THE ICS FILES
| 3.THE GLASS TEAT
Year of Xander. According to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER producer Jane Espenson, next season will be the "Year of Xander." We'll have to wait to see what that means. She added that writers will create a "very interesting" storyline for Riley, Buffy's boyfriend of last season. She also mentioned that BUFFY's creator, Joss Whedon, is writing a comic book miniseries for later this year that places the characters about 10 years in the future. . . . BUFFY gets her sidekick. Michelle Trachtenberg (HARRIET THE SPY) has won the role of Dawn, Buffy's young psychic pal. Trachtenberg's character will debut in the series' fifth season. Dawn will reportedly develop a sisterly relationship with Buffy and develop a crush on Buffy's buddy, Xander. Trachtenberg, 14, appeared with Matthew Broderick in Disney's 1999 INSPECTOR GADGET. . . . BUFFY draws critic's praise. The nation's television critics picked BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER as one of the best shows on TV. Buffy ranked No. 4 in the semi-annual poll of critics from 57 daily U.S. newspapers. The show is well written and acted enough that it's one of the few pieces of imaginative television that appeals to people that, otherwise, would never give the show a chance. . . . NIKITA back as a TV Movie? Peta Wilson, star of the canceled series LA FEMME NIKITA, said that the show could return as a TV movie. "There's talk of me doing a LA FEMME NIKITA TV movie, but I really don't know." She added, "They haven't destroyed the sets on LA FEMME NIKITA yet." As for the show's future as a series, she said, "We don't know what's going to happen next [any more than] you do. Things change." USA canceled the popular series, which is currently winding up its last season, because of a contract dispute with the show's producer, Warner Bros. "[It] was purely a political thing between the network and the studio," Wilson said. "It really had nothing to do with us, the cast or the fans. It wasn't personal." . . . A look at the science behind the fiction. The SCI FI Channel will began production on FI-SCI WITH PENN JILLETTE: THE FICTION-SCIENCE SHOW, a series of four one-hour specials featuring the magician who makes up one half of Penn & Teller. Jillette will take a tongue-in-cheek look at the science behind the fiction of several classic SF television shows and movies. In the first special, Jillette will travel to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to ask about the possibility of a computer like HAL from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Next, Jillette will talk to NASA about the feasibility of long-term space travel, as depicted in the 1968 classic movie. In other shows, Penn will talk to evolutionary scientists about the possibility of a real-life PLANET OF THE APES; examine with geneticists the reality of cloning as seen in JURASSIC PARK and THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL; and discuss the science behind volcano and asteroid disasters. . . . Fox execs play a round of "stupid scheduling tricks." If you're a fan of the WB's ANGEL and are interested in James Cameron's new show, DARK ANGEL, you'll have some decisions to make. Fox has scheduled DARK ANGEL on Tuesday nights at 9 P.M., opposite ANGEL. We'll see who blinks first. . . .Now THAT'S a commitment! Robert Hewitt Wolf, producer of GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA, has got commitments for two years (44 episodes) worth of shows. The show will have an over-arching arc but will focus on mostly stand-alone episodes. It's set in the future when a governing body that looks an awful lot like the Federation has fallen and anarchy rules. One man, who has been out of commission for the hundred years, seeks to restore order. . . . ROLAND 99 is coming to a computer near you. Sci-Fi.COM in the fall will debut ROLAND 99, the first Internet-based animated series to combine stop-motion and Flash technology. ROLAND 99 will make use of an exclusive production technique that offers fluid, broadcast-quality animation over the Internet. Set in the year 4212, ROLAND 99 will be a futuristic adventure thriller starring a heroine with the code name Roland 99 equipped with bionic gun gloves, a cyber eye and a trademark half-shaved head. |
| 4.THE COMPETITION TO REPLACE MULDER HAS BEEN TERMINATED
There's been a gold rush on for actors to get into the same gig from which David Duchovny has publicly and messily been trying extricate himself. Actors have been slugging it out to be Dana Scully's new partner. Beating out actors like Bruce Campbell (JACK OF ALL TRADES and who also appeared in the sixth-season X-FILES episode "Terms of Endearment"), Hart Bochner (who most recently appeared in the film ANYWHERE BUT HERE) and Lou Diamond Phillips, the part has gone to Robert Patrick. Patrick is, of course, famous for playing the unstoppable liquid-metal killer robot in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY. He's recently been in episodes of HBO's THE SOPRANOS. Those notorious "unnamed sources" have said that THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter tested the four actors for the role, looking for what's been described as a blue-collar man's man and a knee-jerk skeptic. Chris Carter describes the new character. "His name is John Doggett, and he comes in on the manhunt for the search for Agent Mulder. . . .He believes, coming in, that everything can be solved if you just employ very good cop/police technique. . . . Special Agent John Doggett, is a member of the FBI fraternity, so he's like one of the guys. He's like one of the hard core there. He's on his way up the ladder. He's a do-gooder, in a sense. But he's his own man. So what he represents to them is a threat to the . . . X-Files, because it's a basement operation. So in coming to look for Mulder, to find Mulder, he is . . .a part of the system and now he's attacking the X-Files. So he isn't working as Agent Scully's partner. But at some point, he will come to . . .a place where they can agree to disagree." Carter said Doggett is a former New York police detective and U.S. Marine. "Robert Patrick just embodied this character. Everything from the timbre of his voice to his presence to his intensity. I saw him and Scully as worthy adversaries and worthy partners. ... He would be able to stand up to her both as an actor and a character. Mulder was the consummate outsider. We wanted someone who was blue-collar, a former cop, a man's man, and Robert Patrick came in and blew us away." |
| 5.CARTER CONTEMPLATES OTHER CHANGES ON THE X-FILES
