Covert Affairs (USA Network, Tuesdays, 9/8C) returns this evening with a bit of a time jump following Annie Walker’s intriguing conversation with Henry Wilcox – who hasn’t taken his son’s death very well, and ‘the conversation’ with her and Auggie. Then it slides back to the morning after ‘the conversation’ and things go pear shaped.
The 2013 J-Pop Summit Festival Features Music, Movie and Pop Fashion In A Colorful Array Of Events!
The 5th Annual J-Pop Summit Festival will celebrate Japanese, pop culture with Sake tasting, a J-Pop Idol contest, and performances by such artists as: fashion icon/singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (pictured); four-piece girl rock band LoVendoR; and legendary artist Katsuya Terada, who will create a freehand drawing on a blank wall at San Francisco’s Kinokuniya Bookstore. […]
Comic-con 2013: Oni Press Brings Nifty Stuff and Cool Panels!
One of the great things about Comic-Con is the opportunity to check out lots of indie press stuff that you might not get to see anywhere else. Oni Press has one or two majorly hit titles (like Scott Pilgrim) but also produces a lot of great stuff that doesn’t enjoy quite the same high profile […]
Soaring Trailer: How To Train Your Dragon 2!
After everything we’ve seen in the movie and TV series, it would be understandable to think, ‘How can the makers of How To Train Your Dragon’ top the first one. Maybe they can’t, but the new teaser for How To Train Your Dragon 2’ suggets that they’re giving is a really good go. Check it […]
Bear McCreary Joins Michael Bay’s Black Sails At Comic-Con 2013!
Normally, when a composer joins the crew of a TV series, it’s not a big thing but when that composer is Bear McCreary – he of Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons, Defiance and The Walking Dead fame – it’s definitely news. And when that composer is joining the contingent of cast and crew at Comic-Con […]
Syfy Takes Over The Streets–And Buildings At Comic-Con 2013; Hosts Panels For Five Series!
Syfy continues to take it all to Comic-Con. For Comic-Con 2013, the network is wrapping a Helix showcase around the Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel, adjacent to Comic-Con headquarters in the San Diego Convention Center – and hosting panels for five scripted series: the launch of the aforementioned Helix – with first-look clips, Defiance, Being […]
VIZ Media Takes Digital Manga, Weekly Shonen Jump and The Neon Alley Anime Channel To Comic-Con2013
VIZ Media – the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America – will be showcasing digital media, including the Weekly Shonen Jump digital manga magazine, and the Neon Alley Anime Channel at Comic-Con 2013. The company will host a wide array of special events, unique giveaways, panel discussions and more. […]
Being Human Meets The Devil!
The final season of the original Being Human (BBC America, Saturdays, 10/9C) kicks off tonight with none of the original cast left after ghostly Annie saved the world and passed on in the season four finale. Her replacement as ghost roommate to Hal and Tom is Alex – Hal’s unfortunate would-be human girlfriend from the […]
Pacific Rim is HUGE Fun!
Even if you don’t love Kaiju movies, Pacific Rim is a delight. Sure it’s got the biggest monsters ever fighting the biggest mecha ever, but that’s not all (though for a lot of Kaiju movie fans it might be enough). It also has characters who feel real; a world that looks right, and 3D that […]
Trailer: Saving Mr. Banks–How Walt Disney Got To Make Mary Poppins!
Mary Poppins is one of the most beloved films ever made – but it was far from the easiest that Walt Disney ever produced. The story of how Disney came to be able to make the movie is a wonderful story in its own right and the first trailer for Saving Mr. Banks, the movie […]
Pacific Rim – Cold, calculating and technical. Michelle’s Review
When a prologue is done well, it can add a lot of texture and context to the story you are about to see or read. While I strongly dislike the Lord of the Rings films, the beginning five-minute prologue sequence does an amazing job of setting up and getting us excited about the world we’re […]