Villordsutch reviews Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie… Ancillary Justice has been shortlisted as a possible winner of the 2014 Clarke Award.  This Ann Leckie debut novel has already secured a shortlisting for every science fiction award, including the Kitschies (where it won the Golden Tentacle), the Philip K. Dick Awards, the BSFA Awards, the Tiptree […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Today, BBC relayed news of the upcoming Harry Potter spin-off, currently titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them… “Warner Bros chief Kevin Tsujihara persuaded author Rowling to adapt the book for the big screen. Last week, he told the New York Times there would be a trilogy […]

Having opened in Japan this weekend, Disney Animation Studios’ smash hit Frozen has become the highest-grossing animated movie of all-time, surpassing the $1.063 of Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 to take the crown with an astonishing $1.072 billion. In reaching that figure, Frozen has also climbed to tenth in the list of the all-time highest-grossing films, […]

If you’re a fan of Marvel movies, then you’ve certainly got plenty to look forward to between now and 2018. Marvel Studios has Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America 3 and two other Phase Three movies (presumably Thor 3 and Doctor Strange) before culminating with […]

Back in September it was revealed that J.K. Rowling will script a spin-off from the blockbuster Harry Potter movie franchise, based upon her 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and now it’s been revealed via The New York Times that Warner Bros. is actually planning to produce a trilogy of movies. “When […]

American screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. – best known for his work as co-creator of the classic 1960s Batman television series – has passed away from natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, California, aged 91. Born in New York City in 1923, Semple began his career in the 1950s, writing short stories and stage […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Big Hero 6, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Force, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman vs. Superman, Catwoman, Gotham, Son […]

Muppets Most Wanted, 2014. Directed by James Bobin.Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Tony Bennett and Hugh Bonneville. SYNOPSIS: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the […]

The Daily Bugle’s editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson has continued his campaign against the wall-crawler in the latest viral article for the upcoming superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2,which you can read right here…. Spider-Man: Hero or Heel? An editorial from Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah JamesonIs social media a powerful tool to connect people around […]

Anghus Houvouras on the elevated structure of superhero films… We’re in a golden age of comic book adaptations.  A time where every major comic book icon is getting the cinematic treatment.  As these film types become more commonplace in our culture, patterns begin to emerge.  I talked before about my distaste of the super hero […]