Agent Scully and Assistant Director Skinner are due a makeover now that they have a new character to react with. "Agent Scully has always been the skeptic. Over seven years, of course, [she] has seen enough to lower her skepticism, and now that Agent Mulder has been abducted, the only way to find him is to accept what Skinner is saying. So the two of them become reluctant believers, and that's the way we make room for this new character." Fox Mulder will, of course, still be a part of the show on a limited basis. Expect his return in some form in the first two episodes of the season. Carter explains, "I had to write the season finale, which was called 'Requiem,' . . .not knowing whether or not we'd be back. So it actually set up an interesting problem for me in coming back now, in doing an eighth year. And that has actually worked with David's availability this year." Carter said he'd also beef up the roles of Assistant FBI director Walter Skinner, the villainous Alex Krycek and the duplicitous Marita Covarrubias. He added he'd love to bring back the character of Frank Black (Lance Henriksen's character in MILLENNIUM), depending on Henriksen's availability. Among the issues the season will explore: What happened to Mulder's sister, which was partly answered in the past season; whether the Cancer Man is really dead; what the deal is with the various alien races; and whatever happened to Gibson Praise, the mind-reading little boy. Carter also promised to tone down the slapstick humor and return to telling "good, scary stories." As for Agent Scully's pregnancy? "We hinted at a relationship with Mulder. We're going to go back and explore that. . . .And . . . she's a very lonely character, and now she's even lonelier without Mulder. . . .We're going to explore what happened this season. So while it may seem as if you missed something, and you did, you will not miss it in the end." Overall, the eighth season of the series will add one new face, feature the return of several old ones and answer a lot of questions left over from this year. The season premiere of THE X-FILES is Nov. 8th. |
| 6.WE WILL HAVE DANA SCULLY TO KICK AROUND SOME MORE
Provided the show lasts beyond this season, we'll have time to see the relationship to see Scully and Doggett's relationship develop. Gillian Anderson has signed for a ninth season, if there is one. There's been no secret that she's had a strained relationship with Duchovny. Maybe the new man in her life will make her feel more at home on the series. |
| 7.CHRIS CARTER LOOKS AHEAD TO THE LONE GUNMEN
Carter said that his new show, an X-FILES spinoff based on the amateur covert operatives known as The Lone Gunmen, won't start filming until October. Expect its debut sometime in March. Carter said the series will be more light-hearted than THE X-FILES, but will have a mythology all its own. Carter is using caution with THE LONE GUNMEN, still stinging from the failure of HARSH REALM. "You've got to be careful," he said. "As I saw with HARSH REALM, if you introduce it too early, you lose your opportunity to get people to come to the show . . .as readily. So you've actually got to build through straight story-telling before you start building mythology, and that's probably the way LONE GUNMEN will work." |
| 8.GET READY FOR A NEW TWIST FROM BUFFY
**SPOILER ALERT-DO NOT READ IF YOU'D RATHER BE SURPRISED** BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER has been an enjoyable show to watch because the writing has stayed at such a consistently high caliber. They don't write "down" to the viewers. They do what they do and they expect you to keep up. According to staff-writer David Fury, fans of the show are about to be thrown a major curve. The new character, Dawn, will appear in the series' season-five opener, but won't be explained until later. The character, who will be the focus of the season's second episode, will have mysterious origins and will fulfill a prophecy planted at the end of the third season. "Everyone has memories of her being a part of Buffy's life," Fury said. "They all know her. She's been living in the house all this time. It creates this very bizarre mystery that is not always the focus of the episode; it's just something that's underlying that. It leaves the audience wondering. . . . But, for all intents and purposes, there is a Dawn Summers that has always lived and shared a house and shared parents [with Buffy]." The character, to be played by Michelle Trachtenberg, will be tied to the season's main threat. "I'll just say this--we're moving into 'god' territory, ... possibly something along the lines of The-Powers-That-Be on ANGEL. But more importantly, they're not just your run-of-the-mill demon-of-the-week or vampires looking to take control. They're pretty terrible and ancient and pretty all-powerful." Fury said fans will also find out the meaning behind the phrase "Little Miss Muffet counting down from 730," uttered by the character Faith (Eliza Dushku) in a dream sequence at the end of the third season, which is an apparent reference to Dawn. |
| 9.OTHER CHANGES FOR BUFFY THIS YEAR
Clare Kramer (BRING IT ON) will play a recurring role on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER next season. Kramer joins Michelle Trachtenberg, who takes on a recurring role as Buffy's kid sister. The vampire Drusilla (Juliet Landau) will return, first on the BUFFY spinoff series ANGEL and later on BUFFY. A recurring character of Amy was turned into a rat two years ago.DavidFury (see above) said "there's a very good chance of Amy [Elizabeth Anne Allen] getting de-ratted." He said that BUFFY's fifth season will focus on family themes. The characters of Anya (Emma Caulfield), Tara (Amber Benson) and Riley (Marc Blucas) will return. Xander (Nicholas Brendon) will find a job ''in the skilled labor industry,'' Fury said. Buffy will also formally ask Giles to resume his duties as her Watcher, which may necessitate a trip to England and a meeting with the Watcher's Council. |
| 10.SCI-FI CHANNEL--A MODERN DAY CASABLANCA
In the movie CASABLANCA, the city was depicted as the final refuge for the desperate. It was the place where those facing extinction from the cruel hands of the Nazis would flee, in hopes of finding passage to a place of safety. Today, if you're a producer of a TV show that is based on a science-fiction, fantasy or horror premise and your show gets canceled you'll have one final place to turn--the Sci-Fi Channel. Just as it did with SLIDERS, the channel is currently a "shining beacon of hope all alone in the night." Following, we'll look at some of those shows that constitute the population of hopeful immigrants waiting for sanctuary. |
| 11.SCI-FI CASABLANCA: NOW & AGAIN
This was a popular show canceled by CBS last spring. It was about an overweight middle-aged guy (John Goodman in the first episode) who is in a terrible accident. His brain is put into the body of a newly-created super strong stud-muffin and he's been given assignments to carry out by his government handler. He's forbidden any contact with his family or the people in his past. At the recent Shore Leave convention, series regular Gerrit Graham said that talks were going on to move the show to the Sci-Fi Channel. Since the cable channel has considerably less money than the network he knew that it would entail a sizable cut in pay. He vowed to commit to the show, even at the sacrifice of his bank account. |
| 12.SCI-FI CASABLANCA: THE OTHERS
This series, about a band of people with psychic abilities that have banded together, was part of the Saturday night "Thrillogy" on NBC. There was some interest at the Sci-Fi Channel in reviving the show. THE OTHERS executive producer Glen Morgan (formerly of THE X-FILES and MILLENNIUM) recently said that the series is dead, despite comments from the Sci Fi Channel. "New episodes won't air," Morgan said. "They're all dead," referring to the season finale in which all of the characters appeared to die. It was to be explained away in the coming season. Mentioning an earlier show that he and partner James Wong had worked in, he added, "I take the same position as I did on SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND. . . . The show is over, so they're dead." |
| 13.SCI-FI CASABLANCA: CRUSADE
