Suck
Vampires and rock stars together and rocking the stage, what are the odds? The latest whack at the dead horse we call vampire movies, Suck, is on its way to Toronto's Film Festival. But this isn't your average Vampire Rock Star film with actors in fake leather gyrating about on stage with fangs - This movie has leathery old rock stars gyrating with vampires on stage. For instance...

Written and directed by musician/actor Rob Stefaniuk - and featuring acting turns from
the likes of Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Moby - SUCK, follows a group of rock ‘n' roll wannabes in search of immortality and a record deal. Seemingly doomed to roadtrip doldrums and dives, the band The Winners break their slump when their female bass player disappears one night with a studly, stylin' vampire. She returns charged with sexual charisma that creates audience frenzy and eventually ensnares the rest of the band. Their "hook" launches them to fame. But fame turns out to be a different
kind of Hell than AC/DC promised.

Following an "incident" on a national radio show with "Rockn' Roger" The Winners hit mega-stardom beyond their wildest dreams. But Joey is haunted by an eerie bartender with a dark secret. And legendary vampire hunter, Eddie Van Helsing, is on their tail tracking them down despite his fear of the dark. But when a veteran music producer calls them on becoming a vampire freak show, their rock'n'roll bubble bursts.

Dust
Next up are two heavy on the art and emotion films pointed out by the lovely people over at Quiet Earth. First up is Dust: the movie that brings brother and sister together in the biblical sense, after the world had been all-but-destroyed in an outbreak. But what happens when the female half of the twins meets a new man?

DUST Trailer from Dust Trailer on Vimeo.

Here is the official synopsis:

Elodie and Elias are sixteen-year-old twins who live by themselves in the shadow of the dam of a man-made lake. We slowly find out that the world they are living in is depopulated, except for a few scattered survivors with whom they have no contact. Surrounded by this total emptiness, Elodie and Elias have gotten closer to each other than ordinary twins.

One day, on their way home after bathing in the lake, they discover Gabriel. He is a boy slightly older than them who just escaped a vicious attempt on his life. The twins agree to hide him at their place so he can recover from his wounds. This out to be a fateful decision: soon, Gabriel and Elodie fall in love with each other. Although they try to hide it from Elias, he is bound to find out eventually that he has lost his sister to someone else.

The conflict that slowly developes between the three teenagers is amplified by the isolation they find themselves in. Living in this empty world, they have no one else to turn to but themselves. This only serves to complicate an already tense situation which have dire consequences for one of them.

Womb
Do you love your significant other so much you'd grow a clone of them inside your womb if they tragically died before their twilight years? I still think that it's awfully creepy, but you be the judge. Also good eye readers that is the new Doctor Matt Smith.

Official Synopsis:

When Rebecca returns to her grandfather's house, she meets her childhood sweetheart Thomas again. Thomas leaves his girlfriend Rose and their love picks up where it left off, until Thomas dies in a car accident. Devastated, the young woman contemplates suicide until she finds consolation in the idea of cloning. Although society does not fully accept it yet, she plans to give birth to Thomas, bringing her lost love to life (again). Living in Rebecca's grandfather's remote old house, Thomas grows up believing his father died in an accident. Rebecca never mentions cloning. In spite of their secret, Rebecca and Thomas lead an almost normal life until Rose finds out about them …

Monday:

Spectacular Spider-Man -
Venom and his big mouth — he totally ruins Spidey's cover by blurting out his secret identity. Will Venom's leak put Peter's family in danger?

There's an all day Doctor Who marathon on the Syfy channel right this second.

Movies:

V for Vendetta -
In a dystopian future in Britain, a man in a Guy Fawkes mask named V seeks to bring down the government with a violent plan. Based on the Alan Moore/David Lloyd comic series and starring Natalie Portman, on FX at 10:30 PM.

Tuesday:

Warehouse 13 -
Artie discovers the source of the security breach ... when she kidnaps him and asks him for help righting a wrong from their past, that killed her brother. The sexy steampunk show about "America's attic" airs on SyFy at 9 PM.

Comic Con Preview of Warehouse 13

Better Off Ted -
Veridian goes green? Ted gives Linda a phony "green" project which gets a little out of hand when others want to help on ABC at 9:30 PM.

That's Impossible -
Jonathan Frakes narrates this series about science catching up with our imaginations. Tonight, replacement limbs grown in labs are examined, as well as microscopic robots designed to rid the body of deadly diseases and processes to reverse aging on the History channel at 10 PM.

Movies:
Van Helsing, and his fabulous hat, both hunt down Dracula, on FX at 7 PM.

