In the middle of Deadpool crushing all expectations at the box office, we have Guardians of the Galaxy series director James Gunn taking to his consistently opinionated Facebook page to express concern that Hollywood just won’t realize why Deadpool is such a game-changer. “The film has a self-deprecating tone that’s riotous. It’s never been done […]
Book Review – The Beauty of Destruction by Gavin Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews The Beauty of Destruction by Gavin Smith… The Beauty of Destruction is the final part of Gavin Smith’s trilogy that started with Age of Scorpio and A Quantum Mythology, my reviews for both can be found here and here. As the trilogy feels more like one giant epic split into three novels, […]
Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool, 2016. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano and T.J. Miller. SYNOPSIS: A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. After sitting in development hell for what seemed like […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Luthor
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Luthor… Many of the best villains in fiction are the heroes of their own story. Lex Luthor is no exception as he believes he’s the only man on the planet able to see Superman for who he truly is: a threatening alien […]
Rumour: Warner Bros. worried about Batman v Superman, considering shuffle of DC movie slate
With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice now just a little over a month away from release, rumours continue to swirl about the big DC blockbuster. According to Drew McWeeny of HitFix, Warner Bros. is “starting to get scared” by the movie, suggesting that “response has not been exactly what I think they wanted.” McWeeny […]
Adam McKay will “definitely” return for Ant-Man and the Wasp
For months, writer/director Adam McKay has made it very clear that he’s more than interested in returning to work on Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to Marvel’s Ant-Man, a film that he helped write alongside star of the film Paul Rudd. While Marvel has yet to confirm that McKay will definitely be back, during an […]
Wolverine 3 aiming for R-rating after Deadpool success
Well, it looks like 20th Century Fox is set to fully embrace the R-rating following the box office success of Deadpool; writer-producer Simon Kinberg has already suggested that the X-Force movie could be targeting an R-rating, and now the studio has confirmed that Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Logan in Wolverine 3 will also be […]
Ryan Reynolds felt “blackmailed” into playing Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
With the release of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox has finally banished the ghost of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, giving fans a faithful interpretation of the Merc with a Mouth after his horrendous big screen debut in 2009. During a Talks at Google presentation this week (via Comic Book), Reynolds has been discussing why he agreed to […]
Comic Book Review – Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat #1
Zeb Larson reviews Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat #1… Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is a noir style comic that takes place in the dystopian future. Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is an unusual kind of project, moreso than its name might suggest. The comic is a reboot of sorts of Andrez Bergen’s 2011 novel, now adapted to be a graphic […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Legends of the Lasat’
Chris Cooper reviews the twelfth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… This is really dumb, but I keep calling Zeb’s possibly extinct race the Lastat. With that revelation out of the way, ‘Legends of the Lasat’ was an extremely interesting episode of Rebels. Not much really happened, but it asked a series of questions […]
