Earlier this week it was revealed that Zack Snyder is planning a week of filming this October in order to complete the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League ahead of its release as a four-part limited series on HBO Max next year. The original report claimed that Ben Affleck (Batman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ray Fisher […]
The Witcher casts its new Eskel with Basil Eidenbenz
After actor Thue Ersted Rasmussen dropped out of the role of Eskel in Netflix’s upcoming second season of The Witcher, the series has had to find a new actor to take the role. Thankfully it hasn’t taken them very long as Deadline now reports the role has been filled by Basil Eidenbenz (Victoria, Company X), who […]
Comic Book Preview – Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place #1
Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place #1 hits comic book shops on Wednesday, and we have a preview of the first issue right here… There’s a monster raging in America’s heartland – and it’s not the Hulk. When a young girl goes missing on a Kansas farm, Bruce Banner gets the itch – the one that […]
Video Game Review – Verdant Village
Red Stewart reviews Verdant Village for PC (Steam)… Sometimes great ideas emerge from the polymorphization of smaller ones. Take two radically different franchises, such as Final Fantasy and Disney, and throw them into a mixer- now you have Kingdom Hearts. Likewise, new genres emerge from the combination of preexisting templates. One of the more interesting […]
The Rumble in the Jungle gets the graphic novel treatment with Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974
Titan Comics has announced the upcoming release of Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974, a unique graphic novel celebrating the historic Rumble in the Jungle between Ali and George Foreman from celebrated photo-journalist Abbas and award-winning writer Jean-David Morvan (Wolverine). Take a look at the cover artwork and official preview here… On the 30th October 1974 in […]
Michelle Monaghan to star in Brad Anderson psychological thriller Blood
Michelle Monaghan (True Detective, The Path) is set to lead the cast of Blood, a new psychological thriller from Session 9 and The Machinist director Brad Anderson. The film will see Monaghan playing Jess, “a separated mother and nurse who moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old family farmhouse. Shortly […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon, 1980. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, and Peter Wyngarde. SYNOPSIS: Flash Gordon fans: Run, don’t walk, to snap up this 4K release of the movie that features tons of digital and print bonus stuff, along with […]
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise gets a first trailer
After launching the War for Cybertron Trilogy earlier this year with the critically acclaimed Siege, we now have our first look at the second chapter of the Netflix animated series with the release of a teaser trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise which was released today during Hasbro’s virtual PulseCon convention; check […]
Comic Book Preview – Batman/Superman Annual #1
This Tuesday sees the release of Batman/Superman Annual #1, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here courtesy of DC Comics… On a dark and stormy night in the fifth dimension, two mortal foes meet to settle an age-old question once and for all: In a fight between Batman and Superman, […]
The Defining Works of Takeshi Kitano
Tom Jolliffe looks at the career defining works of legendary Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano… Fans of Japanese cinema will no doubt be familiar with the iconic Takeshi name. Sometimes billed by nickname as Beat Takeshi, or more retrospectively now as Takeshi Kitano, this actor and comedian (most notable during the late 80’s for the oddball […]
