The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was amongst the biggest flop of the summer. With a budget of $120 million, it made just $81 million and was universally panned by critics. Prior to the release of the first, the company was so confident that it automatically green lit an adaptation of the second book in […]

Kevin Feige has talked about virtually every Marvel Studios project you can imagine this past week whilst doing the press rounds for Thor: The Dark World. He’s already confirmed that Doctor Strange is in “active development”, indicating that the Sorcerer Supreme could find himself part of Marvel’s Phase Three, and now he’s offered up a […]

For the past two seasons, and now a third, Jessica Lange has been absolutely amazing on FX’s American Horror Story. She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her performance in the first season and was nominated for both for her performance in season two. After so much success already it looks as if […]

John Belushi’s career went from one extreme to another. His drug-fueled and alcohol induced life may have lead to his traic early death, but his films were a thing to behold. As a result of this, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty writer Steve Conrad has been attached to both write and direct a feature […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the fifth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. I was on Twitter the other night when a fellow self-professed geek made the following bold declaratory statement: “Arrow is the best TV show based on a comic ever #NODEBATE” And my first thought was “Is that really a massive accomplishment?” Did shows like […]

It doesn’t take a smart guy or a film critic to tell you that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (or Indy 4 for short) wasn’t a very good film. However, it does hold a certain legacy in cruelly staining an otherwise widely loved franchise in spectacular fashion. Steven Spielberg appeared last […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews The Crow: Curare #3… “Detective Joe Salk’s obsession with the dead girl culminates in this final tale of violent retribution as secrets are revealed, debts are paid and lives are forever changed.“ To me, the best comics are the ones that achieve a symmetry between the writing and the art where the […]

Thanks to the ever-reliable Dark Knight fansite Batman-on-Film, we have a new rumour about Ben Affleck’s ride in the 2015 Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, with a report suggesting that Bruce Wayne could be turning to a Cadillac for the latest version of the iconic Batmobile. “The Batmobile is currently being designed and […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Stephan Franck about a childhood obsession, The Iron Giant, and Smurfs… “My dad was an amateur painter and photographer; I’m pretty sure he would have had an artistic career, had his life situation been different,” states Stephan Franck.  “On my mom’s side, we’re talking self-taught musicians, professional gamblers and dentists…all artists […]

Although Leonardo DiCaprio announced that he was taking a hiatus from acting, this may have been a lie. With DiCaprio attaching himself to numerous projects, he has now been approached to produce and star in an adaptation of Scandinavian crime author Jo Nesbo’s Blood in the Snow. Blood in the Snow will star Leonardo DiCaprio […]