The Frantics, remember them? That madcap Canadian comedy troupe that singularly put The Royal Canadian Air Farce to shame? Whose bizarrely freakish creations included Mr. Canoehead, Mrs. Sarnicky, Todd Booster, and coined the popular Canuckian battle cry, “Boot to the Head!”? Well, after a far-too-long absence, the boy [...]
Interviews
Interview: Penelope Cruz Sails On Stranger Tides in Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (a.k.a. Pirates 4) is released on Blu-ray 3D, plain old Blu-ray 2D, even plainer DVD and good old fashioned Digital Download on October 18. We have a review of the 3D release coming up and to get you in the pirate mood we’re also bringing you a series of interviews with m [...]
Interview: Don Hahn Adds Another Dimension to Disney’s The Lion King
Yesterday, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released it’s long-promised remastered edition of The Lion King on Blu-ray and DVD. Additional attention has been drawn to this much-loved Disney classic through a theatrical release of a post-processed 3D version of the movie, which has also been issued on the home [...]
Interview Rewind: Joe Flanigan
This interview was originally published in 2008 and is presented again here to mark the release of Stargate: Atlantis – The Complete Series on Blu-ray (reviewed here). Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard on Stargate Atlantis, is a funny guy. But he has a dry sense of humour, so when he’s telling a joke it t [...]
Interview Rewind: David Hewlett
This interview was originally published in 2008 and is presented again here to mark the release of Stargate: Atlantis – The Complete Series on Blu-ray (reviewed here). David Hewlett is the de facto veteran of the Stargate Atlantis team. He’s not only got more credits than his ensemble castmates, but his charac [...]
Exclusive: Kate Mulgrew Has Found Her Calling in Charge of NTSF:SD:SUV::
Kate Mulgrew has been an actress since the 1970s and has carved a creditable career out of playing largely steady, reliable and, to a greater or lesser extent, serious characters. One of her earliest roles, as the lead in the series Mrs. Columbo (1979), is a case in point. As the title suggests, she played the wife [...]
Haven Has More Questions than Answers for Emily Rose
In this, the second of the Q&As we are bringing you to mark the premiere of Season Two of Haven on Syfy and Showcase, series star Emily Rose talks about working in the rainy but beautiful seaside village of Chester, Nova Scotia, how her character faces the challenge of coming to terms with a loss of identity and ho [...]
Eric Balfour Has Found his Home on the Rainy Streets of Haven
Haven returns to Syfy in the U.S. on Friday and Showcase in Canada on Monday and, in case you haven’t noticed, we are marking those events with several Haven-related features here on CinemaSpy. If you go here you can get a sneak peek at the premiere, catch a video chat with star Emily Rose (who plays former FB [...]
Exclusive: Michael McNamara Celebrates Geekdom in Fanboy Confessional
Someone in SPACE’s scheduling department must have known it would be Embrace Your Geekness Day today when they planned the premiere of Fanboy Confessional. The Canadian channel kicks off its documentary series about sci-fi, fantasy and horror fandom at 10 pm tonight, timing the premiere perfectly to coincide with [...]
How Louis Ferreira Found Light in Stargate Universe’s Dark Places
This is the second of CinemaSpy’s previously unpublished interviews with members of the cast of SGU: Stargate Universe (see here for our chat with Jamil Walker Smith). We are bringing them to you to mark the final episode of the series and to celebrate the franchise of which it is a part. The season, series and franchi [...]
