Scanners: The Complete Collection DVD Box Set Scanners, 1981. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane and Charles Shamata. Scanners, for those who have not seen it – which was me – is a horror film which plays like a thriller, making for an interesting angle. The film wasn’t […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the season 3 finale of The Walking Dead…Season 2 of The Walking Dead was saved by its finale, and the expectations for the third season are expectedly high. Major spoilers follow… We know the anger swelling up inside the Governor and our first shot of “Welcome to the Tombs” is his one […]

Robb Ghag reviews Northlanders Vol. 7: The Icelandic Trilogy… “In this final epic from issues #42-50, young Ulf Hauksson takes over his clan’s settlement in a new land before moving on to a violent civil war that followed years later. “ In this final presentation of Northlanders we follow a family of immigrants and the […]

In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at the first generation of Skins….Having recently discussed the show with a friend of mine, I decided to revisit each generation of Skins once more, before the final iteration airs in July, supposedly wrapping up some of the stories from years […]

Here’s some timely news, what with Halloween just around the corner. Speaking at a special screening of the cult anthology horror Trick ‘r Treat in Los Angeles last night, writer-director Michael Dougherty, prodcuer Bryan Singer and Legendary Pictures’ chief Thomas Tull announced that a follow-up is in the works.“I think we’ll shake it up a […]

Having been in development for some time now, MTV has officially announced that it has given a ten-episode series order to a smalls creen adaptation of the 90s slasher Scream, with the show set to get underway in October.At this point in time, it’s unclear how closely the series will stick to the source material, […]

It seems that Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Killer Joe, Lone Survivor) has beaten off competition from Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) and Adam Devine (Workaholics) for the lead role in writer-director Steve Conrad’s long-gestating John Belushi biopic, with Film 360 announcing today that Hirsch has secured the part of the influential comic actor. Conrad, whose […]

Sam Thorne delves into the history of the superhero movie genre; next up is 1989’s The Punisher and 1997’s Steel….A bit of a delay since the last instalment, it’s been a hectic few days, but here we are. We started last time by talking about a vastly underrated superhero film, The Punisher (2004). Funnily enough, […]

Robb Ghag reviews Thanos Rising #1… “The vile face left movie audiences in shock after last summer’s Marvel Studios’ ‘The Avengers‘ movie, but who is this eerily disturbing villain? Thanos rises as the unrivaled rogue of wretchedness in this gripping tale of tragedy, deceit and destiny. Where did this demi-god of death and destruction come […]

Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #4 (spoilers ahead)…“The impossible has happened! The Earth has been taken by Ultron. What few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive. And it is Luke Cage who discovers the secret behind Ultron’s victory over all of mankind. A secret that will have fans of Marvel […]