Slice of SciFi #115: Interview with Peter Mohan
June 30, 2007 || Category: Slice of Scifi | 2 Comments
On This Week’s Show: Interview with Peter Mohan
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Online global media is forecasting a big international entertainment industry growth […]
Written & Compiled by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
What’s covered in this edition of Hicks Picks? Windom Recalls Star Trek — The New Flash Gordon and Queen — Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - A Preview
Get two or more “Star Trek” fans in a room together and odds are they’ll disagree on just […]
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (Farpoint Media Exec. News Dir.)
Joel Siegel, ABC’s “Good Morning America” film critic was one of a very few film critics I admired and whose reviews I would consider worthy of my attention. Today I was saddened to learn that Joel died last night after his lengthy battle against colon […]
Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
As series three of “Doctor Who” winds up this evening in the UK (it hits US airwaves next Friday on SCI FI), yesterday’s Daily Mirror has details about casting for series four.
This information is SPOILERish in nature for series four. It won’t (necessarily) ruin any of the last […]
Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
Three years ago, TV Guide gave us their top 25 cult shows of all-time. Now, the magazine is back with 30 of the top cult shows of all-time. *New entries on the list include Jericho, Stargate SG-1 and other hit shows. Here’s their list.
30 - […]
This Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 10/9C on the USA Network “The Dead Zone,” the hit series starring Anthony Michael Hall (“61*,” “The Pirates of Silicon Valley,” “Sixteen Candles”), continues its sixth broadcast season with a special episode, “Re-Entry,” where Johnny (Hall) must set aside his distrust of Vice President Stillson (Sean Patrick Flanery) in […]
Prom Queen Exclusively on Amazon Unbox™
Want to enjoy the entire first season of Prom Queen in one easy-to-download file? Amazon Unbox now has all 80 episodes ready for purchase or rent and immediate viewing. With just one click you can watch all the Prom Queen drama unfold in high quality, full screen mode!
Only […]
Tonight’s all-new episode of “Painkiller Jane,” starring and produced by Kristanna Loken, is titled “Ghost in the Machine.”
When Connor (Noah Danby) narrowly escapes a number of near-hit accidents, Jane starts to believe there’s more to his bad luck, and his past, than just clumsiness or coincidence.
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (Farpoint Media Exec. News Director)
Actor Jason O’Mara, from the critically acclaimed HBO series “Band of Brothers” is David Kelley’s choice to play the lead character of Sam Tyler in his American version of the British television show “Life on Mars.” The irony of this is O’Mara was born in […]
Costner Explores the Possibilities of the Net
June 29, 2007 || Category: On the Net | Leave a Comment
Kevin Costner will be putting his significant pull and resources, as well as his voice into a new Internet-based animated series called “The Explorers Club,” according to Variety. He will play an adventurer named Sloane.
The online feature will be ready for the upcoming end-of-year holiday season and will be issued in 12 four-minute episodes.
The […]
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Serenity Fan Favorite “Whitefall” Joins QMx Artisan Team
June 29, 2007 || Category: Collectibles | Leave a Comment
Quantum Mechanix Inc. (QMx), a privately-held developer of licensed, high-quality entertainment replicas, today announced that Ben Mund, better known by the alias “Whitefall,” has been “bound by law and sentenced to hard labor” as the first QMx Artisan.
Mund, who is best known for his many beautiful, highly detailed tributes to Firefly and Serenity, has an […]
“Blood Ties” Producer/Writer Peter Mohan Guest Stars on Slice of SciFi Show #115
June 29, 2007 || Category: Coming to Slice | Leave a Comment
Slice of SciFi begins its new air date this week on Saturday, June 30, 2007 with “Blood Ties” producer Peter Mohan and is brought to you by Audible.com. Peter is also one of the writers who has taken the highly successful Tanya Huff book and adapted it for television for the Lifetime Cable Network. […]
**Announcement** — Slice of SciFi Programming Change Update
June 29, 2007 || Category: News | 7 Comments
Beginning with Slice of SciFi Show #115 on June 30, 2007, we are changing the release day for all future shows. In order to better sync with XM-Satellite Radio, new episodes for the Slice of SciFi Show will be ready for download on Saturday instead of Wednesday as is the current scheduling period.
The Voice Mail […]
“Ghost Rider” DVD — A Slice of SciFi Review
June 29, 2007 || Category: DVD Reviews | Leave a Comment
Reviewed by: Debbie Walker — Copyright © Slice of SciFi.com
Ghost Rider (2007) PG-13
DVD released: June 12, 2007
Runtime: 110 minutes.
Names: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Sam Elliott, Brett Cullen, Wes Bentley
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Story
One dark night young motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze finds out his father is dying from cancer and receives an […]
Star Trek Tech Will Let People Meet Virtually
June 29, 2007 || Category: Technology News | 1 Comment
Edmonton researchers are developing a virtual reality technology for business meetings that they say is pretty close to science fiction — specifically, like Star Trek’s famous holodeck.
