...ctions of theLoneRanger. This isn't Clayton Moore on Saturday morning television. This is UNFORGIVEN and its attendant visceral consequences. Carriello conveys the sun-blighted desolation of 19th century Texas with both dusty landscapes and fleeti...
After Superman and Tarzan, who should The WB TV network look at now as future TV fodder? Word has it that THELONERANGER may be next.According to the Hollywood Reporter, producer and former WB entertainment prez Susanne Daniels is currently in talks to b...
David Webb Peoples, who wrote the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film UNFORGIVEN, has been hired to write a screenplay for THELONERANGER. Peoples will write the screenplay together with his wife, Janet. The couple previously teamed up to produce TWELVE ...
Only weeks after the WB network announced it's bringing back a SMALLVILLE style remake of THELONERANGER, comes word Columbia Pictures is looking at bringing the western/action-adventure icon to the big screen in a "MASK OF ZORRO style remake."GLADIATOR ...
...ion icon, THELONERANGER. The pilot, staring fresh faces Chad Murray and Nathanial Arcand, centers on a younger version of the classic LoneRanger and Tonto set-up. No word on when WB will decide on when and how these two shows will be making it onto ...
UPI notes that THELONERANGER first aired 70 years ago Tuesday on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.The masked western lawman helped define the genre of the western for both radio and television audiences.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at fe...
Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the scribes behind the Pirates of the Caribbean films, are in final negotiations to write a live-action big-screen adaptation of TheLoneRanger for Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The project will be made by Disney an...
...o created theLoneRanger. The series, which ran until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy whose life is changed when he inherits his father's crusading newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. He save...
...orro, and TheLoneRanger on cassette and book, but to this day I still remember that JLA story: Green Lantern and Superman building the headquarters, each individual JLA member using their abilities to stop a different threat, and what the aliens did...
...ntures of theLoneRanger/Zorro Volume 2
Criterion Collection
Trafic - Criterion Collection
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot (1989), a two-hour documentary
-Interview from 1971 with the ...
...achgook, theLoneRanger and Tonto, or Han Solo and Chewbacca.
As far as the new cultures and languages and stuff I invented, all that was very influenced by various Native American cultures. Growing up in New Mexico you get a lot of that. W...
...o created theLoneRanger. The series, which ran until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy whose life is changed when he inherits his father's crusading newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. He save...
...ntures of theLoneRanger and Zorro
Sonic Underground: The Series
Underdog - Ultimate Collection
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Balls of Fury (Widescreen Edition) (2007)
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...re story TheLoneRanger -- who was told to cease and desist from the movie company from wearing the mask and appearing in public, doing personal appearances. ... I play the guy who defends him, a character called Red Rock, a TV hero who's an older ma...
... that was theLoneRanger, wearing 3-D goggles instead of a mask. Now, they were saying that it’s a copyrighted character and they couldn’t possibly allow this. We were saying, “Well, actually, theLoneRanger in 3-D goggles...
...EN?Can't. TheLoneRanger is owned by someone else. Legally, we can't refer to him without optioning that character as well.HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING THE SCRIPT?Yes. I'm fifty pages in.ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH "SPIDEY/BLACK CAT" AND "TARGET" BEFORE YOU G...
... same way TheLoneRanger and Red Sonja were launched - with reverence for what's come in the past that fans loved, but moving the story forward and making it accessible to new fans."Dynamite did not offer any details on the format, creators or la...
...sp; THELONERANGER: The Legend Begins (Mill Creek) 32 episodes.(O) THE MONSTER OF PHANTOM LAKE (Braun) Spoof of 1950s monster movies, made in Minnesota. (O) OUT THERE (Microcinema) Compilation of spectacular NASA footage ...
A few years back, this monster vs. forest ranger adventure was in preproduction as a vehicle for action star Dolph Lundgren (THE PUNISHER) to be filmed in Europe, but when that didn't work out, the script was retooled. Ranger Mike St. Claire became Daniel...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Kazuo Koike Art by Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SayThe fourth volume of this ambitious monthly program collects four classic Lone Wolf tales, including one never before seen in America, w...
