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Art from The Walking Dead comic book
Empire Online bring us the news that Frank Darabont’s (THE GREEN MILE, THE MIST) adaptation of zombie comic book THE WALKING DEAD has finally been given the go ahead. Cable channel AMC have apparently granted the series a six episode run, without even needing to see a pilot episode [...]

Still from the original ID-4
Since the release of sci-fi blockbuster INDEPENDENCE DAY, way back in 1996, rumours of a sequel have a habit of popping up every so often. IESB have been putting more fuel to the fire today as they report that 20th Century Fox, following their financial success with AVATAR,  are seriously getting [...]

The 1998 American version of Gojira
Get ready to scrub your brains free of the god-awful 1998 remake of GORJIRA by Roland Emmerich (2012, INDEPENDENCE DAY), because a deal has just been struck to get a new remake of the Japanese classic in production. According to Bloody Disgusting both Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are teaming [...]

Back in January, I wrote a little editorial (”Conservatives Carp at Avatar“), in which I noted that right-wing “thinkers” and gone off the rails with specious and downright silly arguments about percieved faults with the themes in James Cameron’s blockbuster film. Months later, I see that Cameron has finally fired back, during a press conference [...]

In a piece titled “White Ribbon looks like a period piece but draws from classic sci-fi,” critic Brandon Fibbs suggests that director Michael Haneke foreign-language Oscar-nominee “throbs with a spectral connction to a 1960 science fiction film that, were I to name it, would surely ruin this film’s dark, ambiguous surprise.” Haneke is perhaps best [...]

Old legends never die; they just fade away…
Ray Harryhausen with the Medusa model from the 1981 CLASH OF THE TITANS
Over at NJ.com, Stephen Whitty has an interview-profile of Ray Harryhausen, the legendary special effects maestro responsible for the original version of CLASH OF TITANS. The 90-year-old Harryhausen is a major influence on today’s fantasy filmmakers, [...]

It’s a sad day for Tolkien lovers everywhere as according to a variety of sources the eagerly awaited film adaptation of THE HOBBIT has been delayed further still.

In this week’s episode, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski debate the merits of domesticated dragons as they bring their combined acumen to bear upon analyzing DreamWorks 3D aerial extravaganza, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Also on the chopping block: news from the world of horror, fantasy, and science fiction film-making; a look at [...]

“Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile.” 
That’s a quote by Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) from DreamWorks’ new CGI animated film HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.  And I, uh, have to fess up and admit that those words were similar to my sentiments when I first saw the trailer for this one.  I didn’t care for the [...]

ArrowintheHead.com reports that [REC] 2 will be getting a U.S. theatrical release this year. This is according to a press release from Magnet films, the genre division of art house distributor Magnolia Pictures. The plan is for  a Videon On Demand debut in June, followed by a run in theatres the following month.
The first [REC] [...]

KICK-ASS is inventive, cool and funnier than a Bugs Bunny Saturday morning cartoon.
Over the last decade it has become an industry standard for studios to release at least one superhero film as a tent-pole for their summer schedule. More recently, having been kick-started by SIN CITY, a new trend has surfaced: releasing smaller budgeted, more [...]

A Staff Meeting Documented in WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Diversity is what we’re all about here at MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST. Actually, what we’re all about these days is trying just to get the frakking show out in the midst of all the other stuff going on in our lives (hence the lateness this week), [...]

Why do women enjoy horror movies? It’s an interesting question, and we found an answer in an unexpected place: a brief post at Iranian.com offers an explanation from a psychologist:
“Fear can facilitate sexual responsiveness in women, whereas it inhibits it in men,” says Dr Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at King’s College London. Isn’t that a [...]