Tom Jolliffe looks at metacinema, and whether the well of engaging meta movie ideas has dried up… Metacinema. In more recent times more popularly referred to as meta, it’s a mode of filmmaking in which the audience is made aware they’re watching a piece of fiction. It goes a little deeper of course, as whilst […]
Comic Book Preview – Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1
Marvel Comics releases Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 this Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here… Black Cat has been kidnapped, and the only person who can save her is…MARY JANE WATSON?! Mary Jane has never liked Felicia Hardy, and now she has to save her life?! […]
The Rocketeer returns for 40th anniversary miniseries
2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Dave Stevens’ iconic hero The Rocketeer, and IDW Publishing has announced that it will celebrate the occasion with The Rocketeer: The Great Race, a four issue limited series from New York Times bestselling writer and artist Stephen Mooney. “Writing and drawing a Rocketeer book has long been somewhat of a bucket-list […]
Comic Book Preview – Devil’s Reign: Winter Soldier #1
Wilson Fisk sets his sights on Bucky Barnes this Wednesday as Marvel releases Devil’s Reign: Winter Soldier #1, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here… A power-mad Mayor Fisk has been gathering information on Super Heroes. How far will Bucky Barnes go to steal the file on his own shadowy, […]
Comic Book Preview – X Deaths of Wolverine #1
X Deaths of Wolverine #1 is out this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics… DEATH IS NOT THE END. DEATH IS THE OMEGA. WEEK 2 – If WOLVERINE’s future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? The reciprocal series to […]
Star Trek: Picard season 2 trailer sees the return of Q and Guinan
Ahead of its premiere this March, a new trailer has been released for the second season of the sci-fi drama series Star Trek: Picard, along with a new poster featuring Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his most iconic adversary Q (John de Lancie); take a look here… Season two of Star Trek: Picard sees Patrick […]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead joins Star Wars: Ahsoka
Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka has just made another addition to its cast. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) will reunite with her Death Proof co-star Rosario Dawson in the series. Star Wars: Ahsoka stars Dawson as the titular former Jedi after making her debut to the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian. Dawson will be […]
Comic Book Preview – Action Comics #1039
Action Comics #1039 is out this Tuesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here courtesy of DC Comics… “The Warworld Saga, Part III.” Everything has changed. After the heart-stopping events of Action Comics #1037, Superman and the surviving members of the Authority see a side of Warworld they never knew […]
First trailer for Tiger King drama series Joe vs. Carole starring Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell
The first trailer has debuted for Joe vs. Carole, the upcoming limited series based on the Wondery podcast Joe Exotic by Robert Moor which tells the story of the fierce rivalry between big cat enthusiast Carole Baskin (Kate McKinnon) and the infamous exotic zookeeper Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel (John Cameron Mitchell). Watch it below… Based on […]
Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1050
Shadows of the Bat continues this Tuesday in Detective Comics’ landmark 1050th issue; check out the official preview here… It’s the landmark, oversize issue Detective Comics #1050, and some of the biggest names in comics are here to celebrate the Dark Knight! First up in “The Tower” part four, the villainous force keeping Arkham Tower’s […]
