Christian Kane, Riley Smith, Willa Ford from Friday the 13th — talk about six degrees of Jensen Ackles! Sadly, he’s the only one of the group NOT to be involved in the new sci-fi thriller Minuteman.
Minuteman revolves around Captain Lance Deakin (Riley Smith) who, after returning to civilian life as a Texas rancher, is attacked by members of his former Special Forces unit. Brainwashed by the military and turned into killing machines, Lance remembers their top secret missions in Iraq only as Minuteman, the hyper-violent video game they used to play while on tour. With Lance desperately trying to piece …read more

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen will hit stores on October 20th in both DVD & Blu-ray.
If you’re going Blu-ray, head over to Best Buy for their limited gift set which includes an exclusive Optimus Prime mini head replica and $50 gift card to sideshowcollectibles.com. Now that’s a nice bonus.
If you’re not into the whole experience, Amazon has the single-disc DVD version of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen for under $20.
The official Transformers website has some fun content in honor of the release including personalized phone calls from Optimus Prime/Starscream and the “Robotize Me” app.
Want to go behind the …read more

It’s time for the Scream Awards and several of our favorite sci-fi and paranormal shows have made the grade. Not our FAVORITE show, but we’ll forgive them since they did nominate Jensen Ackles’ My Bloody Valentine 3-D and Jared Padalecki’s Friday the 13th for Best Horror Movie. Jamie King was nominated for MBV 3-D but neither of the boys made the best actor cut. (I’m digging on that great Spanish poster with an actual cast photo on it! )
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie got the most nominations, 17 in all including The Ultimate Scream, Best Science Fiction Movie, Best Director, …read more

In Race to Witch Mountain, Dwayne Johnson plays a cab driver who ends up helping two aliens locate their crashed spaceship. And though it may sound like a plot born of pure fantasy, UFO experts say that the film’s portrayal of extraterrestrials might be spot on. In honor of yesterday’s DVD release of the movie, we got to sit down with two of the countries leading UFO authorities Bill Birnes, publisher of UFO Magazine and host of History’s UFO Hunters, and Giorgio Tsoukalos, the world’s leading Ancient Astronaut expert. Here’s what they had to say about aliens, spaceships and a …read more

Variety has a couple of interesting stories up today. First is the news that Fox might be looking for new voice actors for Futurama. Sounds like it’s all about the money, with the original actors, including Billy West and Katey Sagal, wanting more than Fox is willing to pay.
If they can’t get all of the originals back, should they even bother to make new episodes or is it more about the show than the actors?
Variety is also reporting that Warner Brothers and Leo DiCaprio’s production company are in development on a new Twlight Zone movie. Rand Ravich is set to …read more

Incredible feat or amazing hoax? Either way, Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and a few networks are celebrating.
First up, National Geographic Channel will be featuring Naked Science: Living on the Moon one day before the anniversary on Sunday, July 19.
This special takes you inside Constellation, the space program’s plan to establish a human outpost on the moon by 2020. Using 3-D animation, you’ll get a close look at how the outpost will look in the future, from upgraded space suits to housing modules and moon vehicles. The special also examines some of the challenges …read more

This Sunday, NBC will air part one of their four-hour mini-series Meteor. The plot is pretty standard as disaster flicks go; major meteor is hurtling toward Earth, two scientists try to warn the world, the world won’t listen. Meteor makes contact and everyone panics. Who lives, who dies, who cares?
Look, I love disaster movies. My walls are covered with posters from Irwin Allen’s blockbusters like Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno. I even adore his TV movies Fire and Flood. But his all-star extravaganzas were a new beast back then and now, we’ve been there and done that. So handing us …read more

Everyone knows that Roswell is the favorite vacation spot for aliens and monsters from all over the universe. So it was no surprise that the stars of DreamWorks’ Monsters vs Aliens stopped by to celebrate their DVD release this past weekend.
Gotta cultivate those new sci fi fans while they’re young and these kids look very alien friendly!
Monsters vs. Aliens, the DVD, will arrive on Earth September 29, 2009 and will include the world premiere of the brand new 3D adventure B.O.B.’s Big Break, starring everyone’s favorite gelatinous hero.

Photo Credits: Mark Wilson

Last night, luminaries from the world of sci fi and horror were honored at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. The awards are given out by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for work in film, TV and on DVD. This years winners will join an illustrious list of former honorees including Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Dan Curtis, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Wise and Lon Chaney Jr. just to name a few.
The Dark Knight was the evening’s biggest winner, taking home five awards including Best Action Film, Best Writing, Music, Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor for …read more

Turner Classic Movies has posted a list of the 15 Most Overlooked Classic Directors in movie history. Incredibly, only one, Jack Arnold, worked in the sci fi genre, but I will admit, he’s a good pick.
Jack Arnold is the man who made Creature From the Black Lagoon the classic that it is today. Atmospheric and creepy, Arnold delivered a story that made you believe that a gill man could fall in love.
Arnold also directed Tarantula, one of the best of the giant bug films, as well as The Incredible Shrinking Man. Later in his career, Arnold became a well-respected TV …read more