Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Origins – Dog Days of Summer #1… Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just two teenagers in search of the truth. On Martha’s Vineyard, a strange encounter with a deaf girl sends 13-year-old Fox Mulder on the hunt for a mysterious signal. While in San Diego, young Dana Scully […]
Event Review – The Best of Elmer Bernstein at the Royal Albert Hall
Tony Black reviews The Best of Elmer Bernstein at the Royal Albert Hall… Over the last few years, the Royal Albert Hall has become the go-to venue for a remarkable array of film music concerts, be they live orchestra alongside viewings of a movie (such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, which I was lucky […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Jon Snow
Tony Black counts down to Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere… The King in the North! What a journey a man who knows so little has undertaken over the last six seasons of Game of Thrones. The bastard son (or so we thought) of Ned Stark, warden of the North and all round good egg, […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files #14
Tony Black reviews The X-Files #14… “Resistance,” Part 1 (of 4): Scully receives an invitation from Firas Ben-Brahim after months of silence, and she soon discovers the dark secrets he’s been keeping from her… and the rest of the world. SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of The X-Files #14 here The final curtain prepares to […]
The Great War is Here: Game of Thrones Season 7 Predictions
Tony Black looks forward to Game of Thrones season 7… “The Great War is here.” So announces Jon Snow, King of the North, in the first trailer for the Season 7 of Game of Thrones, and he’s probably not over-exaggerating. To suggest Game of Thrones has reached a narrative fever pitch is to massively understate the […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Funko Universe
Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Funko Universe… A bevy of talented creators seek the truth—and some laughs—with this Funko version of your favorite FBI agents! After this, you’ll believe that Scully and Mulder couldn’t be any cuter! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of The X-Files: Funko Universe here Now this is a real curio. […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files #13
Tony Black reviews The X-Files #13… “Skinner,” Part 2 (of 2): Assistant Director Walter Skinner finally gets the spotlight! When a face from the past resurfaces, Skinner must confront painful memories of the Vietnam War in his effort to keep a dark secret from being exposed. The second part of ‘Skinner’, this two-part exploration of […]
Movie Review – I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
I Am Heath Ledger, 2017. Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis & Derik Murray. Featuring Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: Using home video footage and artwork from across his life, this documentary charts the life and career of Heath Ledger, all the way to his untimely death… Almost a decade on, the […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Teaser Trailer – Questions, Answers, Signs and Symbols
Tony Black on the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi… At the very heart of the Star Wars Celebration event this weekend lies a gem we have all been waiting for – the first glimpse of The Last Jedi, which continues the main, episodic Skywalker family saga which now characterises the core of […]
Faster & Furiously: How Vin & the Family Owe an 80s & 90s Debt
Tony Black on how Fast & Furious owes a debt to 80s and 90s action movies… You may have avoided the Fast & Furious franchise. I did, for ages. To me it was nothing more than ‘car porn’, full of slick machismo, bad dialogue and poorer plot choices. 2008’s semi-reboot Fast & Furious began a […]