Withnail & I, 1987. Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown. SYNOPSIS: Withnail (Richard E. Grant) is an unsuccessful, pill-popping actor; ‘I,’ or Marwood (Paul McGann), is Withnail’s roommate and another equally underemployed actor. The time is 1969: Withnail is fast becoming a burned-out relic of the […]
IDW collecting Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Comics for the very first time
This coming Wednesday (October 8th), IDW Publishing is collecting the Wonder Woman newspaper comic strip from William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peters for the very first time with a hardcover book that includes the entire strip from May 1st 1944 to December 1st 1945. Just a few years after she burst into comic books, […]
Simon Kinberg says a crossover between X-Men and The Fantastic Four is “not out of the realm of possibility”
Although it was assumed when a reboot of The Fantastic Four was announced that Marvel’s First Family would inhabit the same universe as the X-Men – owing in no small part to comments from Mark Millar suggesting as much – producer Simon Kinberg downplayed the possibility back in May, stating that the characters “live in […]
Ben Affleck talks Daredevil and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ben Affleck has been doing the promotional rounds for his latest film Gone Girl, and of course much of the conversation has shifted to his upcoming role as The Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Affleck has been reluctant to give anything away, but he did take a moment to express his […]
Simon Kinberg confirms that Deadpool movie will be part of the shared X-Men universe
Last month 20th Century Fox announced that it has finally given the go-ahead to Deadpool, director Tim Miller’s long-gestating solo movie for the Merc with the Mouth, which is set to hit theaters in February 2016. Obviously Deadpool will skip over the events of Deadpool’s last outing in the retconned-out-of-existence X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but X-Men: […]
Second Opinion – Gone Girl (2014)
Gone Girl, 2014. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, David Clennon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Lisa Banes, Missi Pyle, and Emily Ratajkowski. SYNOPSIS: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s […]
The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 4, Doctor Strange, X-Men: Apocalypse, Daredevil, Gotham and more
Our weekly round-up of all the latest superhero news and talking points, including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America 3, Iron Man 4, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers Assemble, Big Hero 6, The […]
Guardians of the Galaxy overtakes Thor: The Dark World to become Marvel’s fourth-highest grossing movie worldwide
Last weekend Guardians of the Galaxy overtook the domestic box office take of 2008’s Iron Man ($318.3 million) – not to mention fellow franchise starters Transformers ($319.1 million) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317.6 million) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($314.2 million) – and now the film […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron behind-the-scenes ‘On the Set’ featurette
As we await the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron – which is rumoured to be attached to Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (out November 7th), but more likely arriving some time this month – The Disney Channel has given us an unrevealing sneak peek by taking us ‘On the Set’ with a short featurette that […]
The Blacklist Season 2 – Episode 2 Review
David Fleming reviews the second episode of The Blacklist season 2… This weeks episode takes us from America to Poland and back with non stop action all the way. A small seemingly normal bank in Warsaw is hit by a professional team, but there is something not quite straight forward about the heist. Red fills […]
