IRON SKY TRAILER!
Space Nazis attack!!! Find out more here. Continue » COMPUTER PAINTS WITH IMAGINATION
The picture you see above was painted by a computer using its “imagination.” Great. Now when they come to kill us they’ll get all creative-like and be able to guess our hiding spots and stuff. “This landscape may not look like that much – it’s a solid B+ in middle… Continue » ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES TRAILER
Trailer for the video game coming this fall. I think it’s quite well done. More Aliens: Colonial Marines Videos “Aliens: Colonial Marines will bring new levels of bone-chilling suspense and adrenaline-filled action to the renowned franchise. The game pits players against the universe’s ultimate alien killing machines, the Xenomorphs, in… Continue » FERRIS BUELLER RETURNS?!?
For a Super Bowl commercial. Maybe. Check the infuriatingly short teaser! Oh please oh please oh please!!! Continue » MONTY PYTHON MEMBERS REUNITE!
This sounds totally awesome. From VARIETY… “Members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus are reteaming for “Absolutely Anything,” a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce. Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons voicing… Continue » ROBO BABY BUGGY BUMPERS
I’ll admit that I find real babies pretty damn creepy but this is just off-the-charts creep-a-rific. Check out this animatronic baby… The story is at The Huffington Post. Continue » SALEM’S LOT – LUCY LAWLESS
Lucy Lawless talks to Rob Salem at the 2012 TV critics mid-season previews about SPARTACUS VENGEANCE. These two are always great together! Continue » CECILEY’S NERD NEWS
New Mad Max Films! Hobbit Vlog! Star Wars: The TV Show! Game Of Thrones! Bestseller List! Earth-like Planet is Discovered, Whoo hoo! Continue » HOW RETURN OF THE JEDI SHOULD HAVE ENDED
Umm… yep. Sure. Pretty much nails it. Continue » HAMMER HORROR FILMS BEING RESTORED!!
This is awesome news! From CHUD… “Hammer announced today that it is partnering with STUDIOCANAL and a few others companies to undertake a major restoration of the famous Hammer film library — with some materials for the project being provided by Hammer’s original US production partners Twentieth Century Fox, Warner… Continue » LOST IN SPACE ACTOR DICK TUFELD DIES
Bill Mumy announced on his Facebook page that Dick Tufeld, the voice of the Robot on Lost in Space has passed away at the age of 85. There’s an article about it here in The National Enquirer. Continue » REAL STEEL ON DVD JANUARY 24!
The hit film REAL STEEL comes to DVD this week and to celebrate, we present interviews that we did with the film’s star Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy at a special roundtable interview conducted in Toronto when the film premiered. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jackman years… Continue » MYTHBUSTERS PRODUCING NEW SERIES
From the official press release: JAMIE HYNEMAN AND ADAM SAVAGE TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SERIES, UNCHAINED REACTION – New Series Pits Teams With Diverse Backgrounds Against Each Other to Create Incredible Chain Reaction Contraptions – (Los Angeles, Ca.) – Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive… Continue » RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION TRAILER
“The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she… Continue » LESLEY LIVINGSTON TALKS TO CBC ABOUT WRITING YA FICTION
ONCE EVERY NEVER and WONDROUS STRANGE author Lesley Livingston talks to CBC Radio about the experience of writing YA fiction, and Penguin Canada’s new YA imprint and website, Razorbill. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:44 — 6.2MB) Continue » REAL STEEL ON DVD JANUARY 24!
The hit film REAL STEEL comes to DVD this week and to celebrate, we present interviews that we did with the film’s star Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy at a special roundtable interview conducted in Toronto when the film premiered. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jackman years… Continue » Adrienne and Joanna are “Phoning” in their review of Breaking Dawn
Adrienne and Joanna saw Breaking Dawn: Part 1 today. Their thoughts could only be articulated via video. Continue » SIMON AND JON ARE PHONING IT IN
Paramount and Disney were kind enough to invite HcN’ers Simon Evans and Jonathan Llyr to advance special previews of footage from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, JOHN CARTER and THE AVENGERS. Here’s what they thought about that. Continue » ADRIENNE SPEAKS WITH KERMIT THE FROG!
