The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments Tuesday about a federal court’s decision to throw out California’s ban on the sale and rental of...
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It’s no mystery what’s behind Google’s latest timely doodle — just a Mystery Machine. “Jinkies” I thought to myself while...
More than 73 works of art commissioned by NASA to capture more than 50 years of space exploration are on display now through late January at Mesa’s...
Listen (and watch) Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Q, John De Lancie, read Edgar Allen Poe’s narrative poem “The Raven”: Via GeekDad...
The Sunday edition of Good Morning America will include a live broadcast from The Nest Haunted House at Rawhide Western Town in Chandler, in honor of the ABC...
‘Goonies’ Broadway Musical Picking Up Steam (Cinematical/Moviefone) Felicia Day, Queen of the Geeks Talks RED, Comics, More (Newsarama) Is NASA...
Cartoon Network’s MAD spoofs Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars:
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Star Trek Online won’t be the online Star Trek game online for long. Coming this summer, Gameforge’s Star Trek: Infinite Space will use a browser...
Apparently, Vulcan philosophy has found its way into Terran jurisprudence — in Texas, of all places. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a...
A dispute that threatened to move production of the two $500 million Hobbit films out of New Zealand has been resolved, ensuring that the movies will share the...
The 1996 Doctor Who Fox TV movie will be available on DVD in the United States for the first time starting Feb. 8. The movie, which served as an unfortunate...
Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello reports that Syfy has canceled Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel focused on the rise of the artificial...
A Christie’s auction house employee in London gets a Darth Vader costume from The Empire Strikes Back ready for auction next month. The helmet, mask...
The Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex blog broke the news today that the next Batman film will be called The Dark Knight Rises and that the villain will...
A sequel to James Cameron's 3-D epic Avatar is scheduled to hit theaters in December 2014, followed one year later by another installment.
The creative forces behind April’s Star Trek poetry slam in Mesa are hosting a Star Wars-themed event 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday at Samurai Comics, 1051 E...
This post was raised from the Nerdvana archives of Halloweens past, with minor updates as needed … It may be too late to order the signature orange...
Last week saw the release of All Clear, the second and final volume of Connie Willis’ latest work (the first half, Blackout, was released in February)...
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Back to the Future — the movie that brought us flux capacitors and temporal incest — is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week with cast...
Charles Ross’ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy is making a return visit to the East Valley. You can see it 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Queen Creek Performing Arts...
Martin Freeman, who played Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and starred in the original UK version of The Office, has officially been...
Go and load up – I dare you. The retailer best known for flannel, appliances and gobbling up Kmart has rolled out a section of their website devoted to...
'Conviction' has the Oscar-worthy performances, 'Hereafter' has the deep questions and 'Paranormal Activity 2' has the scares.
Graham Crowden, the actor best known for his role as the cantankerous senior citizen Tom Ballard in the British comedy Waiting for God, has died at the age of...
Tired of sparkling vampires? If so, you'll wanna catch this weekend's 'Road Less Traveled' premiere!
Nintendo announced a slew of new products Thursday that will launch Nov. 7. Hey -- that's just in time for your holiday shopping! Isn't it funny how these...
This Sunday night, the hit BBC series Sherlock comes to American audiences on PBS as part of the “Masterpiece Mystery!” anthology. It’s a...
Earlier this year DriveThruRPG, an online merchant of roleplaying game PDFs, raised nearly $150,000 for Doctors Without Borders’ Haitian relief fund in just...
Evermore Nevermore, downtown Mesa’s new curiosity shop, will celebrate its first year in business with a “Halloversary Bash” 7 to 9 p.m...
Production of The Hobbit may finally be back on track, but an actors’ pay dispute may mean filming will shift from New Zealand, which stood in for Middle...
What if you threw an apocalypse and nobody showed up? A critique in a new textbook argues that the supposed Mayan-predicted doomsday of Dec. 21, 2012, is off...
A minor controversy has been unleashed by the decision to give the main character in Doctor Who and unlimited lease on life. The title character, a Time Lord...
There’s been a lot of chatter recently about who should play the Man of Steel when Warner Bros. “reboots” the Superman franchise (again) for...
Here’s a deal so good it’s scary: If you buy an advance ticket to Paranormal Activity 2, opening at midnight Thursday, at www.ParanormalMovie.com...
The next week sees not one, not two, but three book launch events in the Phoenix area with author James A. Owen for the release of The Dragon’s...
Starting today, Netflix subscribers in the U.S. and Canada can stream content to their Nintendo Wii consoles without the use of a disc. “At this time of...
The full cinematic trailer for “Cataclysm,” the next expansion for World of Warcraft, due out Dec. 7:
Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated has always been a little different from the other installments in the franchise's 41-year history. It's self-deprecating...
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'RED' is an action comedy that successfully delivers both the action and the comedy.
The BBC confirmed this weekend what months of rumors have suggested: Doctor Who will film in the U.S. for the first time in its nearly 50-year history. The...
Gangplank, that hotbed of innovation through collaboration in downtown Chandler, will hold a Street Fighter II Champion Edition tournament on Wednesday, Oct...
Even the undead aren’t unsympathetic to the plight of hungry families. A zombie walk, beauty pageant and raffle 6 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Nest haunted house...
If World of Warcraft were a country, its population would be greater than that of Belgium.
Things may be looking up for the long-beleagured film adaptation of The Hobbit. MGM Studios now reportedly has a new management team lined up and a plan for...
A recent story in the East Valley Tribune by Scripps Howard News Service looks at The Hub, a joint venture between Discovery Networks and Hasbro Toys that...
'It's Kind of a Funny Story' is a quirky movie with a lot of heart - although, it tries a bit too hard sometimes. And 'Never Let Me Go', despite being...
It’s time again for Second Friday in downtown Mesa — and once again Evermore Nevermore, that funky little collectibles and clothing shop, is...
Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday that the Valley will be among the first markets to experience its fastest network when it rolls out by the end of the year...
Need a spooky mask? Who doesn’t! You can own part of the 2008 horror flick Bryan Loves You — and all you have to do is speak your mind. As the...
The opening and closing selections of the sixth annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival have been announced. The opening night film, screening...
I never knew that TIE Fighters, AT-ATs, X-Wings and R2 units had skeletons. But that doesn’t make this Halloween party invitation for Industrial Light...
What if there was a gaming handheld designed specifically for online gaming and MMORPGs?
Wish granted!
The Doctor Who News Page has updated with lots of details about the upcoming Doctor Who video games for the Nintendo Wi and Nintendo DS systems -- even some...
October’s shaping up to be a hell of a month for television, from the return of Syfy’s Scare Tactics to the long-awaited Halloween night premiere...
A multimillion-dollar fraud complaint brought by investors in a bankrupt Mesa video game studio is about to go to court.
Nominees have been announced for the next class of the Toy Hall of Fame. Only two of these 12 finalists will make it into the prestigious hall, joining such...
Arizona gets its second LEGO Store next month Herding cats at IKEA AMC Theatres may face class-action suit over movie receipts Local comic book talent takes...
This is a great weekend at the movies. 'Buried', 'Let Me In' and 'The Social Network' are sure to get some recongition come awards season, so be sure to catch...
