Hard to imagine the filmmaker behind The Shining (1980) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) being a teenage photojournalist who took pictures ranging from celebrities to candid portraits of New Yorkers travelling on the subway system but that is exactly what happened.  At the age of 17, Stanley Kubrick worked for Look magazine initially as a […]

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 #24… The Crow, 1994. Directed by Alex Proyas.Starring Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, Anna Levine, David Patrick Kelly, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee […]

Villordsutch reviews Locke & Key: Omega #4… “For month after bloody month, a demon named Dodge has struggled to obtain the Omega Key, so he can open the Black Door…A portal to another dimension, secreted in the depths of the Drowning Cave. Once the door is unlocked, there will be nothing to stop Dodge from […]

Trance, 2013. Directed by Danny Boyle.Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani and Matt Cross. SYNOPSIS: An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting. Danny Boyle’s latest flick, the mind-bending crime thriller Trance is a mixed bag. […]

Dark Horse Comics has announced that it’s set to bring George Lucas’ initial Star Wars vision to life with an eight issue miniseries adapting Lucas’ 1974 first rough draft for The Star Wars, which tells the story of the Jedi Annikin Starkiller, his training under General Luke Skywalker, and their struggle against the tyrannical New […]

Villordsutch reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Down… “Fell’s Five have returned to Fallcrest, only to find shattering news for Khal. He’s heading home, and nothing will stand in his way as he must lead Fell’s Five against a sinister new threat in the Underdark. But this “threat” is someone near and dear to another of the […]

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 #25… Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993. Directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm.Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Conroy, Dena Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #9… Issue 9 opens with the funeral, placing these events before Tomasi’s brilliant ‘silent’ issue of Batman & Robin. Bruce is battered and bruised. One of his nails is black. A small detail, but somehow the most prevalent. The burial is intercut with the immediate aftermath of Damien’s death – […]

With the action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation shrugging off a nine-month delay and less-than-impressive reviews to amass a healthy $132 million opening at the global box office this past weekend, Paramount Pictures has wasted little time in giving the go-ahead for more adventures, with Variety reporting that the studio has said “Yo Joe!” to GI. […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the fifteenth episode of The Walking Dead season 3… It’s the penultimate episode of The Walking Dead’s third season so expect – and be excited by – sh*t going down… Major spoilers ahead As Andrea has been cruelly locked away, the person the Governor still pines after for torturing is Michonne. Having […]