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This Week’s Voicemail Show!
This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them…you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs […]

Genre: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min.
Theatrical Release Date: February 29th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language.
Directed By: Mark Palansky
Starring: Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, Peter Dinklage
“Is this film really about looking beyond the physical features of a person to […]

Written by: Clara Moskowitz (LiveScience Staff Writer)
Scientists keep finding more similarities between humans and chimps. They share most of our genes, they seem to be able to handle tools, and they grasp some English pretty well, too.
Now researchers have found that we share a similar brain pattern when communicating.
Broca’s area, located in the […]

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“Gameheads: The Movie”

February 29, 2008   || Category: On DVD | Leave a Comment

It’s about LIFE!….It’s about LOVE!….It’s about SALVATION!….and most importantly, It’s about LIP BALM!
“Gameheads: The Movie” is a 90 minute comedy voyage into the intimate lives of a group of role-playing gamers.
The film stars David Wayne Black (“Employee Who Gave a Hoot,” “Loving Spouse”), Dan Wakageryu (”Ryu”) Cope ( creator of the “Ryu-Ki System: Sunserra” […]

The day that was thought to never arrive is finally fast approaching. Of course I’m talking about the oft-delayed premiere of the new Fox SF series “New Amsterdam.”
This program was hit with delays, script rewrites and time-shift shuffling almost from the beginning of its announced production. Then the writer’s strike hit and it […]

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Fav Atlantis Character Returns to Show Tonight - Feb. 29

February 29, 2008   || Category: Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The unexpected return of an old friend spurs the Atlantis team into a race against time to save a missing teammate. Yes, our favorite “Stargate: Atlantis” character is back in this exciting new episode of the popular series.

On Monday March 3, 2008 ShatnerVision goes to the next level and does a one hour LIVE interactive Video chat with Bill Shatner and his daughter Lisabeth at 2:30PM Pacific Time on LiveVideo.com.
Here’s what you have to do to participate.

1. Go to LiveVideo.com and register for a user account - it’s […]

Media king Time Warner Inc. said Thursday its Warner Bros. Entertainment studio would swallow whole its New Line Cinema unit. The independent studio was the hugh production company responsible for some of the best SF and genre-related movies in the last four decades, most notably Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
One time […]

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Highmore Voices “Astro Boy”

February 29, 2008   || Category: Film | Leave a Comment

16-year old “Spiderwick Chronicles” star Freddie Highmore will lend his voice the lead character in 3-D animation “Astro Boy.”
Set in futuristic Metro City, “AstroBoy” tells the story of a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Never fully meeting up to his […]

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‘Indiana Jones’ to premiere at Cannes

February 29, 2008   || Category: Film | Leave a Comment

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ the long-awaited fourth installment of the famous period action-adventure picture will debut at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2008. The movie goes into wide theatrical release 4 days later on May 22, 2008.
The Steven Spielberg/George Lucas feature stars Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf, […]

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“Get Smart” Spinoff Straight-To-DVD

February 29, 2008   || Category: On DVD | 1 Comment

When the new “Get Smart” movie starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway hits the big screen this coming June 20th a spinoff featuring two of the the film’s minor characters will be released almost simultaneously on DVD.
Those two secondary characters being featured on the DVD aren’t minor actors, however. “Heroes” alum Masi Oka and […]

“American Gods” is the 2001 novel by Neil Gaiman and the great news is that it will be available for the next month entirely FREE from the Harper Collins Website. You can also learn more from Neil’s blog.
First published June 19, 2001, “American Gods” was, and still is, one of the most talked-about books […]

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New Extended “Iron Man” Trailer

February 29, 2008   || Category: Film | 4 Comments

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Marc Wade, the former director of production for STARTREK.COM has joined the Roddenberry.com team as the company’s Senior Star Trek Correspondent.
A new column by Marc will be featured on Roddenberry.com every Friday beginning February 29, 2008. The column will be under the banner — “Star Trek Spotlight.”
We here at Slice of SciFi and FarPoint […]

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CJ7 Trailer

February 29, 2008   || Category: Film | Leave a Comment

Click on the “CJ7″ movie poster to view the trailer.

