TORCHWOOD. As a concept it? been rattling around the fertile imagination of creator Russell T Davies for some time, way before his retooled DOCTOR WHO burst onto TV screens and made everyone sit up and take notice. The idea was created when Russell, an avowed fan of slick US genre shows like BUFFY THE VAMPIRE …
Why? Why?? Why??? Why does Hollywood feel the need, year after year, to remake and remodel? In 1972 Irwin Allen virtually invented the ?isaster movie?genre when THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE ?cruise liner upended by tidal wave and survivors struggle to escape ?and this pointless remake doesn? come close to having the impact of the original, despite …
.WHEN DARKNESS OVERCOMES THE HEART, LIL’ SLUGGER APPEARS?n From the genius mind of Satoshi Kon, the visionary and award-winning director responsible for the anime features Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actress, comes PARANOIA AGENT, a 13-episode series coming soon to DVD courtesy of MVM. Thanks in no small part to superb animation production by …
.A new series on Scifi Channel UK shows how the minor players made a huge impact on Star Wars movies and Popular culture. SCIFI has decided to dot these interviews around SCI FI’s schedule for a two month period, until mid-June. But who are the ‘STAR WARS: THE UNSUNG HEROES’? …here’s the full, fantastic, list: …
I? not sure I really altogether approve of the idea of LOST IN TIME, a handy three-disc boxset of assorted DOCTOR WHO odds??ods scrubbed up and presented as a nice 41st anniversary gift for the series?hardened fans. It? not that there? anything intrinsically wrong with the episodes on display – eighteen black-and-white instalments from stories …
Reviewing something like the STAR WARS TRILOGY is something best avoided if possible- I mean, what CAN be said about these films? Globally recognised as works of total genius, A NEW HOPE (I? calling it that from now on, it fits in with the prequels as a ?ix film saga? THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and …
Review By Dom Conlon, 2.5 out of 5 Don’t be fooled by its ’12’ rating, Vampire Princess is hardly the type of animated series to keep the kids quiet. It’s subject matter and depiction are all remarkably dark and brooding and even the action has a resigned air of inevitability about it that undermines any …
Transformers: Trial by Fire Jose Delbo, Bob Budiansky (Illustrator), Frank Springer (Illustrator) Paperback 144 pages (September 24, 2004) Publisher: Titan Books ISBN: 1840239506 Transformers old school style, in another of Titan? cool, but heavily overpriced reprints of the 80? series. In this one, we get to meet the mighty Fortress Maximus and the Headmasters for …