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Slice of SciFi Interview with Oded Fehr

September 30, 2007   || Category: Interviews | 4 Comments

Actor Oded Fehr first caught the attention of moviegoers with his portrayal of the mysterious warrior, Ardeth Bay, in the hit action thriller “The Mummy.” He later reprised his role in the even more successful sequel, “The Mummy Returns.” Fehr is now starring in the third installment of the Resident Evil franchised number […]

Last week you voted for the best male action star. This week we take a look at the ladies. From the list below choose your favorite for Best Female Action Star. Next week is Martial Arts Stars.

Jessica Alba

Maria Conchita Alonzo

Adrianne Barbeau

Kate Beckinsale

Claudia Black

Yancy Butler

Joanna Cassidy

Geena Davis

Rosario Dawson

Jodie Foster

Jennifer Garner

Summer Glau

Pam Grier

Linda Hamilton

Famke […]

 
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On This Week’s Show: Triple-Header Interview
Mike, Summer and Brian are away this week at the Podcast Media Expo in California, however we put together this very special show for this week that will feature three prominent interviews we did this year and they’re all about “Blood Ties” and “The Dresden Files.”
First up is “Blood Ties” […]

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Piracy Site Clamp-down

September 28, 2007   || Category: The Biz In Show Business | 7 Comments

The Motion Picture Assn. of America (MPAA), on behalf of most of the major film studios, filed suit this past Wednesday against two Web sites it claims are allowing Internet users to view pirated films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Several of the films being watched are still being shown in theaters across the United States, […]

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Is Vogel the Next Kirk?

September 28, 2007   || Category: Star Trek | 3 Comments

If Robert Sanchez from IESB.net is correct then actor Mike Vogel (”Poseidon,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”), who will also be seen in the upcoming JJ Abrams titless film Codname: Cloverfield aka 01-18-08, will be the next James T. Kirk.
IESB contacted Vogel’s agent after beginning to hear a lot of chatter about the young actor being at […]

The entire studio gang is away this week at the big Podcast Media Expo in California but that doesn’t mean you have to go without a show. Tomorrow, on Slice of SciFi show #128 it’s all about “Blood Ties” and “The Dresden Files.” We bring back three of the interviews you loved the […]

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“Moonlight” Debuts Tonight on CBS

September 28, 2007   || Category: TV | 11 Comments

Do you think there are “No Such Thing As Vampires?”
After a series of vampire-style murders plague L.A., immortal investigator Mick St. John, played by Alex O’Loughlin, sets out to find the culprits and re-connects with a woman, Internet reporter Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), from his past at a crime scene, on the series premiere of […]

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Atlantis Returns Tonight

September 28, 2007   || Category: TV | 1 Comment

The long wait is finally over. “Stargate: Atlantis” returns to television tonight with the premiere of its fourth season. Amanda Tapping of “Stargate: SG-1″ and Jewel Staite from “Firefly”/”Serenity” join the cast for what promises to be the best year yet for the spinoff series.

On Saturday, September 29, 2007 and lasting the entire month of October 2007, Slice of SciFi along with our good friends at The USA Network want to give eight of our fans a really great Halloween treat.
We are giving a chance for Slicers who listen to our show or visit our Website, to win 4-DVD […]

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Slice of SciFi “1408″ Giveaway Contest

September 28, 2007   || Category: Contests | 30 Comments

Starting Saturday, September 29, 2007 and running until midnight October 13, 2007 Slice of SciFi, in conjunction with Genius Products and The Weinstein Company are offering two lucky winners a DVD copy of “1408.”
This gripping suspense film starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, and based on a story by the legendary author Stephen King, […]

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SCI FI Channel Orders 3rd Season of “Eureka”

September 28, 2007   || Category: TV | 9 Comments

SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on a third season of its most-watched Original Series “Eureka,” ordering 13 new hours of the dramedy. SCI FI is also renewing its investigative reality hit “Destination Truth” for a second season, it was announced late yesterday (Thursday) by Mark Stern, SCI FI Channel’s Executive Vice President of Original […]

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“Bionic Woman” Does Well In First Outing

September 28, 2007   || Category: TV | Leave a Comment

Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
Going into the fall TV season, Wednesday night at 9 p.m. looked to be one of the most competitive nights of the week. And if last night’s ratings were any indication, it’s shaping up to be quite a battle for viewers in the time-slot.
The good news for fans […]

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October Premiere For “Phenomenon”

September 27, 2007   || Category: TV | Leave a Comment

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC’s live competition series “Phenomenon” is set to premiere October 24. The show, featuring illusionist Criss Angel and mentalist Uri Geller, centers on the search for the next great mentalist.
The show will air its five-week run at 8PM ET Wednesdays with a special two-hour live episode on Halloween at […]

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Two SF Classics Go Head-to-Head

September 27, 2007   || Category: Film | 1 Comment

Twentieth Century Fox is apparently not afraid to go up against one of the most anticipted movies of 2008. The studio announced today that it is taking a serious look at December 25, 2008 (Christmas Day) for the release of its remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” which would put it in […]

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“Halo 3″ Is Money In the Bank

September 27, 2007   || Category: Gaming | 7 Comments

The Microscoft video game “Halo 3″ made more money on its opening day than most major motion pictures can collect in months on screens across the globe.
This blockbuster sci-fi action sequel to the popular video game franchise chalked up an amazing $170 million in the United States alone this Tuesday when it went on sale […]

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Penn Goes To ABC With Sci-fi Project

