A lot has been written about this long awaited sequel, much of it negative, some of it by me. Here’s why: In this day and age, with so much raw material to glean from, why are we remaking/sequeling (is that even a word?) what was at best a 1982 B movie that attempted to be [...]
If you’ve got seven and a half minutes to kill, check out “Mutants of the Apocalypse” — the winner for this year’s Providence 2010 48Hour Film Competition and the most fun you’ll have since the F— Me Ray Bradbury video. Mutants! Zombies! Nazis! Mutant Nazi Zombies! Set in the far, far distant future of 2020 [...]
We has the bestest fans! Frankie B. Washington’s SFSN fan art Atomic Robo’s Scott Wegener to draw all-ages “Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” Pushing Daisies creator to adapt John Christopher’s THE LOTUS EATERS for SyFy August 28th is Read Comic In Public Day! To, um, you know… get people to read comics. In public. We invite [...]
Let’s start out with a few disclaimers. I am getting nothing for writing this, no money has changed hands. Second, yes I am a Whedon fanboy, no question. Third I am basing this review on a rough cut, with the final cut due at DragonCon, so let’s let the chips fall where they may. As [...]
Love him or not, Tim Burton has had an interesting run as a director. From one of my faves, Edward Scissorhands, to one of the worst, Corpse Bride, Burton rarely leaves one ambivalent. Now reports out have said that upcoming from TB will be Mai, The Psychic Girl, a project that has been in development [...]
What exactly is What Happened To Sarah? Visitors to www.whathappenedtosarah.com have been asking this question for over a week now, and the buzz is growing. At first glance, it seems like a typical short sci-fi film: a young woman wakes up, pads downstairs and down a hill to a lake where… something… is waiting for [...]
In the past few years we have been subjected to reboot television shows and movies of old franchises (and in some cases just characters) and it is rare when it proves to meet the level of its original. The Superman reboot leaps to mind, and the list continues with Knight Rider, Charlie’s Angels, Transformers, Land [...]
So, here we are in the back 9 of this television season and it quite frankly it hasn’t been spectacular. The uber-geniuses at ABC have just the thing to make everyone stand up…… It’s titled No Ordinary Family. Here is the 411 … the story of a family whose father, Jim, a once aspiring artist [...]
No, it’s not a new movie but The Time Travelers Wife is really quite something…and therein lies the paradox. What is it? Is it truly science fiction, is it a romance or is it a horror story? I’m thinking the answer is yes; and here is why (and parenthetically why I adore this movie). First [...]
The Terminator Franchise has been sold to Lions Gate, seeing as Salvation was such a dog. Joss Wheadon offered 10K for it, and everyone in the Buffy-verse wishes they had taken that bid, myself included. The thought of Amy Acker as Sarah Conner is soooo hot. News of The Lantern: Blake Lively has been set [...]