The Pokemon series has been around for many years, and was a driving force in the success of the Gameboy systems. The original games, Blue and Red, spawned many sequels allowing people to collect more than the original 151 creatures. It has inspired a ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Kazuo Koike Art by Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SayThis volume contains five powerful, classic tales of the assassin Itto Ogami, theLone Wolf, as he continues his journey.
The Yagyu cla...
The saga of Lone Wolf & Cub is one of the most influential stories to ever come out of Japan. It began as a comic series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, serialized every week in Manga Action magazine. The premise of the story is deceptively simple: ...
Boasting the best-selling action figure series in America, Bandai is celebrating their 2006 Anniversary with 6.5-inch mock-ups of the Red Power Ranger from six different morphin, monster-fighting seasons. Premiering after Power Rangers in Space and before...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Kazuo Koike / Artist: Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SayLone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the...
Jeff Watson, former Night Ranger and Mother's Army guitarist has joined the growing rank of artists that have chosen to release an "online only" album. The new solo album, Now Hear This One, Jeff's third, is actually half new material and half material th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Kazuo Koike / Artist: Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SayLone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the g...
For those of you unfamiliar with the continuing saga of Itto Ogami, here’s a recap. TheLONE WOLF & CUB (or BABY CART) manga series by Kazuo Koike (writer) and Goseki Kojima (artist) was incredibly popular in Japan. It tells the story of an incredibly...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Kazuo Koike / Art by Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SayJoin renegade samurai Itto Ogami and his infant son, Daigoro, in five more adventures. What do three mysterious Shogunate assassins, a ...
Matthew's checking in this morning with an older series that only gets better with age as he starts looking at the August 2000 release of Lone Wolf & Cub Vol. #1 (of 28) from Dark Horse.
Sideshow Collectibles is taking pre-orders for their Aragorn as Strider theRangerThe Lord of the Rings 12-inch Figure. It's scheduled to ship in the third quarter of 2006 with a price of $64.99. The 12-inch Aragorn figure includes:Authentic likeness of ...
AnimEigo, the company responsible for the domestic DVD releases of such anime classics as OH MY GODDESS! and AD POLICE FILES, announced that they're issuing a re-release of the cult hit film LONE WOLF AND CUB. The news was issued at this weekend's Anime E...
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Now that anime has a firm foothold in America, we can revisit the groundbreaking manga that created the first modern generation of American fans. This entertainment has come full circle with Dark Horse's impressive...
Director Peter Berg has been selected to head up another Universal flick, LONE SURVIVOR, which is based off a real Navy Seal's experience in Afghanistan. Quite a few producers have been trying to get the life story of Seal Marcus Luttrell's life story whi...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSOriginal music from the legendary 1970's Japanese Samurai films series, LONE WOLF AND CUB (a.k.a. THE BABY CART SERIES) is now available from LaLaLand Records. I had the extreme pleasure to write the notes for this significant s...
Things continue to heat up this week on the videogame side, as an avalanche of games is ready to rock your world, and your wallet. What was more surprising to me though, is that most of these are for the PSP. Perhaps Sony is helping developers to make...
Hey Gamers! Feeling buried under the veritable landslide of recent DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS releases? CINESCAPE is here to save the day with a brake-down of three recent D&D publications that every gamer should know about.D&D Publication #1: CITY OF THE SPIDE...
Filmmaker Kevin Smith will continue his longtime business partnership with Miramax Films for the foreseeable future. With his next film, JERSEY GIRL, waiting for its March 2004 premiere, Smith has turned his attention towards two new films he's thinking a...
Genre:Action/Historical/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:Paramount Pictures.Production Company:Mutual Film Company.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Darren Aronofsky (Director); Darren Aronofsky, Eric Watson (Screenwriters); bas...
Director Darren Aronofsky has been selected to direct the feature film version of LONE WOLF AND CUB, an adaptation of the Japanese graphic novel of the same title. The series of LONE WOLF graphic novels have been translated and published domestically by ...
