21 and Over, 2013. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.Starring Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Sarah Wright, and Skylar Astin. SYNOPSIS: The night before his big medical school exam, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends. Every year we get at least one or two films about teens or college […]

In the wake of the latest issue of Batman Incorporated, Anghus Houvouras discusses the death of comic book characters (spoilers ahead)… If you haven’t already heard, writer Grant Morrison made waves this week after every major news outlet reported the newest Robin, Bruce Wayne’s son, would be dispatched with great prejudice in the latest issue […]

Luke Owen reviews the final episode of season 2 of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror… Last season of Black Mirror saved its best and most ambitious episode until last and it seems as though Charlie Brooker has done the same thing again with season 2. Like great anthology shows, The Waldo Moment doesn’t feel like a […]

Rust and Bone (French: De rouille et d’os), 2012. Directed by Jacques Audiard.Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners, Celine Sallette, Corinne Masiero and Alex Martin. SYNOPSIS: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali’s bond with Stephanie, a […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the second issue of Marvel NOW!’s Uncanny X-Men… When we last left the Uncanny X-Men, Cyclops and his band of rogue mutants were on a recruitment drive to shore up their ranks and relaunch Xavier’s idea of recruiting and training the persecuted members of their own kind. We also learned that Magneto […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the latest issue of Marvel NOW!’s FF… FF by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred has become my favorite ongoing comic title for a number of reasons. If you indulge me for a moment, I’ll share them with you. 1. It’s fun I realize how obvious of a statement that seems. But the […]

Matt Smith reviews the latest episode of Elementary… Tuesday truly is crime night for me. I don’t mean I go out and take people’s stuff (though my natural habitat, Aldershot, would encourage it). For the past few weeks, I’ve been following The Following and now I get to indulge fully in another of my favourites, […]

A few weeks ago we heard that an early screening of Man of Steel had taken place and the reaction was positive, and now JoBlo are reporting that a source of theirs – whom they trust explicitly – has seen the film as part of a number of screenings that Warner Bros. is holding to […]

Matt Smith reviews the latest episode of The Following…. So… a skipped week, a skipped episode of The Following. I had to go on holiday. Get away. It’s a hard life, watching things on a screen occasionally and writing about what I think of them. I mean, the plight of the critic is a harsh […]

With the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so great and with films stretching out for years, it’s been questioned just how long can Robert Downey Jr. keep playing Tony Stark / Iron Man? Many think he is clearly the single biggest selling point of the entire franchise so far, but the question remains – […]