Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comics and graphic novels of February 2015, with IDW taking top spot in the comic book category with Orphan Black #1, which arrived in stores ahead of the third season premiere of the hit BBC America series and was penned by co-creator John Fawcett. Marvel had […]
DVD Review – Extraterrestrial (2014)
Extraterrestrial, 2014. Directed by Colin Minihan. Starring Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, Anja Savcic, Melanie Papalia, Sean Rogerson, Gil Bellows and Michael Ironside. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods find themselves terrorised by alien visitors. We have always been fascinated with life beyond our own, […]
Wally West to feature in The Flash
For fans of The Flash wondering if we would ever see Wally West in the show can breathe a deep sigh of relief this morning, as it looks like they’re about to get their wish. “That’s our hope,” showrunner Greg Berlanti responded when asked if Wally West could feature in The Flash. “And we’ve already […]
Bill & Ted 3 is “really close” says Alex Winter
It’s been a long time coming, but we could be closer to seeing a third Bill & Ted movie than we think according to original star Alex Winter. “We’re really close. We’re just about there”, Winter told Yahoo! Movie News. “In Hollywood parlance, [that] means we’ll either be shooting soon or it’s never going to […]
Cinderella opens to $132.4 million worldwide
Opening to mostly mediocre reviews (read ours here), Disney’s Cinderella has had a whopping opening weekend. Showing in just under 3,900 screens, Cinderella has taken $70 million domestically, with an extra $62.4 million from worldwide showings – giving it a grand total of $132.4 million, exceeding all expectations. In terms of Disney’s other live-action reboots/sequels, […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service crosses $250 million worldwide
Having made it five weeks inside the top 5 for the past five weeks, Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service has passed yet another milestone. Adding another $6.2 million domestically over the weekend, Kingsman: The Secret Service now now sits on $257.6 million with $107.3 million of that from the US. This makes it the fourth biggest […]
The Callow Way – On the changing face of the global box office
This week Neil Calloway looks at box office statistics from around the world… Earlier this week Flickering Myth reported on the Motion Picture Association of America Theatrical Market Statistics with the headline “Transformers: Age of Extinction officially better than The LEGO Movie…” it was true of, course, in terms of audience appeal; Michael Bay’s film […]
Marvel launching X-Men ’92 Infinite Comics series as part of Secret Wars
Marvel has announced that X-Men ’92 will be launching as part of this summer’s big Secret Wars event, with the classic 90s animated X-Men series serving as the basis for a new Infinite Comics series… “For many of us, animated series based on the Marvel characters, with their exciting and accessible stories, provided a fresh […]
Jack Huston confirmed for lead role in The Crow remake
Last month it was reported that Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) had emerged as the frontrunner to replace the departed Luke Evans as Eric Draven in Relativity Media’s remake of The Crow, and now it seems we have confirmation of Huston’s casting. Dread Central caught up with James O’Barr, creator of The Crow, at the Lexington […]
DVD Review – Hostages: The Complete Season One
Villordsutch reviews Hostages: The Complete Season One… Times have certainly changed in the households of the average British television viewer. Gone are the days when our murder mystery and thriller quota was easily filled with Inspector Morse and a dose of Poirot, and we now search further afield for dramas that truly grip us and […]