Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective…. The Fisher King and Twelve Monkeys represent a hiatus for Gilliam from penning and developing his own scripts. This period in Gilliam’s career is a period of transformation, in which he continued to break his own rules. Despite having already deviated from these on The Fisher King, the […]

Chris Cooper reviews the final issue of IDW’s four-part miniseries Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan… “In the present day, the TMNT have rescued historian Dr. Miller from the Shredder. With Miller’s help, the TMNT can now learn what ancient Foot Clan secrets have been lost to time. In the past, […]

Chris Cooper chats with Mateus Santolouco, creator of the four-part miniseries Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan… The Internet is a wonderful thing. No, not just for that (get your mind out of the gutter you’re better than that!). It’s wonderful due to its ability to bring us all closer and […]

Following our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Alice Rush looks back at her VHS memories… Let’s face it, everyone loves a special edition box set. Everyone (should) love Star Wars. Put the two together and you get my very first VHS: The special edition gold Darth Vader VHS boxset. You simply cannot get […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest issue of Batman… “In the wake of the loss of Robin, Batman begins to lose control of his rage, when a new ally helps to bring him back to the world. “ If you lived on say a desert island, and had your comics air shipped to you, you would […]

With Trance heading into cinemas next Wednesday, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Danny Boyle movies. First up, Helen Murdoch looks at 1994’s Shallow Grave… Before he was a national treasure, before he reinvented the zombie film and before Trainspotting, there was Shallow Grave. I see it as quite simply one […]

After menacing the God of Thunder and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as Loki in Thor and The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston has become a firm favourite among fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hiddleston is set to return to Asgard this year alongside Chris Hemsworth in the solo sequel Thor: The Dark World from director Alan Taylor […]

Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe: Special Missions #1…. “A NEW BEGINNING! The legendary team of Chuck Dixon and Paul Gulacy lead the G.I. Joe team undercover and into action! The BARONESS tries to get back into COBRA’s good graces—and it’s up to SCARLETT to assemble a team to take the villainess down!“ If last month’s […]

Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe #2… “HOMEFRONT! The G.I. Joe team battles Cobra to the death on American soil! COVERL GIRL, DOC, and the newest member, HASHTAG (yes, HASHTAG) have been separated from the rest and have to fight their way through hundreds of kill-crazy Cobra sympathizers-with a teammate’s life hanging in the balance! Plus: […]

Last year, 20th Century Fox appointed comic book writer Mark Millar as creative consultant on its slate of Marvel superhero properties. The appointment came too late for him to have any involvement with James Mangold’s upcoming solo X-Men spin-off The Wolverine, but it was thought that Millar’s duties would incorporate next year’s mutant epic, X-Men: […]