Except for Ms. Pac-Man, Lara Croft is arguably the best-known female video game character ever. As the “star” of Edios’ Tomb Raider series, sporting a British accent, sleek moves and outfits that pack more than pistols, Croft walks the precariously thin line between post-feminist icon and fanboy drool instigator.
As a result, it might seem easy to make a movie based on her, but both the Tomb Raider feature films were abysmal junk, and most fan efforts to date have haven’t done her justice either. These factors make the brand-new fan production, Tomb Raider: Ascension, all the more surprising—it’s a great flick that simply leaves other incarnations of Croft and Co. in its dust. Read More
Still trying to empty the ol’ FCT email bin, and maybe the only real way to get things done is just to do the blogging version of “blipverts” from the old Max Headroom show (Hellooooo, Hollywood: a DVD release someday?). Let’s get to it:
This just in: The Dark Knight Project will get its first public screening this weekend, as part of The Chicago International Reel Shorts Festival. The short will be shown Saturday, September 13th, after the 7 PM sci-fi/horror show in the Film Row Cinema at Columbia College (1104 S. Wabash) on the top floor. 
I have lots of little news items that have been lying around, and for some reason, they all concern countries other than the one that monopolizes fan films—the U.S. I meant to give each of these its own massive post, but I think a general catch-all is in order instead, like a giant meeting of the United National General Fan Film Security Council. Read on, and see what cool stuff awaits. 
