Heaven’s Gate, 1980. Written and Directed by Michael Cimino.Starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Brad Dourif and Isabelle Huppert. SYNOPSIS: In 1870 privileged Harvard graduate James Averill enjoys the exuberant pomp that is associated with the educational attainment which he and his equally well-off peers have achieved. Twenty years later he arrives […]

The next generation console wars stepped up a gear on Friday with the release of the Xbox One, with Microsoft announcing that it has sold in excess of one million units in its first 24 hours. This matches the sales of PlayStation 4 announced last week by Sony, although those units came from North America […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the sixth episode of The Walking Dead season 4… Episode 5 of The Walking Dead’s fourth season was pretty impressive at points. Reviewing the episodes weekly can take a fair bit of time and sadly last week I didn’t have it. For a quick overview, I would point out the decent parts […]

Blue Is the Warmest Color, 2013. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jeremie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky, and Fanny Maurin. SYNOPSIS: Adele’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. 2013 has been obsessed with Doctor Who. Leading to the 50th Anniversary of the series, across the world, viewers have watched the latest episode, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, in multiple viewing formats. A monumental occasion whereby Google changed its doodle, joint appearances by Matt Smith and David […]

Villordsutch reviews the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special ‘The Day of the Doctor’… On Saturday, November 23rd 2013, officially the longest running science fiction show ever celebrated its 50th birthday and the world was there to share the cake.  Over seventy-five countries and across hundreds cinemas, sci-fi and non-sci-fi people came together in a moment […]

Good news for Doctor Who fans ahead of tonight’s 50th Anniversary Special ‘The Day of the Doctor’ – according to the Daily Mirror, the BBC has recovered another seven ‘lost’ episodes of the classic British sci-fi series, with a fan capturing the full William Hartnell serial ‘Marco Polo’ from 1964, which they’d recorded on a […]

With Marvel Studios branching out its Cinematic Universe onto the small screen with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the upcoming Netflix miniseries, and Warner Bros. seemingly stepping up its DC Comics superhero ambitions with Batman vs. Superman alongside a range of TV offerings, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether DC’s big and small screen […]

Trevor Hogg chats with David Steward II and Shannon Eric Denton about turning 1980s television shows Airwolf, Knight Rider and Miami Vice into digital comics… Television shows from the 1980s are not only reappearing on the big screen but also within the pages of digital comic books.  “The NBCUniversal deal was something we actively sought out,” […]

Parkland, 2013. Directed by Peter Landesman.Starring Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden, James Badge Dale, Ron Livingston, Kat Steffans, Paul Giamatti, Brett Stimely and Colin Hanks. SYNOPSIS: A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Timely released […]