Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve, and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: A daunting subject dealt with in striking fashion, Dallas Buyers Club tells the real life story of Ron Woodroof, whose discovery that he has AIDS sets him […]

Maleficent, 2014. Directed by Robert Stromberg. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. SYNOPSIS: A vindictive fairy is driven to curse an infant princess only to realize the child may be the only one who can restore peace. Very recently I watched Sleeping Beauty for the first […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series… “The Turtles return to New York to find a city in Shredder’s grip. The Turtles will have to use all of their skills and stealth to survive. But is Casey ready for a homecoming welcome from Hun?” Santolouco is back! That was all […]

Luke Owen reviews the trade paperback release of New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes… Over a decade ago, the super hero team known as The Mighty Crusaders did the impossible: they won. Successful in their battle against evil and finding they’d made the world a better place, the heroes moved to the small town of […]

Anghus Houvouras on the reaction to Warner Bros.’ strategy for Justice League and the DC Cinematic Universe…. It pains me that I live in a world so stupid that Forbes has to write a piece on why a Justice League movie is financially sound. We live in a time where familiar franchises are being sought […]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the planned sequel to last year’s Evil Dead reboot, or indeed Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 4 – a.k.a. Army of Darkness 2. However, chatting to Shock Till You Drop, director Fede Alvaraz has provided an update, stating that he’s still looking for an idea for Evil […]

Luke Owen counts down to Pacific Rim by looking at some of his favourite giant monsters… Kaiju: The Japanese word for “strange beast”. However, the word Kaiju has been universally translated and defined into English as “monster” or “giant monster”.Today’s entry into My Favourite Kaiju is one of Godzilla’s most formidable foes, the three-headed dragon […]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, 2014. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field, B.J. Novak, Felicity Jones, Chris Cooper and Denis Leary. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against […]

Luke Owen counts down to Pacific Rim by looking at some of his favourite giant monsters…. Kaiju: The Japanese word for “strange beast”. However, the word Kaiju has been universally translated and defined into English as “monster” or “giant monster”. I absolutely love Frank Darabont’s The Mist. Love it. It’s easily in my top 5 […]

Writer-producer Simon Kinberg was at WonderCon in Anaheim yesterday to talk about the upcoming mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, but with Fox’s reboot The Fantastic Four due to kick off production this month, he also offered up a few words about the studio and director Josh Trank’s (Chronicle) plans for Marvel’s First […]