Zeb Larson reviews Broken World… If you read my reviews, you can tell that I like to dig into big concepts and ideas. I’m not necessarily as interested in the action as the themes that are present in the story. How do they build upon what’s been done before? Do they subvert tropes, or carry […]
Metrodome to release “relentlessly violent” The World of Kanako this August, watch the trailer here
Metrodome has announced that is is set to release director Tetsuya Nakashima’s “relentlessly violent” The World of Kanako here in the UK this August. Check out the official synopsis and trailer below… When beautiful straight-A high school student Kanako goes missing, her mother asks ex husband Fujishima – a drifting, irresponsible former cop – to […]
Comic Book Review – East of West #27
Mark Allen reviews East of West #27… “FINDING BABYLON” Death gets closer to finally reuniting with his son. East of West has had pacing issues for a while now, and issue #27 exemplifies them perfectly. Many of the lead characters are missing (contrary to the synopsis above, Death doesn’t actually feature in this issue whatsoever) and […]
Game of Thrones: The Book Plots Lost on the Show
Tony Black on the book plots lost in Game of Thrones… And so it begins, the great post-Game of Thrones withdrawal period, and it’s especially potent this year given how season six was arguably one of the most exciting seasons David Benioff & D.B. Weiss have ever given us. Looking ahead to the final (or […]
Julian Lewis Jones joins Justice League cast in mystery role
During a recent interview with WalesOnline, Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones confirmed that he will appear in Zack Snyder’s 2017 superhero team-up film Justice League. Jones did not go on to say what role he’ll be taking on, which makes him one of the few actors attached to the film whose character’s identity is unknown. The […]
Steven Seagal and Dolph Lundgren to square off in Deadly Arsenal
Steven Seagal and Dolph Lundgren are set to team up for Deadly Arsenal, a new action thriller from VMI Worldwide, which will pit the two action icons against one another. Frequent Lundgren collaborator Gianni Capaldi is also attached to co-star. Here’s the official synopsis: LT. DRAKE COLE (STEVEN SEGAL) discovers a nefarious international plot, to […]
Nicholas Lyndhurst returning for Goodnight Sweetheart revival
The BBC has announced that Nicholas Lyndhurst is set to reprise the role of time travelling, two-timing romeo Gary Sparrow for a Goodnight Sweetheart one-off special which is being produced as part of the BBC’s landmark sitcom season. Radio Times is reporting that original creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran have penned a brand new […]
Video Game Review – Fragments of Him
Calum Petrie reviews Fragment of Him… When playing Fragments of Him, I found this to be less of a conventional computer game and more a lesson of storytelling. The game is based around the character of Will and the events that lead to the tragic accident that claims his life. The events mainly affect 3 people […]
Steven Spielberg says Peter Jackson will still direct the Tintin sequel
Back in 2007 it was announced that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson were teaming up to bring Herge’s The Adventures of Tintin to the big screen, with Spielberg directing a first movie, Jackson helming the sequel, and the duo teaming up to round out the trilogy by co-directing the third. Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin […]
Movie Review – Cell (2016)
Cell, 2016. Directed by Tod Williams. Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Owen Teague. SYNOPSIS: When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group […]