September 27, 2007   || Category: TV | 1 Comment

Zak Penn (”X-Men: The Last Stand,” “Elecktra”) and Lloyd Braun will be working over at the ABC Network busy creating a new show they have on tap for next year called “Section 8.” Ex-Paramount CEO Gail Berman is onboard to executive produce with Penn and Braun.
Like NBC has announced in our story about “The […]

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NBC Loves Philanthrophy

September 27, 2007   || Category: News | Leave a Comment

“It’s the best character I’ve ever read,” NBC chief honcho Ben Silverman said. “He’s a little James Bond, a little badass. The world’s in triage, and he wants to help be the Band-Aid.”
The character Silverman is referring to is one that will see big timers Tom Fontana (M.O.N.Y.,” “Oz” & “Homicide: Life In the Streets”) […]

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“Confessions of a Superhero”

September 27, 2007   || Category: Film | 8 Comments

It has finally come down to this. We’ve had diaries of famous people exposed, a multitude of tell-all books and exposes’ about the rich, the infamous and the famous. It would seem that Superheroes are not immune to this latest craze.
“Confessions of a Superhero,” will be a documentary about four actors who have […]

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Another TV Remake Coming

September 27, 2007   || Category: TV | 8 Comments

Remaking classics and not-so-classic entertainment doesn’t just occur in movies. It is happening a lot lately for television productions as well.
We have seen the return of “Battlestar Galactica” and the “Bionic Woman,” for example. Now NBC is looking to bring back “Knight Rider” to the small screen.
The old TV story about a man […]

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“Stargate: Atlantis” Lead Actor Sued

September 26, 2007   || Category: Uncategorized | 7 Comments

“Stargate: Atlantis” star Joe Flanigan, who plays Lt. Col. John Sheppard on the series, is being sued by the UTA agency, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
UTA is the same agency that recently won its $1.7 million default judgment against actor Wesley Snipes for unpaid commissions, which added to Snipes’ already growing financial problems involving the […]

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Snyder’s Watchmen Greeting

September 26, 2007   || Category: Film | 2 Comments

Director Zack Snyder (”300″) wants you to see his film “Watchamen,” which is being adapted from the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel of the same name.
To stir up even more excitement about this anticipated project, Snyder has sent out a special video greeting direct from the “Watchmen” set located in Vancouver, Canada, with a promise […]

Right from the pages of a Star Trek script science is seriously looking into the feasiblity of co-existing parallel universes. In a story from The Press Association’s Breitbart.com comes this fascinating article about:
Parallel universes exist - study
Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one […]

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The Aquarian Gospel

September 26, 2007   || Category: Film | 3 Comments

Drew Heriot, director of the highly successful “The Secret” documentary, has come on board to helm the new controversial film that will center on the early, missing years of Jesus of Nazareth, aka Jesus Christ or Jesus the Messiah.
“The Aquarian Gospel” will look at Jesus age 13 to 30. Little to nothing is known […]

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“Heroes” Returns to Huge Ratings

September 26, 2007   || Category: TV | 6 Comments

What most new hit shows experience when they return for a second season, and after coming off a very successful first season, is a drop off in viewership. Especially in sci-fi and genre-related programming most networks actually expect to see a loss in the ratings to some degree. It has happened with such […]

They’re baaaack for only one night on the big screen! In celebration of the film’s 25th Anniversary, “Poltergeist” will be shown in select movie theatres nationwide on Thursday, October 4th at 7:30PM (local). This special one-night event will also include a 15-minute never-before-seen glimpse into the real world of poltergeists.

Suburbanites Steve (Craig T. […]

Principle photography is underway for “REPO! The Genetic Opera,” a musical thriller starring Sarah Brightman, Anthony Head (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Paris Hilton (”House of Wax”), Bill Moseley (”Halloween,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), Paul Sorvino (”The Cooler,” “Goodfellas”), & Alexa Vega (”Spy Kids”).
Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II thru IV) is directing from a screenplay by […]

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Punisher: War Zone Casting Details

September 25, 2007   || Category: Film | 9 Comments

Source: Marvel News
Director Lexi Alexander announces three new actors for Punisher movie sequel
While the first “Punisher” wasn’t as huge a success with fans as was hoped, Marvel is counting on director Lexi Alexander to change all that with the highly anticipated 2008 sequel titled “Punisher: War Zone.”
This week she announced some intriquing new […]

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Tragedy on “Dark Knight” Set

September 25, 2007   || Category: Film | 1 Comment

An as-yet-unnamed special effects technician was killed in a crash just south of London during a test shoot while in production of the new Batman film “The Dark Knight.”
The man died in an equipment truck that was carrying a camera platform. The truck crashed into a tree while following a stunt vehicle yesterday. […]

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Family Guy May Parody “Empire” Next‏

September 25, 2007   || Category: TV | 3 Comments

Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
Sunday night’s season premiere parody of the original “Star Wars” on “Family Guy” was such a ratings success that producers are considering turning it into an annual event, according to reports in TV Week.
The one-hour parody garnered a 5.5 rating in the 18-49 year old […]

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Sutherland Nabbed for DUI

September 25, 2007   || Category: TV | 1 Comment

Kiefer Sutherland, Fox TV star of the Emmy-winning series “24″ was arrested early this morning in Los Angeles on a misdemeanor drunk driving charge after failing a field sobriety test, police officials said.
After making an U-turn at around 1AM police pulled Sutherland over and using the illegal U-Turn as probable cause tested him for […]

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