A short while back HcN’s own Adrienne Kress had the pleasure of attending the Toronto press conference to promote the new Muppet movie featuring none other than the one and only Kermit The Frog. Scroll down for the raw audio of how it all went down. Enjoy! Adrienne obviously did!… Continue » HCN PODCAST – AN EVENING WITH WILLIAM SHATNER
HcN’ers assemble (Joanna, Adrienne, Simon and Jon) to discuss William Shatner’s Toronto show, new TV offerings Once Upon A Time, Grimm and Terra Nova, and Adrienne teases about her close encounter with Kermit the Frog. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:31 — 25.2MB) Continue » HCN INTERVIEWS HUGH JACKMAN AND SHAWN LEVY
HcN had the privilege to sit down with REAL STEEL star Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy at a special roundtable interview a couple of weeks ago in Toronto. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jackman years ago on the set of the first X-Men film, and I was… Continue » HCN PODCAST – CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
The gang hooks up to share stories of a very interesting week with some real close encounters with the likes of William Shatner, Hugh Jackman and writer Eoin Colfer. It hasn’t been boring! Don’t miss REAL STEEL when it opens on October 7. Podcast: Play in new window | Download… Continue » HCN PODCAST – FAN EXPO 2011: A NEW EXPERIENCE
The intrepid HcN crew have returned from this year’s outstanding FAN EXPO with tales of how this con was different from all the others. Plus – reaction to George Lucas dicking around yet again with the STAR WARS saga. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:31 — 27.0MB) Continue » HCN PODCAST – WHAT WE DID ON OUR SUMMER VACATION
Rob Salem returns from Los Angeles with all the news you need to know about the fall TV season, and the rest of the gang recaps what was a pretty terrific summer movie season with their hits and misses at the cinema. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:… Continue » COLIN FARRELL INTERVIEW – FRIGHT NIGHT
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Colin Farrell to talk to him about his new film FRIGHT NIGHT and trust me – you’re going to love this movie. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Colin talking about his approach to playing the vampire named Jerry – spoiler… Continue » HCN PODCAST – POTTER PART 2 REVIEW
Adrienne Kress and her Merry Mob of Muggles walk out of the theater and into traffic to record their reaction to the final film installment of JK Rowling’s wizarding saga, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:24 — 26.0MB) Continue » HcN Podcast – Sanctuary’s ROBIN DUNNE
Nadine, Simon and Jon hook up to chat about Game of Thrones, Thor reviews, Once Every Never, a huge loss to the Doctor Who community and Nadine interviews Sanctuary’s Robin Dunne. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:26 — 27.9MB) Continue » HCN Podcast: The New HCN!
Welcome back HCN! Front-man Jonathan Llyr hosts HCN’s newest podcast for the inaugural run of our brand-new website. Joined by Rob Salem (of the Toronto Star), authors Lesley Livingston and Adrienne Kress, as well as HCN correspondents Simon Evans, Khaleel Mohammed and Joanna Blackman. The gang reunites to talk about… Continue » HCN #85: The Supernatural Tour
On the road with the authors of The Supernatural Tour, Lesley Livingston, Aprilynne Pike and Kim Harrison. A candid interview about touring, writing, and everything in between. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:54 — 16.4MB) Continue » HCN REVIEWS – THE EXEGESIS OF PHILIP K. DICK
Hardcore Nerdity would like to thank critically acclaimed, Hugo winning, Canadian science fiction writer Peter Watts for this fantastic review of THE EXEGESIS OF PHILIP K. DICK. This is as hardcore as it gets people! The Excesses of Philip K. Dick “It seems to me that… Continue » HcN Doctor Who Wednesday: Random Review: The Twin Dilemma Novelisation
Being distracted through much of the holiday season, I just did not get around to writing anything for this week’s DWW, so I’m presenting this book review that I wrote back in April for my (barely used) HcN personal blog. (Warning: uncharacteristic crankiness ahead.) ——————————————————————————————- Title: Doctor Who – The… Continue » Hcn Reviews WAR HORSE
What could be more festive for the holiday season than a film about the horrors of WWI and animals put in mortal peril? Yup, move over Rudolph, WAR HORSE is coming to town. Also coming, Spielberg in full schmaltz mode, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that that’s a bad thing. … Continue » HCN Reviews The Adventures of Tintin, plus a surprise interview with Jamie Bell!
