With the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so great and with films stretching out for years, it’s been questioned just how long can Robert Downey Jr. keep playing Tony Stark / Iron Man? Many think he is clearly the single biggest selling point of the entire franchise so far, but the question remains – […]

Last week we heard the news that Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) had joined the producing team on 20th Century Fox’s The Fantastic Four, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that author and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith has came on board to polish the script of the upcoming reboot, which is being directed by […]

Chris Cooper reviews the third issue of IDW’s four-part miniseries Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan… “In the present day, Dr. Miller has discovered information about the Foot Clan that both the TMNT and Shredder have taken an interest in. The TMNT race to intercept Miller before he divulges information to […]

Warner Bros. long-rumoured Justice League movie may have hit the rocks following the negative reception for Will Beall’s (Gangster Squad) screenplay, but DC fans may yet get to see a variation of the Justice League on the big screen courtesy of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade II). Speaking to Total Film to promote the release of […]

Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective…In Part 3 of this ‘Retrospective Series’ I likened Brazil to Orson Welles’ The Trial and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. There is another comparison that can be drawn between Welles and Gilliam, but this time it is Gilliam who has previously drawn the comparison, contextualising his ordeal with Munchausen […]

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 […]

James McAvoy is currently gearing up for a return as Professor Charles Xavier in Bryan Singer’s mutant superhero epic X-Men: Days of Future Past, but if rumours are to be believed the British actor may be lining up another comic book movie adaptation, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that the Wanted star is circling Relativity Media’s […]

Scott Davis continues his look at the new series of Community with a review of episode 3, which aired in the US last week… “The question isn’t where Constable, but when…“ It’s weird to think that we are now a quarter of the way through season 4 of Community. Only 12 or so episodes commissioned […]

El Gringo, 2012. Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez.Starring Scott Adkins, Christian Slater, Yvette Yates, Petar Bachvarov and Zahary Baharov. SYNOPSIS: A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras. Joel Silver has lent his name to some of the […]

Up There, 2012. Written and Directed by Zam Salim.Starring Burn Gorman, Iain De Caestecker and Jo Hartley. SYNOPSIS:Up There tells the story of departed soul Martin’s (Burn Gorman) journey to Newport, a quest undertaken with the intention of proving to his bosses at an upcoming hearing that he is an asset, and should be allowed […]