The official Star Wars site has revealed that Marvel’s ongoing comic book series is set to give us a peek into one of the unexplored aspects of the galaxy far, far away as it delves into a pre-Phantom Menace adventure for Jedi Master Yoda. The new arc will get underway in Star Wars #26 from writer Jason Aaron […]
Game of Thrones showrunners rule out involvement with potential spinoff: “For us, this is it”
Game of Thrones scooped the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for the second consecutive year last night (and in the process, set a new record as the most decorated TV show in Emmy history). The epic fantasy series has just two seasons remaining, but given its incredible success, there’s been a lot of speculation […]
John Hurt joins Lenny McLean biopic My Name Is Lenny
Salon Pictures has announced that Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor John Hurt has joined the cast of My Name Is Lenny, the upcoming biopic of bare-knuckle fighter Lenny McLean. X-Men: Apocalypse star Josh Helman leads the cast as The Guv’nor, with Chanel Cresswell (This Is England ’90) playing his wife Val and UFC Middleweight Champion […]
The evolution of the Batman suit on screen from 1943 to 2017
Luke Owen looks back at Batman’s past… As Saturday was Batman Day [you can read two other op-eds here and here] and following on from my look back at the evolution of Spider-Man and Daredevil‘s costumes (and the Batmobile), I thought it would be fun to look back at all the big screen and (some […]
Todd McFarlane on his Spawn reboot plans
Todd McFarlane has spent the best part of the last decade trying to get his Spawn reboot off the ground, popping up every year or so to remind us about the potential project and to give us an update on his progress with the script. Back in March of this year, McFarlane announced that he’d almost […]
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi on whether we’ll see more of Darryl Jacobson
A few weeks ago we were introduced to Darryl Jacobson, roommate to Thor Odinson, when Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con mockumentary made its way online [watch it here]. Since then, there’s been a lot of demand for more Darryl, and IGN caught up with the director to ask whether we’ll be seeing him again. “Thor briefly […]
DVD Review – The Out-Laws
Henry Bevan reviews the hit Belgian TV series The Out-Laws… SYNOPSIS: “All ten episodes from the Belgian comedy drama which follows five sisters brought together by the death of their parents. After vowing to stick together, the bond between the Goethals sisters is tested following the marriage of Goedele (Inge Paulussen) to troublemaker Jean-Claude (Dirk […]
Full list of winners from the Emmy Awards 2016, Game of Thrones sets record for most Emmy wins in history
It was another great night for HBO at the 2016 Emmy Awards, with Game of Thrones and Veep winning Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series for the second consecutive year. Game of Thrones won a further two awards (Directing and Writing), pushing the show’s total Emmy haul to 38 and topping the previous record […]
DVD Review – Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Everybody Wants Some!!, 2016. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Wyatt Russell and Glen Powell. SYNOPSIS: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Blake Jenner stars as Jake Bradford, a freshman heading to college early to get settled and spend some […]
Blu-ray Review – Friend Request (2016)
Friend Request, 2016. Directed by Simon Verhoeven. Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, and Liesl Ahlers. SYNOPSIS: Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, […]
