It may be rated PG-13 in the States, but you’re going to have to be fifteen years or older to watch Suicide Squad here in the UK and Ireland. The BBFC has granted the DC supervillain ensemble a 15 certificate – the same as the R-rated Deadpool earlier this year – due to “sustained threat […]
Cartoon Network renews The Powerpuff Girls for second season
The Powerpuff Girls returns to Cartoon Network earlier this year, with the premiere episode of the revived series pulling in a whopping 81 million viewers worldwide across all platforms, and so it’s little surprise that the network has announced that the revival has bagged itself a second season. “The Powerpuff Girls is on a momentous […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #39 – Mercenary
Cruising highways are gone and now forgotten as we wave goodbye to Highway Encounter; with our next entry in the Your Sinclair Top 100 our world has become somewhat hollow, somewhat wireframe, and now we sell our cut throat services for cash. At No.#39 is the 3D game of technical wizardry – it’s time to […]
R.I.P. Garry Marshall (1934 – 2016)
Garry Marshall, the creator of the classic U.S. sitcom Happy Days and director of Pretty Woman, has passed away aged 81, his publicist has announced. The legendary writer, producer and director died of pneumonia at a hospital in Burbank, California, after suffering a stroke. Marshall began his career as a TV writer in the late 1950s, and […]
Preacher Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘He Gone’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Preacher… Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. A more dysfunctional version of happy families you are never likely to see. Everyone one here is trying to pretend that everything is fine, nobody has crossed the line and this is just another average day in bible belt […]
Dynamite announces new James Bond miniseries Hammerhead
Fresh from the news that Dynamite Entertainment is to produce comic book adaptations of Ian Fleming’s 007 novels, starting with Casino Royale, the publisher has announced the upcoming six-issue miniseries James Bond: Hammerhead, from writer Andy Diggle and artist Luca Casalanguida. “I have never been more thrilled to take charge of a character. James Bond […]
20th Century Fox adapting Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard
Boom! Studios’ Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that 20th Century Fox has snapped up the rights to the Eisner Award-winning comic book series for a live-action adaptation. Mouse Guard is written and illustrated by David Petersen and has sold close to one million […]
Comic Book Review – Sombra #1
Zeb Larson reviews Sombra #1… Justin Jordan (John Flood, Spread) tackles a provocative topic—the violent drug cartels of Mexico—partnering with artist Raúl Treviño, who lives in Mexico and is drawing on his first-hand experiences to inform the story. A DEA agent who disappeared in Mexico years ago has resurfaced and is now out-brutalizing some of […]
Pokemon Go fever grips Springfield in The Simpsons short
Pokemon fever is gripping the globe thanks to the latest iteration, Pokemon Go, and it’s even reached as far as Springfield! Yes, Homer Simpson has fallen victim to the game, neglecting his parental duties during a family trip to the zoo as he tries to catch them all in a new Simpsons short released by […]
Star Trek 4: Will the two Chris’ equal double the box office?
Tony Black on the addition of Chris Hemsworth’s George Kirk in Star Trek 4… It’s been quite the week for Star Trek news, and it’s only Monday! With the looming arrival of Star Trek Beyond getting (much to my delight) very positive initial critical buzz, we’ve not only found out the new Bryan Fuller series […]
