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December 27, 2005
Issue 453
Vol. 11, No. 52

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INTERVIEW

 David Morrell, who thrilled us when he invented the world's most famous fictional Vietnam vet in First Blood, now chills us as he explores a haunted hotel in Creepers.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 As Jules Verne's early classic The Begum's Millions finally gets the translation that it deserves, critic John Clute hatches a "Serpent's Egg."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Frank Miller returns to Sin City, Laurence Fishburne seeks hidden treasure in The Alchemist, Charlize Theron passes on a visit to Casino Royale, Jolene Blalock washes ashore on Lost, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Gary Cole bedevils a small town in danger of losing its soul on the American Gothic: The Complete Series DVD, and Qi Shu watches the dead a little bit too closely on the Eye 2 DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Frederik Pohl collects 50 years of his finest short stories in Platinum Pohl, while Liz Williams recovers a stolen soul in Snake Agent.
GAMES
 Bounty hunter Joanna Dark thwarts the evil machinations of the DataDyne corporation in the first-person shooter Perfect Dark Zero for the Xbox 360.
ANIME
 A girl trapped in crystal longs for someone else to die so that she can be reborn in the gorgeous but ungainly La Portrait De Petite Cossette.
SOUND SPACE
 The Mole People, Them!, It Came From Outer Space and other orchestral masterpieces are lovingly recreated on the Monstrous Movie Music CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Slasherama digs up the dope on the stuff that screams are made of, with reviews of horror's finest flicks, a focus on film censorship, and more.
LETTERS
 Readers look ahead to Night Stalker's unseen episodes, slam Joss Whedon's Serenity, blame Threshold's timeslot for the series' demise, and more.

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