In the latter half of last year, it was announced to much ill response that Breck Eisner (The Crazies) was in negotiations to direct a film based on the toy Stretch Armstrong. The property was dropped by Universal, and then picked up by Relativity Media who were developing the project. It seemed to be going […]

Villordsutch reviews Think Tank #10… “Slacker genius Dr. David Loren made a calculated gamble that the US government would never allow his latest DNA-targeting virus to go airborne — and lost. Can he mitigate the collateral damage triggered by his deadly invention? Or will he lose everyone he loves?“ I can sum up this comic […]

Last week came the news that X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past) has been brought in to overhaul the script for The Fantastic Four, leading to speculation that 20th Century Fox could struggle to meet its planned March 2015 release date for Chronicle director Josh […]

Melissa McCarthy is one of the most popular female actresses around right now with every film she’s in raking in huge amounts of money. The Bridesmaids star hopes to continue the streak with a new comedy that her and husband Ben Falcone have sold to Fox. Currently the show is untitled but McCarthy and Falcone […]

Sam Thorne reviews Jinnrise Vol. 1… “International student Andrew Marcus’ world is torn asunder when interstellar forces, the “Kibrani,” invade earth. With all hope seemingly lost, humanity’s last chance may be a long-despised and forgotten race: the Jinn (otherwise known as “genies”)! But are they our hope… or greatest fear?” So simply put Jinnrise is […]

It seems that the original shock rocker Alice Cooper could be set to swap the stage for the… erm… stage, with the New York Post reporting that the School’s Out singer is in negotiations to join the cast of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as the villainous Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green […]

Anthony Stokes reviews Afterlife with Archie #1… “This is how the end of the world begins… Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Carrie, Archie meets Glee) and Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla (Batman, Black Beetle) take Archie and the gang where they’ve never been before-to the grave and back! A horrific accident sets off a series of […]

Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) is set to star in a new R-rated comedy from Paramount Pictures and screenwriter Andrew Dodge (Bad Words), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. According to the report, the project will make use of Dinklage’s fine acting ability play off Dinklage’s size, and tell the […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #23.3: The Scarecrow… “See the new Gotham City through the eyes of the Scarecrow! It’s Arkham Asylum unleashed on humanity—and it’s all the Scarecrow has ever wanted!” As I had mentioned before in previous posts, it seems during the Villains Month the Superman villains were far outshining (at least in […]