ALIEN / TERMINATOR / BSG [Hero Complex Film Festival ’14]: Science Friction.

Hitting off the first of three nights of the Hero Complex Film Festival at the TCL Chinese 6 in sunny-lovely Los Angeles was a celebration of... BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (But please jump to our coverage of: Terminator/Terminator 2 or Alien/Aliens, if you insist...) This free-fan event featured the big screen appearance of the 2003 BSG miniseries that …

GUILLERMO DEL TORO [Q&A]: From a ‘Dark’ Justice League to ‘Rim’ing it Pacific.

There are almost too many things to look forward to in the world of Guillermo del Toro. On Saturday night of the LA Times Hero Complex Film Festival, del Toro gave us talk of Justice League Dark, his (hopeful) HBO adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's Monster manga series, and an epic new trailer for Pacific Rim; …

THE MIST [Frank Darabont & Thomas Jane Q&A]: “The Fogging Dead?”

Before any attempt to humor myself with "creative" analogies came into play, someone beat me with the dare to compare two of director Frank Darabont's most haunting babies. "What do you think of the similarities between The Mist and 'The Walking Dead'?" Of course Darabont, our ever so eloquent guest from Saturday afternoon's 2013 Hero Complex …

The 2’s of May: Super Blockbusters, Film Fests & Preludes to War!

Next month, everything comes in 2's: two sure-shot blockbuster films in Iron Man 3 and Star Trek: Into Darkness; two dynamic Film Festivals, with Entertainment Weekly's new Capetown Film Fest, hosted by pop culture stalwart, Geoff Boucher, who'll ask the hot questions to some of the geek industry's biggest names (highlighted with a rare appearance …