Life in a Fishbowl (Vonarstræti), 2014. Directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson. Starring Hera Hilmar, Thorsteinn Bachmann, and Thor Kristjansson. SYNOPSIS: The lives of a struggling single mother, a former athlete trying to scale the corporate ladder, and a once-acclaimed author turned full-time drunk intersect in surprising ways. All three stories begin on a dark rainy night situated in […]

For anyone not up to date with Game of Thrones, spoilers follow… As readers of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire will be aware, the television series Game of Thrones is quickly catching up to its source material – or, in the case of Bran Stark’s storyline, moving beyond what we’ve read […]

In Her Place, 2014. Directed by Albert Shin. Starring Yoon Da Kyung, Ahn Ji Hye, Kil Hae Yeon, Kim Sung Cheol, Kim Chang Hwan, and Kim Kyung Ik.   SYNOPSIS: A wealthy couple seeks to secretly adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager. A luxury car drives up a dirt road to a […]

In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at Planetary #1-6… Planetary #1-6 & Planetary Preview (Sept 1998- March 1999) Writer- Warren Ellis Artist- John Cassady Colorist- Laura Depuy w/ David Baron and Wildstorm FX Letterers- Ali Fuchs & Bill O’Neil Cover, Logo & Book Design- Ed Roeder Editor- […]

During an appearance at Dragon Con this past weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn revealed the original plan for Stan Lee’s customary cameo in superhero space opera, whereby the Marvel legend would have been part of The Collector’s museum, giving the bird to Groot from within a glass case. Following reports that Disney […]

Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #4… THE EXPLOSIVE ENDING TO OUR FIRST ARC! Earl Tubb and his big stick finally come face to face with Coach Boss. This will not be pretty. Southern Bastards comes to the end of its first story arc, and it is a messy, bloody ending, one with unsettling implications. If […]

Villordsutch wonders who exactly Missy is in series 8 of Doctor Who…. Within series 8 of Doctor Who a recurring character has appeared, already giving this season its first obvious story-arc, and I am cautious to use the word “menacing” as anybody that serves tea and cake in my book isn’t high on the evil […]

Dwayne Johnson has taken to Twitter to announce that he will play the villain Black Adam in an upcoming Shazam movie. It has been known for some time that The Rock would have a role in an upcoming DC movie, with speculation early on that he could be playing the Jon Stewart version of Green […]

Thomas Roach on whether television is producing better shows than Hollywood is films… Hollywood films do tend to all be the same: predictable, and sometimes lacking in substance. This is not always the case but still. For example, this year Transformers: Age of Extinction is the first film to break a billion dollars at the […]

Kris Wall reviews Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty… Playstation 4 is quickly becoming known for the amount of ‘HD Remasters’ it’s playing host to . From remasters of last gen games like Tomb Raider and the superb The Last of Us to the newly announced Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition,  Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and […]