Anghus Houvouras on Idris Elba’s recent comments about working on Thor: The Dark World… Most real actors would rather do a West End play than appear in a major Hollywood blockbuster. Does that surprise anyone? Is this a statement that would normally send cold shivers down the spine of those who read it? Idris Elba […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2… Two things are very clear in the 7th Episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s second season: Everybody’s happy that this damn space mystery is finally going somewhere. Agent Ward (Brent Dalton) is much more fun as a heel. “The Writing on the Wall” […]

Anghus Houvouras on the Derivative Age… de·riv·a·tive adjective 1. imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason. synonyms: imitative, unoriginal, uninventive, unimaginative, uninspired originating from, based on, or influenced by. 2. something that is based on another source. I struggled over the last week trying to give it a […]

The new Fantastic Four reboot has been clouded in mystery. Very few details have leaked and there seems to be a lot of curiosity around this new, younger skewing version of the team. Changes from director Josh Trank should surprise no one. Michael B. Jordan’s casting as Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch set off […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first part of Spider-Verse in Amazing Spider-Man #9… Dan Slott gets it. He may be the most maligned Spider-Man writer in ages, but he’s fearless in a way very few mainstream writers are in a day and age of rehashing old stories. While Scott Snyder takes Batman through familiar paces and […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the sixth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2… Agent Ward (Brett Dalton) was probably the least interesting character on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. until we learned he was a spy working for Hydra. It was then that the boy scout routine was shed and in its place we met a sociopathic puppet […]

Anghus Houvouras talks to Gwenyfar Rohler, writer of Death Bed: The Bed That Eats… Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is one of those forgotten pieces of cinematic history that almost never saw the light of day. A product of passion by a director named George Barry who grew up in the same neighborhood as […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the fifth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2… Skye is special, damn it. This is what I’ve been told since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. first premiered last year. Every since Chloe Bennet’s Skye was first introduced on the show, we’ve been made to believe that she is something special. The snappy talking, […]

Anghus Houvouras on the casting speculation for big budget comic book movies… “Popular actor sought for big budget comic book movie.” It reads like a headline from The Onion. A satirical oversimplification of a news trend that has been plaguing entertainment websites of late. Since Marvel Studios has become a dominant pop culture staple, casting […]