Bad news for fantasy fans of ‘Excaliber’ means good news for sci-fi fans of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ as Bryan Singer has confirmed that the planned reboot of the 1981 epic movie ‘Excaliber’ has been officially killed and will not be made. So what happened? According to Singer, “The project was with Warner Bros and what happened [...]

What is it with scriptwriters? Don’t they actually think through their storylines and the logical consequences of story elements? ‘The Thing’ is a remake (though they call it a prequel) of the terrific 1982 John Carpenter film ‘The Thing’, which itself is a remake — or, better, reimagining — of the scary 1951 film ‘The [...]

Regardless of what you may have thought of ‘Transformers 3’, Hasbro’s CEO Brian Goldner thinks there’s room for more. On a conference call regarding the third quarter earnings of the company, Goldner said that Hasbro is currently in active discussions with Paramount, director Michael Bay and producer Steven Spielberg to make a ‘Transformers 4’. Although news [...]

Robert Kirkman’s comic book ‘The Walking Dead’ is one of the most brilliantly written books on the market. When the comic series, which recounts the story of a group of survivors amidst a zombie apocalypse, was transformed into a television series in 2010 by AMC, it was a wonderful surprise for fans of zombies and [...]

Did watching ‘The Walking Dead’ last night get you thinking how unprepared you are in the event of a zombie attack? Do you consider ‘World War Z’ more than just a great read? Do you need to update your zombie arsenal? Then Westlake Hardware is here for you! In a novel marketing approach, Westlake Hardware [...]

Dexter is undergoing some major faith issues this season, and it continues into this episode. Deb is dealing with becoming Lieutenant at a young age, and breaking up with Quinn when he wants to get serious. Professor Gellar and Travis have trapped their next victim. True to Dexter storytelling, we have received a lot of [...]

The sixth annual Spike TV Scream Awards was held last night at Universal Studios to celebrate the best of all things in science fiction, horror, comics and fantasy. This was a star studded event with celebrities such as Quentin Tarantino (‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Kill Bill’), Ana Torv (‘Fringe’), Kate Beckinsale (‘Underworld’), Nicolas Cage, Robert Downey Dr., [...]

A couple of months back, we got word that ‘Conan the Barbarian’ writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer had turned in a script for a ‘Doctor Strange’ film to Marvel Pictures. Since then, we’ve only heard rumors including one that Johnny Depp was interested in playing Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme with Guillermo del Toro directing. While [...]

After what has seemed like an incredibly long wait, ‘The Walking Dead’ is back. Picking up only a few days after the previous season finale, Rick and the group are ready to move on from Atlanta. The incident at the CDC has broken a lot of spirits and sapped a lot of the remaining hope [...]

Deadpool, Marvel Comics’ Merc with a Mouth, has never been a character for doing usual stories and he may soon be doing one of his most unusual yet. He is one of Marvel’s most popular characters and it seems like next year, we can change that to say “He was…”. In ‘Deadpool’ #50, which will [...]

They said the passenger pigeons were dense enough to blacken the skies. They said the bison on the plains were more than the sand-grains on a beach. But these were as nothing compared to the human cattle that walk the earth today. Never have there been such herds: so pleasingly available, so docile, so very [...]

When DC Comics announced Frankenstein would be a part of the New 52, I don’t think anyone expected it to be one of their best books. Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli have created something special with Frankenstein, and the other agents of S.H.A.D.E. In this #2 issue they pick up investigating a set of monstrous [...]

Halloween is coming, and its that time of year when costuming is on the mind. Don’t have a lot of spending money? I’m here to help with a few tips that I’ve played with over the years. I do costuming as a hobby, but I like to be as cheap as possible. 1. Plan ahead [...]

Not much is heard officially from the 2nd Mass compound, but if you follow several of the actors twitter accounts, you’ll find they are hard at work getting ready to film next season’s episodes. Although ‘Falling Skies’ won’t be back on the small screen until next summer, the cast has already assembled in Vancouver to [...]

I’d never read ‘The Punisher’ until this series.  Violent vigilante that goes around killing folks?  No thanks!  But Patrick, our site’s owner, asked me to check it out and thank goodness he did!  This series is EXCELLENT! This story arc began in issue #1, when some gangsters crash a wedding reception and kill almost everyone [...]