Emily Blunt is an actress that has flirted with the idea of working in comic book movies for some time now. She was first in line to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2 but couldn’t commit due to her schedule for Gulliver’s Travels, and she turned down the role of Peggy Carter in Captain […]

It is fair to say that the sales figures for Nintendo’s Wii U have been fairly disappointing in its first year. But some good news has finally landed for the home of everyone’s favourite moustachioed plumber as Mario Kart 8 has sold an incredible 1.2 million copies in its first weekend. This figure includes the […]

Villordsutch reviews the eighth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four… “The Mountain and the Viper” Written by D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. Directed by Alex Graves. “Far too much has been written about great men, and not nearly enough about morons.” There is a smear in King’s Landing, a smear caused by a want for […]

Ray Willmott reviews Wildstar… Despite creating a global phenomenon, many of the original World of Warcraft development team fled the Blizzard coup early on and moved to Carbine Studios to, in their words, ‘get it right, this time.’ The result? Wildstar. Just months after the release of another massive MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online, Wildstar […]

Ray Willmott reviews Murdered: Soul Suspect… Murdered: Soul Suspect is the most mysterious AAA release this year. With a game like Watch_Dogs, prior to launch, we knew exactly what we were getting into. Same with the likes of South Park, Thief and Wolfenstein, PR set the tone early on and we had a real feel […]

Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. The career of […]

Anghus Houvouras on whether the solo superhero movie can survive…. It’s been an interesting year for comic book films. Captain America: The Winter Soldier has doubled the take of the The First Avenger while Spider-Man has been anything but Amazing at the US Box Office looking to take in less than the first film in […]

Some new Star Wars casting announcements for you. No, it’s no Billy Dee Williams. Lupita Nyong’o has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years A Slave was thoroughly deserved so this is great news. Also announced as cast is Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit […]

Luke Owen kicks off Monster Movie Mondays with the 1954 classic, Gojira… Director: Ishiro Honda Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka Writer(s): Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata Released Date: November 3rd 1954 Appearing Monsters: Godzilla Also Released as: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (US) In the Spring of 1954, movie producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was going through some tough times. […]

One of the sticking points for some cinema goers and comic book fans was how Bryan Singer decided not to send Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) back in time as they did in the comics and instead sent back Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Some people have claimed it was a “box […]