Wednesday:

Monsters Inside Me -
The, "bugs, germs, parasites they are everywhere — quick, lock me in my bathtub" show is back, and this time introduces you to Parastic infestations in the southeast. So much for your plans to travel there.

MonsterQuest -
Strange flying creatures of legends and folklore are examined. Along with video proof of the human-like creatures, a strange corpse is looked at with hopes of identifying these eerie monsters. On the History Channel at 9 PM.

Movies:
See the movie that REALLY put Alan Moore over the edge into hating the movie industry, on FX: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen airs at 8 PM, but Moore may send Promethea to your house to beat you up if you watch it.

Thursday:

Moments of Impact -
A shark attacks a scuba diver, a couple is thrown from their boat, and a construction worker has to leap from a building on Discovery channel at 9 PM.

Movies:
Tom Sizemore stars in a movie about a half-rat, half-dog creature that emerges from the sewers, and it's actually a science experiment gone wrong. Looks to be... slimy. Bottom Feeder is on SyFy at 8 PM.

Friday:

Eureka -
A green blob visits, along with rivals from Area 51, for a bowling tournament. Meanwhile, Carter looks into what seem to be a series of pranks... involving science, we're guessing. On SyFy at 9 PM.

Comic Con Preview Of Eureka:

Movies:
The extended version of Spiderman 2 adds eight minutes of tentacled Doctor Octopus, as he takes on Spidey, as well as more Mary Jane-Peter Parker angst at 5:30 PM. The less-than-spectacular Superman Returns follows at 7 PM.

You saw the thigh-strapped cosplay Lara ladies this past weekend, now see the real thing. Angelina Jolie is video-game heroine Lara Croft searching for Pandora's Box in Lara Croft: Cradle of Life on TNT at 9 PM.

Saturday:

Being Human -
A fellow werewolf befriends George, and Mitchell mistakenly invites him to crash with the roommates. Turns out he's hell to live with... literally. Gripping drama with possibly some of the best ensemble chemistry I've seen in a while is on BBC America, at 9 PM.

Movies:
A hero must defeat a dragon summoned by a warlord with purty hair, and a black heart. Continuing the new movie on SyFy Saturday at 9 PM. Seriously if you don't watch Dragonquest at least once a month, you'll go insane, which is why the government requires a weekly airing of this Quaid feature.

Sunday:

True Blood -
Daphne, you are such a bia. And Sookie is told to go work on her boyfriend Bill by the Fellowship — can she pretend to be a normal and kind human being long enough to avoid getting her and her friends all killed? Most likely, no. True Blood is on HBO at 9 PM.

Comic Con Preview of True Blood, I'm going to write about it later when I find the words to describe what is hidden in here. UNBELIEVABLE:

Defying Gravity -
The series premiere gives us four men and four women as they head out for a six-year journey into space... and sexiness. Starring Ron Livingston of Office Space fame, the series centers around the crew's mission to Venus and their intertwined pasts, and looks like a space odyssey-esque Grey's Anatomy.

Blood in the Water -
Shark Week is here! And it begins with this special. So get excited — it's science with teeth and blood. And remember to live every week like it's Shark Week, on the Discovery Channel at 9 PM.

Movies:
The movie that opened on Christmas day, because it's a religious experience is airing on FX at 11 PM. It's Alien vs. Predator Requiem, people. Baby Jesus would want you to watch it.

Additional reporting and writing by Caitlin Petrakovitz.

It's a far cry from any normal star-studded event, but SDCC always brings us our own pantheon of SF gods and goddesses every year. For me personally, this includes a handful of stars (Michael C. Hall, David Tennant, Felicia Day) and Creators (Joss Whedon, Alan Ball, J.J. "You-Make-Life-Worth-Living" Abrams) and, above all, the unsung heroes behind-the-scenes like Julie Gardner and Jane Espenson.

The addition of Dr.Who and its naughty little spin-off Torchwood to the SDCC TV panel lineup has already been big news around here lately. While everyone is lining up to see the sexy stars of these two BBC series, I'm going to see the amazing Julie Gardner. Gardner is the executive producer of Who and Torchwood, and helped co-create the latter along with Russell T. Davies. While RTD is leaving the TARDIS for other adventures, Gardner will continue to executive produce the show and help Matt Smith fill David Tennant's Hi-Tops.