CRUSADE was the promising sequel to BABYLON 5 that was canceled by TNT before the first episode aired after a disagreement with producer Joe Straczynski about sex and violence (ironically, the cable channel wanted more of it and dumbed down story lines). Looking forward to the coming re-runs of BABYLON 5 on the Sci-Fi Channel (see below) and reflecting on the loss of CRUSADE, Straczynski recently observed, "I often get asked, 'What can the fans do?' Here's an answer. There are still a lot of folks who, for one reason or another, never checked out the show, often because they were concerned about disloyalty to S[TAR] T[REK] or the like. If every B5 fan went out and got 5 to 10 people who'd never watched the show, and bugged them to watch the cycle when it starts on SFC. . .who knows what remarkable things could happen?" It's entirely possible for Sci-Fi to resume shooting CRUSADE. |
| 14.BABYLON 5 AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
When The Sci-Fi Channel begins airing BABYLON 5 this fall, it will show the series in a never-before-seen letterbox format. B5 begins its Sci-Fi run on Sept. 25 and will run Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. Prior to the series premiere on Sci-Fi, the network's new series SCIOGRAPHY, which looks at SF&F entertainment, will devote an episode to the behind-the-scenes story of BABYLON 5. The BABYLON 5 episode of SCIOGRAPHY will air on Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. The hour-long episode will feature interviews with cast and crew and offer BABYLON 5's main star after the first season; threats by cast members to walk off; on-set accidents; and the struggle to find a syndicator to air the show's fifth season. |
| 15.SCI-FI IS THE HOME OF BLACK SCORPION
The Sci-Fi Channel has bought the rights to 22 episodes of BLACK SCORPION, a new super hero action series from Roger Corman's New Concorde company. It features lots of T&A (as much as the channel can show) and TV's Batman as a bad guy! BLACK SCORPION stars former Miss Kansas Michelle Lintel as a crime-fighting superhero. She plays Darcy Walker, a second-generation cop whose father is murdered at the hands of the evil Breathtaker (Adam West). Darcy chooses to avenge his death by becoming the Black Scorpion, a leather-clad superhero with an array of high-tech weapons and a Black Scorpionmobile. The series will also feature 17 Playboy playmates and Penthouse Pets, including Playmate of the Year Victoria Silvstedt as the villain, Hourglass. Look for the show's debut early next year. |
| 16.A SHATNERIAN RANT PROCLAIMS "I'M NOT KIRK!"
William Shatner has aimed a rant at fans who really think he is Captain Kirk. Shatner, who hosted a gala at Montreal's "Just for Laughs" Festival in Canada, delivered a spoof of Molson Beer's "I Am Canadian" rant. He said, "Hey, I'm not a Starfleet commander or T.J. Hooker I don't live on Starship NCC-1701 or own a phaser. I don't know anyone named Bones, Sulu or Spock. And no, I've never had green alien sex - although I'm sure it would be quite an evening. I speak English and French, not Klingon. I drink Labatt's, not Romulan ale. And when someone says to me, 'Live long and prosper,' I seriously mean it when I say 'Get a life!'... My doctor's name is not McCoy, it's Ginsberg. And Tribbles were puppets! Not real animals! Puppets! And when I speak, I never, ever, talk / like / every / word / is / its / own / sentence! . . . I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. I believe in Priceline.com, where you never have to pay full price for airline tickets, hotels and car rentals. I have appeared on stage at Stratford, Carnegie Hall, Albert Hall and at the Monkland Theatre in NDG (Notre Dame de Grace). And yes, I've gone where no man has gone before. But I was in Mexico and her father gave me permission. My name is William Shatner and I AM CANADIAN." |
| 17.CHAKOTAY POOPS ON VOYAGER
Robert Beltran, who plays first officer Chakotay on STAR TREK: VOYAGER, had some extremely nasty things to say about his show, specifically the writers and producers. "I don't mean to denigrate my work in VOYAGER, and I'm not saying anything that probably the rest of the cast wouldn't say either, but you know STAR TREK is pretty much a formula show, and the episodes that we've seen on VOYAGER are pretty much variations of the same episodes from DEEP SPACE NINE or THE NEXT GENERATION." Beltran had particularly harsh words for the writers of the recent episode that brought back Jennifer Lien's character, Kes. "What they asked her to do with her character, I didn't understand. I think our writers are that far from brain damaged. I don't get them. But we were happy to have her. She's great. We love Jennifer. I wish she had never left the show; she's a really fine actress. But it was just the same old indication of our writers and producers having their head firmly up their collective ass. Sorry, kids. You see, this will all get back to them. That's why I'm saying it. That's fine. Maybe they'll let me go by the middle of the season. I'll be a regular on ER or something." Beltran added, "I think the STAR TREK franchise has sort of run its course. It's peaked, and it can only go down now. Then hopefully it will peak again. But their spin about the show is that Seven-of-Nine saved the show. But the numbers don't bear that out at all. I wouldn't say I had a bitter taste about the show, but it makes me a lot less caring about the show when the writers don't seem to care about all the cast. When that happens, I check out right away and give as little as possible emotional involvement as I can. So I would have to say, honestly, that for probably the last two or two and a half years, I haven't quite read a full VOYAGER script. It's not necessary, because I already know what's going to happen. I don't want to put myself to the aggravation." |
| 18.YOU CAN GET THE CHANCE TO REPLACE A DISGRUNTLED
VOYAGER CAST MEMBER
Well--for a few moments anyway. The official STAR TREK site, StarTrek.com, has announced a new trivia challenge. The ultimate prize is an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood and a walk-on part on STAR TREK: VOYAGER. I'd bring a phaser if I were you. I hear that things are a tad tense on the set (read the above). |
| 19.VOYAGER PREPARES TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS
STAR TREK: VOYAGER's new executive producer Ken Biller said that fans should expect closure in the seventh and final season. "We are definitely working hard to wrap up some series-long arcs for several of our characters," Biller said He added, "You'll see Capt. Janeway's ongoing and single-minded quest to get her crew home. I'm not going to tell you whether or not she is going to accomplish that just yet, but it's something that has been her single purpose from the beginning, and it will get exacerbated this season to the point that she is really feeling the pressure. She'll have to decide just how far she is willing to go to succeed." Biller also promised to resolve the Tom Paris-B'Elanna Torres romance. "We now have a few different story lines that will resolve their relationship in a way that is surprising and in tune with STAR TREK, without being soap opera-ish. Part of the arc involves Voyager encountering a generational Klingon ship that has been traveling from the Alpha Quadrant toward the Delta Quadrant for many years. The offspring of the original Klingons who went off on this journey are people who don't understand that their fight with the Federation ended decades ago." |
| 20.JAMES CAMERON ABANDONS THE RED PLANET . . .
