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Manga's REDLINE.
We wrap up our sadly-too-brief coverage of New York Comic with a quick duck into the floor booth of Anchor Bay Entertain- ment. There, after gorging ourselves on copious free buttons and fliers (we’re all about the gimmes), we sat down with the company’s Kevin Carney and Erin Carter to find out what’s in [...]

In the 200th episode, Clark & Lois attend their High School reunion, while a caller from the future plays “It’s A Wonderful Life”.

Josh Brolin, Alec Baldwin in MEN IN BLACK III?

Luc Besson (THE FIFTH ELEMENT) plans to revisit the SF genre with a new film.

Smell the Nerdiosity: ROBOT CHICKEN.
So how about a break from the Fab Three ragging on the latest release? How about a few, carefree minutes with Matt Senreich, the twisted mastermind who, along with the equally twisted Seth Green, oversees Adult Swim’s wickedly funny, sharply satirical, and supremely nerdy stop-motion animated puppet show, ROBOT CHICKEN? Before [...]

STAR TREK: NEMESIS, INCEPTION star to sign onto BATMAN film?

Is Rhys Ifans playing Curt Connors?

Directed by Michael Watkins, veteran of horror-tinged television shows like THE X-FILES, WAREHOUSE 13, MILLENNIUM and THE 4400, this story of an escaped serial killer features an impressive cast and some nicely atmospheric cinematography. Emmy nominee Gail O’Grady (NYPD Blue) plays a psychologist who aids the FBi and a team of U.S. Marshalls in hunting [...]

You’d think that most films trying to tell the story of the spectre of widespread human cloning for organs might feel like horror films, or at least like science fiction. The technology and the desire seem to be there: the will, so far, is not. But Mike Romanek’s film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s highly-acclaimed novel [...]

Writer-director Wes Craven returns to the horror genre with MY SOUL TO TAKE, and the Cinefantastique Podcast is there to examine the results. Join Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski as the delve deeply into the terrors of the Riverton Ripper, whose soul may have returned in the body of one of the 7 [...]

70’s TV Movie remake/reboot release delayed by Miramax sale

SMALLVILLE’s Lois Lane (Erica Durance) as an incarnation of the ‘goddess’ Isis. SPOILERS

After the excellent Platinum Edition DVD for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, there would seem to be little room for improvement with Walt Disney Home Video’s new Three-Disc Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray combo – except for the obvious improved picture quality that come with the new high-def format. Nevertheless, the Diamond Edition manages to one-up its predecessor, establishing itself as the definitive edition for enthusiastic collectors.