March 30th, 2004 at 1:21 pm (Movie News)
According to an article at BBC NEWS actor Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave (1994), Elizabeth (1998), The Others (2001), 28 Days Later… (2002)) has been cast as the next Dr. Who in the re-emerging TV Series. An earlier report stated that the BBC is trying to buy back the rights to the Daleks so they may appear in the new show.
March 26th, 2004 at 8:28 am (Movie News)
According to thisisyork.co.uk a real chocolate factory in York UK is being considered for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the upcoming Tim Burton remake of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) based on the book by children’s author Roald Dahl. Johnny Depp has been cast as Wonka.
March 24th, 2004 at 9:15 am (Trek Talk)
How can you not love a Next Generation episode with John de Lancie in it? Specially one where the incredible Q looses his power?!! Deja Q is not only a great plot idea but it provides opportunity for some fabulous moments and great lines. Who can forget the look on Guinean’s face as she realizes she can stomp on Q’s face as soon as no-one is looking, or the melodramatic wail that Q gives when he becomes hungry. As if the many beautiful moments of Q confronting people in his newfound feeble state were not enough we are also treated to the ticklish moment where Data not only laughs but guffaws while at his station.
March 19th, 2004 at 2:21 pm (1 - Pretty bad)
Dressed as a documentary the recent independent feature What the #$*! Do We Know?! (2004) invokes quantum mechanics and beautiful cinematography to provoke people into opening their minds and looking at the universe from a new perspective. Unfortunately most of the science in the movie is so faulty or misrepresented that the thesis of the authors seems deteriorates into a desperate attempt at rationalizing spiritual beliefs. What is worse a look behind the façade reveals the undisclosed impetus and funding for What the… comes from Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment spreading a shroud of doubt over all the material included in the movie.
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March 17th, 2004 at 9:12 am (Movie News)
I just got a look at a rough draft for the Thunderbirds international trailer at Dark Horizons: Trailers which includes a lot more footage from the movie and I think I need to recant my stated admiration for the look of the movie. Not only does this flick look like a poor attempt at copying the success of Spy Kids (2001) but a better view of the Thunderbirds vehicles in full set shows they look more like cheesy little models than fully developed effect shots. It seems I am not the only one having doubts about this one, according to Animated News crew who have seen a nearly finished movie expect it to bomb.
March 16th, 2004 at 8:14 am (TV News)
According to an article posted last week on FilmForce the WB, FOX and Mutant Enemy are holding talks to consider options to keep Joss Whedon’s Angel on the air. The WB announced in February that Angel would end with the fifth season, details are at: Film Roar: Season 5 of Angel to be the Last
March 12th, 2004 at 3:03 pm (Trek Talk)
Oh sure, the bits in The High Ground about the children terrorist and the well-meaning warrior drawing pictures of Beverly are a bit gratutitous, but hey, they are worth overlooking for what is after all a pretty good episode. We get to see a lot of the very beautiful Gates McFadden and get to see her and Patrick Stewart (probably the best two actors on the show) share scenes and dialogue. The question of when do you stop calling someone a terrorist and instead refer to them as a ‘freedom fighter’ is also an interesting one.