In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at Astonishing X-Men Vol 1… Published 2004 Written by Joss Whedon Illustrated by John Cassaday Joss Whedon. That name now carries a certain power, respect and gravitas with it. Once the cult director of prematurely killed fan favorite space western Firefly, […]
Leaked Spider-Man licensing agreement reveals that Peter Parker can’t be black or gay
When it was first announced that Marvel had reached a deal with Sony to reboot Spider-Man and introduce him into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was a lot of speculation that we might see a different take on the wall-crawler – specifically, that we’d see a non-white version of the character, be it Miles Morales, […]
Movie Review – Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out, 2015. Directed by Pete Docter. Starring Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan SYNOPSIS: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to […]
POSSIBLE SPOILERS – Pictures of more returning characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Greg Grunberg’s role revealed?
Warning – possible spoilers below…Since the announcement of the movie, we’ve known that the likes of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia would be back for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but there have been plenty of rumours about other possible returning roles (but not Lando it would seem). Well, starwars7news.com believes it can confirm […]
Hannibal Season 3 – Episode 3 Review
Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Hannibal season 3… Hannibal Lecter has always been an enigmatic character, one who never divulges information about his past to most people. Those who do hear about his past usually don’t live long enough to repeat it either. ‘Secondo’ was the first episode of Hannibal that delved into […]
Comic Book Review – The V.C.s Hell in the Heavens
Villordsutch reviews The V.C.s Hell in the Heavens…By 2531, man had colonised the solar system. Warfare and barbarity had all but been forgotten. But then the Geeks arrived – a deadly alien species with only one thing on their dark, unfathomable minds…the extinction of the human race! And so, man was forced to fight once more, this […]
Wayward Pines Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Truth’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Wayward Pines…As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions […]
Tom Hanks to play Captain Sully in Clint Eastwood’s Miracle on the Hudson movie
He’s played Captain Phillips, and now it looks like he’s going to play Captain Sully… According to Deadline, Tom Hanks has entered negotiations to star as Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming biopic of the veteran pilot who became an American hero in 2009 thanks to the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, where he […]
Second Opinion – Accidental Love (2015)
Accidental Love, 2015. Directed by David O. Russell (as Stephen Greene). Starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin. SYNOPSIS: A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, D.C., where sparks fly when she meets a clueless […]
Jesse Eisenberg talks Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Back when it was announced that Jesse Eisenberg was set to play Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Internet didn’t take too kindly to it. However, a photo of the actor in the role did change a few minds. In an interview with MTV, Jesse Eisenberg has been talking […]