Comic book writer Micah Wright is at the center of a scandal that exposes his claims of being an Army Ranger -- and of having served in the invasion of Panama in 1989 -- as lies. Wright, who has been outspoken against the Iraq war, has been claiming for t...
His name, his face, and his voice are synonymous with Horror, however Vincent Price began his career on Broadway, but where it would end was far cry different then he could have ever predicted. Vincent Price would go on to become the Master of the Ma...
In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.
Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...
What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, one of the great pioneers of Japanese animation (ASTRO BOY, BLACK JACK, HI NO TORI), comes one of the "first-generation anime classics" to reach American TV! Fans have long remembered its catchy theme song, spectacular desi...
At the dawn of the Video Age in the late 1940s, a pioneering little network called Dumont had a number of hit programs, but their main innovation came in the form of a daily science fiction adventure show. Broadcast live from New York, CAPTAIN VIDEO & HIS...
The Review!The technical aspects of the show and the LE box are pretty much as Chris has described it. The music and video are very well done and outstrip what's on Cartoon Network. Even the sound levels have been corrected so the background music doesn...
Videogame RPGs come in a variety of colors and models. On one side of the spectrum you’ve got your hardcore battle mode grinders, often with serious storylines, and then on the other you have the lighter, less intense and usually more kid friendly o...
This week's DVD peeve: UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF THIS COLUMN MAY RESULT IN FINES AND/OR IMPRISONMENT BLAH BLAH BLAH... Many readers are mighty peeved at discs that don't allow you to skip over the lame FBI warning or any other material - at the start ...
Due in large part to its commitment toward developing original programming of both an episodic and telefilm nature (FARSCAPE, DUNE, FIRESTARTER: REKINDLED), the Sci Fi Channel is providing fans of the B5 universe with a reason to smile again. Specifically...
Just as more and more original film scores are captured on disc despite the ongoing proliferation of song collections masquerading as "film music" the increasing market for classic and forgotten film scores being fully restored either through archival r...
The saga of Lone Wolf & Cub is one of the most influential stories to ever come out of Japan. It began as a comic series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, serialized every week in MANGA ACTION magazine. The premise of the story is deceptively simple: Itto...
What They SayNana is a multifaceted girl, but she never dreamed that her facets would develop minds of their own! As each of the seven Nanas take turns attending school, each one uses her unique abilities to handle classes, bullies and their secret crush....
Catwoman by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 06-03-2004)
Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Halle Berry (Patience Price/"Catwoman"); Sharon Stone (Laurel Hedare); Benjamin Bratt (Detective Tom Lone); Lambert Wilson (Georges Hedare)...
BASIC is diverting (except for its casual and extraneous homophobia) in a kind of USA cable movie way, watchable but somewhat hamstrung by conflicting impulses. On the one hand, director John McTiernan and writer James Vanderbilt clearly intend their film...
Recently I’ve had a few DVDs that didn’t play well in my dependable machine. It was among the first DVD player models sold in this country, as I rushed to enjoy the new technology in my living room that I had so far only been able to see on my computer. T...
My first reaction to titles like FINAL DESTINATION 2 is to scoff. I mean, isn't that a contradiction? How can there be so many FINAL FANTASYs isn't any of them the FINAL one? And shouldn't there always be another sequel to NEVERENDING STORY? But given th...
Following up on our exclusive report that New Line Cinema is developing a movie based on the Vertigo/DC Comics comic book Y: THE LAST MAN, a source relays to us the latest developments on this project.According to our inside source, New Line Cinema execut...
The first issue of R.A. SALVATORE'S DEMONWARS: TRIAL BY FIRE is now available for free on CrossGen's website. Based on the author's series of fantasy novels chronicling the adventures of barbarian Ranger Andacanavar and his companions, the TRIAL BY FIRE ...
The Hollywood Reporter mentions that second unit director Alexander Witt is going to get his chance calling all the shots on RESIDENT EVIL 2, scheduled to begin filming in August in Toronto, Canada. Milla Jovovich will reprise her role as Alice, thelone...