James Cameron mentioned that he has shelved plans to adapt Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy of novels as a miniseries for Fox. "These books would not be well served in television, and the story was too big a meal for a feature film," Cameron said. No telling if the thud of MISSION TO MARS at the box office had anything to do with it. |
| 21. . . . FOR A DARK ANGEL
The object of Cameron's fancy, the $8 million dollar futuristic two-hour pilot for DARK ANGEL, which stars Jessica Alba as Max, a genetically enhanced warrior in a futuristic Seattle, is making him think of the ol' days. "To me this is kind of like going back to my roots," Cameron said. "I came from low-budget, guerrilla film making. We would shoot a whole 90-minute picture in three weeks for practically no budget. TV is a little like that, except that the writing is much better. . . . I think of it as a continuum. The whole first season, we've already mapped out the story. It's like this big novel . . . in 41-minute chunks." Max is supersmart and superstrong, has a high tolerance for pain, heat and cold, and fights corruption in a post-apocalyptic America. "We want the audience to get the sense that Max does have vulnerabilities," Cameron said. "We want to show that she's smarter, faster and can see in the dark, but it's important to convey that ... Max can get the flu, have a cold and have a bad day." Former STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE producer Rene Echevarria has signed on as co-executive producer of DARK ANGEL. Last season he worked as a supervising producer on NOW & AGAIN. |
| 22.SNAKE PLISSKEN? I THOUGHT YOU WAS DAID!
Another name director is deserting the silver screen for the green one. John Carpenter will develop a syndicated television series based on Snake Plissken, Kurt Russell's character from Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and ESCAPE FROM L.A.Carpenter, Russell and Carpenter's longtime producing partner, Debra Hill, will executive produce the series for Tribune Entertainment for the 2001 season, the trade reported. Russell won't reprise his role in the series, which will also be called ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. The series will mark Carpenter's first television series. It will take place in the 21st century, after natural disasters have devastated the world. The U.S. president will hire Plissken as a roving agent for the United Nations, traveling to the Earth's surviving cities to help restore order. If the series succeeds, Hill told the Reporter that the team might consider a third movie based on the character. The feature would be titled ESCAPE FROM EARTH, which is exactly what I wanted to do when I suffered through ESCAPE FROM L.A. |
| 23.THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN SPALDING!
More than 100 episodes of Groucho Marx's 1950s TV show YOU BET YOUR LIFE have been unearthed, including outtakes featuring the comedian's risqué humor that was deemed inappropriate for television at the time. TV producer Paul Brownstein said that the newly discovered films will be released to cable stations and packaged for release on DVD under the title THE LOST GROUCHO SHOWS. They were never previously released because they were filmed between 1950 and 1954 when the musical conductor was Jerry Fielding, who was blacklisted after he was called before the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC) and refused to testify. The sponsor of the program, the DeSoto-Plymouth Dealers of America subsequently demanded that he immediately be fired. Fielding later told Marx biographer Hector Arce: "They wanted me to name Groucho." Marx himself later remarked, "That I bowed to the sponsor's demands is one of the greatest regrets of my life." |
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| 24.THINGS TO COME
OTAKON, August 4, 5, 6 is an anime' convention being held in the Baltimore Convention Center. It started out in State College, Pennsylvania in 1994 with 350 attendees. Last year it blossomed into the second largest anime' con in the U.S. with 4,500 in attendance. Their guest list is made up of the greatest names in anime' today. They're offering Simon Yam, Kunihiko Ikuhara (Be-Papas), Shinya Hasegawa, Hiroaki Sakurai, Yoshitoshi ABe, Yasuyuki Ueda, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and bôa as their featured guests, along with a host of others. Tickets run $45 for the three day weekend, $25 for Friday only, $30 for Saturday and $15 for Sunday. MAIN MISSION is taking place September 1-3 in New York City at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. According to them, "Our 'main mission' in organizing this event is three-fold: 1) to revitalize SPACE: 1999 fandom; 2) to build momentum for an eventual relaunch of the SPACE: 1999 series; and 3) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this epic television classic." Not surprisingly, their guest list is made up mostly of people connected with SPACE: 1999. From the show they've gotten Martin Landau, Prentis Hancock,John Hug, Zienia Merton, Barry Morse, Alibe Parsons, Anton Phillips, Suzanne Roquette, Catherine Schell and Nick Tate. They also have creative and technical people from the show, including George Bellak (SPACE: 1999 writer, debut episode, "Breakaway"), Johnny Byrne (SPACE: 1999 Writer and Story Editor), Brian Johnson (SPACE: 1999 Special Effects Director), Chris Penfold (SPACE: 1999 Writer and Story Editor), David Tomblin (THE PRISONER, SPACE: 1999 Director) and Keith Wilson (SPACE: 1999 Production Designer). Additional guests include Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), John Muir (author of Exploring Space: 1999), Corinne Orr (actress, voiceover talent Corinne Orr Web Page), Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy Web Page), Chris Trice (Motion Control Model Supervisor, BATTLEFIELD EARTH) and Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Janice Rand, STAR TREK). Tickets are $50 a day or $150 for the three day weekend (!). For more information either e-mail Ton Loery at t.lowery3@gte.net or you