The first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has arrived online today, and fills us in on the story to come. Catching Fire sees Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), winner of the 74th annual Hunger Games, returning to her home of District 12 as part of the Victors Tour. The trailer gives us a look […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the two-hour season 6 premiere of Mad Men…. From its humble beginnings, starting with Don Draper sitting in a jazz bar, to the exotic locale of Hawaii, Mad Men continues to expand its scope and its subject matter. Major spoilers ahead… As always, Mad Men’s intricate design (whether it is costume, set […]

John Lucking reviews the second episode of Hannibal… The problem of the recap at the beginning of any episode of a serialised drama comes in its blatant sign-posting-if-not-spoilers for the episode to come. If television is a constant battle between art and commerce then the recap is a fight the artists’ never showed up for. […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Nellie Andreeva writes about the possibility of a Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul: “…the network and series producer Sony TV are exploring keeping the franchise alive with a spinoff series centered on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. […]

Tom Jolliffe chats with British filmmaker Ross Boyask, director of Warrioress… Brighton born film-maker Ross Boyask has been flying the flag for UK action films over the past decade. He’s directed a host of short films, including Pure Vengeance which starred Scott Adkins (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Undisputed 2 and 3) and was featured […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest issue of Batman… “Bruce Wayne robs a Gotham bank, but not everything is as it seems.“ The next big storyline in Batman commences in issue #21 in June, and will re-tell Bruce Wayne’s origins as The Batman for the New 52. Until then however we have a two-part story, of […]

Villordsutch thinks Doctor Who could be losing its way… Shortly after this was taken I was shouted at by that man. I’ve been a Doctor Who fan for as long as I can remember, I really have.  My initial memories of the Doctor had to be Tom Baker’s huge grin.  His regeneration scared me greatly […]

In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at the second generation of Skins…. This is the second of my three part Late to the Show series on Skins, if you missed my first part, read it here. As like the first two seasons, the third and fourth seasons […]

With Iron Man 3 set to launch Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in just a few short weeks, we’ve been inundated lately with promotional material for Robert Downey Jr.’s third solo adventure, but of course Marvel Studios has plenty of other movies on its upcoming slate, including a trio of sequels in Thor: […]

Anghus Houvouras wonders whether there’s such a thing as a respectful remake… Between the release of the Evil Dead remake and the Flickering Myth Reaction to the Carrie trailer, I’ve spent a lot of time this week considering remakes and weighing their worth. Fundamentally, I’ve never been a fan of remakes. So many of them […]