In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at Watchmen…. Watchmen #1-12 (Sept 1986- Oct 1987) Written by Alan Moore Art by Dave Gibbons Colored by John Higgins Edited by Len Wein & Barbara Kesel There isn’t a media outlet, comic book site, book review page or esteemed magazine […]

Black Coal, Thin Ice, 2014. Directed by Yi’nan Diao. Starring Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang, Jinchun Wang and Ailei Yu. SYNOPSIS: An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again. Winner of […]

The Equalizer, 2014. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Meunier, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, David Harbour, and Robert Wahlberg. SYNOPSIS: A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a […]

We knew it was coming, but now we have an idea of when we can expect the extended cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past to arrive, with writer-producer Simon Kinberg announcing that the ‘Rogue Cut’ will be released in the first half of 2015, with summer looking most likely. The extended edition will include […]

Tom Powter reviews Destiny…. For a long time, Destiny looked to be the next big thing. It was a game that was fiendishly ambitious at its core, sporting a ‘shared-world’ motif where you could see and interact with other players on their epic journey, as you went about yours. Developer Bungie, renowned worldwide for their […]

The Giver, 2014. Directed by Phillip Noyce Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Taylor Swift, and Cameron Monaghan. SYNOPSIS: A dystopian tale of a community intentionally living without emotions. As The Giver begins Jonas (Breton Thwaites) and his friends Fiona (Odeya Rush) and Asher (Cameron Monaghan) are anxiously […]

David Fleming reviews the first episode of The Blacklist season 2… Red is finally back with Blacklist Season 2 just kicked off last Monday night. And we found Red right where we expected to find him… In control. The opening scene brought us right back into Red’s world of everything going crazy around him while […]

Earlier in the week it was confirmed that both Colin Farrell (Total Recall) and Vince Vaughn (Delivery Man) have signed on to the second season of True Detective, and now Variety is reporting that HBO has offered Rachel McAdams (About Time) and Taylor Kitsch (John Carter) the two remaining lead roles. Should deals be reached, […]

I Origins, 2014 Written and directed by Mike Cahill Starring Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey and Brit Marling SYNOPSIS: A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it. From director Mike Cahill (Another Earth), comes the high concept but low level sci-fi drama I Origins, a movie […]

Ahead of UK its home-entertainment release on September 29th on Blu-ray and DVD, co-screenwriter Zack Snyder and producer Deborah Snyder talk 300: Rise of an Empire… Give me a brief snapshot of how the parallel storylines work between Rise of an Empire and the first film. DEBORAH SNYDER: Well this film takes place on the […]