Having repaired some of the damage caused by X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine with the 2010’s ‘pre-boot’ X-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox’s plans for the X-Men franchise have been dealt a blow today with the surprising news that that British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has chosen to pass on the upcoming sequel […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the second issue of Marvel NOW!’s Avengers… “The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team! The Avengers ‘go large,’ expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call – who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Anghus Houvouras with Quantum of Solace… I’m a Bond fanatic. Officially “in the tank” for a good spy thriller with action, espionage and criminally attractive women. The Bond series has been through a creative […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue of The Hollows… “An all-new series from the creator of The Maxx and the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots! Sam Kieth and Chris Ryall transport you to a near-future Japan, where burned-out husks—the Hollows—wantonly devour souls throughout the city. Far above, a segment of society lives safely in giant […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is Psycho (1960)… I was originally going to review the George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead but with the recent release of the trailer for Hitchcock, I felt it was only right to review one […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first two issues of Marvel NOW!’s FF… “In the Fantastic Four’s absence, a hand-picked substitute squad—Ant-Man, Medusa, She-Hulk and Miss Thing—must guard Earth and the fledgling Future Foundation for four minutes. What could go wrong?“ I love a good comic book that isn’t afraid to not take itself too seriously.  Mike […]

Nafissa Jeetoo gets ready for the apocalypse by looking at ways the world might end according to the movies… December 21st 2012, the last day on the Mayan calendar. It seems the apocalypse is now. But what is an apocalypse meant to be? We live our lives in fear of death, danger and doomsday, but […]

This will come as a surprise to pretty much no one after the announcement that Disney had purchased the rights to the Star Wars franchise, but it seems that the comics are moving over to Marvel (also owned by the House of Mouse) in 2014. According to reliable Disney blog Blue Sky Disney, there will […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye… AUTOBOTS VERSUS DECEPTICONS! The crew of the Lost Light confronts a band of rogue DECEPTICONS—with terrible consequences. “As an AUTOBOT slips closer to death, a single decision sets in motion a chain of events that might just spell the end for RODIMUS […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Mars Attacks… “An exciting new story arc starts here! As human ramp up their defenses, the Martians unleash a new weapon from their arsenal… the freeze ray! Don’t miss any of the action in this runaway hit series!” IDW’s Mars Attacks re-launch for me has been a bit […]