Star Trek

Phoenix Comicon Schedule: Concerts in Costume and an "Adventure Time Rave" Await Music Fans

Let's face it: We're always going to be the red-headed step-artform at comic book conventions. Superheroes have dominated movies for years, and videogames hit the comic-culture demographic pretty naturally, but music--Jonathan Coulton and J-Pop and all the filkers on Livejournal aside--has been (nat ... More >>

Vial of Sound - Crescent Ballroom - 4/13/2013

Vial of Sound @ Crescent Ballroom, 4/13/2013 Obviously, I was not at Coachella. But I don't get what the big deal about it is, so I didn't care. Besides, something great happens when a bunch of local talent comes together. Sure, music scenes have their pitfalls, their petty grudges, the recycled re ... More >>

Earth to Shatner

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

Phoenix Comicon Begins Announcing 2012 Guests ... and William Shatner is One of Them

​Christmas came early for local geeks, as the organizers of Phoenix Comicon started announcing their lineup of guests for next year's event this morning. And if you're a fan of the original Star Trek (or T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal, $#*! My Dad Says, and egocentric bad sci-fi actors in general), the ... More >>

Madonna: The Comic Book

​As we've already pointed out, rock stars like to write and star in comic books. The best of these comics contain original story lines and fantastical heros and villains, but sometimes, they take a more straightforward, biographical approach.The comic Female Force: Madonna, scheduled to be release ... More >>

Charlie Hunter

Nerdapalooza: 5 Geeky Events to Look Forward to in 2010

We're done with resolutions to eat healthfully and quit our vices. This year we're resolving to reconnect with our nerdolicious self -- basically to let our geek flag fly. And it looks like we won't be alone. 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the geek, with scores of ... More >>

Frolicking With Fantasy Creatures at the Phoenix Faerie Festival

All manner of fantastical creatures, from fairies and elves to green men and mermaids turned out for the annual Phoenix Faerie Festival this past Saturday at Estrella Mountain Regional Park in Goodyear. It wasn't nearly as crowded as some of the Valley's other dress-up fantasy events, but those who ... More >>

2012 Survival Conference Rocks Scottsdale October 17, Teaches You to Survive Mayan Apocalypse

Woody Harrelson's character Charlie Frost from the Roland Emmerich flick 2012 explains the basics of the Mayan prophecy One thing I learned recently by chatting with Dennis McClung, creator of the 2012 survivalist Web site 2012supplies.com and sponsor of the upcoming 2012 Survival Conference ... More >>

Serenity Now

Across the Whedonverse with the Arizona Browncoats

Transformers 2: Michael Bay Can’t Live Up to Michael Bay

Curtains: Singin' in the Rain at Mesa's Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

Courtesy of Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre Singin' in the Rain's three stars (from left, John Ramsey, Megan Wean, and Michael VanGemert) are safe from the Commissary Sofa of Death. For now.It's not an inherently bad thing to have a comfort zone. If every stimulus you took in, every day, were a ... More >>

Jazz Master

Fanboys: The Force is Weak with This Long-Delayed Film

The Bird Praises CameraFraud.com and Aerosol Art While Urging State Democrats to Grow a Pair

Serenity now: Across the Whedonverse with the Arizona Browncoats

Wookiee of the Year

Chewbacca and pals give Valley nerds a thrill

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

A Family Affair

Home is where the art is

Arizona Republic publishes puff piece on Chandler 9/11 Conference

The Year of Living Sequentially

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Doesn't Compute

Things that make you feel dumb

Fire Flies

Fourth in series rushes through its paces

The Force Runs Its Course

Have Gun, Will Space Travel

A classic tale from way out west

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Thunder Rolls

Thunderbirds ups the action in this big-screen version of the '60s TV series.

Roadhouse Rules

Our night stalkers find a pint of the London punk scene at TT's in, of all places, Scottsdale

Hutch Ado About Nothing

No obvious joke goes untouched in this so-so TV show remake

Hare Situation

Tempe finds transcendence

Hoof Positive

Polo fans pony up for charity

Silly Humans, Matrix Is for Kids!

Revolutions runs a playful joy ride through a nifty vision of hell

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin DVD (Atlantic)

Magically Fictitious

A time of kings, dragons, and fantasy

Mr. Mom

Eddie Murphy plays Daddy, once more, just be-'Cos'

Core Blimey!

This penetrating adventure proves ridiculous but amusing

Banging Bigotry

A racist Billy Bob gets funky in Monster's Ball

Charlie Hunter Quartet

Songs From the Analog Playground (Blue Note)

Gorilla Warfare

Tim Burton monkeys around with an icon. But is it evolution?

Leapin' Lizards!

The dinosaurs are jumping, but the story isn't, in Jurassic Park III

Surf 'n' Turf

Disney recatches the animation wave with Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Animal Fights

'They're fighting for their careers, for their reputations, for their money.'

Lame Time, Last Year

Reeking havoc, Phoenix style, in the 12 months the millennium forgot

Games Test

Gameheads Unite!

Re-Boot

U-571 brings back the submarine movie with a vengeance

2000 Wan

De Palma's out to launch with misfired Mission

Toke It or Leave It

Weed lifts lid on Amsterdam pot confab

Bad Teeth Are Good Business for Local Dent Tech's Bewitching Futures