Another made-for-TV sport debuts, and it’s a beaut. Carl F. Gauze takes a look at the wild world of SlamBall.

Two dozen short animated films your mother would NOT want you to see? Must be the return of Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Animation Festival! Carl F. Gauze takes you there.

14 ’80s music videos presented on DVD without commentary (or any other extras, for that matter)? Julio Diaz has a few choice comments of his own about Pure 80’s: The DVD.

Bettie Lou Vegas explores the undersea world of cephalopods with an in-depth look at The Octopus News Magazine Online!

The mindbending art form popularized by M.C. Escher comes to life at Makoto Nakamura’s Tesselating Animation site. Carl F. Gauze tries to get the perspective straight.

What’s scarier: Jodie Foster as a nun or the fevered imaginations of a teenage altar boy as animated by Todd McFarlane? Carl F. Gauze reveals the truth in his review of Peter Care’s The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

No, it’s not a grown up version of TV’s Smallville, it’s director Rintaro’s anime version of Osamu Tezuka’s 1949 manga, loosely based on the Fritz Lang classic of the same name. Carl F. Gauze reads the subtitles.

A five-inch terrycloth monkey dresses up in costumes and tells you all about his whimsical adventures in his very own Web journal. Bettie Lou Vegas goes trick-or-treating with Hi Monkey!.Net.

Director Sam Raimi brings the Marvel Comics hero who “does whatever a spider can” to the big screen for the first time. Can he swing from a thread? Take a look at Ben Varkentine’s review to find out!

Who needs Star Wars’s CGI when you can experience the real thing – in IMAX 3-D? Steve Stav takes a look at director Toni Meyers’ mind-blowing documentary.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know that George Lucas’s grand saga returns to theaters this week with Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Ben Varkentine used the Force to get a sneak peek.

Where can musicians meet online to talk shop and “playa hate” Limp Bizkit? Brian Kruger recommends Harmony Central.

It’s love – Bollywood style – in director Mira Nair’s new film, Monsoon Wedding. Carl F. Gauze tries to catch the garter.

400 years in the future, and the forefather of mass homicide has barely lost a step in his slashing. Jason Voorhees returns for the ninth time, but in space. Only this time, the dimwitted victims have better sense of fashion and nicer weapons. Kiran Aditham gives it a stab.

Apparently there was another new film at the box office this weekend besides Spider-Man. Who knew? Ben Varkentine takes a look at Woody Allen’s Hollywood Ending.

Can DVD capture the grandeur one of the greatest punk bands of all, The Clash? Director and longtime cohort Don Letts gives it a try with Westway to the World. James Mann will let you know-oh, should it stay or should it go.

Combining sci-fi, horror, and dark comedy, Donnie Darko is a twisted look into the vail of supernatural melodrama, with a demonic bunny predicting the end of the world on Halloween, and the only one who can see him is a boy already on the verge of madness. Kiran Aditham checks out the DVD.

Controversial anime master Yasuomi Umetsu is back with his latest project, Mezzo Forte. Phil Bailey takes a look at the decidedly adult director’s cut on DVD.

Explore the Web’s oddest gallery of musical instruments and antiquated recording equipment. Carl F. Gauze shows you the way.

Director Peter Hyams offers a new take on a classic tale with The Musketeer. Is the DVD the real deal, or just so much fluffy nougat? Joe Frietze takes a look.