Back in May it was reported that Joss Whedon was using Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, The Host) as the “prototype” for his take on the Scarlet Witch in 2015’s eagerly-anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and with the Irish actress subsequently denying the reports linking her to the film, Bleeding Cool has now thrown another […]

Joss Whedon took pretty much everyone by surprise last month at the San Diego Comic-Con when he announced that the Hank Pym-created artificial intelligence Ultron is to be the main villain in 2015’s eagerly awaited sequel to The Avengers. Of course, with Hank Pym due to make his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2 and The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #2… The Spider-Man side of the Marvel Universe is getting more and more interesting, simply by adding the phrase ‘Superior’ in front of a number of new titles.  To be fair, it’s not that simple.  Good writing, art, and a controversial storyline […]

Celebrated American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard has died aged 87 after complications from a stroke he suffered last month. A statement on his official website revealed that Leonard “passed away this morning at 7.15 AM at home surrounded by his loving family.” Born in New Orleans in 1925, Leonard began his career as a […]

Villordsutch reviews KISS Kids #1… “Presenting the adventures of Li’l Demon, Starchild, Catkid, and Spacey… The KISS Kids gang! This rockin’ new comic offers adventures for all ages (and many in-jokes and familiar characters for the Kiss faithful, too). No blood or fire here, just laughs and fun tales of the little costumed maniacs and […]

Comic book creator Mark Millar has had a bit of a busy weekend, what with the release of the latest Millarworld adaptation Kick-Ass 2 [read our reviews here and here], but that hasn’t stopped him from talking about his duties as creative consultant on 20th Century Fox’s Marvel properties, specifically the upcoming reboot of The […]

Over the past few weeks the rumour mill has been working overtime, throwing up virtually ever actor in Hollywood as potential candidates to succeed Christian Bale as The Dark Knight in Warner Bros. hotly-anticipated Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman. Just yesterday, we reported the latest names to be brought up as possibilities – […]

Anthony Stokes on the movies he wanted to love, but couldn’t… Anybody else ever feel obligated to love a movie before you’ve even seen it? It swept the Oscars, all the critics love it, and your friends won’t shut up about it…  And then you see it and while they’re not wrong per se, it […]

The Flickering Myth writing team take in a World’s End pub crawl; spoilers and several instances of adult language ahoy!   The Morning After, 11:37:   I awoke sprawled naked on the mattress, the bedroom light still harshly on. My mother was ringing me from Spain. One finger on either hand had been painted with […]

Anghus Houvouras chats with comic book artist John Romita Jr., co-creator of Kick-Ass…. John Romita Jr. has been in the comic book game from when issues were selling millions of copies and hadn’t been reduced to an intellectual property farm for movie studios.  Not only has he witnessed massive changes within the medium, but he […]