Today: 2 September 2010

Before Wendy Met Peter There Was… Neverland!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on September 1, 2010 · View Comments

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Neverland

If you’ve ever wondered about who Peter Pan was, and what he’d gotten up to before he met Wendy, then here’s a bit of news you’ll really enjoy. Syfy and Nick Willing [Alice] are joining forces to produce Neverland, the story of who Peter and his Lost Boys are – and how they came to live in Neverland!

It’s a strange tale – how could it not be – and you can learn more by following the jump to get all the juicy details from the press release.

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We’re Not Worthy! On November 9th Shout!Factory Will Release Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIX – With Gypsy Figurine & More!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on September 1, 2010 · View Comments

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MST3KXIXGypsy

Yes, there’s big news from Shout!Factory about the wild & crazy guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000!

Four never-before-seen episodes of MST3K are being released in a monster boxed set on November 9, 2010. Titles being ripped to shreds by the MST3K crew are: Robot Monster, Bride of the Monster, Devil Doll and Devils [I love these guys!].

And what of the other cool contents of the set? Follow the jump for complete details from the press release!

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Netflix Gets Busy Today with Star Trek, Godfather, G.I. Joe as Paramount Jumps on Board!

Posted by  Michelle Alexandria on September 1, 2010 · View Comments

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Star Trek 2009 on Netflix

In all the hoopla over Apple’s boring, lame, pointless “Music Event” today “Ooh, .99 Cent TV Downloads, iOS Update, OMFG!!!” Don’t forget Netflix’s new deal with Paramount Pictures kicks into gear today, now on Instant Watch you can watch all the Paramount Hits including:  The Godfather Trilogy, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, The Transformers and more coolness. But when are we going to get Paramount TV Shows like Numbers, Ghost Whisperers, NCIS?  I’m still waiting for the day users get the supposed benefits from the Warner Home Video screw job from earlier this year. Remember the line at the time was Netflix signed the deal to delay DVD/Blu-ray releases because it meant more Content from Warner Brothers would be available for Instant Streaming?  I’m waiting……..

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Clone Hunter – The Spirit of Roger Corman is Contagious!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on August 31, 2010 · View Comments

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Clone Hunter

Is it possible to make an entertaining sci-fi movie for less than it cost to outfit Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland? Well, the folks at New Jersey’s Pandora Machine seem to think so and, judging by Clone Hunter, it would appear they are correct.

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Grade: B

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NCIS: Los Angeles Had a Tough Act to Follow and Came Up Big!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on August 31, 2010 · View Comments

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NCIS.LA, S1

After five seasons in which NCIS garnered ever better ratings, someone [CBS? NCIS: LA creator Shane Brennan] had the bright idea, “Why don’t we make a spin-off/companion series?” And so, in the fullness of time [or about a month before the end of the seventh season, take your pick], NCIS ran a two-part story, Legendary, that introduced an east coast-based team out of the NCIS Office for Special Projects – which would’ve been highly rated and made that spin-off happen even if the two-parter hadn’t ended with one of the LA team riddled with bullets in the final few minutes.

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Grade: A

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The Red Riding Trilogy – Haunting Noir Movie Trilogy Not for the Faint of Heart!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on August 31, 2010 · View Comments

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Red Riding

The Red Riding Trilogy [Red Riding 1974, Red Riding 1980, and Red Riding 1983] is a series of movies that deal with police corruption and the kidnapping of several young girls in the Yorkshire area of England during the period of time the city was the site of a series of murders by the so-called Yorkshire Ripper. They are masterful examples of how to fold real events into a fictional narrative.

These are grim, grimy, gritty films in which one character seeks to find the truth, root out the bad guys and make things right – but two of the leads [in 1974 and 1980] fail to realize how systemic the corruption has become, while the third is one of the corrupted who is faced with events that cause his not quite dead conscience to reappear in fill bloom.

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Grade: B+

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Mexican Alien Invasion Movie Gets U.S. Release!

Posted by  Sheldon A. Wiebe on August 31, 2010 · View Comments

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The North American rights to Seres: Genesis, an alien invasion movie written, directed and produced by Angel Mario Heurta, have been picked by the distributor 24 frames, which will release the film in late October [it will be released in Mexico on September 17th]. The American release will be a limited and staggered one with the intention of building word of mouth and positive critical response.

Check out the trailer:

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