. Moore says, `I am more than willing to accept at this late date t...
For many a horror fan, Halloween is amateur night, when the whole world wants to party in the graveyard we live in. But the holiday has its distinct advantages, and pretty high on the list is the accessibility of horror movies on TV. In between parties an...
did youg The STARGATE phenomena has witnessed a tremendous amount of success in all of its incarnations (both feature film and television). Going on its fifth season, the Showtime series shows no signs of slowing down. CINESCAPE managed to catch up with s...
Picking up where we left off, here's the rest of the best!#7) Elektra - Proving that not all bad girls are irredeemable demons bathing in blood or writhing in the fires of Hell (how Chaotic), Elektra Natchios is a complex woman with some serious issues. A...
This particular award show may end up ultimately being the award show for 2007 films and television shows. As you know, the WGA denied requests for waivers to the Globes and Oscars. In fact, the WGA plans to picket the Globes, which has a lot of insi...
If you boil down what’s truly important in this episode the whole thing would have run about 20 minutes. Now, it would be an awesome 20 minutes, but still it’d be only 20 minutes. The reason I say this is that up to this point Sucre,...
For many, three is a mystical number reflecting symmetry and balance. The number three is also closely tied to ancient ritual and magic, so what better number to herald the return of the supernatural Shape and his unending reign of Samhain-inspired terror...
Having finally watched the review DVD of Bloodline--The Movie, I think I can now guess why the traditional complimentary promo copies of this film are as rare as hen’s teeth. Fundamentally, the ability to rewind and freeze-frame the action provides ...
Genre: Video Game Adaptation/Horror.Studio: Unknown.Production Company: Mindfire Entertainment.Project Phase: Post-production.Who's In It: Ona Grauer (Alicia); Jonathan Cherry (Rudy); Tyron Leitso (Simon); Enuka Okuma (Karma); Sonja Salomma (Cynthia); Wil...
Ultraviolet, a contemporary, British retelling of vampire mythology arrives as a six hour miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel July 31st. Writer-director Joe Ahearne successfully portrays a world in which vampires are real, and still using human blood for su...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
Genre:Action/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/"Batman"); Michael Caine (Alfred); Katie Holmes (Rachel); Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard); Morgan Freeman...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Seiuchiroh TodonoTranslated by:Madoka MoroeAdapted by:What They SayBeneath the eternal glare of that golden moon, the crown sheds light on the collapse of order, rays of Purification, the hellfire of atonement. Wings beat the ...
The World Is Not Enough, the 19th official James Bond film, scored big at the box office when it was released late last year, but it was hardly the breakthrough film its makers would have us believe. This special edition DVD presents the film with a beaut...
There was once an era, decades ago, when science fiction television shows were not popular and had little or no legitimacy--an era when the genre was looked down upon by the mainstream media and within Hollywood. In todays climate of a thousand channels,...
A group of armed robbers dressed as Elvises hold up a casino and come away with lots of cash. But the trouble is just beginning when the group`s leader, Murphy, decides he doesn`t want to share. His second-in-command, Michael, tries to keep Murphy from mu...
In the midst of all the press generated by a shift to Monday nights (beginning tonight) from Wednesday, plus the tobasco-mailing campaign to save the show, actor Jason Behr, who plays alien high school student Max Evans on the WBs ROSWELL, admits he is s...
The James Bond films haven`t been `films` since FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Or, to put it more precisely, they have become `James Bond films,` a sort of genre unto itself with a well-established formula and a level of audience expectation that cannot be ignor...
LeVar Burton, always-and-forever Geordi La Forge to viewers of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, laughs while directing the VOYAGER episode, `Live Fast and Prosper,` set to air Wednesday, April 19th. The episode is about three con artists who pretend to be...
The 1990`s were a curious time for imaginative fiction. In the 90s horror came back from the dead; fantasy produced a few diamonds amidst the general muck; and science fiction very nearly disappeared under the weight of media tie-in novels. To get a ...
