Anghus Houvouras reviews Uncanny Avengers #1… When I first started reading comics, superhero team up comics were my jam. And I’m not just talking about the obvious titles like Justice League or The Avengers. I’m talking about those team up books that defied convention: the ones that weren’t just about the most powerful (and popular) superheroes […]
Comic Book Review – Rebels #7
Zeb Larson reviews Rebels #7… Rebels #7 offers a one-issue look at the folk legend of Molly Pitcher but through a completely fictional woman, Sarah Hull. Pitcher is a legend or composite tale of a woman who served in battle, her name likely because of her role as a pitcher-bearer of water. In discussing Hull, […]
Interview: Jan Bultheel Talks Cafard
David Opie sits down with director Jan Bultheel to talk about Cafard, a Flemish animation that follows the story of a Belgian soldier during WWI. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here… David Opie: Cafard is a remarkable technical achievement. Why did […]
Warner Bros. TV adapting The Arcana Chronicles
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. TV has snapped up the rights to The Arcana Chronicles series of YA novels and has tapped writer Seamus Kevin Fahey (Battlestar Galactica, The Following) to adapt the first book, Poison Princess, for a TV series. Written by Kresley Cole, Poison Princess “is a dystopian tale about a young woman […]
Rebecca Ferguson in talks to join Michael Fassbender in The Snowman
Variety is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to join Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) in Working Title’s upcoming adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel The Snowman. The Snowman is being directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), with Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) attached as executive producer alongside […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘A Wanted (Inhu)man’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 3 – A Wanted (Inhu)man… This week Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivered powers, laughs and tears and brought back Rosalind and Lincoln after their absence last week. As I’ve said before I’ve never really taken to Lincoln but thankfully this episode took a few good steps in […]
Powers Boothe joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It looks like Powers Boothe is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the official Marvel site announcing that the actor is set for a recurring role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Gideon Malick, “a notorious man whose loyalties remain a mystery.” SEE ALSO: Meet Werner Von Strucker in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. featurette […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens background characters to be explored in new ebooks
As Disney and Lucasfilm continue on the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it looks like we’ll be getting some insight into some of the minor characters from December’s hotly-anticipated film. Per Entertainment Weekly, the female character to the right of the above image, Bazine, will be explored in Delilah S. Dawson’s eShort Star Wars: […]
DC announces The Legend of Wonder Woman digital series
Ahead of her big screen debut in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Entertainment is set to revisit the origins of the Amazon Princess with a new nine-issue digital comic book series The Legend of Wonder Woman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new series from Renae De Liz (Womanthology) “will focus […]
Movie Review – The Program (2015)
The Program, 2015. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Menochet and Dustin Hoffman. SYNOPSIS: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will […]