can reach him at MainMission:2000; c/o UnitedVision, Inc.; Registration Department; 473 Monmouth Street, Suite 6; Jersey City, NJ 07302 GAYLAXICON 2000 will take place in Arlington, Va. at the Arlington Hilton on October 6-9. This is the only fan-run science-fiction and fantasy convention for and by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered people and their friends and is sponsored by the Gaylactic Network. Guests include numerous artists, authors and others working in the field of literary sci-fi. Registration is $45 until September 8 and $55 afterwards. To contact them click on the above link or write to Gaylaxicon 2000/ P.O. Box 1862/ Annandale, VA 22003-9862 USA FARPOINT will be held on October 6-8 at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn, just north of Baltimore. Featured guests include Andreas Katsulas (G’Kar, BABYLON 5), Cecily Adams (Moogie, ST:DS9), Aaron Eisenberg (Nog, ST:DS9), Max Grodenchk (Rom, ST:DS9), Chase Masterson (Leeta, ST:DS9), Tucker Smallwood (SPACE, ABOVE AND BEYOND), Lolita Fatjo (Pre-Production Coordinator, ST: VOYAGER) and Astronaut Ed Mitchell (the 6th man to walk on the Moon). A special "Celebrity Showcase" event will take place on Friday night. Max Grodenchik is writing an sci-fi parody to be performed that evening by guests Chase Masterson, Cecily Adams and Aron Eisenberg. There will also be a Klingon Feast on Friday with live (and appropriate) entertainment. There will be a Saturday night masquerade gala. And of course there'll be a dealer's room, art show, auction, panels and films. The pricing is a bit complex for all of this, depending what package you select. You could do a basic weekend for $45 or a basic weekend with reserved seating for $55. Neither of these includes the Friday night play, which is an extra $20. They have day rates that range from $10 to $40, depending on how many extras that you throw in. For more information, click on the above link, e-mail at swilson15@home.com or write to Farpoint, 6099 Hunt Club Road, Elkridge, MD 21075. CHILLER THEATER will take place in New Jersey's Meadowlands on October 27-9. At this point guests include Billy Dee Williams (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), James Doohan (STAR TREK), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris on STAR TREK: VOYAGER), Ethan Phillips (Mr. Neelix on STAR TREK: VOYAGER), Andrew Robinson (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9), Bob May (The Robot from TV's LOST IN SPACE), Dick Tufeld (The Robot's Voice from TV's LOST IN SPACE), Carel Struyken (Lurch from the movie THE ADDAMS FAMILY), three cast members from the 1965 Russ Meyer classic-FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL KILL (Haji, Tura Satana & Lori Willams), Tina Krause, Tina (actress, director, model - "Fracture Films"), Pamela Hazelton (author, designer & The Black Dahlia Web Site), Richard Lynch (BAD DREAMS, INVASION USA), Jospeh M. Monks (author, Cry For Dawn, Agony In Black) and BernieWrightson, Bernie (legendary horror artist). Tickets ordered before September 29th are $25 for the weekend. Otherwise they're $15 a day. If you're interested hit the above link or write to P O Box 23, Rutherford, NJ 07070. |
| 25.BABYLON 5 COMICS DUE OUT
BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans to expect more B5 stories under his own imprint from Top Cow comics. "I'm doing the 'Rising Stars' books from Top Cow, which are in the top 20 of comics, which is great ... to the point that TC has offered me my own imprint," Straczynski said. "So starting in September, the first issue of my imprint will be out. The comic title is Midnight Nation, and the imprint of the title overall is JOE'S COMICS.In addition to that, we're in the process of selling the Rising Stars film rights, and there are some TV/film related projects that are in the early stages, but not yet nailed down to a point where I can talk about them. But expect some info in the next few weeks." |
| 26.BRADBURY'S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
CalTech doesn't get a lot of authors addressing their commencement ceremonies. The prior one was in 1928. They decided to break that dry spell this year with Ray Bradbury. He gave the graduates some advice on how to be successful. First, avoid watching television news. Second, tell whoever doesn't believe in them to go to hell. Finally, move into the future with those who do believe in them. He recollected, "I began to write when I was 12 years old, about going to the moon, about going to Mars, about moving out into the universe. Thank God I made that decision, against all the people who said, 'Don't do that.'" |
| 27.JAMES CAMERON SAYS NO TO T3
James Cameron, creator of THE TERMINATOR and T2, won't be back for TERMINATOR 3. He reflected, "I don't control the rights, and to build value in someone else's franchise really doesn't make sense." Ahnold could get his wish granted to work with Cameron again, though. The director said that he'd preferred to develop a sequel to TRUE LIES, the 1994 movie that starred Schwarzenegger. T3 will document the wars between humans and machines, and is slated for a 2002 release. Schwarzenegger has already said he will reprise the title role in the sequel. |
| 28.GUESS PAUL NEWMAN NEVER SAW BATMAN & ROBIN
George Clooney recently got the wind knocked out of his sails with an embarrassing close encounter with Paul Newman. Despite Clooney's status as an "A" list actor, like many actors, he's still prone to idol worship. He begged his pal, Robin Wright, to introduce him to mutual friend Paul Newman when he heard that Newman had been spotted on the Warner Bros. lot that day. But the introduction wasn't quite as memorable for Newman. Clooney recalled, "Newman walked by and Robin said, 'Uh, Paul, this is George. ' He goes, 'How are you going, George?' and I go, 'Mr. Newman, how are you?' And I talk to him for a minute and he's really nice. And he's like, 'So what do you do, George?' I say, 'Well, I'm an actor'. He goes, 'Well, hang in there. Don't give up.'" |
| 29.BRANDO THROWING HIS WEIGHT AROUND AGAIN?
