You demanded it. But are you ready for Paranormal Activity? The film, billed as one of the scariest in the last decade, is not opening in wide release; instead...
September 2009
“As if a million page view requests cried out at once, and were suddenly silenced.” Apologies to the great Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi for the...
A couple of events coming to the Valley next month will help to usher in the release of DK Publishing’s LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, due out...
The scramble to adapt comic characters to the silver screen continues. Writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Rheese have turned in their second draft of the proposed...
An embittered rabbi must clear his name of a murder he didn’t commit by finding the real killer before the police catch up with him. I’m game. How...
It’s no plucking chicken, but Saturday Night Live raised a few eyebrows this week when a new cast member made the mother of all mistakes.
The surprise renewal last season of Joss Whedon’s sci-fi drama ‘Dollhouse’ may end up as only a temporary reprieve. The ratings for...
Daredevil Movie Reboot (Atomic Comics) Don’t Ask The Wall Street Journal How To Wean Your Kids Off Reading Science Fiction (io9) Kirk Cameron Stands...
Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment, is now part-owner of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers franchise. Did the global economic...
The last part of my interview with “Star Wars in Concert” narrator and C-3PO performer Anthony Daniels: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 PHOTO:...
The creators of the ever-changing card game Fluxx are expanding into hazy territory. Fully Baked Ideas, a new imprint of the family friendly games company...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon says there will be a “season nine” in comic book form, following up the success of Dark Horse...
Fresh on the heels of confirming a long-awaited drop in the price of its Wii game console, Nintendo is offering free downloadable games to anyone who buys a...
Anthony Daniels is the voice of the Star Wars Saga.
Not all heroes are in the comic books — some sell them. The staff of Atomic Comics in Chandler recently got to play savior to a lost baby kitty who got...
Buzz has been building for weeks that Nintendo is preparing to lower the price of its Wii console for the first time since it debuted in 2006, from $250 to...
The heirs to comic-book artist Jack Kirby — who has co-creation credits for the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain...
Bookmans Entertainment Exchange spends each September raising awareness of the dangers of censorship, taking a stand for the idea that silencing a work just...
For the third time in recent weeks, Google has replaced its logo with a scene of rampaging aliens. While the previous two were rather cryptic at best, this...
"We all know John Williams' music, but I think a lot of people don't know how it's made," said Anthony Daniels.
Controversy Brews Over Roddenberry Mac (Airlock Alpha) Universal reveals details of Harry Potter park (AP) Toys R Launches Game Trade-Ins Nationwide (Kotaku)...
Avast, ye lilly-livered bilge rats! Sept. 19 be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If nothing else, it will give you another excuse to annoy your coworkers...
The excellent musical documentary “Nerdcore Rising” about the increase in popularity of so-called nerdcore hip-hop came out on DVD this week. If...
The creator of the virtual world Second Life is being sued yet again for trademark infringement. In April it was Scottsdale-based Taser suing Linden Labs over...
A British film about the life of Charles Darwin and the naturalist’s “struggle between faith and reason” will be shown in theaters across the...
From our friends at Robot Viking: The company that revolutionized tabletop miniatures gaming has been resurrected. Most of the WizKids intellectual property...
There's a scene in Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi where the chatty droid C-3PO, having saved his friends from ending up on the plates of the...
Because slaying monsters is thirsty work, Jones Soda — known for its unorthodox sales strategies and seasonal flavors such as Turkey & Gravy, Sweet...
Members of the Grammy-nominated band Fall Out Boy will sign copies of their new comic book series Saturday at Atomic Comics’ Chandler Fashion Center...
Anthony Daniels, the man behind the voice and sometimes the metal of Star Wars droid C-3PO, confirmed Monday that he has been working with Disney to record new...
Marvel has begun a new program of posting complete digital version of five comics on their website each week. While I remain partial to the real world dead...
The world may still be trying to figure out what state Springfield, home of The Simpsons, is in — but another cartoon mystery has been solved. Scooby...
It’s good to be bad, particularly when you’re the Dungeon Master. At least, that’s the case at Wizards of the Coast’s latest Worldwide...
There’s good news for fans of actor, author and all-around geek icon Bruce Campbell (“Army of Darkness”, “Bubba-Ho-Tep”). In a...
Wii Price Drop Looks To Hit First Week Of October (Kotaku) Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea (U.K. Guardian) DIY Doctor...