After hearing rumors that Owen Wilson (SHANGHAI KNIGHTS) and Josh Lucas (HULK) were the frontrunners for the role, a decision has finally been announced as to who will play the police detective ally for CATWOMAN. Actor Benjamin Bratt has won the part of D...
In case you were wondering, the SPACE and WITCHBLADE fans are still writing in to support the seasoning of those shows. The more extreme cases either thank me profusely for the charitable work I’m doing on their behalf, or defensively attack me for some i...
Action Music by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-15-2004)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSFrom France comes the first ever original soundtrack release of the full score from 1976's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (Record Makers 7243 593241 2 8). The movie was John Carpenter's sophomore directorial effort, a kind of RIO BRAVO ...
In case you haven’t heard, the hit movie SPIDER-MAN has been released on home video and DVD, shipping a record 40 million copies in its first week. Columbia TriStar gets extra points right off the bat by putting their widescreen and fullscreen editions (b...
It wasn’t the first Christmas-based horror film – titles like BLACK CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS EVIL popped up occasionally throughout the 1970s. And it wasn’t the most offensive. Heck, it wasn’t even the first film to put a homicidal maniac in a Santa Claus ...
When I was a kid, superhero movies sucked. No, not just in movies that were poorly made, but all of them. Comic-books presented the kinds of stories that just couldn't be made into movies, which is one of the reasons readers cherished them so much. Anythi...
Why does everyone have a great big plasma HDTV but me? Well, not really, but that's the impression you get if you flip through a few nights of network television lately. Manufacturers of high end entertainment electronics are doing their best to place pro...
Swamp life sure ain’t easy. Why you done got gators, and skeeters and I reckon a whole lot of other critters that’ll just plain eat you down to the bone if’n they get a chance. Yeah the Okefenokee sure ain’t for City folk, they just plain get killed. Best...
The impossible has happened. Marvel has seen several of its major properties adapted in some solidly entertaining motion pictures, and now, after decades of waiting and wondering, we are about to see the flagship hero of the Marvel Universe swinging his w...
Former SWAMP THING writer Brian K. Vaughan returns to Vertigo territory with Y THE LAST MAN, a new series that begins in July from DC Comics. Here's the series' set-up: "When a mysterious plague suddenly kills every living creature on the planet with a...
Yeah, so, UPN has officially cancelled the "I'm a teenage alien" drama ROSWELL. I'm sure this news comes as a shock to absolutely no one. Of course, this isn't the first time ROSWELL has been given its walking papers. The WB canned the show after one seas...
Director Jay Woelfel's UNSEEN EVIL stars Richard Hatch (Apollo from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) and Tim Thomerson (Jack Deth himself) in a pleasantly surprising, low budget, direct-to-video little chiller. Today we continue our profile of Woelfel and his partic...
Popular X-FILES writer John Shiban has already found his post-FILES gig, now that the show is ending after nine seasons. Where's he going? Space.Shiban has signed on as the newest writer for the STAR TREK prequel series ENTERPRISE.In an interview about th...
For nine years, we've been promised that the truth is out there. With the conclusion of THE X-FILES' formidable run this past Sunday, we finally did learn The Truththough much of it proved to be a recap of the past more than new revelations in the present...
There’s a new war on toy shelves. No, we’re not talking about the epic SPIDER-MAN MOVIE versus ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Those guys are last week’s fight. We’re talking about a new ancient battle. It involves demonic armies, pillaging hordes and lots of reall...
My fascination with shiny objects is well documented - if nothing else, all the time I spend with DVDs will attest to that – and many look to me when a job requires watching a truly mind-numbing piece of cinema. But Image Entertainment has once again mana...
Sometimes brilliant, sometimes... not... action film director John McTiernan is in talks to direct a "crime drama" hopefully nothing like his last released film, February's ROLLERBALL. The project, called BOOSTER, is based on a book by Eugene Izzi and cen...
Rambo by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 08-23-2006)
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Slyvester Stallone
Screenwriter: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Rey Gallegos, Jake La Botz, Tim Kang, Paul SchulzeGenre: Action, Adv...