In an apparent effort to force the makers of THE SCORE, now filming in Canada, to shoot him in close-up, Marlon Brando has been arriving on the set naked from the waist down. Citing people who have worked with him on the movie, we're told. "This has quite disconcerted his castmates," who include Angela Bassett, Ed Norton and Robert De Niro. It may be rather late in the day for Brando to be so concerned about his weight. Oh for the days of THE GODFATHER. At least there, all you had to kiss was his ring. |
| 30.MARK WAHLBERG SAYS KEEP YOUR EYES OFF THE PRIZE
Unlike Brando, Mark Wahlberg would rather keep his private parts private. He complained that men are always playing peek-a-boo with him. The actor played stunningly well-endowed porn star Dirk Diggler in BOOGIE NIGHTS. At the end of the film the character displayed his enormous, uh, "talent" (using what we're told was a gigantic prosthesis). Now Wahlberg says he can't go anywhere without attracting stares. He said, "I went out to the Met Bar in London and I was in the bathroom and guys kept checking me out." But Wahlberg, who's currently appearing in THE PERFECT STORM, says that he doesn't feel flattered by the attention. He says, "It's become a bit of a pain actually." |
| 31.BALTIMORE'S SENATOR THEATER IN TROUBLE
Baltimore's lovely old 1939 art deco movie palace, the Senator Theater, is in trouble. They're delinquent on several bills and loans from private and government sources. In a world of google-plexes and concrete walls, the Senator gives us a glimpse of twentieth century movie-going elegance when a trip to the theater was a special event. USA Toady designated the Senator as one of the four best movie theaters in the country. An incomplete list of the notable names who have been the center of special events held at the theater includes Muhammad Ali, Robert Altman, Frank Capra, Terry Gilliam, Norman Jewison, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Johnny Depp, Danny DeVito, Yaphet Kotto, Ricki Lake, Joe Mantegna, Shirley MacLaine, Kathleen Turner, Bruce Willis and Ginger Rogers. Many of the names are etched in cement in the walk of fame in front of the theater. When you walk through the heavy glass doors you draw in a breath as your eyes are drawn up across the two-story lobby with art deco murals and your feet sink deeply into the lush red carpets. It would be a shame to let this treasure slip through our hands. If you live in the Baltimore area and you've got a choice as to where to see a movie, consider the Senator. They need our support now. 32.RECIPIENTS OF THE YEAR 2000 LAEMMLE AWARDS
33.THE AIR IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF BLAIR WITCH
34.X-MEN'S PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR LOOK TO THE FUTURE
35.X-MEN'S CAST ALSO CONSIDER'S THE FUTURE
36.X-MEN'S MARVEL-OUS PROFITS
37.GET YER RED HOT PROFESSOR X ACTION FIGURE
38.X-MEN CURES STUDIO CONSTIPATION
39.RAIMI DISCUSSES SPIDER-MAN PLANS
40.RIDLEY SCOTT SAYS DO THE MATH
41.THE MATRIX SEQUELS GO ON HOLD
42.CASTING NEWS FOR STAR WARS: EPISODE II
43.WONDER WHAT KIND OF FIGHTING STYLE JAR JAR WILL
HAVE
44.LOVE'S LABORS LOST
45.TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME
46.THE RETURN OF BARBARELLA
47.INDY IV: HARRISON FORD SAYS 'LET'S DO IT!'
48.ANOTHER MOVIE-RELATED MURDER
49.DOCTORS REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE ON
YOUNG MINDS
50.GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT
51.GEE, DOES THIS MEAN THAT I CAN FINALLY BUY BELA
LUGOSI FUZZY SLIPPERS?
52.IMAGINATIVE CINEMA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
AUGUST 11TH: BLESS
THE CHILD has a race to thwart a Satanic plot. A psychiatric nurse
finds herself flung in the middle of a conspiracy to carry out a Biblical
prophecy with Egyptian roots when her six-year-old niece is targeted by
Satanists. An FBI agent teams up with the nurse to help her stop the plot.
Kim Bassinger plays the nurse. Jimmy Smits is the agent. The film is directed
by Chuck Russell (ERASER, THE MASK, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3).
AUGUST 18TH: THE
CELL has a child therapist who is involved in a new technique of mental
transferal that allows her to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer
in the hopes of saving a young kidnapped girl. Unfortunately things don't
go as planned as the therapist is forced to work her way through the terrors
of his dangerously disturbed mind. The therapist is Jennifer Lopez, the
killer is Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn plays an FBI agent working with
Lopez. The director is Tarsem (making his feature debut - his prior experience
has been with commercials and music videos).
AUGUST 25TH: ART OF WAR started out as a Jet-Li action flick. It now stars Wesley Snipes as a secret agent who has to go underground when he's accused of killing the Chinese ambassador. When terrorists threaten the United Nations, he's got to come out of hiding to take down the badness. Why him? He doesn't officially exist anymore. |
| 53.DVD OR VCR? NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE
In August look for the DVR-5000 from Sensory Science Corp. It is a combination DVD player, VCR and CD player. The unit has complete versatility to play DVDs, audio and video CDs, and VHS tapes, and users can watch a DVD while recording a TV program. Users also can record non-copy protected DVDs to VHS at the touch of one button. It's expected to retail for about $399. 54.HEY KIDS, RUSH RIGHT TO THE STORE!
55.STANDARDS SET FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TV
56.IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, BE THEM!
