Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “The TMNT find a potential new home in a bomb shelter under an abandoned church. Unfortunately they have been tracked by ‘Slash’; a merciless and deadly mutant snapping turtle created by Stockgen specifically to hunt and kill the TMNT.” Issue 15 left us on […]

Back in 2007, Warner Bros. hired director George Miller (Mad Max) to work on an adaptation of DC Comics’ Justice League, with Miller subsequently turning to a cast of up-and-coming actors to portray the legendary superhero team in what was planned as a big-budget motion-capture animation. Despite the studio pulling the plug on the project […]

Marvel superheroes are currently in vogue at the moment with the success of big screen adaptations such as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Avengers Assemble, and now it appears we may be seeing some of Marvel’s favorite characters on the small screen too. While speaking to ShockTillYouDrop at the launch of the Academy of Motion […]

Way back in 2007, New Line Cinema secured the movie rights to Microsoft and Epic Games’ hit third-person sci-fi action shooter Gears of War, hiring screenwriter Stuart Beattie (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) to develop a script with a view to releasing a big-budget adaptation in the […]

Despite mixed reviews, there’s little doubt that Ridley Scott’s hotly-anticipated return to the sci-fi genre delivered the goods in terms of box office for 20th Century Fox, with the divisive Prometheus banking over $400 million world-wide. With those sort of returns, you can rest assured that the studio will be keen for Scott to push […]

Oliver Davis reviews Part 1 of the Sky 1 special, A Touch of Cloth… “Natasha’s called from the mortuary. She said it’s big.”“I know. I’ve been there.” That is an excellent joke. It echoes the great Airplane running gag of: “You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This […]

It’s a momentous day for longtime action fans today as the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren join forces on screen in The Expendables 2 [read our review here]. However, there’s another potential team-up on the horizon that’s sure to appeal to hardcore action aficionados, […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of TMNT… “In the wake of their recent skirmish with the Shredder and the Foot Clan, Splinter has instructed his sons that they must take drastic action to protect themselves from mortal threats. Little do the Turtles know that new dangers will soon surface.” So, with issue #15 of […]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, 2012. Directed by Bill Condon.Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Mackenzie Foy, Ashley Greene, Maggie Grace, Michael Sheen, Nikki Reed, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kellan Lutz and Dakota Fanning. SYNOPSIS: With the birth of Renesmee, and Bella’s new life just beginning, the Cullen family gather various vampire […]

The Harsh Light of Day, 2012. Directed by Oliver S. Milburn. Starring Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, and Paul Jaques. SYNOPSIS: After an attack that leaves him paralysed and his wife murdered, an author is offered the chance to get revenge. I’ll be honest. I’m struggling on how to start this particular review. It’s […]