Disney has set a release date of January 23rd, 2015 for Lucasfilm’s upcoming animated musical Strange Magic, which is directed by Gary Rydstrom (Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation) from a story by George Lucas. According to Variety, the film is “described as a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with popular […]

It seems that Warner Bros. is wasting little time in revisiting Batman’s origin in the rebooted DC Cinematic Universe, with a new set photo from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice popping up online which reveals that director Zack Snyder will be revisiting the night of the Wayne family murder in Chicago tonight… If you’re […]

FIFA 15 is the latest in what is turning into a long string of games that don’t seem to support Share Play, a heavily touted feature of Sony’s PS4 update 2.0. Share Play was one of the biggest features coming as part of the PS4’s giant update 2.0, and it allows players to game together […]

Shailene Woodley (Divergent) is set to join the upcoming Edward Snowden biopic being directed by Oliver Stone. The actress is said to be in final negotiations for lead female role in the movie opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), who will play Edward Snowden. The film is based on the book […]

The BFI has announced that it is to re-release Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner in its Final Cut form across the UK from April 3rd 2015, with a special one-off screening also set to take place next month on Sunday, 14th December as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season. […]

Andrew Newton on the top 10 live action video game trailers… In recent years developers have taken to using live action trailers as a means to build up the excitement of the game prior to its release.  The trailers evoke a number of emotional reactions ranging from humour to sorrow, they may be filmed in […]

Trevor Hogg explores both the dark and humorous side of Batman…  With the Blu-ray and DVD releases of the second season of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, season one of Young Justice and Beware the Batman: Dark Justice, the Warner Archive Collection showcases various Dark Knights who can appeal to children, teens and adults; […]

Anghus Houvouras on the Derivative Age… de·riv·a·tive adjective 1. imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason. synonyms: imitative, unoriginal, uninventive, unimaginative, uninspired originating from, based on, or influenced by. 2. something that is based on another source. I struggled over the last week trying to give it a […]

News started to filter around various corners of the internet yesterday about the inevitable series of new Star Wars books due for releases in the next year or so. While some of them are centred around Star Wars: Rebels and also kids activity books there was one title in particular that stood out from the […]