Ollie England on How the Internet has radically changed Sci-Fi movies…. Before the widespread availability of the Internet, there was a whole genre of movies known as Cyberpunk (Hackers / Jonny Mnemonic / Lawnmower Man amongst others) in which the future was a nightmarish blend of surveillance corporations and personal restrictions created through intrusive technology. […]

Pearls of the Far East, 2011 Directed by Cuong Ngo. Starring Ngo Thanh Van, Kieu Chinh, Huy Khanh, Diem My, Truong Ngoc Anh, Kris Duangphung, Anh Hong, Richie Kul, Huy Hoang, Leon Le, Minh Ngoc Nguyen and Thai-Hoa Le. SYNOPSIS: Seven Vietnamese women at various stages of their lives seek to find love and to be […]

The Croods, 2013. Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk De Micco.Featuring the voice talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman, Catherine Keener and Clark Duke. SYNOPSIS: A prehistoric family go on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world. The Croods is the latest in the ever increasing Dreamworks Animation collection. […]

For those who believe that crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.com is only for funding unknown filmmakers, think again.  Rob Thomas who has attempted to bring his TV series Veronica Mars to the big screen ever since it was cancelled in 2007 struck a deal with Warner Bros that if he could raise $2 million from a Kickstarter […]

The creative minds of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Bryan Hitch have joined together to produce the fifth instalment of the devastating robotic revolution where heroes and villains must submit or perish.The few remaining members of Earth’s Mightiest must head to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive and […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the second instalment of the four-part miniseries… Cliff Secord on the run! Betty in the clutches of the ghastly Otto Rune! And what is Peevy’s connection to the missing scientist? All this and more… as the Rocketeer must prevent nothing less than the wrath of the Lord Himself! Dahlia stumbles out of […]

Justice League of America #1 written by Geoff Johns and drawn by artist David Finch was the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in February 2013.  DC Entertainment also published 15 out of the top 50 titles during the month with notable sellers including Batman: Night of the Owls, Fables: Cubs in Toyland Vol. 18 […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the hardcover edition of The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom… Cliff Secord and the Rocketeer take to the skies once again as Mark Waid and Chris Samnee spin a yarn in the best tradition of Dave Stevens, bringing us a tale of great adventure, suspense, and humour! A ship docks in Los Angeles […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the first issue of Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror… Missing scientists! Plucky girl reporters! Betty and Cliff on the rocks! The mysterious Church of Cosmicism! And who is the sinister Otto Rune? Pulp thrills the way you like them as the Rocketeer comes up against a brand-new adversary. The 4-part Rocketeer miniseries written by […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Bill Westenhofer and Guillaume Rocheron about their Academy Award winning work on Life of Pi… “If I was a numerologist I would be upset because I missed by 10 days being on the project for 3.14 years,” jokes Bill Westenhofer who served as the visual effects supervisor for […]