Jane Espenson has been a script editor, writer and producer behind Buffy, Dollhouse and Battlestar Galactica. She wrote the antebellum-themed Firefly episode "Shindig", and spends her free time working with Joss on the Buffy comics for Dark Horse. She's scripted the pilot episode to Warehouse 13 and will hopefully turn up on the W13 panel to promote the new show, and maybe to give us some hints as to what to expect from Caprica, which she'll be showrunning with Ronald D. Moore.

 
 
Meg Ryan And Dennis Quaid:
The two met on the set of Innerspace, the movie about shrinking down a man so he can pilot a teeny tiny plane through Martin Short's body. Nothing says romance like piloted colonoscopy. Unfortunately, after a round of he-cheated-then-she-cheated, the two called it quits, thus ruining my chances for an Innerspace sequel with the original cast.

Tom Baker And Lalla Ward:
Ah, the lovely Lalla, otherwise known as Romana from the late 70s Doctor Who. She eventually married the Doctor (Tom Baker), but they separated after a short period. But the crazy genius fetish was never far from her heart, because she eventually married evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

David Tennant and Sophia Myles:
Poor Sophia Myles, she fell hard for David Tennant's manic Doctor Who acting. Her role on the episode "The Girl In The Fireplace" set everyone's hearts ablaze and the chemistry was undeniable. Plus you got to hear the Doctor say, "I just snogged Madame de Pompadour." These two would date for few years before he dumped her flat, upgrading to his own TV offspring.

David Tennant and Georgia Moffett:
The real-life daughter of 1980s Doctor Peter Davison, Moffett played Tennant's blonde bubbly daughter and this relationship makes us all a little woozy. After watching the Doctor shed tears over his fake daughter's supposed demise, it's a little off-putting to see them hitting the town together. Granted, they're not actually related but still, come on. No worries — we can only assume once she turns 30 she'll be upgraded as well.

Ben Browder and Francesca Buller
Sexy science fiction geekery at its best. He's known for steaming up the screen in Farscape and Stargate (SG-1), and she's known for playing hella crazy war monger Ahkna. Buller also played M'Lee, Ro-NA, and Raxil. The two are still happily married, because Browder is a fox and from watching years of him having almost-sex in Farscape's puppet world, I think we can all assume he knows what he's doing.

Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman:
In 1998, these two were married, a year after they stared in Gattaca, but were splitsville in 2004. I blame their genes. It's too bad because while her career has soared with ass kicking films like Kill Bill, his has taken a turn for the so-so, apart from Training Day.

Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly:
Who could forget the 12-year age gap in the relationship between Alba and Weatherly? For four years, Dark Angel viewers didn't know whether to be excited or uneasy that Weatherly was taking out someone 12 years his junior. When she was 20 years old, he proposed. Their four-year relationship eventually ended, but not without making Dark Angel just a little bit creepy for the audience.

Jennifer Garner And Michael Vartan:
Jennifer Garner's resume kind of reads like her love life until she started getting better movie deals. This one breaks my heart, because I was all in favor of the wig-rocking Garner, until she dumped poor Scott Foley from Felicity (my high school crush) for Michael Vartan of Alias (my college crush), only to break his heart too, for Daredevil star Ben Affleck. Leaving two lovely men in her wake. I'll pick up the pieces of your hearts, boys.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie:
Argue all you want that Mr. And Mrs. Smith isn't science fiction, but I believe there's enough wild gadgetry and crazy "Father" corporations to make it either a strange not-too-distant future or the seedy scifi underbelly of the present. Either way something about beating the hell out of each other turned on Brad Pitt enough to cast of everyone's favorite Friend for a sexy seductress. As of right now they are still together and popping out Earthlings as fast as they can with a brood of six.
 
 
 

Hayden Christensen And Rachel Bilson:
Perhaps this relationship is the one good thing that came out of the movie Jumper. They are both indie-adorable and if it's her love keeps him from making more scifi films then more power to this fedora favoring couple.

Geena Davis And Jeff Goldblum:
Their love made Earth Girls Are Easy and The Fly even better than they already would have been. While it's hard for me to imagine Goldblum having chemistry with anyone (he's such a strange bird, that Jeff) watching these two hook up on Earth Girls was incredibly sweet. The two were married for a few years and separated. The separation lead to another genre-based hook-up (and later engagement) for Goldblum, with Jurassic Park hottie Laura Dern.

Helena Bonham Carter And Tim Burton:
If there was an award for possibly the craziest couple of them all it's the Carter Burton clan hands down. They met on the set of his remake of Planet of The Apes in 2001, and from then on it was dark and gloomy love all around (the two have two children now).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rose McGowen And Robert Rodriguez:
I think everyone knows our opinion of the McGowin Rodriguez pairing, but ever since they were brought together on film and in real life with Planet Terror, they've decided to remake all genre films including my sacred Barbarella and for that reason alone, they scare me.

