Alice (review)
More’s the pity that it ends up feeling pointless and empty and humorless, for it starts off rather intriguing, this modern update of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel…
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U.K. and U.S. airdates for ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars”
So how much sense does this make? BBC One will air “The Waters of Mars” — watch the trailer here — on Sunday, November 15, according to Digital Spy. But BBC America won’t air “The Waters of Mars” until Saturday, December 19, more than a month later, or so says Sci Fi Wire. All I … more…
trailer break: ‘Carriers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I liked this better the first time around, when it was called The Stand. Or 28 Days Later. Or Dawn of the Dead. Or Mulberry Street. Or the Resident Evil movies. No, scratch that: I don’t actually like the Resident Evil movies. Still, I have this terrible … more…
trailer break: ‘Stargate: Universe’
Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… “Yes, that is planet Earth, and yes, you are on a spaceship.” And yes, I’d like to imagine myself in that position, as I’m sure most of the intended audience for this show could say as well, but c’mon: Do we really need to be pandered … more…
‘Warehouse 13’ debuts on Sci Fi, er, SyFy tonight
SyFy is kicking off its on-air rebranding with the debut of a series that, clearly, it has high hopes for as some sort of anchor for the network’s “new” image. Alas that Warehouse 13 — premering with a two-hour pilot tonight at 9pm Eastern — feels like more of the same-old not-too-daring Sci Fi Channel … more…
Sci Fi Channel becomes SyFy today
So, yesterday the FedEx man brings me a mysterious package. It was not, alas, a ransom letter or Professor Henry Jones Sr.’s grail diary or a coded message from a secret agent or anything cool like that. It was one of the most bizarre promotional items I’ve gotten in my years of being courted by … more…
‘Doctor Who’ news roundup
My regular weekend Doctor Who blogging is coming late tonight or tomorrow, but in the meantime, there’s lots of news about the show to share. (Thanks to all the many readers who have emailed me links, including: John, Martha, Alison, Gail, Steve, Matthew, and Jeff.) • David Tennant’s Hamlet (which I reviewed here) will definitely … more…
trailer break: ‘V: The Series’
Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… Heh: Alien babes are hot. Oh, man, remember when Diana ate that hamster? Remember when the aliens took off their faces and they were lizards? That was awesome. Can a remake possibly have anything as shocking up its sleeve? They’re already telling us here that we’re … more…
question of the day: What can we hope for from the just-greenlit ‘MacGyver’ movie?
The hypothetical MacGyver movie we fantasized about four months ago here is actually coming to fruition, according to CBC News: A big screen version of the long-running TV series MacGyver is in the works by New Line studio. “We think we’re a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from … more…
question of the day: WTF is up with the Sci Fi Channel changing its name to Syfy?
As if science fiction as a genre weren’t already the butt of so much unfair derision, now the Sci Fi Channel has gone and changed its name to “Syfy,” which is precisely the corporate equivalent of that girl in eighth grade who rechristened herself “Braaandiii” with hearts over all the i’s, and just as stupid. … more…
