After making her live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in this month’s Ms. Marvel TV series, Kamala Khan will return to comics in August for a brand new series of three oversized one-shots from Eisner-nominated writer Jody Houser and artists Zé Carlos, Ibraim Roberson, and Dave Wachter, which will see the young hero calling upon three […]
Blu-ray Review – High Crime (1973)
High Crime, 1973.Directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Starring Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo, Fernando Rey, and Silvano Tranquilli.SYNOPSIS:An Italian cop takes on a European drug ring but the deeper he goes the more those around him start to get bumped off.Released as part of StudioCanal’s new Cult Classics line of movies, 1973s Euro-crime caper […]
Sarah Silverman joins Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
As cameras continue rolling on Bradley Cooper’s next directorial film Maestro for Netflix, Deadline reports that comedian Sarah Silverman (Battle of the Sexes) has joined the Leonard Bernstein biopic.She joins Cooper and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Women) in the film. Cooper plays Bernstein while Mulligan will portray his wife Felica Montealegre. Silverman will portray Bernstein’s sister, […]
Comic Book Preview – ORCS!: The Curse #1
Boom! Studios launches its new ORCS! series The Curse this Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the first issue for you here…The fun and fantastical ORCS! series from creator Christine Larsen (Adventure Time) returns with a new installment featuring our favorite underdog heroes: Bog, Pez, Zep, Utzu, and Gurh! After returning from their […]
Is Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman a ‘vanity project’?
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix vanity projects and The Irishman…Modern journalism is about rapid-fire reactions. That is the highest priority. Quickly getting a ‘hot take’ out for the world to see before anyone else does in the hopes of getting likes, upvotes and views. Getting things right is a distant second.Which is why I found amusement […]
Trailer for body horror Swallowed starring Jena Malone
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Overlook Film Festival this weekend, a trailer has been released for writer-director Carter Smith’s (The Ruins) new body horror Swallowed.The film is described as a “slimy wild queer horror nightmare of a movie” by the director and reunites him with The Ruins’ Jena Malone who stars alongside Mark […]
LEGO unveils new Nano Gauntlet set from Marvel’s Avengers Endgame
The LEGO Group has unveiled the latest addition to its LEGO Marvel The Infinity Saga theme, which fans the chance to recreate the Nano Gauntlet from Avengers: Endgame in brick form. The set is available to pre-order now and goes on sale on August 1st, priced at $69.99/£59.99; check out the promotional images here…Capture the […]
Comic Book Preview – Aquaman: Andromeda #1
DC Comics launches its cosmic horror-tinged Black Label series Aquaman: Andromeda this Tuesday; check out the official preview of the first issue here…Deep in the Pacific Ocean, at the farthest possible distance from any land, sits Point Nemo: the spaceship graveyard. Since the dawn of the space race, the nations of the world have sent […]
Kamala Khan gets ready for an Avengers party in clip from Ms. Marvel series
Ahead of its premiere this Wednesday, a new clip has been released from Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ superhero series Ms. Marvel which sees Kamala’s mother agree to let her go to an Avengers party… under the condition that she attends with her father in matching Hulk costumes!Check out the clip below along with a couple […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity, 1944.Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, John Philliber, and Tom Powers.SYNOPSIS:Criterion continues its string of 4K upgrades of classic movies with Billy Wilder’s 1944 film, Double Indemnity. The 4K presentation is sublime, and Criterion threw in a pair of Blu-rays, one […]