Milo Ventimiglia And Hayden Panettiere:
Ah, young love — okay, half-young love, because Panettiere is 19 years old and Ventimiglia is 31. But hey, Heroes loves knows no bounds, and the Cheerleader and her emo uncle should live happily ever after, until the show in which they met gets canceled at least.

Monday

It's not too late to ditch work and sit through the Threshold marathon all day today on the Sci Fi Channel. Who needs paperwork when you have sexy Carla Gugino and her incredible brain to save the world from a crashed alien spaceship? Go Red Team!

The Middleman is back, showing M.M. fighting injustice and helping his twenty-something sidekick Wendy sort out her crazy life. In this episode, Wendy goes undercover as a sorority sister to investigate a haunted sorority house, which spells pillow fight! The Middleman airs at 10 PM on ABC Family.

Casper Van Dien (or, as I will always know him, Johnny Rico) will be on Chelsea Lately on E! with the rest of the Starship Troopers 3: Marauder cast at 4 PM.

The Japanese shōnen mecha anime Gurren Lagann, about an underground future society, is on twice on Monday once at 11 and again at 11:30 PM on the Sci Fi Channel.

A sad and scruffy retired cop becomes a crusader against fascism in an alternate future. New episodes of the scifi cop drama Charlie Jade air on 3 AM on the Sci Fi channel.

Movies:

In Reign Of Fire, sad humans fight dragons with the help of Christian Bale, pre-Batman voice, and Matthew McConaughey, tonight at 12:30 AM on TBS. Plus, you can almost get to the Moon by watching Apollo 13 at 2:30 on AMC. Deep Impact, the armageddon movie that time forgot, is on soon after the dragon hotness, at 2:30 AM on TBS. And lastly, who needs Star Wars when you can watch a spoof instead? ABC Family is airing Spaceballs tonight at 8 PM.

Tuesday

There's an all day Monster Quest marathon on the History Channel starting at 8 AM. Nova will bring us another inside look at "Cars Of The Future" at 12:30 AM on PBS.

An all new Eureka is coming your way on Tuesday night. The second episode of the new season is adorably called "What About Bob." Follow the sheriff as he hunts down Global Dynamics' own Creature from the Black Lagoon. Eureka airs 9 PM on the Sci Fi Channel.

Wednesday

Eliza Dushku will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC at 12 AM, and hopefully she'll spill some Dollhouse dirt.

The History Channel will delve into the infamous 70s UFO sightings for you, in UFO Files: UFOs of the 70s at 11 PM. Turns out the 1970s were the most active period of UFO sightings ever. (Who knew?)

Movies:

Wrong Turn is on Fox FX at 10 AM, in case you haven't gotten enough Eliza Dushku on Jimmy Kimmel. Watch her get lost in the woods and discover a sinister secret: the people in the mountains have mutated into crazy cannibals, and Eliza's on the menu.

Friday

From 8 AM to 4 PM, the Sci Fi Channel is running a marathon of Doctor Who in case you need to catch up on the tail end of season two.

Movies:

Follow Tom Cruise as he tries to save his ungrateful kids from attacking aliens in War Of The Worlds 8:30 on ABC 10:30 AM. Hang out with Big Red in the first Hellboy at 8 PM on Fox. Escape from a boring Friday night with Snake Plissken, in Escape From New York at 11:30 on AMC. Batman Begins is on at 8 PM (and many other times throughout the night) on Sci Fi.

Saturday

Find out why almost all the aliens we hear about are little gray men with big heads, in the UFO Files: New UFO Revelations: the Grays' Agenda, at 10 AM on the History Channel.

The space and time continuum opens up for another monster series Primeval. Follow the zoologist Professor Nick Cutter as he searches for his missing wife and tries to wrangle the occasional monster that steps out of the show's space and time rift. The creepy creature show is in its third season on the BBC, and the first season premieres on BBC America at 9 PM.

Movies:

Out Of Time airs at 4:30 PM on TNT. And there are back-to-back Flubber movies on TCM. Follow the original Absent Minded Professor as he discovers flubber, at 9 AM. Then follow up with The Son of Flubber at 10:45 AM.

Sunday

If you're up early (or late) feast your eyes on Ghost In the Shell at 4 AM on Adult Swim. Plus, the Venture Brothers will have a new episode for fans on Sunday at 11 PM at Adult Swim.