In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The New Mutants, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gambit, The Gifted, Venom, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Suicide […]
Why does Marvel keep using the same villain for every movie?
Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s villains…Next year Marvel Studios will turn ten years old. This milestone is being marked with a celebration that Kevin Feige touched briefly upon. There’s certainly a lot to celebrate. Marvel’s foray into feature films has been an unmitigated success financially and with the ticket buying movie public. Whether you love the […]
Preview of Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight #1
Goosebumps comes to comic books this coming Wednesday with IDW Publishing’s Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight #1; check out a preview here…When Mia and Ginny go to stay at their Grandma’s mothball-filled house for the summer, boredom forces them to venture out into her tiny town. What they find in a dusty used bookstore launches them into […]
Video Game Review – South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Shaun Munro reviews South Park: The Fractured but Whole…After a series of frustrating delays, South Park: The Fractured but Whole is finally here, arriving amid the annual late-year AAA deluge and serving up a refreshing rebuke that’s by turns hilarious, deceptively deep and shamelessly offensive. While it doesn’t quite reach the loony heights of 2014’s The […]
The Predator gets a motion poster
A new motion poster has arrived online for Shane Black’s upcoming reboot/sequel The Predator providing a better look at the one sheet that was revealed earlier this month at the London Brand Licensing Expo; check it out here…The Predator is currently set for release on August 3rd, 2018 release and features a cast that includes Boyd Holbrook (Logan), […]
Preview of The X-Files: JFK Disclosure #1
IDW Publishing releases The X-Files: JFK Disclosure #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview right here; check it out…When he learns the real reason behind President Kennedy’s assassination, Mulder also discovers his father was involved in the conspiracy. This revelation forces him to decide between the two things he holds […]
Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Something Inhuman This Way Comes’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Marvel’s Inhumans…It has taken five weeks for Inhumans to amount to more than a fragmented mess of scenes, effects and paper-thin character arcs. Thankfully after trawling through the mire of irrelevance, wasted opportunity and needless segues we reach something positive worth mentioning. This episode has pace, broadens character, […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mudbound (2017)
It is undeniably perplexing that a person, regardless of any race, gender, or sexual orientation, can willingly enlist and fight in a war only to come home treated like mud. There are a lot of intertwining stories going on in Mudbound (a film directed by Dee Rees and adapted from the novel by Hillary Jordan that is […]
‘Gotham Games’ begins in Batman Beyond #13, check out a preview here
Let the Gotham Games begin! This coming Wednesday sees the launch of a brand new storyline in Batman Beyond #13, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here courtesy of DC Comics; check it out…“GOTHAM GAMES” part one! Set in the time just after Terry McGinnis returned to his Batman role, this […]
Pop Culture Shock’s Ryu and E. Honda Street Fighter collectible statues unveiled
Sideshow Collectibles has revealed Pop Culture Shock’s upcoming Ryu and E. Honda 1/4th scale Street Fighter statues. E. Honda is limited to 500 pieces and is priced at $350, and Ryu is priced at $325; take a look at the official promotional images here…SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow CollectiblesSHORYUKEN! The battle cry heard around the world […]
