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Former Disney Actor Shin Koyamada Becomes a Manga Comic Book Character

December 2, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid The dynamic epic manga comic Dreamhoppers, the debut brainchild of Laizen Comics, features actor/philanthropist Shin Koyamada, star of the Disney Channel’s top rated original movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, as warrior leader Ren Matsuo who leads a team of five Dreamhoppers into the Dreamworld as to stop an evil entity […]

Category: Fant-Asia, Fantasy, Featured Article, Horror, Martial Arts, SciFi

2011 SDAFF – SHAOLIN AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS

October 19, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid It’s that time of the year again, and if you’re a fan of Asian films like I am, then that eclectic far out martial skill called the 10,000 bee technique should not be bugging you but alarming you to the magnetic, electric and eccentric buzz of Fant-Asia and martial arts […]

Category: Featured Article, Martial Arts, SciFi

REAL STEEL: STEAL THIS UNREAL DEAL AND LOOSE IT

October 6, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid Screenwriting 101:  It is important to care for or associate with the hero, in that way the audience has a vested interest in the character in as much we want to cheer for him/her and his/her success. Here in lies the problem with Real Steel…we don’t care about the hero […]

Category: Fantasy, Featured Article, SciFi

THE RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Humankind has a Chimp on its Shoulder

August 5, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid “Oh NO! There goes San Francisco, go, go  Chimpzilla.” After you’ve seen The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (RPA; aka Caesar and the Rise of the Apes) then the paraphrased words from the Blue Oyster Cult’s 1977 hit “Godzilla,” will make even more sense. As movie critics, one of the […]

Category: Action, Featured Article, SciFi

COWBOYS & ALIENS: aka CIA, and There’s No Intelligence

July 28, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid Cowboys & Aliens should really have been called CIA, Cowboys & Indians & Aliens. But of course there is no political correctness here because if you were to remove the “Intelligence” from the film’s pseudo-acronym, then you’d get Cowboys & Aliens, thereby making the real movie sorely lacking in intelligence.  Ignore the […]

Category: Action, Featured Article, SciFi

GREEN LANTERN: LANTERN TWO, A GIRL AND PIZZA FACE

June 16, 2011 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

By Dr. Craig D. Reid Ryan Reynolds got his big break starring in the TV show, Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place (1998-2001) and in Green Lantern, although Reynolds as Hal Jordon (aka Green Lantern) is one of two guys vying for the same girl, he’s playing rendition two of the fabled DC […]

Category: Action, Fantasy, Featured Article, SciFi

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