What They SayFrom the creators of Animatrix comes this visually-stunning new anime film based on a popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. In Treasure Town, where the moon smiles and young boys can fly, life can be both gentle and brutal. This ...
What They SayAs the countdown to The Claw\'s launch of the catastrophic \"Time of Happiness\" project draws ever closer, the deadliest \"Original Seven\" member, Fasalina, makes her move against Van and his allies.
Thrown off by her bizarre and unorthodo...
What They SayWay out west where the mechs roam!
On their trek to the next town, Van and Wendy locate Michael Garret, Wendy\'s older brother who had gone missing, but they\'re stunned to discover that he\'s aligned himself with the killer known as The Cla...
The Review!Black Heaven sort of sprang up out of nowhere, at least as far as I can tell. I heard very little about it, except that people seemed to hate the preview that Pioneer had served up a few months ago. Then, I heard that the preview was just the ...
Anime has one true edge over domestic animation; even when creating a series with a specific genre in mind, a series can still entertain all audiences. It's this fact that often finds males of all ages picking up cute pink DVDs with titles such as Super ...
More set photos and screenshots have appeared online for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li courtesy of the production shingle Legend Films. You can see one of co-star Michael Clarke Duncan on the left. To check out the rest, click here. The co-product...
After converting the bulk of our DVD collection to thinpaks in order to conserve space, we ended up with a huge stack of empty art boxes. Rather than just have them laying around here or being put in storage...
Michael G. Wilson has been a part of the James Bond franchise since with THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in 1977. Not only has he produced ten of the films; he also worked on scripts for five of them. Working first under the auspices of producer Albert Broccoli (who...
Yesterday, ROSWELL co-executive producer Ron Moore dished about the fan favorite show's transition to the UPN network. Today in part two of CINESCAPE's interview with Moore, the writer/producer offers a glimpse of what to expect from the show in its third...
Jessica Jones was hired to find a missing girl. When she found the girl, she also discovered Captain America's true identityand not long after that, the girl was found strangled. After some searching, her estranged friend Carol Danvers has found that the ...
The way things are going here lately, I've been thinking of renaming this part of the site, "CINESCAPE Presents Brian Bendis Monthly." Let's face it, it's impossible to get away from the guy, and when it comes to selecting some weekly examples of quality ...
BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski must still be reeling from the out-of-the-gate cancellation of his last B5 series, CRUSADE. This new property, THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS, is quite clearly crafted as a pilot for a new series (it even has an episode...
They hooked you up in CLERKS. They busted up the mall in MALLRATS. They offered wisdom in CHASING AMY. They saved all of Creation in DOGMA. And only recently, they Struck Back. Now, finally, Jay and Silent Bob make their graphic novel debut in the recent ...
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED for a long while is a love it or hate it proposition. Viewers who object to the mushing together of the intricate plotlines of not one but two enormous volumes by Anne Rice, both the title tome and its predecessor, THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, ...
In parts one and two of CINESCAPE's coverage of Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors convention, we looked at the many independent filmmakers who visited the event in hopes of promoting their home-made horror films. Today in the final part of our report, we reco...
Lets get this part out of the way first: SCARS OF DRACULA is not a popular movie. It ranks, in critical estimation, as perhaps the absolutely lowest-regarded film in the Hammer Dracula series, with the possible exception of SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, whic...
The WB has released information about the coming November 13th episode of SMALLVILLE, titled "Cool."Clark (Tom Welling) has a chance at an evening out on the town with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) thanks to Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) matchmaking, but the evening i...
Marvel tested the waters with the more mature bent of the Marvel Knights line, and now they're going all out with an imprint specifically designed to allow creators to craft stories that would never fit within the family-friendly confines of the Marvel Un...
While promoting AMERICAN PIE 2, actor Thomas Ian Nicholas dropped some big details of the coming 8th HALLOWEEN movie.While talking to About.com's Action-Adventure movies webpage, Nicholas said... well, what he said could definitely be considered spoilers....