VIDEO NEWSThere’s not much on the video news front this week, so your old pal the Vidiot thought he’d 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...
Odds are good that THE TRANSPORTER will do much better in venues where audiences are accustomed to shrugging off screwy plots as disposable packaging for a lot of very impressive kick-ass setpieces. Director Corey Yuen provides his European cast with a fr...
Summer is almost officially here, and it’s time to start making plans for road trips to drive-ins. Though once you could easily find a drive-in theater nearby, now many of them have disappeared, and those of us that enjoy watching movies under the stars a...
THE TRANSPORTER 2 isn't for everybody. The goings-on are usually completely absurd, but the movie is played with an absolutely straight face. However, director Louis Leterrier and returning (from TRANSPORTER 1) writers Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen s...
ReelArt Studios has teamed up with Bret Blevins to create the wildly retro ATTACK OF THE BRAIN MONSTER collectible statue.Shawn Nagle sculpted the figure based on Blevins' original art. The 1/6th scale painted statue pays a campy homage to those the low b...
Last week I had jury duty and was picked for a trial. Lacking a PSP and earbuds, I couldn't spend the time watching UMDs and was forced to actually dispense justice. I'm plenty judgmental when it comes to cinematic zombie outbreaks (see FRIGHT PACKs below...
The PowerNet Show website is hosting a World Wide Web Martial Arts Combat Championship, better known as Extreme Challenge, to be broadcast on the internet with a 5 million dollar first prize. Kung fu master Jin Fang (Yeung Chuen-ngai) is among the six see...
This latest animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki has enough common ingredients to fit in comfortably with PRINCESS MONONOKE, SPIRITED AWAY, and the rest of his canon. It's the story of a plucky heroine, an alluring stranger, fantastic flying machines, odd...
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...
Like all types of film, many animated cartoons from the first fifty years of cinema have already disappeared and many are crumbling away in vaults as we speak. But you can do something about it. ASIFA (Association International du Film d'Animation) is a 4...
Behind the opening titles, we're invited to be voyeurs as a blind masseur (Ezio Marano) massages the beautiful nude body of model Maria Zani (Barbara Bouchet). After she has an argument with her husband Paolo (Silvano Tranquilli) in which he confronts her...
So, you walk into your local video superstore this week and find the new-release wall covered with twenty copies of some snore-fest, and maybe fifty copies of some pretentious waste of time. Then, you realize you've seen every other major new release. Now...
ULTRAVIOLET, according to the production notes, is writer/director Kurt Wimmer's extrapolated take on John Cassavetes' GLORIA, reconceived as a science-fiction action piece. It seems highly unlikely anybody would confuse the two films, or even make the co...
ICv2 reports Dark Horse editor Carl Horn announced the company is planning to double its output of manga titles this year, to than 70. Dark Horse will expand its releases to encompass all of the major manga genres. Horn also announced that Dark Horse woul...
We've got some great stuff in the Prize Closet for you this week (courtesy of the elves at Universal), so let's get on with the giving, shall we? To win any of these DVDs, simply send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info containing your name and address w...
First, an apology: whereas I intended to run a reader response column to last week's COMICSCAPE about comics in the classroom, I've decided to run an original column instead. I only received a handful of letters and while all were original and several lea...
"Everyone, I've got bad news. We've been cancelled. Unfortunately, there's no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like DARK ANGEL, TITUS, UNDECLARED, ACTION, THAT '80S SHOW, WONDERFALLS, FAST...
OPINION: Did anyone else catch the excellent NEW YORK TIMES article on graphic novels in the magazine section this past Sunday? If not, you can find it on-line here (once you've registered for a free membership, of course). And make sure to check out the ...
People outside of Texas can hear about just how seriously theLone Star State takes its high school football, but for those who have some trouble grasping the notion, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is a brilliant illustration. A movie that is very much about footbal...
Opening today at the Elgin Sky-Vue Drive-In is one of those new breed of Space Age thrillers that have been pulling in audiences across the nation. To be honest, your roving reporter can't claim to be a convert it all seems like something out of one of t...
