 Starland
News HeadlinesThis Month's News - Submit News - News Archive |
|
Starland
News Headlines This Month's News - Submit News - News Archive |
December 31
|
It's our understanding that Tom Cruise and John are good friends. Tom probably told John that he'd have a good opportunity to interact with the SF fans in Denver and should go for it! Since you've got lots of warning, be sure to read the book so you'll have some great questions for his Q&A. The Battlefield Earth website is at http://www.battlefieldearth.com. Click
here for additional Starfest and Starcon information... |
December 30
I've finally started my write-up of Starcon '99. Here's the first installment on perhaps our most photogenic guest ever! |
December 29
Check-out this week's reviews by Michael Vance. Mike's got a great recommendation for R.I.P.D., a new series by Dark Horse, He chastises Dark Horse for the new Xena comic and pans The Scary Book by Silverline. Click here for the complete reviews... |
December 24
 Banzai
UpdateEarl Mac Rauch has submitted a new revision of his "Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets & New Mysteries" pilot script to Fox Television. The revision was requested by Fox, but there is no word on a time-frame for further action. No doubt, the World Crime League is exerting their sizeable Hollywood influence to delay production on the series as long as possible. |
December 23
 New
Year Plans?How about going to the theater on January 14 to see Supernova starring James Spader, Angela Bassett and Lou Diamond Phillips? It's described as a science fiction thriller that chronicles the high-stakes adventures of a deep space hospital ship and its six-member crew. When their vessel, the Nightingale 229, answers an emergency distress signal from a distant galaxy, the crew soon finds itself in danger from the mysterious young man they rescue, the alien artifact he smuggled aboard and the gravitational pull of a giant star about to go supernova -- the most massive explosion in the universe. We're working on a Starland premier too! Meanwhile, you can visit the Supernova site to play a game and maybe win a poster to the movie. |
December 22
 Jar
Jar Comes Home April 4thStar Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace is set for home release on Tuesday, April 4. It's still unclear if the movie will be released on DVD at that time. George Lucas has said in the past, that he would release all six Star Wars movies on DVD when the series was complete. Never a company to pass on a money-making opportunity, I fully expect Lucasfilm to release the DVD edition in April (with a large rebate sponsor) AND then an enhanced version package when all the movies are completed. Why would they want you to buy just one copy? |
December 21
 The
Battle ContinuesBattlestar: Galactica keeps plugging along! Christmas eve, you can watch the TV Marathon from 9AM to 5AM EST on the SciFi Channel. Click here for details. On the movie front, the battle for the next movie continues. Glenn Larson has announced pre-production plans for an IMAX movie, but Richard Hatch and Jack Stauffer seem confident that their vision will be the first to screen - a torch-passing film that will feature new and old characters. For the latest on their efforts check out Jack's website. |
December 12
 The
Talented Mr. RipleyTo be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that’s la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves -- and Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads. When Dickie’s father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all, it’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films present "The Talented Mr. Ripley" from Academy Award™-winning director Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf and Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue. The movie is rated R. |
December 11
 Anna
and the King Screening20th Century Fox presents: Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in an all-new telling of the story of Anna Leonowens, a widowed British school teacher who traveled to Siam in 1862 to tutor King Mongkut's children in English. This movie is by Andy Tennant, the director of the Drew Barrymore-as-Cinderella-story, Ever After which I really loved. Thank you for your participation, the tickets have all been given away. |
December 10
 eBooks
Are HereTired of paper? Simon & Schuster is trying to get you to switch. They are offering a bundle of several eBook titles with a Rocket eBook reader. It's not cheap though, be prepared to fork out $239 for the package. Titles available with the promotion are: The Lives of Dax, STNG: I, Q, STVOY: Captain Proton and four Dominion War stories. Click here to go to SimonSays... |
December 7
 Sci-Fi
Show SchedulesPlan for the holidays, look at the schedules for December for our favorite SF shows (La Femme counts, because... it just does). Angel · Buffy The Vampire Slayer · Earth: Final Conflict Farscape · First Wave · La Femme Nikita Star Trek: Voyager · Stargate SG-1 · Total Recall 2070. |
December 6
 Galaxy
Quest ExtravaganzaMark your calendar for Saturday, December 18-19, 1999! Join us at the Highlands Ranch AMC theater in Denver from 10am-4pm. There will be retail booths, an all-ages Blackjack tournament, a costume contest and Galaxy Quest prizes. Look here at the Starland site for chances to win tickets to an advance screening too! The movie is about a cast of a sci-fi TV series that runs into a group of aliens who think the show is real and arrive at a convention and whisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. With no script, no director, and no clue about real interstellar travel, the make-believe crew of the Protector has to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the aliens believe them to be. Also in the movie are: Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell. |
December 4
 Bicentennial
Man Starland Screening
In Bicentennial Man, Robin Williams takes on a robotic role. He plays Andrew, an android, that is purchased as a household robot. It doesn't take long for his family to learn that he is no ordinary robot, however. He begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns about humanity, life and love. The film also stars: Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson and Oliver Platt. Sorry, the screening tickets have been given away. Please register with Cubby so you'll be notified about our next screening. |
December 3
 Sorbo
in SpaceGene Roddenberry's Andromeda has now been contracted to appear on almost 80% of America's TV sets. Kevin Sorbo will star as the captain of the Federation's - er, Commonwealth's newest ship. Look for the hour-long show to air in the fall. Majel Roddenberry reports that Sorbo's not that bad of a golfer, like a 4 or 5 handicapper. What do you want to bet we'll see a putter in the Captain's Ready Room? |
December 2
| Galaxy
Quest: The Convention You're invited! Saturday, December 18-19, 2000 at the Highlands Ranch AMC theater, we'll be having a convention/party in conjunction with the release of Galaxy Quest. Everyone should make there way down for fun, contests and prizes. Additional details will be announced soon. The movie is about a cast of a sci-fi TV series that runs into a group of aliens who think the show is real and arrive at a convention and whisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. With no script, no director, and no clue about real interstellar travel, the make-believe crew of the Protector has to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the aliens believe them to be. The movie also stars Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni. |
December 1
 Mystery
Men On The MoveOriginally slated for December release, Mystery Men have been moved to January. Other titles now updated on our video release schedule include: Vampire Vignettes, Menno's Mind (with Michael Dorn), Time Masters, Doctor Who, Dream House and more. |
 |
|
©2005 Starland · PO Box
24955 · Denver CO 80224-0955 |
John
Travolta is coming to Starfest 2K