Fans of Hergé and the original Tintin comic book series, like me, will adore The Adventures of Tintin for its relentless pursuit of authenticity. In truth, this can be a good thing and a bad thing; while the graphics, artwork and motion-capture were astounding in 3D, the plot’s unyeilding quest… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL
Simon and Jon have seen the new Mission: Impossible flick and are phoning in their review! Pick up if you’re home. Continue » Adrienne and Joanna are “Phoning” in their review of Breaking Dawn
Adrienne and Joanna saw Breaking Dawn: Part 1 today. Their thoughts could only be articulated via video. Continue » HcN Reviews THE MUPPETS
I was going to begin this review detailing my incredible bias I have about the Muppets. How it is difficult for me to see them as anything other than awesome. How sometimes I sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” to myself as I walk down the street. But I… Continue » HcN Reviews HUGO
With both THE MUPPETS and HUGO out on the same day, once again we turn to films meant for children to give us adults the greatest sense of wonder and heart currently on the big screen. Both are magical in their own very unique way, and it would take… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – REAL STEEL
As soon as I finished watching REAL STEEL I started wondering to myself what the typical review headlines would be: “REAL STEAL THE REAL DEAL” or “ROCK ‘EM SOCK ‘EM ROCKY” or even “A BOY AND HIS ROBOT.” I wanted to avoid any of these (and I’ve already seen one… Continue » STAR WARS ON BLU-RAY – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Ok, so after all my whinging about the changes George had made to the Star Wars saga for the blu-ray release – I went out and bought them anyway. I never said I wouldn’t – and hey – it’s kind of what I do. Also, Future Shop in Canada was… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – ACTION COMICS #1, DETECTIVE COMICS #1
Whether you’re down with the DC reboot or not, you have to admit it takes guts to take two of the oldest comic book series out there and start them over at number one. They didn’t have to. They could have rebooted the universe and left the original numbering intact… Continue » HCN Scary Saturday – Shark Night 3D
In anticipation of Shark Night 3D’s release, many critics have gleefully compared the film to Piranha 3D: “Same movie, different fish”, etc. The truth is, Shark Night is about as far from Piranha as you can get without having been filmed on, say, a frozen tundra. Yes, Shark Night is… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Well today is the big day. The DC Universe reboot is upon us and I’ve just had a look at the digital version of JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 and my first reaction is…. drum roll….. (SPOILERS)… I need to see more. JL #1 flies by so fast I hardly… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – CONAN THE BARBARIAN
As I sat in the theater waiting for the movie to begin, I wondered if they would start the story with the same voice-over that Mako did for the original CONAN, and if so, who would they have do it? I thought to myself, “Morgan Freeman. Everyone gets Morgan Freeman.”… Continue » HCN REVIEWS – FRIGHT NIGHT
I’m going to start this review by saying that I freaking loved this movie, and I don’t think I’ve made it much of a secret around the site. FRIGHT NIGHT is the most fun I’ve had at a movie all summer and trust me – I’ve seen a… Continue » LESLEY LIVINGSTON TALKS TO CBC ABOUT WRITING YA FICTION
ONCE EVERY NEVER and WONDROUS STRANGE author Lesley Livingston talks to CBC Radio about the experience of writing YA fiction, and Penguin Canada’s new YA imprint and website, Razorbill. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:44 — 6.2MB) Continue » ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES TRAILER
Trailer for the video game coming this fall. I think it’s quite well done. More Aliens: Colonial Marines Videos “Aliens: Colonial Marines will bring new levels of bone-chilling suspense and adrenaline-filled action to the renowned franchise. The game pits players against the universe’s ultimate alien killing machines, the Xenomorphs, in… Continue » MONTY PYTHON MEMBERS REUNITE!
This sounds totally awesome. From VARIETY… “Members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus are reteaming for “Absolutely Anything,” a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce. Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons voicing… Continue » FERRIS BUELLER RETURNS?!?
For a Super Bowl commercial. Maybe. Check the infuriatingly short teaser! Oh please oh please oh please!!! Continue » HCN CCAM Thursday
Welcome back to CCAM. After a one-week hiatus, I looked up hiatus in the dictionary, and it turned out that wasn’t what I was doing; I was just sick. During the down time the staff sorted through the Make Your Own Caption submissions, and the clear winner was T. Gregory… Continue » Doctor Who Wednesday: Licensed Food Items
Yes, you read that right. Doctor Who licensed food. Okay, some of it’s not a big stretch or even very surprising. A lot of franchises have had, for example, canned pasta shapes. Dora the Explorer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and, yes, Doctor Who: “Mmm… Edible phone box…” Also, I’m sure… Continue » HAMMER HORROR FILMS BEING RESTORED!!