In the 1870s, a woman named Sayo dies soon after giving birth in prison. The child's only reason for existence: to become an instrument of vengeance against the criminals that murdered Sayo's husband and infant son as part of a crooked scheme. Yuki ("Snow...
With under a month to go before his next picture opens in theaters, director Roland Emmerich (THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW) is making some news by teaming up with his former business associate on a new thriller. ANTHEM is the title of the project that Emmerich ...
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, the obscure 1970s ABC TV series that inspired Chris Carter to create Fox's hit THE X-FILES show, is being reinvented by celebrated X-FILES writer-producer Frank Spotnitz. The circle is officially complete. Somewhere, Fox Mulder...
Modern American society is both appalled and fascinated by serial killers, from Henry Lee Lucas to Ted Bundy. However, the first known example of this breed so classified in United States history has been largely ignored. H.H. Holmes murdered at least nin...
Wizardry 8 by Branislav "Bane" Babovic (Tue 12-18-2001)
Far before most of the gaming population today started realizing what computers are, the first six parts of the Wizardry serial had already been on the market for various platforms - from consoles to personal computers with but a couple of megabytes of RA...
With his incredible Zatoichi series running to a halt in 1972, producer/actor Shintaro Katsu turned his energies to two series based on samurai manga by Kazuo Koike. TheLone Wolf and Cub movies, starring Katsu’s brother Tomisaburo Wakayama, took the arti...
Some computer companies seem to tend to squeeze the last nickel out of their products. "New World Computing" and "3DO" released a plethora of Might and Magic titles and add-ons. Heroes of Might and Magic III (HoMM III) got an incredible number of add-ons;...
Disney continues to issue the wonderful works of Japan's Studio Ghibli with a wave of three more excellent DVDs, including Hiroyuki Morita’s 2002 THE CAT RETURNS, anime master Hayoa Miyazaki’s 1984 classic NAUSICAA IN THE VALLEY OF THE WIND and this very ...
Giving Thanks by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-22-2004)
So this is the time of year when we're all supposed to spend time dwelling on the things we're thankful for. Given the state of the world -- with famine, disease, poverty, and war rampant -- probably the most arrogant, myopic thing I could possibly do is ...
Not long ago, Anchor Bay released a remastered DAWN OF THE DEAD on DVD in time to cash in on the hit remake, and the disc quickly hit the sales top ten. Those that haven’t picked it up yet might want to save their cash, though. As I predicted, they’ve ann...
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FROM THE LAND THAT BROUGHT YOU ''TRANSFORMERS'' - HERE COMES THE REAL DEAL From the creative team behind the groundbreaking CG anime "Appleseed"
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ANIMEIGO CELEBRATES
15 YEARS OF
"ANIME YOUR WAY!"
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While other U.S. anime companies have come and gone, AnimEigo, Inc. (Japanese for "Animation in English") marks its 15th year in business as...
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF NEW "FIST OF THE NORTH STAR" ANIME
MODERN TRILOGY REVISITS THE WORLD OF THE CLASSIC MARTIAL ARTS THEATRICAL HIT ANIME
HOUSTON, January 12, 2004-ADV Films today formally announced the acquisition of the exclusive home...
ANIMEIGO CELEBRATES
15 YEARS OF
"ANIME YOUR WAY!"
For Immediate Release - December 10, 2003 - Wilmington, NC -
While other U.S. anime companies have come and gone, AnimEigo, Inc. (Japanese for "Animation in English") marks its 15th year in business as...
At Anime Weekend Atlanta we gave the first sneak preview of episode 1 of Macross, and also announced that we are pushing back the release of Macross to the summer. This was not an easy decision to make, but we think it is the right one. Here is our reason...
Part Duex: Everything starts from a question.
All right, I've been enough of a bad boy this week, so its back to what you guys love: English Dubs. But first, a question!
Hi my name is Paul, I am like so many others a huge anime fan. I enjoy both Sub a...
BOSTON, Mass. - February 26, 2004 - The New England Anime Society is pleased to announce that voice actors Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Fahn, Cynthia Martinez, and Chris Patton will be Guests of Honor at Anime Boston 2005, New England's largest anime conven...
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Settled by alchemists, the town of Wisteria has the reputation of being an idyllic retreat. But what Alponse and Edward find ...
You really have to hand it to the makers of V FOR VENDETTA for having surprising guts. The list of producers includes Joel Silver and THE MATRIX's Andy and Larry Wachowski, who also adapted the screenplay with fidelity from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's gr...
Macross Plus is known as the "Top Gun" of
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HOUSTON, September 14, 2007 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to present four great new titles, including the standalone feature Blade of the Phantom Mas...
Telling the full story of the classic combat anime from 18th JUNE 2007
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ADV Films present another modern re-telling of a classic anime title with Shadow Skill vol.1: Fight For The Ones You Love, which starts kicking butt and t...
DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF MANGA - TOKYOPOP HAS HOLIDAY GIFT-GIVING ALL WRAPPED UP!
Los Angeles, CA (October, 2006) -- What does the spirit of the planet incarnate, the hottest kids' videogame, and a pop diva have in common? Each belongs to TOKYOPOP'...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Barbara Randall Kesel, Heidi Arnhold and Max KimTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayThe Dark Crystal told the story of Jen and Kira, the last of their kind living in a fractured world precariously balanced between the forces...
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 sword...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Buronson / Artist: Kentaro MiuraTranslated by:Kumar SivasubramanianAdapted by:What They SayA bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year l...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Koike Kazuo / Kojima Goseki Translated by:Dana Lewis & Mark MiyakeAdapted by:What They SayIn a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuu WataseTranslated by:JN ProductionsAdapted by:What They SayFor Tanpopo Yamazaki, life at elite Meio Academy seems way out of her league. The daughters of wealthy families snub her, other students make light of the fact that...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takahashi RumikoTranslated by:Matt ThornAdapted by:What They SayAccording to legend, eating the flesh of a mermaid grants eternal youth and life. But living forever can be a blessing or a curse. And as two immortal lovers trav...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Soda Masahito Translated by:Joe YamazakiAdapted by:What They SayRookie Daigo Asahina is shaping up to be an impressive firefighter, but all the training and experience in the world wouldn't be enough to prepare him for the org...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ryoji Minagawa and Kyoichi NanatsukiTranslated by:Katy BridgesAdapted by:What They SayWhen Ryo and Hayato find out that the third ARMs kid is Takashi Tomoe, the new transfer student at their school, the mysterious Egrigori org...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ryoji Minagawa and Kyoichi NanatsukiTranslated by:Katy BridgesAdapted by:What They SayRyo, Hayato, Takeshi, and Kei are Arms - kids implanted with nanotech limb enhancements that cause them to transform into grotesquely deform...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Kazuo Koike Art by Goseki KojimaTranslated by:Dana LewisAdapted by:What They SaySpring is a season of rebirth, of new life springing forth, a time of cherished blooming and delightful scents. But for Kubikira Asa, the...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tadashi Ikuta/Naomi KimuraTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayAt a time when giant department stores and supermarkets dominated the Japanese retail industry, two businessmen, Toshifumi Suzuki and Hideo Shimizu, d...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Azuma Mayumi Translated by:Project GenAdapted by:What They SayAfter a routine raid, rookie air pirate Coud Van Giruet discovers a most unusual bounty: Ren, an "Edyll Raid," is a living weapon that reacts with a human to become...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ukyou TakaoTranslated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SayBeach Party! The adorable and lovesick Akari is still madly in love with Hiroyuki, a childhood chum whose attention tends to wander. While an innocent trip to the be...
Since the success of THE TERMINATOR, which featured Linda Hamilton’s transformation from incompetent waitress to self-sufficient warrior, the tough-girl bad-ass chick has become as much a science fiction cliché as the cowering scream queen that she replac...
The video world will long remember April 2000 thanks to a pair of phenomenal successes. According to the trade journal `Video Business,` Phantom Menace (which was only released on VHS, not DVD) sold an amazing 5 million copies in its first 48 hours of av...
PUNISHER #6 by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 11-29-2001)
It's gotten to the point where I can't conceive of reading the Punisher in adventures written by anyone other than Garth Ennis. Not since the character's first introduction by Gerry Conway in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 has Frank Castle seemed so...
Childhood is a tricky subject to capture. Most of the timeswhen adult writer/creators attempt to recreate this period of naïve development, they fall into the trappings of sticky sentiment. Not so with the wonderful work of Steven Weissman, whose Alternat...
The writing team of John Zakour and Lawrence Ganem have created an excellent first novel in the form of THE PLUTONIUM BLODE. The book is half a silly parody of '30s pulp fiction, and half an intelligent, insightful comedy in the style of the great Douglas...
It's been a quick six months, and LEGION WORLDS has come to an end all too soon, paving the way for the new LEGION series beginning next month. What a wild ride it's been.This time around, we focus on the planet Rimbor, where Phantom Girl has gone to find...
I've been pretty hard on CrossGen Comics in the past. At least, that's what people seem to think. For the most part, I've said that although they clearly benefit from high production values and quality creative talent, they tread familiar ground and merel...
No sooner has CBS gotten it's first drama in years free of sniggering critical laughs (i.e. WALKER, TEXAS RANGER; DR. QUINN; DIAGNOSIS MURDER) than it's looking for a spin-off.According to the WASHINGTON POST, an episode later this year will have the C.S....
After nine seasons, THE X-FILES will wrap it up this May; about two seasons too late by my watch.You know, it hurts me to say bad things about THE X-FILES. I'm a total nerd. I used to love the show. But now THE X-FILES is all about Doggett (Robert Patrick...
“Hey, you got your cop drama in my softcore!” “Hey, you got your softcore in my cop drama!”“Hey, why’s Tom been in the bathroom for four hours?”All the above are statements and questions that might arise when watching Harry H. Novak’s dubious classic A SC...
Never say never again.David Duchovny will reprise his role as Fox Mulder in the two-hour series finale of THE X-FILES on May 19.Wow, that almost makes me want to watch the show again. Almost.X-FILES creator Chris Carter promises to wrap up the whole mytho...
In parts one and two of CINESCAPE's discussion with Josh Hartnett and Tom Sizemore, the duo discussed their new war drama, BLACK HAWK DOWN. The film, which is based on the 1993 true story of U.S. soldiers who found themselves trapped in Somalia when two o...
Nowadays when you hear the name Dirty Harry, most people think of an aging Clint Eastwood spouting catchphrases in sequel after sequel, one more clichéd than the next. That’s kind of understandable, in that the franchise did devolve into a shadow of its f...
In the first part of our Ridley Scott profile, the director explained how the events of Sept. 11 affected the release of his new military drama, BLACK HAWK DOWN. The true tale of U.S. servicemen who were stranded in Somalia in 1993 and participated in the...
The latest creation from TidalWave Studios, ATLAS, will be featured as a three-part back-up story beginning in Image Comics' 10th MUSE #7."We are gearing up to start a superhero group called The Odyssey," said Darren G. Davis, president of TidalWave Studi...
Not every hit film demands a sequel. Sure, there's been talk over the years about THE GRADUATE 2, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND, and PRETTIER WOMAN, but so far the filmmakers of many big hits have managed to resist the lure of another cash-in. Not s...
William B. Davis is making an argument, laying out his analysis. He`s comparing his own character on Fox` The X-Files, the minimally-named Cigarette Smoking Man (or `CSM,`) to David Duchovny`s hero, Fox Mulder. `Let`s start with outcomes,` he says, hands ...
The largest lot at Toho, stage 9 is where the majority of the effect scenes of the studio’s kaiju films are shot. It is separated from the outdoors by two sets of heavy steel doors. The inside is kept dimly lit and suspended above is a spider web like cri...
For many years the crowning achievement in sci-fi literature/cinematic adaptation was Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke`s 2001: A Space Odyssey. That film showed that literature, science fiction concepts and motion picture art could co-exist and even s...