Sony Television’s upcoming PlayStation Network series Powers has found its leading man, with TV Line reporting that Sharlto Copley (District 9, Elysium) has signed on for the role of Detective Christian Walker, while Michelle Forbes (The Killing, True Blood) will also play Retro Girl. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, Powers is […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews New Suicide Squad #1…. The world has changed for Task Force X, a.k.a. the Suicide Squad. Director Amanda Waller no longer has the autonomy she once had. New members disrupt the team dynamic. And the team takes on an international scope. New members Joker’s Daughter, Deathstroke and Black Manta join Harley Quinn […]

Thief is the latest big game franchise to be adapted into a movie, if a report from The Tracking Board is to be believed. Vertigo Films and Prime Universe are developing the film, while Adrian Askarieh and Roy Lee are set to produce it. The two of them are also in charge of another game […]

Sigourney Weaver is to reprise her signature role as Ellen Ripley – albeit in video game form – with the actress set to reunite with the cast of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic for a pre-order bonus pack for the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Weaver will be joined by Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronic Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean […]

Sigourney Weaver is set to reprise the role of Ellen Ripley alongside co-stars Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronic Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean Stanton (Brett) and Yaphet Kotto (Parker) from Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien for the upcoming Alien: Isolation video game. Yesterday, SEGA and The Creative Assembly debuted a new video at the San Diego Comic-Con, […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of The 100… Adaptations of novels aimed towards teenage audiences are usually criticised for three things – a lack of pace, a lack of subtly and a lack of build. There is much to be said about The 100, the new US drama shown here in the UK on […]

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Sweden: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann), 2013. Directed by Felix Herngren. Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, Mia Skäringer and Alan Ford. SYNOPSIS: Explosives expert Allan Karlsson, goes on the run from his retirement home during his 100th Birthday party. This Swedish comedy […]

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #35…. “The Q Gambit” begins here! The crew of the new STAR TREK film franchise encounters the classic Trek villain Q for the first time, only in this all-new 6-part galaxy-spanning adventure developed in association with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on quest that will see […]

Mr. Morgan’s Last Love, 2013 Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck Starring Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Justin Kirk, Gillian Anderson SYNOPSIS: A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian dance teacher. Mr. Morgan’s Last Love is nice. Now when I say nice, what I am really saying […]

Over seven decades of entertaining comic book fans commenced with the release of Marvel Comics #1 in October 1939, and to celebrate the occasion a new anthology titled Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 will be arriving both in print and digital formats. Accompanying a cover by artist Paolo Rivera will be an illustrated adaptation of […]