Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief International Trailer

Let’s face it, with a name like Percy Jackson, he better be a very cool musician masquerading as a high school teenager, or the descendant of Greek Gods. In the case of our hero in “Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief”, it’s the latter. Man, he must get chicks....

November 18th, 2009 | Read More

V Recap: 1.03 A Bright New Day

It’s a brave new world in America, as Anna and the Visitors prepare to establish official diplomatic ties with the Government, thanks in part to a willing media led by the very bias reporting of Chad Decker (Scott Wolf). Meanwhile, the Resistance of Two – aka FBI Agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell)...

November 17th, 2009 | Read More

The Prisoner Mini-Series – Ep. 1 and 2 (2009) TV Review

Ever since it was announced that “Lost” was going to the great DVR in the sky, viewers have been seeking a successor to the science fiction/mystery/drama/paranormal series. So far, “V”, “Flash Forward”, and thanks to the bizarre antics of judge Bruno Tonioli, “Dancing...

November 16th, 2009 | Read More

Stargate Universe Recap 1.08: Time

Despite the inconsistent beginning to Stargate Universe, I’m beginning to think, after last nights planetary bombardment of wicked called “Time”, that we may really have a Sci-Fi show that wants to be something good. “Time” had some of the classic elements of a really memorable...

November 14th, 2009 | Read More

Open Discussion Thread: 2012

We’ve been covering Roland Emmerich’s “2012″ since it was announced in February of 2008. Almost two years later, the film explodes its way into theater this Friday, and no one and nothing is safe. Emmerich and company ponders the end of the world in “2012″ by way of...

November 12th, 2009 | Read More

Fox Officially Cancels Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse

Let’s face it, this isn’t that much of a surprise. The ratings have been abysmal, even with some positives from time-shifted numbers, Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” never really took off as Fox had expected, or was hoping for after giving it a year two commitment. As it turns...

November 11th, 2009 | Read More

V Recap: 1.02 There is No Normal Anymore

So what do you do after you’ve killed your partner of seven years and discovered that he was actually a space alien in disguise? For FBI agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell), it means lying through her teeth when her boss and the FBI wonder what’s happened to agent Dale Maddox (Alan Tudyk, who...

November 10th, 2009 | Read More

The Fourth Kind (2009) Movie Review

It’s been written that cannibals refuse to eat divorced women because they are too bitter. They’d be wise to adopt the same attitude towards anyone who sat through “The Fourth Kind”, it’s hard to feel anything else when exiting this failed experiment in scifi cinema verite....

November 9th, 2009 | Read More

Stargate Universe Recap 1.07: Earth

On Earth, life is even more complicated for the crew and passengers of the Destiny than their uncertain existence on the ship. That’s the lesson for this week. Man eating dust devils, no water or air and sun surfing, those are easy. It’s relationships that are hard. I can understand this....

November 7th, 2009 | Read More

Open Discussion Thread: The New V Pilot

Anna and her Visitor buddies are about to touch down tonight on ABC (in case you missed the gazillion commercials on TV last night), and this is your open discussion thread to talk about the pilot. Did you love it? Hate it? Somewhere in-between? I saw a version of the pilot a while back in San Diego...

November 3rd, 2009 | Read More

Stargate Universe Recap 1.06: Water

As I have been dutifully preparing to write this weeks episode recap of SGU, I’ve been wracking my brain trying to think of a particular moment or event in the story to launch from. Did anything really happen at all in “Water”? I don’t think so. The episode didn’t exactly...

October 31st, 2009 | Read More

Three Clips from Milla Jovovich’s The Fourth Kind

Milla Jovovich’s upcoming thriller “The Fourth Kind” continues to convince me this thing is more horror than sci-fi. Or actually, it’s a horror movie with a sci-fi setting, ala the original “Alien”. Minus, you know, acid-spewing aliens. At least, I think those guys...

October 28th, 2009 | Read More

TV Review: Caprica – Pilot

“If one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is.” – Hannibal Lecktor, Manhunter Fans, just like any other collective, are a fickle bunch. So passionate were fans of the original Battlestar Galactica that blood might have literally boiled when word spread in 2003 of a “re-imagined”...

October 27th, 2009 | Read More

First Trailer For The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Terry Gilliam is a mad, mad genius. Like all geniuses, in his pursuit for greatness he rides the line between wonder and train wreck. You go to a Gilliam movie not knowing if it will be Brazil or if it will be Tideland. It could be 12 monkeys or it could be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Most of...

August 8th, 2009 | Read More

TV Review: Defying Gravity Premiere

I didn’t know very much about “Defying Gravity” before taking the plunge and watching the two hour movie premiere on ABC. I actually DVR’d it, because True Blood was on at the same time and I love sexy vampire chicks. So I went into “Defying Gravity” blind. Big network...

August 3rd, 2009 | Read More

Pandorum Comic-Con ‘09 Trailer

Here’s the “Pandorum” trailer that was shown at Comic-Con over the weekend. Unfortunately I only made it into the last 15 minutes or so of the panel. Okay, so I should have caught all of it, but I was too busy running to the Exhibition Hall for a hot dog, since the Hall H “cafeteria”...

July 27th, 2009 | Read More

TV Review: New V Pilot (Comic-Con ‘09)

They’re heeeeeere. Er, again. Yep, they’re back — those scaly, duplicitous aliens with promises of a better future, hope, and of course, friendship. As the old saying goes, when it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Especially when they just appear in mile-wide spaceships above...

July 25th, 2009 | Read More

Comic-Con ‘09: Farscape Panel

To be honest with you, as a longtime fan of Farscape, I had every intention of attending the show’s Comic-Con ‘09 panel as just a fanboy. I’m happy to say that there were actually some news-worthy nuggets from the panel. Ostensibly a press release to fans about the upcoming Farscape...

July 24th, 2009 | Read More

Behold The Book Of Eli Trailer

Better than a white hot, double shot, red eye in the morning is the first trailer for Denzel Washington’s “Book of Eli”. It’s post apocalyptic sci fi nirvana. Waste no time. Hit play. “Book of Eli” is directed by the Hughes Bros and also stars Michael Gambon, Gary...

July 24th, 2009 | Read More

Comic-Con ‘09: Astroboy and Battlestar Galactica Panels

There were three significant sci-fi themed panels at Comic-Con on Thursday: Astroboy, Battlestar Galactica, and James Cameron’s Avatar. Alas, despite waiting three hours in line for “Avatar”, I only managed to catch the final 5 minutes or so of the panel, just enough to hear Cameron...

July 24th, 2009 | Read More