Anthony Stokes reviews episode 2 of FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham…. After the disappointment of the pilot, I was reluctant tuning into Gotham’s second episode. So far aside from Arrow no superhero TV show has reached the heights of Smallville, which is a pretty low bar.  Gotham’s first episode was especially mediocre, with shades of […]

Hollywood’s trend of greenlighting any and all pre-established properties for feature films continues, as a live-action Tetris movie is now in active development. The film, based of course on the 1984 puzzler, comes from Threshold Entertainment’s Larry Kasanoff, the producer of the 1995 Mortal Kombat film. At this point in time, there are no details on the project and […]

Now that the Dollmaker – a villain who debuted in the New 52 in 2011 and appeared on Arrow last season – is set to appear on Gotham, fans are running wild with theories about the two shows sharing the same connected universe. Those theories were given even more fuel by this little Easter egg spotted in last […]

A tweet sent out (and swiftly deleted) by longtime Whedonverse actor Fran Kranz (Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse) may have just revealed the identity of another Marvel Comics character headed to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Robbie Baldwin, a.k.a. Speedball. For those unfamiliar, Robbie Baldwin was bombarded with inter-dimensional energy and gained an exterior shell of kinetic energy. As […]

Before J.J. Abrams secured the job of kicking off Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy, numerous filmmakers were linked with the director’s chair on Star Wars: Episode VII, including  David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club), who has spoken about meeting with Disney and Lucasfilm during a promotional interview for his new film Gone Girl. “I talked to […]

The Windy City has been very kind to both the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel, standing in for both Gotham City and Metropolis in films like The Dark Knight and Man of Steel. According to FOX 32 News, the World’s Finest are returning to Chicago for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.  Chicago will once again stand in […]

Still the Enemy Within, 2014. Directed by Owen Gower. Starring Norman Strike, Paul Symonds, Steve Hammill, Mike Jackson, Joe Henry and Jim Tierney. SYNOPSIS: A documentary detailing the events of the 1984-85 Miners strike, from the views of those on the picket lines. Still the Enemy Within was the film I least expected to rank […]

Rob the Mob, 2014. Directed by Raymond De Felitta. Starring Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia, Ray Romano, Aida Turturro and Frank Whaley. SYNOPSIS: In an attempt to escape their humdrum existence and two bit jobs with a debt collection agency, New Yorkers Tommy and Rosie Uva hatch a clever plan to rob some local […]

With just over a fortnight to go before the release of Interstellar, a new featurette has arrived online which delves into the science behind Christopher Nolan’s hotly-anticipated sci-fi epic; watch it below… Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human […]

Ahead of its hotly-anticipated release next Friday, a new clip from Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has arrived online entitled ‘Useless Machines’, and you can watch it right here… Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and […]