Having opened in twenty territories over the weekend, Duncan Jones’ long-developed video game movie Warcraft: The Beginning (or just Warcraft in North America) has earned around $31 million. The film debuted in territories such as Russia (where it earned the most), Germany, Sweden and limited screenings here in the UK. The film opens fully this coming […]
Interview with comic book writer Austin Allen Hamblin
Austin Allen Hamblin is an up and coming comic book writer from small town Iowa. Though only 21 years of age he already has 14 published credits in comic books. He loves to write sci-fi, horror, and fantasy comics. Austin loves comic books, professional wrestling, anime, writing, rock music, and power rangers. He also already […]
Game of Thrones: Who is Bran’s Cold Handed Saviour?
Tony Black on Bran’s Cold Handed saviour… MAJOR spoilers for Game of Thrones – Season 6 Episode 6 – ‘Blood of My Blood’. So hands up who thought Bran Stark was dead meat after the traumatic end of ‘The Door’? With poor old Hodor fulfilling his manifest destiny, his all-seeing Raven mentor cut to ribbons, […]
Dwayne Johnson to headline Shane Black’s Doc Savage movie
Back in 2013 it was announced that Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys) was developing a movie based around the classic pulp adventurer Doc Savage, and now he’s found his lead in the insanely busy Dwayne Johnson. “For all comic book fans you already know the world’s first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the […]
Second Opinion – The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys, 2016. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Kim Basinger and Margaret Qualley. SYNOPSIS: When a debt collector catches up with his latest target, a hard-up private detective, they discover they’ve both been hired to find the same woman. As their paths keep crossing, they decide to […]
Bloodline Season 2 Episode 1 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the first episode of Bloodline season 2… The haunting opening credits gives life to season two of Bloodline. Questions remain unanswered while new ones pile up as we take a trip to Florida Keys and are Welcomed, once again to Rayburn House. The visual style is as distinctive as always, using lens […]
The 10 Best Comic Book Movie Scenes
Anghus Houvouras with his 10 best comic book movie scenes… As I watched X-Men: Apocalypse this week, I marveled at a particular thought that was swimming around my cerebellum: Bryan Singer has directed four of the best comic book scenes ever staged. This seems somewhat surprising since the finished films end up being a mish-mash of […]
Blu-ray Review – It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space, 1958. Directed by Edward L. Cahn. Starring, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Paterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton, Robert Bice, Richard Benedict, Richard Harvey, Thom Carney, Ray Corrigan. SYNOPSIS: An alien only known as It terrorises the first manned expedition to Mars. 1973: Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson) […]
Wayward Pines Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Enemy Lines’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Wayward Pines season 2… There are a few problems following success. First thing is how to repeat that without copying beat for beat whatever came before. Your options are limited and involve calculated risk, plain risk or reinvention. From a network perspective the latter is a non-starter as […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #90 – Bounder
Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… From Avalon yesterday we bounce towards the life of a sentient tennis ball with the first Gremlin Graphics game (and it certainly won’t be the last) to grace our countdown, as Bounder arrives to truly shatter our nerves. Gremlin Graphics was the software house that delivered numerous titles […]
