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July 25, 2005
Issue 431
Vol. 11, No. 30

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INTERVIEW

 Director Michael Bay and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci strand Scarlett Johansson and Michael Clarke Duncan on The Island.


LAB NOTES

 As people prepare to become repetitive, scientist Wil McCarthy examines the promises of The Island in "Cry Me a Liver, Clone Me a Clue."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Bryan Singer unveils Superman Returns footage, Carla Gugino defends Earth against an alien invasion in Threshold, Maggie Grace gets lost in The Fog, David Tennant prepares to take over as Doctor Who, Guy Pearce makes his escape as Houdini, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Ewan McGregor runs to escape The Island, Elizabeth Gracen carries on an immortal tradition on the Highlander: The Raven complete-series DVD, and Gary Cole courts superheroes on the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law volume-one DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Kevin J. Anderson pits alien robots against Terran ones in Scattered Suns, while Mark W. Tiedemann investigates Martian sabotage in Remains.
GAMES
 Fight through endless levels of virtual-reality extraterrestrial combat in the first-person shooter Coded Arms for the PlayStation Portable.
ANIME
 After a pilot is killed before he can take control of his giant mecha, an untrained teen must take over to defend Tatsumiya Island in Fafner.
SOUND SPACE
 The Gak Omek time-travel to tomorrow to bring back the futuristic tunes on the Return of the All-Powerful Light Beings CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Monster Blog celebrates Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's pre-superhero creations, such as Diablo, the Demon from the Fifth Dimension, and Torr, the Beast Man from Beyond.
LETTERS
 Readers recommend recent family films, slam our reviewer's Island spoilers, enlist in Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds, cast doubt on global warming, and more.

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