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1-900-NERD-GIRL

February 29, 2008   || Category: Other | 4 Comments


Now that the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Writers Guild of America (WGA) have reached deals with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television producers (AMPTP), members of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) are starting to feel the pressure to get their talks started with the studio and network bosses. Many want the contract […]

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“Sands of Oblivion” Now On DVD

February 28, 2008   || Category: On DVD | Leave a Comment

In 1923, legendary director Cecil B. DeMille constructed a replica of ancient Egypt in the California desert for his epic movie “The Ten Commandments.” When filming was completed, he mysteriously ordered the entire set buried.
Now a soon-to-be-divorced archaeologist couple (Morena Baccarin and Adam Baldwin of “Serenity,” “Firefly,” “Stargate SG-1″ and “Chuck”) and an Iraq […]

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“Life On Mars” is Life in Spain

February 28, 2008   || Category: TV | Leave a Comment

It now appears that the popular BBC television show “Life on Mars” won’t only see a remake in the United States under the tutelage of “The Practice” and “Boston Legal” guru David E. Kelley, but will also be making a splash in Spain.
Spanish terrestrial broadcaster Antena 3 TV will provide its own version of the […]

Source: Fox SciTech News
A team of German and Peruvian archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest known monument in Peru: a 5,500-year-old ceremonial plaza near Peru’s north-central coast.
Carbon dating of material from the site revealed it was built between 3500 B.C. and 3000 B.C., Peter Fuchs, a German archaeologist who headed the excavation team, told […]

Be looking out for the new independent sci-fi short film called “Artemis Eternal” which is currently in pre-production and totally community funded.
Now most of these types of public funded projects never see the light of day but writer/producer/actor Jessica Mae Stover is well on her way to reaching a goal many who try this angle […]

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Nippon TV Nabs SF Live-Action Thriller

February 28, 2008   || Category: Film | Leave a Comment

In Japan, Nippon TV has been able to acquire the rights for its most ambitious live-action project to date. “20th Century Boy” (”20 Seiki Shonen” — 20世紀少年), a sci-fi thriller trilogy based on a hit comic by Naoki Urasawa, will be its next big feature.
The film series focuses on a convenience store manager […]

The European Commission has levied a fine of $1.35 billion (E899 million) against Microsoft Corp for not complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling. The fine is a record setter, the biggest ever against a single company. However, when the company leader is the richest man in America and in the Top 5 richest people […]

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Starz Moves to Original Docs

February 28, 2008   || Category: TV | 1 Comment

The Starz Channel has commissioned six original documentary specials on topics ranging from comicbook-based movies, the creation of low-brow comedies and the great character actors.
The show will be hosted by film critic Richard Roeper under the banner “Starz Inside.”
Three of the six will be of main interest to genre fans, including the docu “Comic […]

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CBS Announces New Pick-ups

February 28, 2008   || Category: News | Leave a Comment

While we await a decision from CBS execs over the fate of its weekly vampire series titled “Moonlight,” the Eye Network announced on Thursday is choice for several new shows, all drama. We do know that “Ghost Whisperer” and “The Big Bang Theory” will be returning.
Some of the new shows include “NY-LON” from ABC […]

We already told you about The USA Network deal with Paramount to be the first non-premium pay cable channel to get to run “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Now we have news of other cable channels getting on board with similiar first run deals for flicks some have already debuted […]

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“Dark Floors” Is a Gritty Horror Film

February 28, 2008   || Category: Film | 2 Comments

The Finnish horror film “Dark Floors,” a big seller at this year’s Berlin Film Market, is a dark, disturbing movie in the classic horror tradition.
The story centers on a couple who are concerned for their autistic daughter’s health and well being. The parents believe that the only way she can be saved is […]

Joining our studio gang for the next Slice of SciFi Show (#150) are actors Glen Vaughn (” A Piece of Wood”) and Corey Landis (”That 70’s Show”) who will next be seen in the new Ray Bradbury feature film “Chrysalis.”
In The News we have some stories that will cover three widely dispersed areas dealing with […]

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