This week, Neil Calloway explains why China being afraid of ghosts harms Hollywood… Despite much antagonism towards the film, and mixed reviews, Ghostbusters has so far managed to make $80 million globally; not bad going for a film that everyone thought – and some hoped – would crash and burn. However, news came this week […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #36 – Cybernoid
We are currently on a roll in the Your Sinclair Top 100 with Gauntlet then Lode Runner and now we have something truly fantastic. At No.#36 is Cybernoid from one of the most respected publishing houses out there, Hewson Consultants Ltd.Cybernoid arrived on the ZX Spectrum in 1988, created by Raffaele Cecco, Nick Jones, John M. Phillips, and […]
SDCC: Lucasfilm reveals details on Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End and new titles
During yesterday’s Star Wars Publishing panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Lucasfilm offered fans some details on their upcoming slate of Star Wars novels, including the concluding part of Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath trilogy, a Poe Dameron book, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story tie-ins and new young reader titles.Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath and Star Wars: […]
SDCC: Rihanna to take a shower in Bates Motel as Marion Crane, series ending after season 5
Sad news for fans of A&E’s acclaimed Psycho prequel series, as the network announced during its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday that Bates Motel will be closing its doors following the upcoming fifth season. It’s official, the #BatesMotel will close after Season 5 #SDCC — Bates Motel on A&E (@InsideBates) July 22, 2016SEE […]
Star Wars Celebration 2016 – A Fan’s Verdict
Arriving up to ExCel on the DLR was a great feeling. Much like Comic-Con, it was easy to pick out Star Wars fanatics from the crowd of commuters, because they all seemed to be talking to each other about BB-8 and Rogue One on the train. Before we entered the ExCel conference centre in London’s […]
Video Game Review – Assault Suit Leynos
Kris Wall reviews Assault Suit Leynos… Assault Suit Leynos is a reboot of a series from the Sega Megadrive era, where it was originally called Target Earth when it was released in the West. Leynos is an old school side scrolling shooter in the vein of the Contra and Metal Slug series, where you scroll […]
Image Comics’ Black Magick heading to the small screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that producer Michael London (The Illustionist) is developing a TV adaptation of Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott’s Image Comics series Black Magick, with a view to launching it on cable or a streaming service.Black Magick “centers on Rowan Black, a robbery-homicide detective in the fictional port city of Portsmouth, USA, […]
Movie Review – Beta Test (2015)
Beta Test, 2015.Directed by Nicholas Gyeney. Starring Larenz Tate, Manu Bennett, Linden Ashby, and Yuji Okumoto SYNOPSIS:Super-gamer Max Troy (Larenz Tate) is beta testing what’s promised to be a fully immersive interactive experience by Sentinel Entertainment. He quickly discovers that his in-game actions are being mirrored in the real world by the mind-controlled Orson Creed (Manu […]
Comic Book Review – Casanova: Acedia #6
Mark Allen reviews Casanova: Acedia #6… Casanova studies his benefactor and his benefactor returns the favor as a mysterious woman with connections to them both emerges from the shadows of sun-soaked Los Angeles. What do well-endowed demons, interdimensional super-spies and metanarrative comics-within-comics have in common? Well, they’re all featured in Casanova: Acedia #6, which continues […]
SDCC: Tom Taylor to write Injustice 2 prequel
During the Injustice 2 panel, DC announced that in the months leading up to the anticipated sequel they will release a digital first prequel comic with fan-favourite writer Tom Taylor returning to the Injustice world. Taylor wrote the Injustice: Year One comic, a prequel to Injustice: Gods Among Us that told the story of how Superman fell from grace and became […]
