Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast… Walt Disney was a visionary who created the most powerful entertainment industry the world has ever known. Since its modest, hand-drawn origins, the company has worked its way into merchandise, theme parks, television, video games, and has spent untold billions for every major pop culture franchise they […]
Darth Vader was originally going to kill Darth Maul in Star Wars Rebels’ season 2 finale
Darth Maul is heading to Tatooine in tonight’s episode of Star Wars Rebels as he seeks his revenge against Obi-Wan Kenobi in ‘Twin Suns’ [watch a clip from the episode here], but it seems that the Phantom Menace villain would not have made it to the third season had Rebels creator Dave Filoni stuck to […]
The Week in Spandex – Warner Bros. shuffling DC slate, DCEU director rumours, Guardians of the Galaxy updates, Chris Hemsworth thought he was fired from Marvel
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2, Justice League Dark, Man of Steel 2, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Black Lightning, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Logan, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Supernova, Legion, Fantastic […]
Get Out: Social Commentary in the Horror Genre
Tony Black on Get Out and social commentary in the horror genre… A romper stomper of a low budget hit, Get Out is the first breakout picture of 2017 and may end up being the biggest. Jordan Peele’s tense tale isn’t just an exercise in horror thriller theatrics, it’s also the first of four ‘social […]
Movie Review – Free Fire (2017)
Free Fire, 2017. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: 1978, Boston, Massachusetts. Justine has brokered a meeting between two Irishmen and a gang selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired, […]
The Marvel universe enters a Brave New World with Secret Empire
Captain America and Hydra are set to take over the Marvel universe next month, and the publisher has announced its latest Secret Empire tie-in Brave New World from writers Paul Allor (Uncanny Inhumans) and Brian Level (Deadpool, Deadpool & The Mercs for Money), which will detail how every corner of the Marvel Universe lives in […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Shadow Hawk Takes Flight’
Shaun Munro reviews the second episode of Iron Fist… It’s certainly a bold strategy for a superhero TV show to confine its protagonist to a prison in its mere second episode, and in this case it’s a gamble that ultimately fails to pay off. At this point in Iron Fist, viewers probably want to see […]
will.i.am teams up with Marvel for graphic novel Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles
Seven-time Grammy Award-winning music artist will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has tamed up with artist Damion Scott (All-New Ghost Rider) for a brand new original graphic novel from Marvel Comics entitled Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles. “Few artists have done more to embed Hip-Hop in popular culture than will.i.am and the Black […]
Future Star Wars movies won’t rely on legacy characters and story elements
We’re two films into the Disney Star Wars canon, and while both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have went down well with the majority of fans and critics – and earned a fortune at the box office – there has been some criticism that the movies are relying […]
Rumour: David S. Goyer could end up directing Green Lantern Corps
Back in January it was revealed that David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) had signed on to produce Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern Corps, as well as co-writing the script with Justin Rhodes (Grassroots, Contract Killers). Well, if Jeff Sneider on Meet the Movie Press is to be believed, Goyer […]
