Anime
Summertiiime, and the Livin’s Easy
Holy comicbooks, Batman, there’s no new manga out this week! That’s okay, since so much has come out in the past few weeks, you probably need a little respite to catch up with all of […]
Movies and TV
Comic Book Movies
Latin Horror presents The World of MIDEO 6/4/11
Listen up fright fans… This Saturday make time to check out The World of MIEDO: The Business of Horror, a panel discussion in conjunction with the East Harlem International Film Festival. LATIN HORROR and East […]
Comic Book Movies
Saturday Nightmares This Weekend!!!
This weekend at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford New Jersey Saturday Nightmares returns! I went last year and it was one of the best convention experiences I’ve ever had. Worth checking out for The […]
Comic Gifts
Thumbs Up Soldier!: A look of the first round of Captain America figures!
By Chris Troy One of my problems with the Thor toy line is that it strictly focuses on the Movie-verse stuff, at least for the time being. Hasbro spoiled me by giving Wolverine and Iron […]
Anime
Gyo Gets Animated
Junji Ito’s wild horror manga Gyo is getting the anime treatment and I’m squirming with excitement! Up until fairly recent I was only vaguely familiar with Ito’s work, mostly from the live action adaptation of […]
Cartoons
How to Talk to Women
This Saturday night check out the new animated short by Forbidden Planet’s very own Josh Weisbrod. Josh’s new short How top Talk to Women will be playing at the Audience Choice Screenings for the 8th […]
Comic Book Movies
Psychos In Love Saturday Midnight
This Saturday night Junk Food Dinner presents Psychos In Love at the Spectacle theater in Williamsburg. I’ve mentioned my love for this movie about a zillion times by now so here’s your chance to see […]
Anime
Kitbash Idea Gundam Version Kai
By Loran While most of the kitbashing I do and have showcased here has been the tried-and-true practice of “MSV+HGUC,” there is of course a much simpler way, and that’s just throwing a couple of […]
Anime
Zaku Flipper Kitbash
By Loran Kitbashes, kitbashes… I have way too much fun doing these. If you think about it, if you have a backlog as big as I do, kitbashes are the best way to clear it […]
Comic Book Movies
Rollerblade with Junk Food Dinner
Everybody strap on your knee-pads and skitch on over to our favorite cult film podcast Junk Food Dinner for an episode dedicated to all yall insane in-liners… thats right Rollerblade themed movies! Up first, futuristic […]
Comic Book Movies
They’re here…
Slime City Massacre came out today! We also got regular and special edition copies of the original in stock.
Geek Couture
Wooo Captain! That is one sweet jacket!
Early on Mother’s Day this kid comes in and tells me he found this jacket at a thrift store for 15 bucks… with The Enterprise already painted on the back! What luck.
Comic Book Movies
EVIL BONG 3-D Full Moon Film Fest
Late last year Charles Band and Full Moon Features ran a sale which guaranteed an Executive Producer credit on their next film to anyone who spends over a certain amount at their Full Moon Direct […]
Comic Book Movies
Starting Tonight! Hobo With A Shotgun with Director Q&A
When Shawn Lewis of Rotten Cotton/Black Devil Doll fame told me I had to see Hobo With A Shotgun, I knew that I was in for the real deal and not some “Grindhouse” cash-in, like […]
Comic Book Movies
Less Than 2 Weeks till the Slime City Massacre DVD Release Party
Here is the updated poster for the Slime City Massacre DVD release party we are throwing on Friday May 13th. You can also pre-order the DVD on our website by clicking on the picture below. […]
Anime
Even more upcoming Gunpla!
By Loran Boy, I sure have the worst timing, don’t I? Shortly after I wrote the article on the HGUC kits Bandai has coming out this summer, bam, they announce a few more! And knowing […]
Comic Book Movies
Never Mind Troll 2, Here’s The Troll Hunter
Check out this trailer for The Troll Hunter and get stoked! Starting May 6th you can check it out streaming on demand through your internet computer video game system whatever, or see it at the […]
Anime
Short Packed: Old and new arrivals at FPNYC!
By Chris Troy Happy delicious candy-season at your local Rite Aid/Walgreens/CVS/Duane Reed FPNYC faithful! As yet another commercialized holiday approaches, let it be known that Forbidden Planet has received a ton of new toys and […]
Anime
Summer HGUC Releases.
By Loran Summer’s almost here, folks, and that means one thing-a lot more time to work on Gunpla! Yeah, screw going outside and being social, it’s time to build some PLASTIC ROBOTS! Bandai seems to […]
Stuff We Like
47 Years of Doctor Who in 6 Minutes
Though FPNYC is now officially old (but young in a cosmic sense!) we haven’t been around quite as long as Doctor Who (47 years and counting!). Catch up on nearly five decades of continuity with […]