This week Neil Calloway looks at a forgotten Marvel comic book film from 1990… With the release next week of Captain America: Civil War, it’s time to look back when Marvel Films weren’t blockbuster event movies with bottomless budgets and huge all star casts. The 1990s were an odd time for superhero movies; the Batman […]
New Star Trek TV series to shoot in Toronto in September
CBS is set to boldly go to Toronto this September, with Pop Goes the News reporting that the network has booked out studio space for its new Star Trek series. The show “will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of […]
Karl Urban wants to bring Dredd to Netflix or Amazon
While 2012’s Dredd movie firmly established itself as a favourite among fans of the Mega-City One lawman (and with good reason, as it was excellent), the poor box office performance of the film meant that plans for a sequel were left in tatters. Over the past couple of years, the Bring Back Dredd campaign has been lobbying […]
PlayStation Neo, a Middle Finger to Fans & Future Customers
Samuel Brace on the PlayStation Neo… Earlier in the year, word started to come through via Kotaku, that Sony are working on a new PlayStation, not a PS5, but an interstitial, a half step, a PS4.5. On the 18th, Giant Bomb sources confirmed details of the new project, which has been given the name ‘Neo’. […]
Pearl Mackie joins Doctor Who as the Doctor’s new companion Bill
The BBC has announced that Pearl Mackie (Doctors) has joined the cast of Doctor Who for the next series, taking over from Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald as Bill, the new companion to Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family,” she said. “It’s such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn’t […]
Book Review – Squirm & Learn: Death By Shakespeare
Kieran Fisher reviews Squirm & Learn: Death By Shakespeare… Without writers like William Shakespeare, the comic book medium probably wouldn’t exist. He’s a cornerstone of literature, whether you like his work or not, which you might not if it was forced on you at school. However, his work has either directly or indirectly inspired most storytellers […]
Warner Bros. sets 2017 release dates for Stephen King’s It and CHiPs
The upcoming film adaptations of Stephen King’s beloved horror novel It and the 70s/80s NBC drama series CHiPs have been slated for 2017 release dates by Warner Bros. Entertainment. First off, CHiPs, an action-comedy which follows the adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, will hit theaters on August 11, 2017. Currently, the only other project […]
The Week in Spandex – Civil War, Infinity War, Doctor Strange, Inhumans, X-Men: Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix, Wolverine 3, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Green Lantern Corps, Krypton and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers: Ultron Revolution, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, New Mutants, Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Wonder Woman, The […]
Re-Bourne: Jason Bourne and the post-Snowden world
Tony Black on Matt Damon’s return as Jason Bourne in the post-Snowden world… Nobody thought Jason Bourne was gone forever. Not even when Tony Gilroy’s misjudged The Bourne Legacy attempted to relaunch the franchise, sans Bourne himself, did people truly believe we’d seen the last of probably the greatest cinematic super spy of the modern […]
Video Game Review – McDroid
Emma Withington reviews McDroid… After crash landing on Planet M, which – unusually – isn’t talking, McDroid and his companion SHUTTLE find their home planet is not as they remember it. Something is wrong. The planet is fraught with corruption and it is up to McDroid and SHUTTLE to make things right and return bliss to Planet […]
