Matt Smith reviews the third episode of the new US TV drama The Following… So, in my last review I spoke about The Following and its similarities to Heroes. I also bought up the tense bits of the show, as well as the use of flashbacks. There was also that bit where I talked about […]

Between the recent talk about a Doctor Strange movie and rumours of a Planet Hulk feature leading into a World War Hulk-themed Avengers 3, there’s been plenty of speculation about the possibilities for Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe lately. Nevertheless, the only thing set in stone so far for Marvel Studios post-The Avengers […]

Yesterday, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that the studio is busy developing two standalone Star Wars movies, with Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) and Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) both writing separate features which will likely be released during the six-year period that Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII and IX arrives in […]

According to Deadline, American author George R.R. Martin has signed a new two-year deal with HBO, which will see him continue to serve as co-executive producer on Game of Thrones, as well as developing and producing new series projects for the cable network. Martin is of course the creator of the fantasy epic A Song of Ice […]

The very funny folk over at Something Awful have put together a few imaginings of what J.J. Abrams’ new Star Wars film might look like. They mostly involve either lens flare or members of the cast of Lost… That opening text scroll is going to be really difficult to read…

When Disney completed its shock purchase of Lucasfilm back in October, the studio announced that it would relaunch the Star Wars saga with a new sequel trilogy, as well as expanding the franchise with standalone features based upon the various inhabitants of the galaxy far, far away. Of course, with Star Trek Into Darkness director […]

Paul Risker begins a retrospective on the films of Terry Gilliam… Before we begin I’d like to take the opportunity to briefly talk a little about the history of this ‘Retrospective’ feature series. I originally started out intending only to re-evaluate the career of ‘Master of Horror’ John Carpenter, an idea that was first implanted […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third and final issue of The Crow: Skinning the Wolves… The Crow is one of those endearing concepts capable of creating some truly memorable stories – a supernatural revenge scenario that has yielded some really good comics over the years (and even a couple of good movies).  There are, however, times […]

The classic British TV series Thunderbirds is set to return fifty years after it first graced television screens, with ITV announcing that it has placed an order for 26 half-hour episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go! to air in 2015. The new series will be co-produced by New Zealand’s Pukeko Pictures and Weta Workshop, the visual […]

There’s little doubt that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk was one of the highlights of Joss Whedon’s blockbuster superhero ensemble The Avengers, but with the Green Goliath absent from Marvel’s Phase Two line-up of Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, it seemed that the cinematic future […]