2008 - The Year Ahead In Sf Movies
2008 is shaping up to be a great year for Sci Fi. Here's a list of some of the coming year's highlights, with their release dates - make a note in your favourite gadget or write it down with a 'pen' in your 'diary'. JAN 17 Cloverfield - Monster Meets New York. FEB 7 The Mist - Stephen King's tale retold by Frank Darabont. FEB 14 Jumper - Doug Liman directs teleporting thriller with Hayden Christensen. MAR 6 10,000 BC - mammoth (literally) action sequences. MAR 13 Speed Racer - The Wachowskis...
The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep
Released Jan 10 Starring Louis Owen Collins, Emily Watson, Brian Cox Directed By Jay Russell Rated PG A combination of familiar elements for those who scour the genre, The Water Horse is, however, able to stand on its own two flippers and be more than just a boy and his monster kids’ movie. There's a reference to E.T. on the poster and it's not unjustified - the story mirrors that one quite closely, and the heart-tugging is of similar ferocity, although in the end, it’s not half as...
What's On This Week Jan 7 - 13
This week SCI FI continues the trendy trend of massive movie marathons - with a healthy dose of Babylon 5. Get ready for five days of five Babylon 5 movies. It's obviously - fivetastic! If you've never seen Babylon 5, this is the week for a great introduction. The feature length films were originally created for the off-seasons in between Bab 5's five regular seasons, using (obviously) the same sets and cast, but introducing big guest stars and giving free range to stand alone stories of bigger...
Alien Versus Predator: Requiem
Released Jan 1 Starring Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale Director The Brothers Strause Rated MA 15+ This is a requiem indeed – for the death of a franchise. You’d have more fun sticking your hand down an ant’s nest than watching this – it’s a logic fricassee that replaces tension and originality with comic-book stupidity. If you’ve seen all the Alien movies and the Predator movies and even Alien Versus Predator, you may be forgiven for wanting to go and see Requiem. Let us save...
More Indy 4 Pics!
Vanity Fair has just come out with an Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull layout with super duper pics of the main players. Cate Blanchett is slated to play a saucy villainess and check out the visual reference to the secret US government box storage room for such objects as The Ark of the Covenant. Karen Allen returns as Marion Ravenswood, and if the rumours prove correct Shia Lebouf will be the lovechild of said Ravenswood and one Dr Jones. Rest assured we have top men working...
What’s On This Week Dec 31 – Jan 6
The end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008 – quite the momentous time here at the Sci Fi Channel Website. Luckily there’s plenty of good things on air as we dodge champagne corks and confetti. We’re also continuing the Star Trek Movie Marathon. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country takes you to er, the undiscovered country of 2008, as it screens on the 31st at 10.35pm and finishes at 12.30pm. We’ve scheduled an ad-break (probably!) to coincide with midnight for a quick hurrah, kiss and sip of...
I Am Legend
Released Jan 3 Starring Will Smith, a German shepherd, Alice Braga Director Francis Laurence Rating M The end of the world was nigh - for three years now. Will Smith must cope with a world filled with no one but himself, his dog - oh, and an army of ‘darkseekers’. This is the kind of movie that you really should see on the big screen – in fact the bigger, the better. The images of an overgrown and empty New York have startling power, even as the keen-eyed viewer pics up the CG constructions...
Indy 4 Official Stills!
For those who can’t wait to see images of Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – look no further. Leakages from Imdb have ended up on Dark Horizons and Ain’t It Cool and now, SCI FI. Fans worried that an ageing Harrison Ford may be taking a back seat in the action sequences can be assuaged by photos that seem to indicate him right in the thick of things, Crystal Skull-wise. 2008 – looking great! Sci Fi’s highly improbable movie dialogue: “Snakes. I hate snakes.” Sci...
The Golden Compass
Released Dec 26 Starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards Director Chris Weitz Rating PG Phillip Pullman’s remarkable alternate universe is rich and dark in the filmed translation – perhaps a bit too rich. Whilst not quite Harry Potter, Phillip Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy has been a staggering literary phenomenon, creating an ocean of devoted fans. The buzz surrounding the release of the first story, Northern Lights, as The Golden Compass was met with...
Enchanted
Released Dec 26 Starring Amy Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon Director Kevin Lima Rating PG It’s a live-action Shrek with Disney mocking its own rich history of animated features. Hard to believe it, but Disney was once famed for a corporate culture so lacking in humour and humanity despite its wholesome image, it was referred to by ex- executives as ‘Mauschwitz’ and spawned the Dinsey-baiting Shrek. Whilst knowledge of the turnaround in corporate culture is...
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