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May 30, 2000

Travolta Getting Disturbed
Recent Starfest guest, John Travolta's next film project is Domestic Disturbance. Due to start filming this fall, the thriller has John playing a divorced father who discovers some dark secrets about his wife's new husband. He then sets about rescuing his son from the mans clutches. The film is currently looking for a director.

May 25, 2000

Science Fiction Show Schedules
Normally, June ushers in summer reruns, however, this year we've got some new science fiction heating up the long nights. The Invisible Man debuts on June 9 and Stargate has a new episode on June 30. But it isn't all good news on the sci-fi front - La Femme Nakita (a KathE favorite) and Total Recall aren't scheduled to return. One of my favorites, Farscape is on the ropes and might disappear into a wormhole this year. On a positive last note, there are some interesting new shows on the fall lineup, I'll keep you posted as they firm up. If there are any shows you'd like to see added to our schedule list, drop me an email.
Click here for our list of science fiction show schedules...

May 24, 2000

Suspended Animation Comic Reviews
Michael takes on Michael Vance - the author, with a run down on Forbidden Adventures: The History of The American Comics - his encyclopedic book on the history of American Comics. This issue also weighs in on Son of Superman (loves it) and Trouble Magnet (great). All-in-all, a banner week for comic reviews - no clunkers.
Click here for the complete index to Suspended Animation comic reviews...

May 23, 2000

Curious About Your Favorite Star?
Here's a web secret that most magazine publishers and convention promoters use. When you want info on a star or a movie - one of the best sources is The Internet Movie Database. You can search for upcoming, current and past movies by title, star, director and more. Actors? Sure! Search by name and it will lead you to their biography, agent, photos and more.

For example: I conducted a quick search on KathE's favorite actor, Michael Ironside and found he'll be in the following TV shows this week - Question of Privilege (1999), Captive (1998), Starship Troopers (1997), Guncrazy (1992), Neon City (1992), Total Recall (1990), Extreme Prejudice (1987), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Top Gun (1986), and High-Ballin' (1978).
Check it out by clicking here...

May 22, 2000

Distant Corners.com
The mix of Flash animation with radio-style story telling lends itself well to the new concept of online comic books. Distant Corners.com is best described as an online graphic radio show. The site is divided into sections offering different kinds of content. Wacked News contains teaser headlines from, one would presume, real news with a weird slant. Original Sins consists (at launch) of three different storylines titled: Destination Unknown, a sort of Lesbian Roadtrip; Riding The Clutch, a story about a corporate-type who spends a weekend at a paintball tournament where all the characters blink way to much; and Santarella P.I. which isn't up as of this writing, but is presumably a private detective series. Other sections at the site include a chat room and simple online Java games.

Online comic books are often stranger than their printed cousins. Without the burden of censor controls and content filtering, they often aren't for the weak-hearted. Unfortunately, they sometimes run long on curse words and short on interesting storytelling. DistantCorners.com is a stretch of that bumpy road, but shows promise for itself and the genre. Click here to enter DistantCorners.com - not for the narrow of bandwidth.

May 19, 2000

Meet The New Anakin
Imagine what it would be like to be selected as the new star of the most successful movie/toy-selling franchise in history. Try to think about what your life would be like from the moment the announcement was made. Those are the kinds of questions Hayden Christensen, the new Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episodes 2 & 3 is getting the answers to right now.

He was born in Vancouver B.C. on April, 19th 1981. He's appeared in a few TV shows, most recently Fox's Higher Ground. He's also in the soon-to-be-released The Virgin Suicides movie. He's 6'1", likes lots of sports and plays the piano. It's a good bet he'll be learning to wield a light saber pretty good real soon - the filming for the movie begins next month. For more info on Episode II and Hayden, visit the Star Wars website.

May 17, 2000

Suspended Animation Comic Reviews
Michael Vance has turned in some more commentary on the Comic World. He admits to being a fan of Elvira, both the comics and the comic; Kind-A lukewarm on Deadbeats; Waxes nostalgic for The Shadow and Doc Savage of old and ho-hums the current version; Gives a short recommendation for The Zone Continuum; Welcomes The Comics Utah newsletter to the fold.
Click here for the current Suspended Animation Reviews...

May 16, 2000

Help The Movie Business!
AMC, United Artists and Mann are on the ropes. It's a very tough time in the movie biz. Every major chain claims that film companies are sucking them dry. Moviegoers love the new stadium seating theaters, but with the cost of putting them up and liquidating the old ones as they do it, is threatening the financial collapse of the exhibitors.

