Universal Pictures has picked up the option on a big screen adaptation Locke & Key, the acclaimed comic book series from writer Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.Published by IDW, the supernatural series centres on the Locke family, who move to their ancestral New England home […]

Anghus Houvouras on our cultural fascination with box office and budgets….With the release of World War Z, there’s been a lot of talk of rapidly escalating budgets.  It seems like you can’t make a blockbuster these days for less than $200 million.  Some are claiming that World War Z cost almost twice that amount (more […]

Robb Ghag reviews the American Vampire one-shot The Long Road to Hell… “Fan-favorite character Travis Kidd—the vampire hunter who likes to “bite them back”—makes his return in this new AMERICAN VAMPIRE one-shot! It’s a story burned deep into the American psyche: two young lovers, a stolen car and the open road. But these young lovers […]

The Fall, 2006. Directed by Tarsem Singh.Starring Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Daniel Caltagirone, Marcus Weasley and Robin Smith. SYNOPSIS: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks […]

A very sad start to the day today with news that James Gandolfini – best known as the crime boss Tony Soprano in HBO’s acclaimed drama series The Sopranos – has passed away aged just 51 after suffering a heart attack whilst on holiday in Rome. Born in Westwood, New Jersey in 1961, Gandolfini began […]

After relentless criticism and PR blunder and after PR blunder, Microsoft have finally seen sense and performed a massive U-turn on their bull-headed and arrogant approach to the Xbox One. In short, the 24 hour connection has gone and the lending of games is back on the table. Will this be enough to claw back […]

Apart from the appointment of J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) as director, we know very little in the way of factual information about Star Wars: Episode VII. Sure, there’s been plenty of rumours – the most persistent being that Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) will reprise […]

Martin Deer responds to some of the ridiculous criticisms aimed at Man of Steel… Man of Steel has caused a slight split between Superman fans and film fans on the whole. This is okay; it does not matter if we don’t all like the same film, and whilst I personally love the film, I understand […]

Following the image Legendary Pictures posted to their Facebook page earlier [see here], it looks like there is some more news coming from the 2014 Godzilla reboot. The press release for the movie contains a lot of details about the merchandising and tone of the movie (taking it back to its routes etc.) but the […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW ‘Villains’ series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #3 – Old Hob… “Old Hob has made a lot of enemies since his ooze-induced transformation. His once comfortable life as a lazy cat was abruptly stripped away from him, forcing Hob to learn how to survive, the hard way! […]