THE LONG MATINEE- Movie Reviews by Derrick Ferguson SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW 2004Paramount Produced by Jon AvnetWritten And Directed by Kerry Conran In doing my research prior to writing this review I discovered that Kerry Conran originally wanted to do this movie with unknown actors and break it up into ‘chapters’ and…
Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary By Neil Corry. Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John and Simon Beecroft 144 pages, DK Publishing, $24.99 Your first thought is, why on earth are we reviewing this book when it came out last year? The answer is – because this is a brand new edition, incorporating only…
P.O.P. QUIZ CENTRAL: PULP ART Well, here’s another pop quiz from P.O.P. QUIZ CENTRAL, where the P.O.P. in P.O.P. QUIZ stands for Periodic Outcome Profile (Sounds pretty test happy ta me!). While our last P.O.P. Quiz was fairly general in content, this one concentrates on pulp art, comicbook art and artists. Again only circle one…
Last week, Warner Home Video released six of their science fiction films on Blu-ray for the first time. While all were greatly appreciated by genre fans to one degree or another, it can be safely said that the most eagerly awaited one is also the best one of the set. MGM’s Forbidden Planet is clearly…
Star Trek: The Original Series 365 By Paula M. Block with Terry J. Erdmann 744 Pages, Abrams, $29.95 Just in time for the television icon’s 44th birthday and your Christmas list, Abrams adds to their delightful 365 library with [[[Star Trek]]] the Original Series. Let me state upfront that co-authors Paula Block and Terry Erdmann…
We’ve known this was coming for several weeks now, but Warner Home Video has finally announced the details for this product which should be appearing on most of your letters to Santa Claus.Here’s the press release: BURBANK, CA (August 18, 2010) – Warner Bros. Animation’s breakthrough series Batman Beyond comes to DVD for the first…
As deftly reported by ABC News, fans in attendance at the Star Wars Celebration V convention had an opportunity to boldly go where they probably haven’t gone before… on a date*. This year’s Celebration gave way to the Star Wars Speed Dating Service! 34 Jedi Knights and 34 Slave Leias sat opposite each other in…
Due to Comic-Con and, frankly, the economy, “Crazy Sexy Geeks: The Series” has been on hiatus for a short while. But thanks to a few fan donations, the show is coming back with new episodes. These episodes will cover such topics as “gays in mainstream comics”, more on “women superheroes”, a look at “what you…
Several decades ago, one of our greatest Americans acted to save the original Star Trek show… as we know it. After the first season, Nichelle Nichols decided her character, Lt. Uhura, was going nowhere and she had better things to do. Producer/creator Gene Roddenberry tried to talk her out of it, but was unsuccessful. The…
The International Association of Media-Tie-in Writers presented the fourth annual “Scribe” awards, honoring such notable franchises as CSI, Criminal Minds, The X-Files, Star Trek, Stargate, Star Wars, and Dr. Who. Nominees on hand include Alina Adams (As the World Turns), Max Allan Collins (G.I. Joe), Keith R. A. DeCandido (Star Trek), Stacia Deutsch (Cloudy with…
As promised, Paramount Pictures released more images from Thor, opening May 6, 2011. Director Kenneth Branagh has clearly cleaned up Jack Kirby’s vision of Asgard, making things nice and shiny. In case you missed it, here’s a rundown of the cast for the film which recently completed principal photography. The screenplay is written by Ashley…
