Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 120 min.
Theatrical Release Date: August 22nd, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language.
Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez
Overall MP SCORE = 5/10
“Like some twisted hybrid reality TV show abomination of BattleBots, The Fast and the Furious and The […]

David still has the flute, the soft-spoken voice, all the right moves; but this time he is carrying a very big stick and you don’t want to piss him off
Beginning Sunday, August 17 at 10:00 PM – Midnight ET/PT SPIKE TV will show its two-part miniseries starring David Carradine and Daryl Hannah, reuniting for the […]

“I really wanted to have the opportunity to give this film a good review, however, the actors simply forbade me from doing so.”
“Shadows Light” has a really good premise, a fine script, but B-Movie special effects and acting about as stiff as a four-day old corpse.
The film opens ala “The Exorcist” and revolves around a […]

Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy and Animation
Running Time: 98 min.
Theatrical Release Date: August 15th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking.
Directed By: Dave Filoni
Starring: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane
SCORE = 5/10
“Without at least fundamental prior knowledge to the very expansive Star […]

Mulcahy was able to turn what should have been a totally dreadful movie into a watchable film that didn’t make me feel like I had completely wasted an hour and a half of my time.
Wrestler-turned-actor Randy Couture headlines a cast of relative unknowns (except for Tim Wu) in this prequel to the Dwayne Johnson Scorpion […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 23 min.
Theatrical Release Date: August 8th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue, language and drug use.
Directed By: Larry Bishop
Starring: Michael Madsen, Larry Bishop, Laura Cayouette, Vinnie Jones, Eric Balfour
SCORE = 5/10
“While there are certainly some entertaining moments, For the […]

Genre: Action/Adventure and Sequel
Running Time: 112 min.
Theatrical Release Date: August 1st, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure action and violence.
Directed By: Rob Cohen
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh, John Hannah
SCORE = 5/10
“I can say with fairly confident assuredness that each Mummy film is inferior to its predecessor.”
I can […]

Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel
Running Time: 120 min.
Theatrical Release Date: July 25th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material.
Directed By: Chris C. Carter
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit , Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly
SCORE = 5/10
“Nothing more than a long episode of the show, which is […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
“Doomsday” will make its way to DVD on July 29 and the fine folks from Rogue Pictures were kind enough to ask me to review it.
The film stars Rhona Mitra (”Boston Legal”), who is always fetching to gaze upon, but this film takes her out of […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
While I can’t say a great deal about the real plot and what ultimately happens in this next Stargate film on DVD (because I’m a really good guy who doesn’t want to spoil it for any of my readers - also MGM won’t think highly of […]

“In its own way it was funny and a comedic romp into sci-fi soft-porn”
I was presented with a screener for a new low budget web-series titled “The Fold” from series director Matt Lambert and co-writer Polly Frost. Now, when I say low budget, this doesn’t necessarily reflect on the series’ originality but does show […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster, Adaptation and Sequel
Running Time: 142 min.
Theatrical Release Date: July 18th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman
“The unrelentingly baleful tone of the film makes The Dark Knight a perfect match […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Horror, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
Theatrical Release Date: July 11th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and some language.
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, Seth MacFarlane
SCORE = 7/10
“The humor in the film is […]

With “Journey’s End” Russell T. Davies attempts to bring a sense of closure to his tenure as the producer for Doctor Who. 
I’ll give him credit for what he tried to do here, even if I found the episode’s execution a bit lacking. 
It was an episode that was neither as brilliant as it wanted to be […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama and Romance
Running Time: 120 min.
Theatrical Release Date: July 2nd, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence and language
Directed By: Peter Berg
Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan and Charlize Theron
SCORE = 7/10
“Peter Berg has indeed taken Hancock to artistic heights that it may have never reached with […]

And so, here it is.  The episode whose title was kept under wraps for months because it was considered to be “too SPOILER filled.”  The episode that brought back the Daleks, yet again.  The episode that brought back an old enemy.  The episode that would bring together all of the Doctor’s companions (well, at least […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Crime/Gangster, Adaptation
Running Time: 120 min.
Theatrical Release Date: June 27th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
Directed By: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common , Kristen Hager
SCORE= 10/10
“[Wanted] proves yet again that the director just might be the most […]

Last week we got the Donna-lite episode of series four, so this week it’s time for the Doctor-lite installment of the season.
While having the Doctor in a reduced role is certainly nothing new if you’ve watched any of the stories from the early days of the show, watching  the new series work with have a […]

Genre: Comedy, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 110 min.
Theatrical Release Date: June 20th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language.
Directed By: Peter Segal
Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terrence Stamp
SCORE = 8/10
“While they might have “missed it by just that much,” it’s not enough to detract from […]

Reviewed by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
The new dramedy series “The Middleman” from the ABC Family Network premiered this week on Monday and turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable 1-hr romp into a fast-paced, satiric-laced dialogue reminiscent of the old Mel Brooks days with “Get Smart,” only with sharper wit.
The pairing […]

Review by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF assistant editor)
On a recent podcast commentary for “Silence in the Library,” director Eros Lynn asked producer Phil Collinson an interesting question–”What do you see as the difference between the writing style of Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat?” 
If you’ve heard the podcast in question, you know that Collinson is stunned […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Thriller
Running Time: 91 min.
Theatrical Release Date: June 13th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for violent and disturbing images.
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez
“Likely the first ever public service announcement horror film”
SCORE = 4/10

Genre: Action/Adventure, Adaptation and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 54 min.
Theatrical Release Date: June 13th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images and brief suggestive content.
Directed By: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Christina Cabot
“Not having much to live up to, The Incredible Hulk […]

Reviewed by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
I must admit that when a representative for Michael Grant’s publisher asked me to read and review “Gone,” Grant’s latest Young Adult (YA) novel, I was less than excited. Why? I’m simply not a big fan of YA novels. Call it my age […]

Fairly or not, there were huge expectations heaped on this year’s Stephen Moffatt two-part story. As the season began, we wondered if Moffatt could somehow top last year’s superlative “Blink.” Then came the news that Moffatt was taking over as show-runner in 2010 and suddenly the pressure on “Silence in the […]

Genre: Animation
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
Theatrical Release Date: June 6th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of martial arts action.
Directed By: John Wayne Stevenson, Mark Randolph Osborne
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, David Cross
SCORE = 7/10
“Jack Black is nearly perfect as Po, who one might […]

“Once the good ideas run out and reveal the generic thrills underneath, The Strangers feels all too familiar.”

The hardest reviews to write are those for something you love. And I will make no bones about it, I loved everything about Stephen Moffatt’s latest instant classic “Silence in the Library.”
If there was one story I was looking forward to this season, it was this one. Moffatt has shown that he has […]

Genre: Drama, Adventure and Fantasy
Running Time: 117 min.
Theatrical Release Date: May 9th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for some violent images.
Directed By: Tarsem
Starring: Catinca Untaru, Lee Pace, Emil Hostina, Robin Smith, Jeetu Verma
Note: Listen to Slice of SciFi show #163 (Sat., May 31, 2008) for more about “The Fall”
“A Byzantine mix of The […]

Genre: Action/Adventure and Sequel
Running Time: 2 hrs. 3 min.
Theatrical Release Date: May 22nd, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Jim Broadbent
“Indiana Jones is no longer a man of reason, who could be traversing the world […]

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