Could you do better? Well, here's your chance to prove it! There's a new game on the web called Movie Boss. You run the theater. You book the movies. You decide to upgrade the theater. If you can make it work, you could influence the future of the movie business.
To give it a try, click here...

May 15, 2000

Ray Park Speaks Out
You probably know him best as Darth Maul, but Ray Park is returning to the screen this summer as Toad in the X-Men movie. He'll be available for chatting at Yahoo! on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:00pm. For more X-Men info be sure to check out the official site. They are releasing new pictures on the site weekly.

May 09, 2000

Star Wars Weekends
If you happen to find yourself at Disney-MGM this month, you are in for a treat! The Florida theme park is planning Star Wars Weekends all month. Characters from all four Star Wars films will be featured each Friday-Sunday in May. The first weekend featured Hugh Quarshie (Captain Panaka) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2) in a celebrity motorcade and question-and-answer session. Running throughout the day are behind-the-scenes Star Wars video diaries, a Jedi training camp where kids test their lightsaber skills, and Star Wars face-painting. There will also be a nightly Cantina Street Party and exclusive merchandise - t-shirts, posters, and pins. Future scheduled guests to Star Wars Weekends include: May 12-14 -- Iain McCaig (Concept Designer) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) May 19-21 - Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) and Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) May 26-28 - Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia, Saturday and Sunday) and Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett).

May 08, 2000

Marina and Dwight on Voyager
Marina Sirtis and Dwight Shultz will be appearing on Voyager this week. Be sure you don't miss it. The episode is titled Life Line and has Troi and Barclay helping the Voyager EMH save Dr. Zimmerman's life. If you don't know a lot about Star Trek and Voyager, this episode could be a little confusing. Robert Picardo plays two roles that share the same body - isn't Star Trek great?

May 06, 2000

Shanghai Noon Screening
We have another great movie screening for you! Go to the Official website to collect the answers to our quiz and then you'll be entered to win tickets to the screening of the movie on May 17 at 7:30pm at the Westminster Promenade Theater. The quiz is easy and the movie looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.
Click here to get tickets...

May 05, 2000

Andromeda Filming Announced
The Gene Roddenberry inspired Andromeda TV series will start filming in Toronto next week. According to the Hollywood Reporter, executive producer Alan Eastman says all the main casting is done and they have settled on the scripts for the first eight episodes. The syndicated series features Kevin (Hercules) Sorbo as a starship commander who's mission is to reestablish order in the war-torn Systems Commonwealth.

May 04, 2000

The Lathe of Heaven Returns!
Imagine a World shaped by your dreams.

Two decades after it first enthralled America, one of the most popular and innovative public television productions ever created will return to the airwaves in a special 20th Anniversary broadcast.

The Lathe of Heaven is a two-hour film about a man whose dreams reshape reality. In addition to the rebroadcast, an exclusive new interview by journalist Bill Moyers with Ursula K. Le Guin, the acclaimed author of the best-selling 1971 science fiction novel upon which the film was based, will also be shown. The film has been digitally re-mastered for this encore presentation on June 1, 2000 (check local listings for air time).

I remember reading the book and then being blown-away by the movie when I saw it in 1980. Since then, the movie has become the most requested program in the history of the public television. In 1998, Entertainment Weekly named it one of the top 100 greatest works of science fiction, saying, "it's rarely been seen since its original telecast - which only adds to its mystique." The film was not seen due to legal hassles with the rights to the film. Thank heavens they have been solved.

The movie should be available on VHS and DVD after the broadcast. Probably as one of those "premium" prizes that PBS shamelessly hustles during their pledge drives. I'll pay for it, and I hope you'll take the time to see it..

May 03, 2000

Suspended Animation Comics Reviews
Michael Vance takes a look back at Marvel's "New Universe" of the mid-'80s - specifically, at Star Brand - one of the best titles of that era.. The World lost one of its greatest comic artists recently, Don Martin. Mike takes a look back at the career of the "Mad" artist.
Click here to visit Suspended Animation Comic Reviews...

May 02, 2000

Video Release News
We did it! Lucasfilm has announced that work is currently underway to bring Star Wars to DVD. Don't hold your breath though, they won't be released until 2001. I've just finished updating the upcoming video release schedule. There are some worthy titles in the pipeline, including: Bicentennial Man, The Robocop Trilogy, and even a title called Safe House with Patrick Stewart that slipped past my radar.
Click here for the complete video release calendar...

May 01, 2000

SF TV Schedule
I've just put together the latest TV schedules for Angel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Earth: Final Conflict, Farscape · First Wave · La Femme Nikita · Star Trek: Voyager · Stargate SG-1 and Total Recall 2070. The shows with new episodes are in bold.
Click here to go to the listings...