My Excellent Friends, Today maybe Valentines and love may be in the air, but to quote Sheila Broflovski, “the world is such a rotten place, and city life is a complete disgrace”. But rather than move to a redneck, meshuggeneh, quiet mountain town like she did, I have opted for a more simple approach – […]

Helen Murdoch presents the most inappropriate Valentine’s Day movies… We’re at that time of year once again where the high street is littered with heart sharped balloons, teddy bears, chocolate and so on. If you’re planning to stay in and watch a movie remember to choose wisely. We’ve compiled a list of 5 of the […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Uncanny X-Men… The X-Men.  I can’t think of another group of superheroes that feel like they’re in a state of perpetual flux.  The status quo seems to change for these guys at a rapid pace, with a frequency unrivaled in the modern era of comics.  Every […]

Bryan Singer has been doing the press rounds this week to discuss his upcoming fairytale adventure Jack the Giant Slayer, but with the director gearing up for his return to the X-Men universe in April , much of the talk has revolved around next year’s time-travelling mutant epic X-Men: Days of Future Past. So far, Singer […]

What Richard Did, 2012. Directed by Lenny AbrahamsonStarring Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Sam Keeley and Lars Mikkelsen SYNOPSIS:An ambitious 6th-form student’s life is changed when a night out ends in tragedy. ‘What Richard Did‘ is a loaded title. It’s in the past tense. It makes everything before the ‘act’ feel similarly long gone. Like a […]

Luke Owen reviews Mars Attacks #7…“Little Tommy Bailey was a bright boy with a vivid imagination. It’s no wonder why no one believed his warnings of an invasion from space. But his discovery just might save his life, and his dog’s! Also, what role will the mysterious organization Novas Vira play in the invasion?” I […]

During an interview with the Press Assocation, Chloë Moretz has spoken about returning the role of Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl in the upcoming comic book movie sequel Kick-Ass 2, telling fans to expect a much more adult take on the teenage crime-fighter / killing machine: “There’s going to get a bit more romance, a much more […]

Luke Owen reviews the second issue of The High Ways…“The mystery deepens as Marilyn and Eddie explore Europa and find much more than they expected. And just why is Cagney suddenly so eager to leave?”As I said last month, The High Ways #1 did enough to draw me into wanting to read the next issue. […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue in IDW’s Ghostbusters series… The Ghostbusters are gone, spirited away by some dastardly demons from another dimension! But spectral shenanigans haven’t ceased in the city that never sleeps, meaning a new group will need to step up and don the proton packs. Will the New Ghostbusters be able to […]

Side Effects, 2013. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.Starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects. There’s a great film waiting to be made about our pill popping society and the abhorrent lack of ethics on display from […]