It seems that the original shock rocker Alice Cooper could be set to swap the stage for the… erm… stage, with the New York Post reporting that the School’s Out singer is in negotiations to join the cast of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as the villainous Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green […]

Anthony Stokes reviews Afterlife with Archie #1… “This is how the end of the world begins… Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Carrie, Archie meets Glee) and Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla (Batman, Black Beetle) take Archie and the gang where they’ve never been before-to the grave and back! A horrific accident sets off a series of […]

Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) is set to star in a new R-rated comedy from Paramount Pictures and screenwriter Andrew Dodge (Bad Words), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. According to the report, the project will make use of Dinklage’s fine acting ability play off Dinklage’s size, and tell the […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the debut issue of a series which combines an anime visual sensibility with the comedic mayhem of Back to the Future… A teenage cop from a high-tech future is sent back in time to 1986 New York City.  DaYoung Johansson is investigating the Quintum Mechanics megacorporation for crimes against time.  As she […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #23.3: The Scarecrow… “See the new Gotham City through the eyes of the Scarecrow! It’s Arkham Asylum unleashed on humanity—and it’s all the Scarecrow has ever wanted!” As I had mentioned before in previous posts, it seems during the Villains Month the Superman villains were far outshining (at least in […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… Spoilers ahead, obviously… Coulson’s a robot.  The world’s hottest hacker finally does something interesting.  And the seeds are planted for the potential reveal of the first season’s ‘Big Bad’. So there was a lot going on in Episode 3. The third episode of Agents […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Next up, The Invisible Man… Adapted from the classic H.G. Wells novel of the same name, The Invisible Man and is considered to be one of the best of the classic Universal Monster Movies, and it spawned several sequels/spin-offs – […]

Horror specialist Hammer has announced that it has acquired the feature film rights to The Daylight Gate, Jeanette Winterson’s 2012 novella from Randon House’s Arrow Books Hammer imprint, which is based upon the 17th century Pendle Witch Trial, the most notorious of English witch-trials, and is a tale of magic, superstition, conscience and ruthless murder. “The Hammer imprint has […]

Dear Dracula, 2012 Directed by Chad Van De KeereFeaturing the voice talent of Ray Liotta, Emilio Estevez, Ariel Winter, Nathan Gamble, Marion Ross, Tara Strong and Matthew Liddard SYNOPSIS: With Christmas too far away to write Santa for a Count Dracula action figure, a young boy writes a letter to the vampire himself, prompting him to come […]