More news from the D23 Expo in Anaheim: Star Tours II has been confirmed at last, and here’s a “teaser trailer” for the ride. The Star...
Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of service Facebook to let users tag friends in status posts U.S. video game sales slide in August for 6th month Tech...
Disney announced that Capt. Jack Sparrow will return in 2011 in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The news comes out of the inaugural D23 Expo in...
UPDATED with more accurate release info and a video. LucasArts today stepped outside its Star Wars-shaped box and unveiled Lucidity, a 2D puzzle/platformer in...
The hits just keep on coming in the super-hero biz. First, Disney scoops up Marvel and yesterday the president and publisher of DC Comics, Paul Levitz, stepped...
The long-awaited new film adaptation of The Green Hornet started filming last week, but Nicolas Cage — who had been tapped to play a gangster —...
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Wednesday for the first time since his liver transplant to introduce a new line of iPods that include a Nano with...
The “ultimate Disney fan experience” is about to begin, and while we’re not going to the D23 Expo, Sept. 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention...
MADCAP Theaters at 730 S. Mill Ave. in Tempe will be hosting this year’s International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Oct. 15-18, 2009. This year’s...
Tom Welling is donning a new costume for the upcoming ninth season of Smallville — and it’s not what you might expect. Spoilers after the jump.
This past weekend, Seattle played host to the annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), one of the largest public video gaming conventions in the world. For years now...
The Beatles Rock Band goes on sale at midnight tonight, and the Blockbuster store at McClintock Drive and Southern Avenue in Tempe is playing host to a special...
The British screenwriter behind some of the most successful romantic comedies (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill, Love...
The blessings of the Valar are with us! The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and the movie studio that produced the epic Lord of the Rings film trilogy have settled a...
Project Runway style maven Tim Gunn is helping Marvel Comics revive a group of comic characters that haven’t been in fashion since the 1960s. Gunn, a...
I don’t really get this Star Wars/snowboarding fan film — but I’m not among the intended audience, I guess. Still, lightsabers = awesome in...
On Wednesday, Apple will unveil its latest products at an invitation-only event in San Francisco. Speculation is rampant in the blogosphere: Will the...
Could Disney’s recent four billion dollar acquisition of Marvel be bearing fruit already? That’s the latest rumor spurred on by a line in the most...
Note: This post originally appeared on Sept. 1, 2008. In honor of Labor Day, today we salute the redshirts: those thankless legions of faceless Starfleet...
Have you ever wondered what the coolest library on Earth looks like? The website blog.shelfari.com can answer that for you. They’ve got a series of...
Reports from the “Future of Star Wars” panel at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta has revealed some interesting tidbits about the live-action Star...
The Yellow Brick Road never looked so yellow and bricky. The film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz is turning 70, and to celebrate the occasion...
Dragon*Con brings out enthusiasts’ inner geek (CNN) Fox adds on-air tweets to ‘Fringe’ reruns (AP) Japan’s new first lady says rode UFO...
Amazon is trying to pacify those Kindle owners who were outraged when George Orwell novels were ripped away after the company discovered it did not have the...
Starting today and running through Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7, buy two of any item at Atomic Comics and get another one for free. In other words, buy 2 comic...
UPDATED with Jim Steranko and Jamal Igle. Phoenix Comicon organizers announced the first round of celebrity guests for Phoenix Comicon 2010 on Thursday at an...
Filming commenced this week on the long-awaited new film adaptation of The Green Hornet, a classic of film, television, radio and comic books. Michel Gondry is...
The folks over at ThinkGeek were just trying to be funny one April Fools’ Day, but they inadvertently tapped into something so popular it created a...
The next batch of “original” Saturday night movies on Syfy will include a remake of an adaptation of a Stephen King novel, more tales of the Earth...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Iron Man director Jon Favreau has signed on to direct Robert Downey Jr. in Cowboys & Aliens. The Wild West E.T. tale...
The official Lion’s Gate Movies twitter feed announced that the adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic “Kick-Ass” will...
Texting and driving isn’t specifically illegal in Arizona — yet — but drinking and driving definitely is, which is why cab companies clean up...
Last week Microsoft announced a new round of price cuts for its Xbox 360 gaming console, right on the heels of Sony slashing the price of its PlayStation 3 and...