This is awesome news! From CHUD… “Hammer announced today that it is partnering with STUDIOCANAL and a few others companies to undertake a major restoration of the famous Hammer film library — with some materials for the project being provided by Hammer’s original US production partners Twentieth Century Fox, Warner… Continue » HCN MANLY MONDAY – BUGS BUNNY
When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to be Bugs Bunny. Hell – I still want to grow up to be Bugs Bunny! He appreciated music and sports, always had the perfect quip or weapon at his disposal, always bested the bully, was always one step ahead… Continue » LOST IN SPACE ACTOR DICK TUFELD DIES
Bill Mumy announced on his Facebook page that Dick Tufeld, the voice of the Robot on Lost in Space has passed away at the age of 85. There’s an article about it here in The National Enquirer. Continue » HCN Scary Saturday: *cough*
As Scary Saturday author Tim Tompkins (that’s me) continues to recover from his traditional January cold, the second part of the Friday the 13th retrospective will briefly be delayed. Fortunately, Scary Saturday has a contingency plan prepared for just such a situation. Behold this selection of celebrities and other socialites…. Continue » HCN FOXY FRIDAY – KATE BECKINSALE
Kate Beckinsale is back with guns blazing today in UNDERWORLD AWAKENING and we wouldn’t have it any other way! What’s hotter than who many people consider the most beautiful woman in the world kicking Lycan ass and taking name tags? Continue » HCN CCAM Thursday
Welcome to CCAM. As we settle into flu season, remember to sanitize your boom tube after every use. This week’s Make Your Own Caption winner is krazy_erick, who simply set his eyes on the prize (presumably; you can’t really tell what’s going on behind those goggles) and went for it…. Continue » RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION TRAILER
“The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she… Continue » THE UNDERWORLD FRANCHISE – A LOOK BACK
With UNDERWORLD AWAKENING about to vamp into theaters on January 20th, SHOCK TILL YOU DROP thought it would be interesting to take a look back at the first three films of the franchise. You can check it out here. What are your thought on the films? Mine are most definitely… Continue » GEORGE LUCAS RETIRING?
Could it be true? Is George Lucas hanging up his lightsaber and retiring? If you believe this statement then the answer is YES… “I’m retiring,” Lucas said. “I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” Read the full story here. Continue » RIP Joe Simon
Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America has passed away. USA Today reports, “His family said Thursday that the 98-year-old artist and writer died Wednesday night in New York City after a brief illness.” More details here… http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-12-15/Joe-Simon-Captain-America-obit/51967944/1 Continue » “Seeking Major Tom” is a major find (Yeah, I said it.)
You never really know what you’re going to get with William Shatner. The only thing for certain is that it will be interesting. Such were my thoughts as I unwrapped “Seeking Major Tom,” the new 2 CD album from Mr. Shatner. There was a certain amount of curious trepidation, concern… Continue » Star Trek Online – Free!
Well now….the lovely folks over at Star Trek Online have announced this week that they are making the move to a free-to-play system. Current subscribers can get a new ‘Gold’ plan with all the little ‘Extras’. I dunno, to me this screams “please play our game…..pppplllllleasssse!” All the info can… Continue » Review – Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler
Hitler Lives! Doctor Who survives a questionable gimmick August 30, 2011, OTTAWA — I feel almost shell-shocked. After eight episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day, I had almost forgotten that a television program set in the Whoniverse can actually be fun, that it can move. As a bonus, Steven… Continue » Have Astronomers Found Krypton?
Kinda fun odd news of sorts. Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard. The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense,… Continue » Deadman on TV?
Bleeding Cool is reporting (via Deadline.com) that Eric Kripke of SUPERNATURAL will write and exec produce a DEADMAN show for The CW, based on the DC Comics character (as opposed to the Deadman character in NATIONAL LAMPOON, which was also drawn by Neal Adams). What do you think? SUPERNATURAL is… Continue » Alien Colonial Marines
ok…so…can’t wait for this!!! I have played Alien video games since the Commodore 64 days (I still have my 64 and the Aliens game and they both work great!!) and most are solid outings with the exception of the last Aliens vs Predator game. It was just a reboot of… Continue » Underworld Awakening Trailer
Hi everyone. This slipped in under the radar. I loved the first two and have not seen the third one, but I really am glad they are bringing back Selene (Kate Beckinsale) in the main role. This trailer looks like lots of action and she even mentions Michael. I think… Continue » HcN Foxy Friday – Kung Fu Foxes
Perhaps I’m pandar-ing to Kung Fu panda – monium, but I just can’t help it. Yes we only hear their voices in the movie, but our imaginations are much more powerful. I give you the lovely voice acting ladies of KUNG FU PANDA 2 – Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu and… Continue »Article Archives:
