Trevor Hogg reviews the debut issue of a series which combines an anime visual sensibility with the comedic mayhem of Back to the Future… A teenage cop from a high-tech future is sent back in time to 1986 New York City.  DaYoung Johansson is investigating the Quintum Mechanics megacorporation for crimes against time.  As she […]

While attending the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival I was keen to see All Is By My Sidewhich chronicled an American backup guitarist travelling to the UK where he is transformed into an international rock star.  Unfortunately, the Jimi Hendrix biopic was undermined by flat performances and an inability to get music rights.  The situation […]

While attending the 38th Toronto International Film Festival Trevor Hogg had the opportunity to chat with Denis Villeneuve about having double the fun working with Jake Gyllenhaal… Having tackled a story featuring a talking fish in Maelstrom (2000), explored the real life massacre of 14 female students in Polytechnique(2009), and delved into the Middle East […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the first two instalments of the 12-part series created by Stephan Franck which features a quick witted criminal who has a deadly attraction to silver… James Finnigan, a witty but (figuratively) soulless con man, sets out to separate the living-dead from their silver. A charity auction involving the silver collection of a […]

In an effort to explore how individuals, films and TV shows become part of the public consciousness, Intellect Books is publishing a new series called Fan Phenomena.   Not surprisingly science fiction which garners cult followings is well represented with separate editions on Doctor Who, Star Wars and Star Trek; however, not everything is focused on […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “While Leonardo and the Foot bring the fight to the Savate ninjas, the other Turtles call upon all of their allies to prepare for War. City Fall continues to escalate when Splinter crosses a line by helping Old Hob get his revenge!”Ooooooo. If […]

The creative team of writers R.A. & Geno Salvatore and artist David Baldeon bring the journey of the five issue series to an end. Doum’wielle Armago—wielder of the malevolent sentient sword Khazid’hea, the Cutter—confronts her pursuers. But will they be able to pull her back from the brink of savage madness? Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter […]

Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Simon Pegg (The World’s End) have joined the cast of the Aussie crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) from a script by James McFarland, the film also stars Luke Hemsworth (brother of Chris and Liam), Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom), Alice Braga (Predators), Bryan Brown […]

Gravity, 2013. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. SYNOPSIS:Two astronauts are cast adrift in deep space when their space shuttle is destroyed. While on a mission rookie astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and veteran team member Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) become the only survivors when the debris from a destroyed Russian satellite […]

Joe, 2013. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Heather Kafka , Sue Rock, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Ulysses Lopez, and Brenda Isaacs Booth. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con becomes a mentor and fierce protector of a hard-luck kid. Looking for work is Gary (Tye Sheridan) who comes from a family of drifters led by a drunken and volatile […]