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 […]

Jackson Ball selects his five essential Coen brothers characters… As a couple of the most admired and adored filmmakers around today, there is always a lot of interest in the films of Ethan and Joel Coen. Their movies are always different, but there are certain aspects we have come to expect from the Oscar-winning duo. […]

With Disney and Lucasfilm choosing to remain tight-lipped about their plans for Star Wars: Episode VII at the D23 Expo, it seems the internet has taken upon itself to kick-start some Star Wars news this past week. Things got underway on Monday with a report claiming that Ian McDiarmid would be back as Emperor Palpatine […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men… “SHIELD has a new agent and she’s a fan favorite mutant? Cyclops loses full control of his powers on the streets of Los Angeles. “ Things are moving at a rapid pace in the X-Universe these days. All the titles are getting their respective houses in […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest issue of Batman… “Witness the moment Bruce Wayne becomes Batman as ‘Zero Year’ makes history! And in the backup story, a young Bruce Wayne fights for his life in a death match in Russia!“ Issue #22 was one of the strongest that Scott Snyder has written in his time on […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews Marvel’s Infinity #1… “The oversized kickoff to the year’s most anticipate Blockbuster summer event, chaning the way you view the Marvel Universe! The outbreak of war on two fronts: Earth and Space, with our heroes torn between them. The world-shattering return of Thanos!” As a comic fan, there are moments when you […]

Martin Deer chats with Brett Culp, director of the Batman documentary Legends of the Knight, a not-for-profit documentary examining the power of stories on our lives, and in particular, how The Batman inspires us to be better… Martin Deer: You’ve just held your own panel at San Diego Comic-Con. How was that experience and how […]

Although there was some uncertainty earlier this year about Robert Downey Jr. extending his time as Tony Stark once his contract expired with the release of Iron Man 3, Marvel Studios managed to secure the fan favourite for another two outings as Iron Man by offering a bumper pay day for him to reprise the […]