In the television hit, the holodeck let spaceship crew members enter holographic computer-simulated environments that seemed like the real thing.
Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have spent the […]
Actress Cameron Diaz (”Charlie’s Angels”) has signed on to star in the horror flick “The Box,” according to Variety.
The film, to be distributed by Media Rights Capital, is based on the Richard Matheson short story about a woman (Diaz) who has been given a small box by a total stranger. The box has buttons […]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - “Veronica Mars” veteran Jason Dohring has joined the cast of CBS’ new vampire drama “Moonlight.”
Alex O’Loughlin stars as a private investigator who happens to be a vampire. Dohring will play ancient vampire Josef. He replaces 60-year-old Rade Serbedzija, who played the part in the pilot presentation before the character […]
An astonishingly unconventional plot brings audiences to the streets of Paris where an anthropomorphic rat aids a floundering chef in cooking superlative cuisines in Pixar’s Ratatouille. Thanks to director Brad Bird and his masterful direction, we’re sucked into this exquisite story. With breathtaking animation as only Pixar can provide, nonstop comedy, James Bond-esque chase sequences, […]
A film review by Sean O’Connell - Copyright © 2007 filmcritic.com
He’s back. The fly in the ointment. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the… well, since Len Wiseman’s Live Free or Die Hard is the franchise’s first installment saddled with an audience-friendly PG-13 rating, we’ll have to dance around that last quote. But […]
Written & Compiled by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
“The Foundation” comes to the big-screen
When I saw the news that Paramount had optioned the right to make a “Foundation” movie, I immediately got all atwitter, wondering if the classic Issac Asimov saga had been commissioned to become a feature film. Then, being the sci-fi geek […]
NBC UNIVERSAL LAUNCHES GLOBAL PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN WITH ‘HEROES WORLD TOUR’ CO-SPONSORED BY NISSAN
“Heroes” Will Celebrate Its Extraordinary Domestic and International Success by Sending Cast to Seven Cities to Promote the August 28 DVD and HD DVD Release of “Heroes Season One” and the Beginning of Its Second Season
NBC Universal flexes its collective muscles as part […]
Michael Hogan Grants Rare Interview With Entertainment Weekly
June 27, 2007 || Category: Interviews | Leave a Comment
One of the more elusive cast members from “Battlestar Galactica” has been Michael Hogan, who plays Col. Saul Tigh. On his podcast commentaries for each episode, producer Ron Moore has praised the work of Hogan but said the star prefers to have his work on the show speak for itself and rarely does […]
In a piece profiling screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman done recently by the New YorkTimes the pair were closely scrutinized as to their intent for the script of the next Star Trek film.
It would seem that Orci is Ying to Kurtzman’s Yang, which has served well in the development of the storyline for the […]
CBS announced today they have chosen actress Sophia Myles (”Underworld: Evolution”) to play a character named Beth Turner on the new SF show “Moonlight” coming to television this fall.
“Moonlight” centers on a P.I., portrayed by Alex O’Laughlin (”The Holiday”), who is also a vampire. Myles will star as Alex’s mortal love interest, who just […]
Season 3 of Doctor Who Starts This Week in Australia
June 27, 2007 || Category: Fan Mailbag | Leave a Comment
Sam,
Could you please advise your multitude of Aussie readers that Season 3 of Doctor Who starts this week in Australia.
The Doctor Who Christmas 2006 episode ‘The Runaway Bride’ is on at 8:30pm tomorrow (Thursday) and the first episode of Season 3 is on at 7:30pm this Saturday, coincidentally the day the final episode shows in […]
Correction: No Ted V. Mikels Interview This Week
June 26, 2007 || Category: Coming to Slice | 2 Comments
Due to unforeseen technical difficulties we will not be able to bring you the promised Part Two of our interview with the legendary director/producer Ted V. Mikels. We are really sorry that we will not be able to have this for you. But, we will have a brand new Voice Mail Show this […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer has a story to tell you — about a guy named Richard Belzer.
The 62-year-old actor-comedian has signed with Simon & Schuster to write two mystery books featuring himself as a TV performer caught up in his own plot.
“It is with great enthusiasm that I will bring the world of […]
Monday, June 18, 2007 marked the first day of principal photography on the new Indiana Jones film.
The Indy dedicated Website IndianaJones.com, was given a brief video from director Steven Spielberg of the “Indiana Jones: 4″ first day shoot.
This new movie is a Lucasfilm Ltd. Production, directed by Steven Spielberg and distributed by Paramount Pictures. […]
Sci Fi Studios Magazine Issue #3 Now Available
June 26, 2007 || Category: On the Net | Leave a Comment
Sci Fi Studios announces the release of Issue 3 of their Online Magazine. In this edition, they explore the ever-expanding world of sci-fi fan films and discuss how this relatively new form of expression is influencing fandom as a whole.
The cover interview this issue is with James Cawley of Star Trek: New Voyages. It […]




