Variety has weighed in on the upcoming movie version of "Where the Wild Things Are." Fleet of foot, emotionally attuned to its subject and instinctively faithful to its celebrated source, "Where the Wild Things Are" earns a lot of points for its hand-crafted look and unhomogenized, dare-one-say organic rendering of unrestrained youthful imagination. But director [...]
Audiences "Retreat" At Box Office
October 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a good weekend for romantic comedy at the box-office with "Couples Retreat" taking in a healthy $35.5 million in ticket sales. That total was enough to put the new comedy on top of the box-office chart in its first week, despite getting just average review from critics. In second was last week's number [...]
Slice of SciFi #234: A Conversation with Scream Queen Brooke Lewis
October 10, 2009 By 10 Comments
Slice of SciFi #234: A Conversation with Brooke Lewis In the News: Comcast is looking to invest in NBC/Universal and take a bigger stake in Hulu. Find out what this may mean for you. If you're waiting for a new "Simpsons" movie, it may be a while. A new hand-held television with streaming programming is [...]
"Chuck" Could Be Back Soon
October 10, 2009 By 9 Comments
The bad ratings news for NBC could be great news for fans of "Chuck." With several of their returning shows seeing ratings declines and the early cancellation of "Southland," the door is open for "Chuck" to return earlier than its originally announced March season premiere. In fact, Entertainment Weekly's Michael Auseillo reports NBC is considering [...]
Top 10 Moon Crashes
October 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Fox News has listed the 10 most prominent Lunar crashes since the creation of that heavenly body over 4.6 billion years ago. Here is their list: #10: The LCROSS/LRO Probe # 9: The Smart 1 Probe # 8: Moon Meteorite Plague # 7: "Sea of Showers" # 6: The Lunar Prospector # 5: Apollo 11 [...]
Slice of SciFi #233: Voice Mail Show
October 9, 2009 By 2 Comments
This is the show where our loyal, adoring, and inquisitive fans and listeners get to hear us comment on their comments abour our stories and comments... it's the Circle of Entertainment Life! So go ahead and call in with your questions and comments. Just call 206-339-TREK, that’s 206-339-8735. We do want to hear your comments [...]
DVR Numbers Help "Diaries," "Fringe"
October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While people may not be watching "The Vampire Diaries" and "Fringe" live, they are watching. The latest figures for DVR viewing show gains of 30% for both shows. "Diaries" rose 31% in viewership and "Fringe" rose 30% according to the Hollywood Reporter. The numbers compare shows' "live-plus-same-day" ratings (which really should just be called "live-plus-same-night" [...]
ThinkGeek to Offer Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
October 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
It started as an April Fool's gag, but it proved so popular that ThinkGeek will offer it for real next month. The Tauntaun sleeping bag will go on sale in November, just in time for the holiday season. ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! We should have the real version of these cool sleeping bags arriving in early [...]
SyFy To Debut "Alice" In December
October 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
SyFy's latest mini-series, "Alice" will debut on December 6. Here's what the network has to say about the upcoming mini-series event. Syfy's contemporary re-imagined spin on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will premiere on Sunday, December 6th @ 9-11pm ET/PT and air over two consecutive nights. In this modern day spin on the classic stories by [...]
Ross Will Direct "Venom"
October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Venom spin-off movie appears to be gaining some momentum. A couple of weeks ago, we brought you news that the script was being given a second polish. Now comes news that Columbia has selected a director for the film. It's Gary Ross, the director of "SeaBiscuit." He's also the script writer for the upcoming [...]
Orci, Kurtzman Not Writing "Transformers 3"
October 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
Michael Bay will be back as well Megan Fox. But writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman will not be returning to pen the script for "Transformers 3." The two are said to be stepping away from the franchise to pursue other projects. That leaves the script in the hands of Ehren Kruger, who worked on [...]
Water Seeking Space Craft to Land on the Moon
October 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
The search for water on the moon will take a huge step forward Friday when NASA crashes a water-seeking spacecraft into the lunar surface. If all goes well, on Friday about 7:30 a.m. ET, the two parts of the LCROSS spacecraft will smack into the lunar surface at nearly 6,000 mph, sending up plumes of [...]
Murphy Joins "Caprica" Staff
October 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
Kevin Murphy has joined the production staff for SyFy's upcoming "Battlestar Galactica" prequel, "Caprica." Murphy, who has written for "Desparate Housewives," will be a co-executive producer for the upcoming prequel series. According to Variety, Murphy is already at work on his first script for the spin-off. "As a rabid 'Battlestar Galactica' fan, it's hard not [...]
Paramount Sets Magic Number For "Paranormal Activity" To Open Nationwide
October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On this week's Slice of SciFi, we'll be discussing the much buzzed about movie, "Paranormal Activity." The movie has been created a buzz in its limited screenings across the United States and distributor Paramount Pictures has said that if one million people go vote for the film on Eventful, they will release it nationwide. According [...]
NFL Hurts Network Ratings
October 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
First it was "SG:U" bleeding away viewers from "Dollhouse" on Friday, now it's the NFL taking away viewers from three of the four big networks Monday evening. The Monday night contest between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings scored the largest ratings for a cable broadcast Monday evening with over 20 million viewers [...]
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