The official Marvel site has revealed that actor and comedian Patton Oswalt (King of Queens, Ratatouille) is set to join the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where he’ll guest star in the role of Agent Eric Koenig, a character who made his comic book debut in the pages of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos […]

Divergent, 2014. Directed by Neil Burger.Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Mekhi Phifer and Kate Winslet. SYNOPSIS: In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in. When she discovers a plot to […]

Cheap Thrills, 2013. Directed by E.L. Katz.Starring Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner and Amanda Fuller. SYNOPSIS: A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar. To describe a film as cult often […]

Anghus Houvouras with some rampant speculation on Captain America: The Winter Soldier…. Every week I spend an almost improbable amount of time discussing comic book themed TV shows and movies.  It’s by choice, mind you.  I might be one of the last media writers still watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. by choice rather than some kind […]

Matt Smith reviews the fourteenth episode of Elementary season 2… In reading the synopsis for this week’s Elementary, it sounded like things were going to take a welcome turn to the fun and perhaps kooky. Watson investigates the case of re-discovered dinosaur bones while Holmes tries his hand at interacting with another human as a […]

In 1926 J.R.R. Tolkien completed his translation of Beowulf, read it to a few friends, made one or two corrections, became happy with it, and then never saw the need to publish it! Now finally the Tolkien Estate has signed a deal to publish this translation which is to be edited by his youngest son Christopher […]

British comedian turned filmmaker Joe Cornish has signed on to direct Section 6, Universal’s upcoming spy thriller that delves into the creation of the British intelligence agency MI6 during the First World War. Cornish made his directorial debut in 2011 with Attack the Block, and has also served as co-writer on The Adventures of Tintin: […]

Villordsutch reviews Big Finish Audio Production’s Doctor Who – The Crooked Man… Directed by Nicholas Briggs.Written by John Dorney.Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Sarah Smart and Neil Stuke.“Winter at the seaside. The wind blows. The waves crash. People are dying and a strange spindly figure stalks the cold, deserted streets. A typical holiday for the […]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Doug LIman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is in talks to direct the upcoming video game adaptation Splinter Cell, which has Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Locke) attached in the lead role of black ops agent Sam Fisher. Liman will also produce with regular partner David Bartis, […]

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014. Directed by Wes Anderson.Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum Harvey Keitel, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, and Tony Revolori. SYNOPSIS: Wes Anderson returns with the gloriously bizarre tale of The Grand Budapest Hotel which follows lobby boy Zero (Revolori) and the […]