David Smyth reviews Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1… Pleasant Hill looks like the perfect small-town community — but underneath the surface, a deadly secret lurks. One so explosive it will draw estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson back together to save a friend in danger and put things right. But when […]
Movie Review – Goodnight Mommy (2015)
Goodnight Mommy, 2015. Directed by Veronika Franz and Severine Fiala. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: When their mother returns home from hospital, twin brothers Lukas and Elias sense something’s not right. Her face is swathed in bandages after plastic surgery, she doesn’t behave or sound like the mother they remember and […]
Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez joins xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Miss Colombia winner and almost-Miss Universe Ariadna Gutierrez has joined the cast of the action sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, where she’ll play Vin Diesel’s love interest (assuming she doesn’t find herself replaced by Pia Wurtzbach when she turns up for her first day on set). Gutierrez, who gained worldwide attention when announced as the […]
Mark Hamill initially thought he was Han Solo’s sidekick in Star Wars
Speaking at a Cambridge Union stage interview, Mark Hamill discussed his original audition for Star Wars and how he was under the impression that he would just be playing the sidekick to Harrison Ford’s Han Solo. It was a scene on the Millennium Falcon with Mark Hamill “bouncing off the walls”and seeking advice from Harrison […]
Box office receipts in China surpass the U.S. for the first time ever in February
It looks like North America’s position as the king of the box office mountain is on borrowed time… China’s official news agency Xinhau is reporting that for the first time ever, box office takings in China surpassed that of the U.S. in February, spurred on by the success of the sci-fi rom-com The Mermaid. The Chinese […]
Comic Book Review – Narcopolis: Continuum #3
Zeb Larson reviews Narcopolis: Continuum #3… On the run and short on time, Ben must face the ultimate evil in order to alter history – drug lord Todd Ambro (aka his boss)! Every choice made from this pivotal moment forward will not only affect his future but his past as well. Reunited with his father […]
Comic Book Review – Beast Wagon #3
Kieran Fisher reviews Beast Wagon #3… ‘An intervention is staged. A memory resurfaces. Stralti tells a joke. Patrick takes a trip. An abundance of anaesthetics and prosthetics. Things get weird.’ In the medium of comic books, originality is commonplace. Every week there are brand new titles released that manage to stand out from the rest of the pack and […]
BAADASSSSSPLOITATION! A Celebration of blaxploitation and black cinema
Aspiring film-makers from around the world with an appreciation of Black cinema now have a chance to be a part of an anthology which will celebrate luminaries such as Melvin and Mario Van Peebles. US indie filmmaker Shane Ryan of Mad Sin Cinema, and Tony Newton of Vestra pictures have an open call for Baadasssssploitation. […]
Comic Book Review – The Violent #3
Zeb Larson reviews The Violent #3… Mason spirals further out of control, pulling those around him down with him. The bodies continue to pile up. Man, Ed Brisson is really not shy about dialing up the elements of Sophoclean tragedy in The Violent. Every step Mason takes to try and hold his family together only […]
Matt Lanter to star in NBC time-travel pilot
Deadline is reporting that Matt Lanter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) has been cast as the lead in Time, a new sci-fi action adventure pilot from NBC, which has been created by Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield). Described as Back to the Future meets Mission: Impossible, Time is “a high-octane drama following […]
