A promo for the recently updated Star Tours attraction at Disneyland has been remixed to celebrate the Lucasfilm Empire's new union with the Walt Disney...
October 2012
A Hollywood auction taking place Dec. 15-16 will offer bidders the chance to buy the desk where Dracula author Bram Stoker sat while writing the classic...
More than 500 Marvel animation cels from the 1990s' X-Men series on Fox will go up for auction online Dec. 1.
Welcome to a special Halloween edition of Webcomics Wednesday, featuring the return of Dis Count, the patron saint of Black Friday who made his first...
The crimes of George Lucas are many. But today, in selling Lucasfilm for over $4 billion in cash and stock to Disney, he washes the slate clean.
George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy discuss the future of Star Wars movies.
Walt Disney Company said Tuesday that it will acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a transaction worth more than $4 billion in cash and stock. Lucasfilm founder, chairman...
Cult Classics and Zia Records will be holding their first annual “Cine De Los Muertos” mini film festival for this Friday’s Dia de los Muertos holiday. The...
NEWS | #ComicCon announces it will remain in San Diego through 2016. Great news for America’s Finest City! — Todd Gloria (@ToddGloria) October 29, 2012 U...
Google’s Doodle today celebrates the birthday and life of the late, great public television painting mentor Bob Ross. If that means nothing to you, maybe...
Axe Cop doesn't debut on Fox until next summer, but here's a first clip already from the animated series based on a 5-year-old's comic that was illustrated by...
Mike Sweeney, a photojournalist for The Pueblo Chieftain in Southern Colorado, captured this shot of a certain Sith Lord showing his support for New Orleans...
The devious Dr. Diabolic has some frightfully fun-filled adventures planned for this creepy week of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. The Doctor’s Traveling...
There's more than one kind of Monster Mash ...
These fantastic figures and guilds of geekery have survived the test of time to become permanent fixtures in our society and their legacies continue to ripple...
Ming-Na, who had a long-running role in ER and recently starred in Stargate Universe, has joined the cast of ABC’s S.H.I.E.L.D. series. The announcement...
Amazon announced Friday it will settle a dispute with Arizona over unpaid sales taxes, and will begin collecting sales tax on items ordered by customers in the...
TV Guide is reporting that G4 is ending its centerpiece programs Attack of the Show and X-Play at the end of the year as it finalizes plans to remake itself in...
This summer we got to experience two episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first season on the big screen to celebrate the season’s...
Right up front, you are going to have to see Cloud Atlas twice or maybe even 3 or 4 times – so if you are not willing or able to make that kind of commitment...
The new film Pusher is a remake of the 1996 cult-classic about a week in the life of a small-time drug-dealer whose life is spinning dangerously out-of-control...
Deadline reports that X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn has backed out of the sequel, Days of Future Past, leaving producer and mutant movie pioneer...
Arnold Schwarzenneger is returning to the role that made him an action star in "The Legend of Conan."
Harkins Valley Art Theater in Tempe is holding a FREE screening of the first "Back to the Future" film.
Apotheon, an action-RPG platformer due out next year for Windows via Steam from Alientrap Games, is like a Greek-mythology version of Castlevania. (No, Kid...
Let’s say you want to explore the tantalizing supernatural world of Dark Shadows, but you just can’t commit to the nearly 600 hours it would take...
In Marvel's "Iron Man 3", brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man played by Robert Downey Jr., is pitted against an enemy whose reach knows no...
"Level Up," Cartoon Network's live-action comedy series about online gamers battling their foes in real life, returns today for a second season.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently doubled the fines in an effort to catch the punks vandalizing his campaign signs around the Valley, but, in typical Sheriff Joe...
This IS rocket science, but not just the kind where you melt your brain with complex mathematical equations – it’s the kind where you watch a team of “junkyard...
A couple of Valley comic book shops will be taking part in Saturday’s 24 Hour Comics Day Challenge. Cartoonists of all ages can participate — but...
If you are a fan of mediocre TV movies about mundane detectives in pursuit of demented bad-guys, or if you love the self-made movie mogul Tyler Perry, then you...
I don’t know what happened with Matthew McConaughey this past year that set him down his current path of courageous career reinvention, but...
Where did Deadpool come from? That’s a rhetorical question. I don’t need anyone to list his first appearance, or describe the Weapon X program, or map the...
The last time I checked in on Faerûn was back in the waning days of the 3.5 Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, which of course is the roleplaying game that...
The sidekick once played a pivotal role in the hero’s quest to fight crime.
Downtown Mesa’s Monsterland Bar & Grill will be featured on a future episode of Food Network’s World’s Weirdest Restaurants when it plays...
