As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Simon Columb reviews Pom Poko… “Testicles play an important role in tanuki mythology” writes Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc when discussing Pom Poko. Directed by Isao Takahata, this is a far call from the deeply serious war story of Grave of the Fireflies. Rather than humans, […]

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek – New Visions #1: The Mirror, Cracked… New Visions begins by going through the looking glass to tell the story of what happened after the classic “Mirror, Mirror” episode of the original series. In issue #1, “The Mirror, Cracked,” the crew of the Starship: Enterprise discovers two strangers in their midst, and things […]

Last we heard of the sci-fi film The Martian, director Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) was set to write and direct the e-book adaptation, Goddard has now left the project in order to direct the Spider-Man tie-in The Sinister Six and The Hollywood Reporter is now claiming that Ridley Scott (The Counselor) is in talks to […]

After being tipped as the front runner last week, it has now been confirmed that Roberto Orci will make his directorial debut on Star Trek 3, the third instalment of Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ rebooted Trek universe. Orci of course has plenty of experience with the Star Trek universe, having co-written and produced both […]

Mere hours after the news of the legendary H.R. Giger passing away, tragedy has struck once again in the world of film and cinema. Malik Bendjelloul, who recently won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 85th ceremony, was found dead in Stockholm. No cause of death is yet known, but according to Deadline, […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the season one finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… I’m glad we’re not eulogizing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the conclusion of the first season.  It’s a wonderfully imperfect show that has had some interesting highs and baffling lows.  Yet, I still think that there’s a workable rhythm to this whole enterprise that […]

Trevor Hogg chats with showrunner Simon Barry and his leading lady Rachel Nichols about doing some time travelling in the streets of present day Vancouver and the future of television… “TV is more of a master to serve because you have this incredible schedule of production and post-production,” observes Simon Barry who wrote the feature […]

Villordsutch Reviews Think Tank: Fun with PTSD #1… SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE! Dr. David Loren tries to help a SEAL team member overcome his PTSD in a story that will make you laugh and cry. Plus Zero G dogs! Our last issue of Think Tank was way back in February and albeit a mere three months […]

On several occasions over the past year, we’ve heard talk – including comments from Mark Millar – suggesting that 20th Century Fox is devising a shared movie universe between it’s two Marvel properties, X-Men and The Fantastic Four, possibly even building to a showdown between the two superhero teams. Well, it seems that could be […]

The Hulk is one of the most popular and enduring comic book characters of all-time, maintaining a constant spotlight presence in Marvel’s stable for over five decades. In that time, the modern Jekyll-and-Hyde story has captured the imaginations and sympathy of generations of comic book fans time and again. Thanks to 2012’s The Avengers, the […]