Anghus Houvouras on the death of the action film…The action film is practically dead. Languishing, comatose, and inching ever closer to the grave. The once proud genre was a mainstay of the movies ever since the words ‘motion’ was paired with ‘picture’. It was the action film that spoke to the common man, teaching important […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the second trailer for Iron Man 3… It’s finally here! The comic book movie season of 2013 is finally here! And kicking things off is the first part of Marvel’s Phase Two in the form of Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 which sees Tony Stark battling the evil […]

Earlier this week the internet exploded with the rumour that Warner Bros. had handed Christopher Nolan the keys to a DC movie universe, with various reports circulating suggesting that Nolan would serve as producer on the studio’s long-rumoured Justice League adaptation, or that Christian Bale’s Dark Knight would team up with Henry Cavill’s Man of […]

With Oz The Great and Powerful hitting cinemas today (read our review here), Variety are reporting that Disney are planning on returning to the world again for a sequel with Mitchell Kapner (who wrote the first film) hired to start work.The movie is looking to make around $80 million this weekend State side so it […]

Stoker, 2013.Directed by Chan-wook Park.Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, and Lucas Till.SYNOPSIS:After India’s father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.The […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #18… Following the aftermath of Death of the Family and Batman: Incorporated #8, we enter the Batman’s new chapter called “Requiem”. The fallout from Death of the Family has left Batman again the lone vigilante of justice. It’s been some time since I read a Batman story where one of […]

First came the rumour that Harrison Ford had agreed to reprise the role of intergalactic scoundrel-turned-rebel hero Han Solo, then came word from Mark Hamill that he was in talks with Disney about returning as Luke Skywalker, followed by comments yesterday (subsequently put down as a joke by her rep) from Carrie Fisher stating she’d […]

Paul Risker reviews the fifth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… The war between two generations; the sins of the father; the future and staying alive… Three thematic devices featured in the latest episode of Sons of Anarchy… The opening of episode five is reminiscent of the  season opener, featuring one in a long […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest Transformers: Spotlight from IDW…ESCAPE FROM EARTH! Before Cybertron was reborn—BUMBLEBEE lead the Autobots on Earth. In this untold tale, he must take the reigns of command… and he’s got hundreds of rogue Decepticons standing between him and respect!Last month’s Transformers Spotlight on Decepticon icon Megatron was an absolutely fantastic and […]

Luke Owen reviews issue 14 of Transformers: More That Meets The Eye… THE RETURN OF OVERLORD! Locked in a secret cell underneath the Lost Light, hidden from the crew, a DECEPTICON psychopath is talking without opening his mouth… and an AUTOBOT with needles for fingers is about to make the biggest mistake of his life. […]