Title: The Millennium Bug Writer-director: Kenneth Cran Starring: John Charles Meyer, Jessica Simmons, Christine Haeberman, Jon Briddell, Ken McFarlane, Ginger Pullman A world premiere presentation at the just underway Dances With Films festival, ‘The Millennium Bug’ boasts a simple, streamlined concept, and features poster art that strongly echoes Sam Raimi’s ‘The Evil Dead’, so one could be forgiven for prematurely celebrating the birth into the genre world of a groovy, gory and blissfully self-aware new creature feature. Unfortunately, writer-director Kenneth Cran’s film, while admirably incorporating some low-tech elements, never has any fun with its zonkers conceit, and even touches let alone rises above the sum of its cliched parts. The…

Back in the day, Bill Cosby’s “Leonard Part 6″ didn’t have much luck introducing itself to audiences as an original product with a higher integer in its title, and the teen-lilting sci-fi action adventure “I Am Number Four” perhaps elicited similar confusion when it bowed in theaters earlier this February. Unimpressive domestic returns ($55 million), however, might not have sullied the chances of survival for this adaptation of the first in a proposed six-book series cowritten by James Frey (yes, the lying author emasculated by Oprah Winfrey) and Jobie Hughes. If it returns, one will have both international markets (where it grossed $90 million) and the presence of Teresa Palmer,…

Title: True Blood Season 3 Directed by: Daniel Minahan, Scott Winant, Michael Lehmann, John Dahl, Lesli Linka Glatter and Anthony Hemingway Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Deborah Ann Woll and Kristen Bauer van Straten. Running time: 720 minutes, Rated TV-MA, Available on Blu-ray Sookie and the rest of the residents of Bon Temps are back to fight off werewolves, werepanthers, and new vampire villains. Werewolves hooked on V (vampire blood which acts as a narcotic), kidnap vampire Bill and take him to Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare), the vampire “King of Missisippi” where he once again comes face to face with…

Title: I Am Number Four Directed by: D.J. Caruso Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant and Dianna Agron Rated PG-13, Running Time 1hr 49min, Available on Blu-ray An extra-terrestrial teen posing as a high school student (Alex Pettyfer) and his guardian protector (Timothy Olyphant) seek out fellow aliens on earth while eluding an enemy alien race who are hunting them down. He is “Number Four” on the enemy hit list. Anybody who wasn’t entertained by this film needs to remove the stick from their bum. This isn’t Academy Award material, its fun escapism. I am a little annoyed they put an Adele song in the soundtrack, this film is not worthy…

Neill Blomkamp, who made his directorial debut with last year’s hit movie ‘District 9,’ is looking for a Hollywood studio to pick up his next effort, ‘Elysium,’ Slashfilm.com is reporting. The action-filled film will be produced by Media Rights Capital. While Blomkamp has a deal with Universal, he hasn’t found a studio to pick up the distribution rights for ‘Elysium’ yet. ‘Elysium’ is another entry in the sci-fi genre, and is set on a distant planet in the future. While the exact plot details haven’t been revealed, the movie is set to focus on socio-political themes, and will star Blomkamp’s long-time friend Sharlto Copley. While Blomkamp hasn’t cast anyone else…

In a new twist to its Saturday night movie lineup, the Syfy Channel announced on Monday, February 1 that it’s re-imagining classic fairy tales and pop culture characters. The new line-up will begin on February 27 at 9pm ET with the premiere of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ In order to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Estella Warren and Rhett Gilles are starring in the title roles of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ It follows Beauty, a young woman who has a gift of healing, as she tries to help a deformed Prince regain his throne. Together, the two try to defeat the nobleman who wants to become king and destroy a power-hungry…

Variety.com is reporting that Joshua Jackson (Fox’s “Fringe”) has been topped to star in “UFO,” the big-screen adaptation of the cult hit 70′s British TV series. Matthew Gratzner is attached to direct the sci-fi action project. Jackson will star as test pilot Paul Foster, who joins the organization S.H.A.D.O., or “Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization”, based underneath a Hollywood studio. S.H.A.D.O. wages a secret war against aliens who are working to abduct human beings to harvest their body parts. Henri M. Kessler and Avi Haas will be producing the project, which has no set release date yet. Stay tuned for more “UFO” news right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis…

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, according to reports from MTV Splashpage and Variety.com, has acquired the rights to adapt “World War Robot”, the hit IDW comic title from Ashley Wood, for the big-screen. The comic follows a pan-galactic war between humanity and robots for dominance, following the story through diary entries from both humans as well as machines. No other news about the adaptation, which was announced at last week’s San Diego Comic Con, has been released so far. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “World War Robot” and Jerry Bruckheimer. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: MTV Splashpage and Variety.com)

The Sci-Fi Channel, which is rebranding itself as SyFy next week, is developing a new take on “Alien Nation,” the 1988 feature that previously spawned a spinoff TV series and several telefilms on Fox. “Angel” alum Tim Minear (“Angel”, “The X-Files,” “Firefly”, “Strange World”) will be writing a new take on the franchise, about a populace of aliens from a crashes ship who integrate themselves into Los Angeles. Based on the first film, “Alien Nation” centers on the partnership between a veteran cop and his new partner, a member of this alien race called the Newcomers. Stay tuned for more information about the reboot right here at Shockya.com. By Costa…

There’s a brand-new clip courtesy of io9.com and Sci-Fi Wire from the upcoming Sam Rockwell sci-fi/suspense film “Moon” out now. You can see the clip below. Duncan Jones is directing the film about lone astronaut and lunar mining operation operator Sam Bell, played by Sam Rockwell. Bell is forced to come face-to-face with his own demons and the hideous secrets of his employers as his time on the surface of the moon comes to an end and he makes a horrific discovery. “Moon” also stars Kevin Spacey, and will be in theaters on June 12th, 2009. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Sci Fi Wire.com)