Coming Attractionsby J-J Vomact
Books (Re-Releases & Paperbacks)
Triplanetary (E.E. "Doc" Smith) - ibooks paperback, February
The first entry in the Lensman series. Sure it's dated and formulaic, but this is one of the series that I cut my sci-fi eyeteeth on...
Movies & News
Boogeyman (US February 4, UK March 4)
You thought it was just a story... but it's real.
A young man returns to his childhood home and faces his fears of the (possibly imaginary) monster that traumatized him years before.
Constantine (US February 18, UK March 18)
Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him.
From the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer. Here, supernatural detective John Constantine is played by Keanu Reeves, which explains why the character was transplanted from Liverpool to California. I mean, have you heard Reeves' alleged English accent? With Rachel Weisz.
Cursed (US February 25, no UK release date listed)
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
From director Wes Craven comes this werewolf tale set in Los Angeles. As if any self-respecting werewolf would be caught dead in Los Angeles. With Christina Ricci, Shannon Elizabeth, James Brolin, and Robert Forster.
Word is that George Romero was so impressed with Shaun of the Dead that he asked Simon Pegg (co-writer and star) and Edgar Wright (co-writer and director) to appear in his own Land of the Dead, currently filming in Toronto.
Video/DVD
Wonderfalls DVD (February 1)
All 13 episodes (only 4 of which aired) of this series about a young woman who hears the voices of inanimate objects.
Johnny English DVD (February 8)
I didn't have a lot of hope for this when it was in the theaters, despite the fact that it stars Rowan Atkinson. I mean, did we really need another James Bond spoof? Well, whether we needed one or not, we got one, and not a bad one at that. Available either full screen or widescreen.
Pitch Black (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut) DVD (February 8)
The story doesn't quite hang together, the hero is bearable only while he keeps his mouth shut, but the visuals are something else.
Donnie Darko (Director's Cut) DVD (February 15)
This is one strange little movie, sort of a twisted version of Harvey (but only sort of) with all manner of weirdness that doesn't make sense until the end. One of the extras is an audio commentary track by the film's writer-director Richard Kelly and Red Bank's own Kevin Smith.
Miscellany
The February 18 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise answers a question that has plagued Trekkies ever since Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Why did Klingons in the original series have smooth foreheads, while Klingons in the movies and later series have all those bumps and ridges? Back |
