From BBC Video comes the 60 minute Easter Special of Doctor Who entitled Planet of the Dead. After 4 seasons of the decades old series, the BBC is releasing a few single episode videos which are aired on BBC America and of course in England. These features are being shown to lead up to the reboot of the series that will feature the “regeneration” of David Tennant’s Doctor.

Starring: David Tennant the 10th Doctor and Michelle Ryan from the short-lived “Bionic Woman”; Planet of the Dead brings The Doctor and a bus full of passengers to a desert world where …

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After 25 years and a year and a half waiting, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has finally hit the screens. The film had a strong start as they introduced the characters whom brought the cartoons, comic books and action figures to life. Although there were changes and other alterations from the actual characters—some of these changes were improvements on the originals.  Others were destructive.

As a fan since the beginning I’ve offered up some reviews of the current and past action figures; the animated movie and even a sealed specialty—rare Headman figure. I’m sure you, the reader is curious to …

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The Informers is an entertaining, though wildly uneven movie based on the novel of the same name by author Bret Easton Ellis. Ellis is an acquired taste (to say the least), whose novels are comprised mainly of rich, spoiled, and emotionally dead young adults having sex with each other, and doing as many drugs as possible. His novels do have a satirical bent that when adapted properly, can make for very entertaining movies. American Psycho benefited greatly from a sharp script and a terrific performance from Christian Bale. The Rules of Attraction is the best movie adaptation of an Ellis novel. …

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Dakota Skye has won a decent amount of attention on the festival circuit, where it has one six prizes. The premise is unique and engaging and the actors are generally good, but the movie gets tired extremely quickly. Skye’s hipster attitude and quirkiness are entertaining for a while, but they soon grow tiresome and even boring. The press release for the movie claims that it has the “charm of Juno and mixes in a little Heroes”. If only that were true. Juno (for its many flaws) was well-written and expertly cast, and “Heroes” was a good show at one point, with …

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Fast & Furious is the 4th entry in the popular street-racing franchise and it’s a fast-paced good time. Vin Diesel flexes and broods returning to the franchise as Dom, a somewhat psychotic (though oddly likable)criminal, who along with his girlfriend Letty (a briefly glimpsed, scowling Michelle Rodriguez) is still performing heists and trying to outrun the law. Paul Walker also returns as FBI agent Brian O’Connor, along with Jordanna Brewster as Dom’s sister Mia. This is the sequel people wanted to the first movie all along. It wisely tries to ignore the sequels, except for an odd bit that does nothing …

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The Spectacular Spider-Man is an entertaining and light watch for kids and teenagers, but Spidey fans in general will enjoy the series, which currently airs on TheCW4Kids Network. The plots are simple but they never insult the intelligence of the audience and the episodes are mostly self-contained and full of classic Spidey villains. We’re a long way from the dark, brooding angst of Batman and even other incarnations of Spidey. The animation is bright and colorful and the art is stylized and clearly drawn.

The Spectacular Spider-man starts with a catchy opening theme and takes us back really early into the …

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In the early 90’s the names Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi and Mai Shiranui were as well known as Ken and Ryu.
Fatal Fury came off of a game system called Neo Geo which had arcade quality for the home gamer. For it’s time it was considered great and had a price for both the console and games to match. Nintendo had then picked it up and the titles Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special were born and distributed for the average gamer to afford. From the original to Special the graphics had …

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Throughout the years movies have portrayed many villains, some were over the top and some were under the table. The following list describes ten of the better villains which were attached to excellent films.  Make your own judgement, but you can’t deny the impact the following list makes on some great films.

10. Gordon Gekko: Michael Douglas–Wall Street. Coining the phrase “Greed….is good.” Gordon is what made up the yuppie life-style of the 80’s and was the first businessman to show his true colors. If a remake of “Wall Street” was to be made today, the phrase …

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The State was the nickname (and series title) for 11 incredibly talented members of a comedy troupe who had a series on MTV in the early 1990s. The show was extremely funny and spawned a huge cult following. Many of the members of the series have gone onto start on shows like Reno 911 and movies like the very funny Wet Hot American Summer. Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino recently played a gay couple on the CW series Reaper for a few episodes and nearly stole the series away from its stars. All 4 seasons are included along with an …

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Knowing was a box office flop and has a bad reputation, much like many of Nic Cage’s recent movies. Unlike his other recent movies though, Knowing isn’t deserving of its poor word of mouth. Knowing was ignored upon release and despite a few very good reviews (Roger Ebert loved it), it barely made a dent at the box office, and most of the reviews were negative. Knowing is a wildly entertaining sci fi flick with shades of X-Files and War of the Worlds. The effects are top-notch and there are a few truly harrowing scenes of disaster, directed with great intensity …

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