57.ANIME', ANIME', ANIME' ANIME'--GENTLY DOWN THE
VIDEO STREAM
58.HOLLYWOOD'S WORST NIGHTMARE
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| 59.DVD: WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN
It was all supposed to be so easy. When DVD's made their grand appearance in 1997 the studios divided the planet up into seven different regions. The U.S. and Canada were Region 1, the U.K. and Europe were Region 2, etc. Electronic muzzles (in the forms of chips) were placed in machines to keep the regions segregated. Hollywood didn't want a DVD to hit a country's shelves before the movie hit the local screens. The Internet threw a monkey wrench in the works. Within months after players hit, a market for removing the troublesome chip sprang up. Players have begun to hit that are being listed as "chipped for all regions." Movies are beginning to get a simultaneous worldwide release. Once again, at the base of this revolution, the Internet is once again changing everything. 60.HOLLYWOOD VIDEO EXCLUSIVE
61.VIDEOCY
Rental title releasing 8/8: TYCUS tells the story of a moon-sized comet hurtling toward Earth. Dennis Hopper is the scientist who predicts it, gets laughed off, then tries to build a mountain shelter. Moral questions of who gets to live as well as fight sequences dot the movie. . . . REINDEER GAMES, the action/intrigue film with Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and Gary Sinise, hits the shelves today. . . . DA HIP HOP WITCH, is, believe it or not, yet another BLAIR WITCH parody. Five terrified white kids get lost in the 'hood looking for the elusive title character. Numerous hip hop stars appear as themselves. The video is rental priced. The DVD will be available for $19.95. . . . THE SPRING tells the story of a man and his son stumbling across a town's secret while on a camping trip. The town has access to a spring that keeps its inhabitants young and healthy forever. Now that they know, they can't leave. This movie (which stars Kyle MacLachlan and Alison Eastwood) was made for television. It aired on NBC last January. . . . KOMODO has oversized komodo dragons making the resident of a small island off the Carolinas the endangered species. . . . PRINCESS MONONOKE is Japan's highest grossing film, after TITANNIC. This animated feature tells the story of a war between the humans and the beast gods and the young couple that fights to prevent it. This stars the voices of Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson and Jada Pinkett Smith. The release on the DVD has been delayed. Disney is responding to protests from enthusiasts that a Japanese track be provided for the disc. Look for it sometime in the fall. Rental titles releasing 8/15: THE PSYCHOPATH has a sexy young attorney set a trap for a vicious serial murderer who has a hobby of butchering young female law students. But will he get her first? . . . GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI is Jim Jarmusch's film that features Forest Whitaker as a mob assassin in a decaying inner city neighborhood living by the code of the samurai. The DVD sells for $24.98. . . . RAPID ASSAULT tells the story of commandos racing to thwart the scheme of a biological black mailer before he releases a toxin that would decimate the planet. . . . THE DEFENDER features Jet Li as a bodyguard falling in love with the woman that he's been assigned to protect (Michelle Yeoh). . . . PREMONITION is about a pair of tabloid reporters who get a bigger story than they bargained for. They specialize in sensational psychic stories. They visit someone that foretells macabre things in their future. It leads them to discover the mysterious pasts that they both share. Rental titles releasing 8/22: SUPERNOVA marked the death of Alan Smithee (the beloved pseudonym of protesting directors) and the birth of Thomas Lee (the nom-de-plume of Walter Hill--the pissed off director of this project). This is a special "never-before-seen" R-rated version of this story of people on a deep space medical ship tangling with a lifeform that is intent on domination. The cast includes James Sapader, Angela Bassett and Lou Diamond Phillips. . . . CRISPY, CRACKERS & BEANS is another attempt at a neo-noir, Tarantino-esque story of a suspended cop enlisting questionable assistance to find his drug-addicted prostitute ex-girlfriend whose about to inherit a fortune. . . . The documentary AMERICAN CINEMA: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FILMMAKING debuts on DVD today. You can rent this ten hour extravaganza or buy it, on two discs, for $79.95. Sell through titles releasing 8/1: MGM's Halloween collection premieres today. It comes in two different price groupings. For $9.94 each you can get CANDYMAN 2: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH, THE FOG, THE HOWLING, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, MISERY, POLTERGEIST II, POLTERGEIST III, SPECIES 2 and SWAMP THING. For $14.95 each you can toss in THE RAGE: CARRIE 2, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, PHANTASM IV: THE OBLIVION, SCANNERS and STIGMATA. . . . For Clint Eastwood fans "The Clint Eastwood Collection" releases today. The six-tape set includes DIRTY HARRY, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES SPECIAL EDITION, THE UNFORGIVEN, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, BRONCO BILLY and THE BEGUILED. The set sells for $59.92 on the VHS, $99.92 on DVD. Also releasing are THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, KELLY'S HEROES, THE DEAD POOL and ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN; each for $14.95 on tape and $24.98 on disc. . . . The Albert Brooks comedy, THE MUSE, goes on slae today. He's a struggling writer praying for inspiration. He receives it in the unwelcomed form of an intrusive muse (Sharon Stone). The video is $14.95. The DVD is $24.95. . . . Sell through titles releasing 8/8: SUPERGIRL, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole and Mia Farrow lands on store shelves today. The VHS comes in regular ($9.99) and widescreen ($14.98) editions. The DVD comes in an international version ($24.98) and a special two disc set ($39.98) that has both the international version and a director's cut. Sell through titles releasing 8/15: PLANET OF THE APES: THE EVOLUTION hits DVD today. This is a six disc limited edition prepack for $99.98. It includes PLANET OF THE APES, BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES, CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES as well as the Roddy McDowell-hosted documentary BEHIND THE PLANET OF THE APES. Eventually the individual DVD's and VHS copies will be available. . . . The recent Julia Robets movie, ERIN BROKAVICH gets released directly to sell through today. The VHS lists at $22.98. The DVD goes out at $26.98. . . . Detective Lt. Frank Drebin patrols the world of discs today. The entire triolgy, THE NAKED GUN--FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD, THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2--THE SMELL OF FEAR and NAKED GUN 33 1/3--THE FINAL INSULT all debut on DVD today. They're selling for $29.99 each. . . . Sell through titles releasing 8/22: Get ready to live the horror of the 80's with the re-issue of SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE I, II, & III and SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE I & II. The VHS is $9.98 each. The DVD goes for $14.98 a piece. . . . THE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET COLLECTION debuts today. You can buy NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5 and FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE for $9.98 for each VHS, $24.98 for each DVD and $129.98 for a DVD boxed set. . . . A trio of anime' imports from Japan hit the streets today. GASRAKI: THE SUMMONING contains four episodes of sci-fi exploration and warfare. MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO: THE MIND OF THE MACHINE has our hero struggling against a deadly new weapon. Both of these titles sell for $19.98 dubbed, $29.95 with subtitles. SAMURAI X, about a master assassin and his decision of whether or not to let a witness live, is $19.98. . . . HALLOWEEN 5 has Michael Myers pursing his young neice for a happy little family reunion. The VHS comes in regular ($9.99) and widescreen ($14.98) editions. The DVD comes in a regular version ($24.98) and a special two disc set ($39.98). . . . REPO MAN, the very strange movie with Emilio Estvez and Harry Dean Stanton, releases today. The VHS comes in regular ($9.99) and widescreen ($14.98) editions. The DVD comes in a regular version ($24.98) and a special two disc set ($39.98) The disc includes comentary from producer Mike Nesmith (hey, hey he's a monkee!). . . . For those of you who like (to watch) a good kick in the head, Crash Cinema is releasing a quartet of 70's Chinese kung-fu titles. For $19.95, for either the tape or the DVD, you can get HOLY ROBE OF SHAOLIN TEMPLE, MANDARIN MAGIC, BLOODY FIGHT and SINGLE FIGHTER today. . . . Sell through titles releasing 8/29: Universal studios is promoting their classic monsters in their "Universal is Halloween" promotion. They're offering THE HAUNTING, IN DREAMS, THE MUMMY and PSYCHO (remake) each for $14.99. THE BONE COLLECTOR and END OF DAYS go for $19.98. They're offering classic re-issues of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US for $14.98 each on video. A CD-ROM offering on-line games and adventures will be available in every CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON video cassette. For the first time ever you can get CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON on DVD for $29.98. You can buy a CREATURE three packs with all of the movies for $39.98. If you prefer laughs with your monsters the four Abbott and Costello encounters; where they MEET FRANKENSTEIN, MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN, MEET THE MUMMY and MEET DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE are available on cassette for $14.98 each. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN is now on DVD for $29.98. You can get a MEET THE MONSTERS four pack for $59.98. And, as if this weren't already enough, you can buy a classic monster 8-pack for $99.98 on tape and $119.98 on disc. The pack contains THE MUMMY, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, THE WOLFMAN, FRANKENSTEIN, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and DRACULA! . . . Well, Ahnold told he'd be back. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY makes its DVD premiere today. Thanks to dual-sided DVD technology it will have not one, not two but THREE (!) different versions of the complete film on it. It's got the 1991 theatrical version, the 1993 laserdisc special edition with 15 extra minutes, and using an "Easter egg" graphical image there's a third version adding 5 additional minutes to the special edition. Its also got lots of special features--40 in all. This disc sells for $39.98. After you've found the money to buy it make sure that you can find the time to watch it! . . . . For those of you who prefer a kinder, gentler Stephen King you might want to check out the Special Edition of STAND BY ME releasing today. The tape sells for $14.95. The DVD us $29.95. . . . EVIL DEAD 2 THX Special Edition contains exclusive, never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage included along with the original commentary that previously appeared on Elite Entertainment's laserdisc release. . . . The GOLDEN AGE OF LEATHER Collector's Tins come in three volumes. The first has HELL'S ANGELS 69 and THE LOSERS. The second features GIRLS ON THE ROAD and WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS. The final tin has HELL'S ANGELS ON WHEELS and RUN ANGEL RUN. These Limited Edition are packaged in a collectable metal container which is approximately the width and length of a conventional DVD Keepcase. The container, which is adorned with exclusive artwork, will have the DVD in a specially designed jewel case along with an exclusive 48 page booklet. The booklet will has exclusive photos, essays, interviews etc. These Limited Edition Tins have been produced in quantities of 10,000 and retail for $39.98. Please keep in mind that the content on the DVD contained in the Tin will be identical to the regular edition DVD. The items such as the packaging and the booklet will be exclusive to the Limited Edition. The Limited Edition Tins do not contain any additional DVD discs or features. . . . Warner's is doing a big re-pricing of recent releases today. You can pick up HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999 version), L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, CONTACT and AUSTIN POWERS THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME all for $14.95. You can also get EYES WIDE SHUT for $19.98. . . . THE LATHE OF HEAVEN, the Ursala K. LeGuin classic that first aired on PBS some years back, appears on VHS and DVD today. It goes for $24.95 in either format. . . . BUCK ROGERS with Larry "Buster" Crabbe, debuts on DVD today. You can watch all edge-of-your seat episodes on one disc for $29.99. |
| 62.AUGUST CALENDAR
TUE 1ST: VIDEO RENTALS: ROMEO MUST DIE releases today. VIDEO SELLTHROUGH: CANDYMAN 2: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH, THE FOG, THE HOWLING, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, MISERY, POLTERGEIST II, POLTERGEIST III, SPECIES 2, SWAMP THING, THE RAGE: CARRIE 2, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, PHANTASM IV: THE OBLIVION, SCANNERS, STIGMATA, DIRTY HARRY, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES SPECIAL EDITION, THE UNFORGIVEN, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, BRONCO BILLY, THE BEGUILED, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, KELLY'S HEROES, THE DEAD POOL, ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN and THE MUSE all release today. FRI 4TH: MOVIES- HOLLOW MAN debuts today SPACE COWBOYS debuts today EVENT- OTAKON SAT 5TH: EVENT- OTAKON SUN 6TH: EVENT- OTAKON TUE 8TH: VIDEO RENTALS: TYCUS, REINDEER GAMES, DA HIP HOP WITCH,
FRI 11TH: MOVIES- BLESS THE CHILD debuts today
TUE 15TH: VIDEO RENTALS: THE PSYCHOPATH, GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF
FRI 18TH: MOVIES- THE CELL debuts today
TUE 22ND: VIDEO RENTALS: SUPERNOVA, CRISPY, CRACKERS & BEANS
and
FRI 25TH: MOVIES- THE ART OF WAR debuts today SAT 26TH: ICS MEETING, 6:00 SUN. 27TH: TV- WITCHBLADE on TNT at 8:00 P.M. TUE 29TH: VIDEO SELLTHROUGH: THE HAUNTING, IN DREAMS, THE MUMMY,
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