In some news that will please many horror fans, the hockey mash wearing psychopath Jason Voorhees will indeed be returning for another outing in the next Friday the 13th movie. It was reported earlier this year that producer Brad Fuller was unsure as to whether Jason would be coming back for the new Friday the 13th […]

Robert Rodriguez talks about Sin City ahead of the release of the long-awaited Sin City: A Dame to Kill For… Robert Rodriguez is crazy enough to have changed the world of filmmaking. Instead of working under the watchful eye of corporate overlords in a huge a studio in Los Angeles, he operates Troublemaker out of […]

Our weekly round-up of all the latest superhero news and talking points, including Deadpool, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, Big Hero 6, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League Dark, Constantine, Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, Batman ’66, Batman: Assault on Arkham […]

Obviously, post-credit spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy… James Gunn surprised many Marvel fans with the post credit sequence for Guardians of the Galaxy by providing a cameo of the oft-mocked Howard the Duck. With the rights to the character back at Marvel, it’s unclear as to whether we’ll get another movie featuring Howard the […]

If you haven’t seen X-Men: Days of Future Past, spoilers follow… So, 20th Century Fox made great strides in trying to fix some of the continuity issues with its X-Men franchise this year with the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, with director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Simon Kinberg managing to find a way […]

Even though Fast & Furious 7 has now wrapped recently and the movie is heading into post-production, French music station SkyRock.fm have learned that rapper Iggy Azalea will feature in the movie as a cameo. While promoting Guardians of the Galaxy (read our two ★★★★ reviews here and here and our podcast review here), Vin Diesel spoke about the […]

A special edition of The Week in Spandex rounding up all the superhero news and talking points from the San Diego Comic-Con, including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Doctor Strange, Thunderbolts, Captain America 3, Blade, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Hulk […]

Stephen Glass reviews How We Are Now… As well as opining on new releases and re-releases and DVD releases and all other releases, film writers, professional or otherwise, are afforded a great power to vouch for films and filmmakers with little exposure, which are perhaps only on the festival circuit. Even this launchpad leaves innumerable […]

 Martin Carr reviews Blacula – The Complete Collection… 18th Century prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) is invited to meet Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay) to gain support for the abolitionist movement. In the midst of a heated debate it is revealed Dracula is an advocate of slavery, wishing to take Mamuwalde’s wife for his bride. Expressing his […]

Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season one… Gotham hits the ground running with low cost housing and clean water initiatives for Arkham Asylum seekers… Expectations are fragile things. In life as in art we heap our hopes upon reinvention, transformation and the ideal that things can be made better. And when those […]