You are in a tavern… Do you like Dungeons & Dragons? Do you like good food, drink and companionship? Take heart, adventurers! It’s happy hour...
The Washington Post is reporting that the Pentagon is weighing whether to award medals to pilots of unmanned combat vehicles. Designs have reportedly been...
Take up the Power Sword to defend the secrets of Castle Greyskull when He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe comes to iOS devices later this fall...
IGN has word of a limited-time price cut on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 bundles. A 250GB system with Forza Motorsport 4 and a Skyrim voucher, plus a headset and...
According to The Associated Press, Nintendo has announced a $20 price cut for the Wii gaming console. The Wii, which revolutionized motion-controlled gaming...
Own it on Blu-ray Combo Pack or Digital Download Dec. 4.
German film studio Constantin Film (the studio responsible for the Resident Evil film series) has released the first trailer for its CGI animated take on the...
"Things That Go Bump In The Night,” an exhibition of artworks that evoke childhood imaginings of monsters and mayhem.
Comic Book Resources today broke the news Marvel fans have been dying to hear: At New York Comic Con, Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel’s television initiatives...
Welcome to a new semi-regular column on Nerdvana: Once A Nerd, a series that explores how the stuff we liked as kids affects the stuff liked by kids today.
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Get your fanged fix with Scorpius Dance Theatre’s ‘Vampire Tale’ eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/perfor… via @evtrib — Jayson Peters (@nerdvana) October 12, 2012...
Because of the fun trailer and the excellent talent involved with the film Seven Psychopaths, I had high hopes for this new comedic crime-thriller. I am...
In 1980, at the height of the Iranian hostage crisis, a CIA agent and “exfiltration” expert named Antonio Mendez quietly slipped into the chaotic country and...
I knew "Voyage Trekkers" was popular, but I thought it would take a little longer for the "worst starship crew in the galaxy" to get its own theme park...
While "Argo" is being praised for its authentic seventies look and feel, there are some fun genre connections that have been left out of the movie’s narrative.
The Barnes & Noble at Metrocenter in Phoenix is planning to host its first Fantasy Day on Oct. 20. James A. Owen will sign copies of his Here There Be...
The Running of the Bulls Oct. 20 in Cave Creek will feature bull runs (like in Spain), Mexican- and American-style bull fighting — and midget...
OSU marching band’s halftime show celebrates video games And now, the Ohio State University marching band’s epic Oct. 6, 2012, halftime performance...
Downtown Mesa’s monthly themed art walk event, 2ND Friday, is getting an early start on the predicted 2012 Mayan Armageddon with their “Apocalypse Party” on...
Tom and Jerry, the animated enemies that inspired The Simpsons’ satirical Itchy and Scratchy, are returning to TV in a new weekly series on Cartoon...
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The new indie film Butter is about the competitors in the “Mastery of Butter” contest; a competition where contestants create works of art carved out of...
This week we finally got to hear Adele’s long-rumored intro song for the upcoming Bond film Skyfall — now see a trailer of mostly familiar (but no...
As the release of the next iteration of the coveted Halo video game series looms ahead in November, 343 Industries released their live-action Halo web series...
In 2008’s Taken, ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has his daughter taken from him by a band of Albanian gangsters who specialize in kidnapping young...
In the new stop-motion animated movie Frankenweenie, eccentric director Tim Burton remakes and re-envisions one of his first efforts, a 1984 live-action short...
Since 2006, Phoenix FearCon has presented the valley’s biggest hardcore horror themed event and film festival. This year is their fifth show and they are...
This Friday October 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Dr. No, the very first James Bond film starring Sean Connery. This significant day has...
Topless female Dungeon Master sought for a 30-minute dragon-slaying bachelor party — 3rd Edition or 3.5 preferred … and could you bring your own...
I'm still amazed at how tightly the film's narrative is wrapped and how well this movie was made on so many levels. It truly is the greatest superhero movie...
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Cult Classics has just the thing to get you fired-up for the release of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie this weekend, as Victor Moreno’s movie showcase presents...
Mark your calendars — Free RPG Day in 2013 is now officially set for June 15. If you want your friendly local gaming shop to participate, let them know...
A digitally restored 50th anniversary edition of "Lawrence of Arabia" will be presented 7 p.m. Thursday at the following Arizona movie theaters:
Former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, who left to join the Obama administration and preside over the Department of Homeland Security at a time when the threat...
From The Minibosses’ Facebook feed comes word that the Valley’s NES prog rockers will celebrate their 250th show this Saturday at Tempe’s...
I recently asked Eight Arizona PBS special events promotion coordinator Bob Beard to fill us in on the history of the "second annual" Nerd Walk, what's new...
