DOOM from id Software has been making a mess across people’s monitors and television screens now for over twenty years. Just this year we witnessed the latest bloody chapter from Bethesda Softworks [you can read our review of that here] and now a fan made game has surfaced upon the web and it’s taken DOOM into the […]
Stephen Amell “would not be upset” if Green Arrow was recast in the DC Extended Universe
Despite speaking out in support of Grant Gustin when it was announced that Ezra Miller would be portraying Barry Allen in the DC Extended Universe, Stephen Amell has revealed that he “would not be upset” if another actor portrayed Oliver Queen on the big screen – although he’s heard that there are no plans to […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: A small group of resistance fighters undertake a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, head of security in Czechoslovakia and number three in Hitler’s chain of command. Based on true events from World War II. The […]
Exclusive interview with Sean Ellis, director of Anthropoid
Anthropoid, the true story of the mission to assassinate Hitler’s third in command, Reinhard Heydrich, arrives in cinemas this week [read our review here]. Freda Cooper talked to its director, Sean Ellis, about the film and how it sheds light on a lesser known corner of World War II history. On the 27th of May […]
Ron Howard on bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the screen
After spending years developing the project, producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are now less than half a year away from realising their dream of bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the big screen. However, as we’ve seen and heard, director Nikolaj Arcel’s film is not going to be a direct adaptation of King’s fantasy […]
Second Opinion – Things To Come (2016)
Things To Come, 2016. Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob and Sarah Le Picard. SYNOPSIS: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. Disarmingly simple in execution, yet overwhelmingly rich in thematic complexity, director […]
Book Review – Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers by Andrew Hewson
Villordsutch reviews Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers by Andrew Hewson… For anybody who lived through the home computing boom of the 1980’s if you glimpsed Hewson Consultants on the front of one of your games it meant two things: 1) Here was a fantastic, well made game which was going to keep you engaged […]
Movie Review – Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016. Directed by Travis Knight. Featuring the voice talents of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, George Takei and Ralph Fiennes. SYNOPSIS: Living with his mother in peace, Kubo’s life is changed when he is tasked with finding the sword unbreakable, armor and helmet to defeat his sinister aunts […]
Expand your DC collection with Eaglemoss!
With DC Comics back on top of the comic book charts for the first time since 2013 following its Rebirth relaunch, Eaglemoss Collections is catering to fans new and old with a range of rather fantastic DC-themed products, including graphic novels, figurines and other merchandise. DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection If you’re new to the world of […]
Tom Hanks – A Retrospective
A Hologram For The King, directed by Tom Tykwer, is due for release on both Blu-ray and DVD come the 19th September 2016 from Icon Film Distribution. Based on the novel by Dave Eggers, Tom Hanks plays Alan Clay, a man who has lost everything now finding himself desperate and directionless within a strange and foreign land, searching for […]