As many comic book readers are aware, this fall sees the launch of a new line of Marvel Comics specifically designed to appeal to mature readers. The MAX titles will feature frank subject matter, cruder dialogue (presumably where appropriate), and a darke...
As far as scribe turned director Bob Gale is concerned, any talk that there is a fourth BACK TO THE FUTURE in the works happening, is just not true.While talking to BTTF.com, Gale gave his side of the issue explaining how recent ruymors of a fourth film j...
What They SayAt the bottom of the universe, on the planet named Endless Illusion, a man adorned in a tuxedo has scoured the wild lands... to finally accost the clawed man responsible for the murder of his bride. Outnumbered and outgunned, Ray, Pricilla, C...
Friday will see the release of MEGIDDO: OMEGA CODE 2, a sequel to the film released in 1999. Michael York returns to reprise his role of Stone Alexander. The film also stars Michael Biehn, Udo Kier, David Hedison, Michael Ironside, Kent McCord and Franco ...
With over half of its sixth and final season now broadcast on Showtime at the end of June, The Outer Limits will continue unveiling its remaining 10 episodes before reaching its final 132nd episode. The special two-hour final episode titled `Final Analysi...
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in...
Last week, we talked about end-of-season cliffhangers that kept the audience glued to the their seats all summer in anticipation of the following season's reprise. This week, we turn our attention to those shows that went out on a cliffhanger never to re...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Disney has released a quite nice soundtrack to their latest animated comedy, THE WILD, featuring a splendid, full-blooded orchestral score by Alan Silvestri, who hasn't had an outright swashbuckling score like this 2001's THE MU...
As with so many things, you make plans and life, in this case death, gets in the way. This week, I was going to bring you all the news that's fit to print from the seventeenth Gallifrey convention in Los Angeles, but I'm afraid that will have to wait. A...
Greetings, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE, where I make sequential art matter. Last week, I expounded upon the relative merits (and lack thereof) of Marvel and DC's new plan to accept advertiser money for ostensibly discreet product placement i...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Steve Jablonsky reprises his dark ambiances from the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE with an equally brooding and disconsolate score for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (DA...
Super Heroes, science fiction, and horror are all the rage these days, and that’s a really good thing. More networks are picking up new shows within our genres of choice than ever before. I thought I’d take a look at some of the...
The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced their nominees for the 3rd IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006.
The nominees are: A - FILM SCORE OF THE YE...
FAVE GAMESCORES OF 2005 Video game scores continue to rival motion picture scores, whether they are composed by film scorers or by composers specializing in games music. These are my favorites of those released on CD during 2005: 1. Advent Rising (Tommy T...
Greetings and welcome to yet another COMICSCAPE, and on a week when the books don't ship until Thursday, no less (damn holidays!). Last week, I threw together an admittedly uninspired "Best of 2005" column, but even I'm entitled to suck once in a while. R...
I love Wednesdays. Every single week, I feel childlike anticipation as I watch the clock at work until lunch. At 12:30, I drive to More Fun Comics on Oak Street like a kid running downstairs on Christmas morning. Then, I see the total at the register and ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Sumthing Else (SE-2017-2) has released Jack Wall's rich score to the xbox video game, Jade Empire, on CD. The score, an impressive intermingling of orchestral samples and acoustic Chinese instruments, layers a pleasing pattern ...
Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on story pacing decompression versus compact and the "talking heads" trend versus balls out action. Sometimes things just come together, because I got a lot of compliments on the column and some real...
Happy Monday, one and all. Hope your weekend was bountiful and prosperous, but now it's back to the grind. And first on the docket is sifting through the reader mail that's been backing up for the past few weeks. If these letters make anything clear, i...
The New Year looms on the horizon yet again, and I find myself lacking inspiration for a column in between the twin drinking binges of Christmas and New Ye