Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #12… A History of Violence, 2005. Directed by David Cronenberg.Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes and Peter MacNeill. Based upon the 1997 graphic novel […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Nellie Andreeva writes about the possibility of a Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul: “…the network and series producer Sony TV are exploring keeping the franchise alive with a spinoff series centered on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. […]

Me and You (Italian: Io e te), 2012. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Starring Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sonia Bergamasco, Veronica Lazar, Tommaso Ragno, Pippo Delbono. SYNOPSIS: An an introverted teenager tells his parents he going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in a basement. Sentimental and occasionally even soppy, unambitious in […]

Mumbai’s King, 2012. Directed by Manjeet Singh.Starring Rahul Bairagi, Dhanshree Jain, Arbaaz Khan, salman Khan and Tejas D. Parvatkar. SYNOPSIS: A mischievous adolescent and a streetwise balloon seller roam the rain-soaked slums of Mumbai, looking to escape the harsh realities of life. Mumbai’s King is just about as far away from the glamour of Bollywood […]

Tom Jolliffe chats with British filmmaker Ross Boyask, director of Warrioress… Brighton born film-maker Ross Boyask has been flying the flag for UK action films over the past decade. He’s directed a host of short films, including Pure Vengeance which starred Scott Adkins (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Undisputed 2 and 3) and was featured […]

The Collection, 2012. Directed by Marcus Dunstan.Starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Tim Griffin, Andre Royo and Randall Archer. SYNOPSIS: A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as “The Collector” is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer’s booby-trapped warehouse. In 2009, The Collector […]

Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #13… Watchmen, 2009. Directed by Zack Snyder.Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino and Patrick Wilson. For a long while, it […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest issue of Batman… “Bruce Wayne robs a Gotham bank, but not everything is as it seems.“ The next big storyline in Batman commences in issue #21 in June, and will re-tell Bruce Wayne’s origins as The Batman for the New 52. Until then however we have a two-part story, of […]

Villordsutch thinks Doctor Who could be losing its way… Shortly after this was taken I was shouted at by that man. I’ve been a Doctor Who fan for as long as I can remember, I really have.  My initial memories of the Doctor had to be Tom Baker’s huge grin.  His regeneration scared me greatly […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Man of Steel, Justice League, Arrow, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Daredevil, Chronicle 2, Hellboy 3, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, […]