BEYOND THE MARQUEE

ABC’s ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ Season 3 (TV Review)

September 30th, 2013

Cody Thompson

Once Upon A Time – Season 3

Spoiler Alert: The themes, storylines, and production elements below are for a previously aired episode. Read at your own discretion.

After a climactic Season 2 Finale of ABC’s hit fantasy-drama series “Once Upon A Time”, Creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis, left viewers on the edge of their couches with the fates of Neal, Rumpelstiltskin, Henry, and most importantly an unlikely alliance in the balance. For those of you new to the series Neal, or Baelfire as he’s known in the Enchanted Forrest, is the son of Rumpelstiltskin. At the end of the second season in a struggle to stop Storybrooke from being completely obliterated, he was caught in the middle of some crossfire, and initially appeared to be dead. Ultimately though Mulan, Philip, and Aurora found him, which is where we find him as another day begins in the Enchanted Forrest. Henry on the other hand was kidnapped by Tamara and Greg, which SPOILER ALERT, were under the command of Peter Pan in Neverland. Lastly, our band of heroes, were last seen saving Storybrooke from complete and utter destruction, and embarking on a quest to Neverland on the Jolly Roger. Read ahead for a breakdown of the episode and some surprising twists and turns that NO ONE saw coming!!!

It’s Time for the ‘Back to the Future Chronology’

September 30th, 2013

Steve Czarnecki

BTTF Chronology Cover

Great Scott! After months of anticipation, Hasslein Books today announced the availability of its latest Back to the Future reference book—and like its predecessor, it’s heavy, Doc. Back in Time: The Unauthorized Back to the Future Chronology (timeline.bttf.com) is available for order exclusively at BTTF.com, the official Back to the Future Web site. Starting in November, it will also be sold at Amazon.com, CreateSpace.com and BarnesandNoble.com, as well as via retail store special- orders and wholesale. With the Christmas shopping season upon us, now is the time to take your favorite sci-fi fan’s gift list back to the future. We’ll be getting our advance copy of this book any day now for review and will have that for you as soon as we can, in the mean time, click ahead for all the awesome details about the second unauthorized Back to the Future volume, by Greg Mitchell and Rich Handley you won’t want to miss it!

BREAKING BAD – The Series Finale (TV Review)

September 30th, 2013

Lady Kiwi

Breaking Bad – The Series Finale

Well, it’s over. Teary-eyed Kiwi Lady here, giving you a recap of Breaking Bad‘s finale and epic ending. Vince Gilligan has a genius way of pulling all the loose pieces together, but tearing us apart and driving us to madness along the way. The past week has been torture, wondering what was going to happen, who is going to die, how is Jessie going to get away. The finale gave us what we wanted and even a little more. Read more.

Check out the Season 2 Prequel Episode for; The Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time

September 30th, 2013

Beyond the Marquee

Fans of the Untitled Web-Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time, we’ve got some great news for you!!! Season 2 is in the works and our good pal Travis Richey (aka “the Inspector”) has sent us over the special prequel episode that kicks it off. Picking up right where Season 1 left off, The Inspector and Piper Tate, joined now by Good Boyish, are fleeing for their lives from Boyish the Extraordinary and Evil Inspector! Featuring a guest cast including Emmy-nominated actress Mayim Bialik(Big Bang Theory, Blossom) and Emmy-nominated Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stargate Atlantis). Plus, SOMEONE DIES!!!! Click ahead to learn how you can help Travis and his team reach the minimum budget of $125,000 for Season 2 thru Kickstarter.

THE LITTLE MERMAID Pops Out of the Vault on 3D Blu-ray (Video Review)

September 30th, 2013

John Delia

One of Disney’s classic films, The Little Mermaid, gets released from the vault and delivers the family film on Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D for the first time. The animated movie comes to home theaters with a sharper image and a lot of bonus features. The hit film went on to win two Oscars and two Golden Globes. The song “Under the Sea” featured in the film was also awarded a Grammy.

“SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA” is Almost Here! Tickets Still Available! It’s Horrifically Awesome!

September 30th, 2013

Beyond the Marquee

Son of MONSTERPALOOZA

October starts tomorrow and the sprit of Halloween and the feelings of Fall have already started to kick into full gear. If you live in Southern Califiornia there is nothing better to get you in the mood than Eliot Brodsky’s “Son of Monsterpalooza”, the sequel to the biggest event in Burbank earlier this year, “Monsterpalooza”! If you want to check out the largest gathering of award winning special FX artists, special presentations, monster related art work, a walk-through Monster Museum and special guests from horror and Sci-fi, then put an entry in your iCalendar for October 11th-13th. What’s great is that these Monsterpalooza events offer something for horror fans of all ages, if you are looking for last minute decorations, make-up, masks or costume ideas, then DO NOT MISS the “Son of Monsterpalooza” weekend. Click ahead to read the press release details for this year and check out the video from our visit earlier this year to “Monsterpalooza” itself. We’ll see you back there in a few weeks, if you dare!!!

CONTEST: Win a Copy of ‘VERY NAUGHTY BOYS: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF HANDMADE FILMS’

September 27th, 2013

Beyond the Marquee

Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films

If you’re a fan of Monty Python, Neil Jordan, Michael Palin or Terry Gilliam, then head over to Titan Books and pick up a copy of Robert Sellers’ Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films. Just released this week, the book chronicles the challenges and successes of Beatle George Harrison’s production company, HandMade Films, a company that made some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong… This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders’ story of what happened. And now thanks to our good friends at Titan Books, we can offer up a brand new copy for you! Just click ahead and enter our FREE STUFF FRIDAY contest. Good Luck!!!