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  Sharky's New Machine Warner Brothers is about to revisit a highly underrated Burt Reynolds 1981 cop film, Sharky's Machine. The studio tapped Jerry Stahl to retell the story of a vice squad cop who assembles an unlikely (aren't they always unlikely? Wouldn't that make them likely?) team and to go after a group of brutal bad guys, who are good examples of why you shouldn't use the drugs they sell. ------------ The Matrix, Explained For those of you who just didn't get it (one of many sites, it seems, put up for just this purpose): http://www.matrix-explained.com/ ------------ Batman Begins In June A June 17th, 2005 release date, to be exact, is the target according to HSX. ------------ Godzilla Finally Comes To America Sony has bought North American rights to a handful of Showa Godzilla films and is also preparing English-subtitled theatrical prints of several Toho titles. Full details on Henshin! Online. And there are clips from the big G (in quick time) at Barry's Temple of Godzilla, if you have to watch something right now! ------------ Biased? Possibly. Just a funny site, put up by a Dawn of the Dead fan. 
------------ 'Apprentice' Outdraws 'CSI' on Thursday In stats that prove the dumbing down of America NBC's "The Apprentice" notched another Nielsen milestone Thursday when it CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" for the first time among adults 18-49, the demographic coveted by advertisers. While the IQ's of those tested were not given, inference can positively be taken that, as a country, we are on a downhill slope. ------------ More New Trailers At Apple.com Thunderbirds, The Alamo, Around The World In 80 Days, Raising Helen, Coffee And Cigarettes, Garden State, The Ringer & Dodgeball ------------ Connie Britton Added To Goldblum in NBC Pilot, Plus Other Pilot News Connie Britton has boarded NBC's comedy pilot "My 11:30," which already stars Jeff Goldblum as a playboy New York businessman. Britton (ABC's "Spin City") will play his ex-wife. In other TV casting news: *Jessica Lundy, Peter Mackenzie and Ashley Johnson have been chosen to star in Fox's comedy pilot "Sweden, OH," about a teenage boy whose life changes when a sexy Swedish female exchange student (Helena Mattsson) moves in next door. Lundy (CBS' "Some of My Best Friends") and Mackenzie (Fox's "Herman's Head") are playing the boy's parents. Johnson ("What Women Want") plays the family's 17-year-old daughter. *Victoria Jackson has a lead role on ABC's comedy pilot "I Married Sofia," which is about a Colombian single mom (Sofia Vergara) who pays a U.S. stockbroker for a green card marriage. Jackson will play the Sofia's best friend. *Blair Brown has joined the WB Network's "Dark Shadows," that will remake the 1960s Gothic soap opera. The story is that of the wealthy Collins family in Maine that lives under the shadow of a vampire curse. Brown is to play play Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, a role origianlly played by Joan Bennett. ------------ VH1's "Gaydar" Comes Out Of The Closet VH1 has a pilot for a show to be called "Gaydar," it will be a reality show about celebrity guests trying to guess whether contestants are homosexual. Filming of the half-hour pilot is under way in Los Angeles, with Brian Dunkleman ("American Idol") acting as the host. There is (at least on this pilot episode) a three-person panel of celebrity guests and a permanent cast member encountering three contestants. The panelists try to determine, by playing a series of games with them, whether contestants are gay or straight. The panelists play for charity. If "Gaydar" get picked up, it also could conceivably be a programing cornerstone for Outlet, the gay-themed cable channel now in development at VH1 parent company Viacom. ------------ Jet Li, Kato in Green Hornet? According to News Askew, Kevin Smith has confirmed he's after Jet Li to star in his film version of Green Hornet. However, a rumor has also popped up in Media Sharx indicating that Smith may go female with the character, seeking Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to take the role. ------------ Janis Joplin In Pink? Alecia Moore, better known as the singer Pink, is set to make her screen starring debut as Joplin in a Penelope Spheeris-directed indie film with a summer start date. That would likely have it open ahead of "Piece of My Heart," the Joplin pic being developed by Paramount and Lakeshore as for Renee Zellweger. Here's the two of them, followed by the real deal, choose for yourself.    ------------ Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot for Works Published in 2003 **Novel *The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King *Serenity Falls by James A. Moore *The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan *A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli *Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub **First Novel *Wolf's Trap by William D. Gagliani *The Rising by Brian Keene *Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas *Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer **Long Fiction *"The Necromancer" by Douglas Clegg *Closing Time" by Jack Ketchum *Fuckin' Lie Down Already by Tom Piccirilli *Louisiana Breakdown by Lucius Shepard *"Roll Them Bones" by David Niall Wilson **Short Fiction *"Duty" by Gary A. Braunbeck *"The Last Supper" by Scott Edelman *"Harvey's Dream" by Stephen King *"The Haunting" by Joyce Carol Oates *"The Red Bow" by George Saunders ** Fiction Collection *Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol 1 by Gary A. Braunbeck *Told by the Dead by Ramsey Campbell *Bibliomancy by Elizabeth Hand *Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum *Fangs and Angel Wings by Karen Taylor **Anthology *Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural edited by Bill Congreve *Gathering The Bones edited by Jack Dann, Ramsey Campbell and Dennis Etchison *The Dark edited by Ellen Datlow *The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 16th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling *Borderlands 5 edited by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone ** Nonfiction *Fear in a Handful of Dust by Gary A. Braunbeck *Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley *Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, edited by Gary Spencer Millidge and Smoky Man *The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone *Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig **Illustrated Narrative *The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two by Alan Moore *Kolchak: "Devil in the Details" by Stefan Petrucha *Graphic Classics: "Ambrose Bierce" edited by Tom Pomplun *Vampire the Masqerade Giovanni--"The Machiavelli Conundrum" by Robert Weinberg **Screenplay *Identity by Michael Cooney *Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio **Young Readers *Even Odder: More Stories To Chill The Heart by Steve Burt *The Oracle by Catherine Fisher *The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman *A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling **Poetry Collection *Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by Michael Arnzen *Pitchblende by Bruce Boston *Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb *Cardinal Sins by Charlee Jacob *Professor LaGungo's Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles by Mark McLaughlin *Artist of Antithesis by Marge Simon **Alternative Forms *The Goreletter (email newsletter) by Michael Arnzen *From the Files of Matthew Gentech (role-playing game) by Bruce Ballon *Ghosts of Albion (webcast script) by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson *Horror World (webzine) edited by Nanci Kalanta and Ron Dickie 
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Serendipity Cinema: (This is a Once A Week Feature) A Recommended Film You May Never Have Heard Of, But Really Ought To See. #2. The Enchanted Cottage. Some will call it a "Chick Flick," others just a "Romantic Love Story" and some might even call it "Fantasy," but this film is about the power of hope, the magic of love. With magnificent performances and simple honesty, it paints a picture that would never be attempted today. It is glorious, and will leave no one who sees it unchanged. If you have a romantic bone in your body seek it out, and you will thank me for pointing you in its direction.  --posted by Wayne
Saturday, April 03, 2004
--posted by Wayne Saturday, April 03, 2004
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