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Top 8 Genre Movies: New Trek breaks highest opening record

The eleventh and newest Star Trek film with its all-new cast posted an all new opening record this past weekend. It brought in more than $72.5 million in ticket sales in its debut weekend – more than the next 19 top-grossing films combined. Additionally, compared to other Trek films, after only three days of release, the film [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: 17 Again debuts in top spot

Teen heart-throb Zac Efron’s latest film, the light fantasy comedy 17 Again pulled in enough teen greenbacks to finish in the top spot in this past weekend’s box office. . It brought in more than $24 million in ticket sales in its debut- weekend – almost more than the next two top-grossing films combined.
The only [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Monsters vs. Aliens falls to No. 2

After spending last week on at the top spot, animated science fantasy flick, Monsters vs. Aliens fell to the No. 2 spot behind the fourth installment fo the Fast and the Furious franchise.
The only sci fi flick to debut this weekend was Alien Trespass, the 50’s-era sci-fi comedy spook starring Eric McCormick, which debuted at [...]

Top 50 Genre Films of 2008

A list of the top-grossing science fiction, fantasy, horror and spy-fi films of 2008.

Blackmore's Night, Secret Voyage

Blackmore’s Night, Secret Voyage

A new CD by Blackmore’s Night called Secret Voyage is coming out soon (though I got sick before I could post this and so it may be out already). I managed to get my hands on a review copy from Victor of Special Ops Media, and of course the deal was to write a [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Igor masters weekend box office

Animated Weinstein film Igor was master of the sci-fi box office this past weekend. The film brought in $8 million in its first weekend, easily outdistancing No. 2 genre flick, Ghost Town, a fellow newcomer which brought in $5.2 million over the same period.
Last week’s No. 1, The Dark Knight, fell to the third spot [...]

SFTV Ratings: Fringe dominates genre competition

Last week marked the beginning of summer re-run season is ending as FOX jumped the gun, with the debut of the new science fantasy/horror series, Fringe, on Tuesday. The network also started its new season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Every other science fiction, fantasy or horror show on broadcast TV last week was still [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight leads diminishing pack

In its ninth week in release, Batman flick. The Dark Knight continued its reign at the box office this past weekend ad was top film over a dwindling group of genre films at the box office.
No new science fiction, fantasy, horror or spy-fi films have opened over the past two weekends as mainstream comedies dominated at [...]

Top Genre TV Shows: National Treasure dominates

NBC’s showing of theatrical movie, National Treasure led the meek offering of genre-related programming this past week on broadcast television. The Nick Cage-starring fantasy spy-fi adventure flick beat out repeat episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Chuck to take the genre crown in the few day before the Big 5 networks started rolling out their fall TV [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Babylon A.D. towers over genre competition

Despite poor reviews, newcomer Babylon A.D. topped the genre Labor Day holiday weekend box office with just under $10 million in ticket sales.