Gary Collinson presents an extract from his book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, which details Warner Bros’ attempts to develop a Justice League movie under director George Miller…. After relaunching their two major superhero franchises with Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, Warner Bros were busy developing […]

Anthony Stokes asks whether Spider-Man 3 is really as bad as people say…. There are some rarely unchallenged consensuses in the geek community…. The Wrath of Khan is the best Star Trek movie, Christopher Nolan is a genius, etc. One of these is that Spider-Man 3 is a god-awful movie and a disappointment. Even stepping […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the sixth issue of Marvel NOW!’s Uncanny X-Men… “The Uncanny X-Men face evil sorcerer DORMAMMU! Don’t miss this new take on the evil sorcerer demon courtesy of Bendis and Irving. Discover the secrets Magik has been hiding since the Phoenix Force left her in AVENGERS VS. X-MEN.” The X-Men books have been […]

Oliver Sunley explores the filthy world of John Waters… When John Waters, the self-proclaimed “Sultan of Sleaze”, directed Hairspray he was shocked by the film’s enormous commercial success and found himself faced with a choice: continue making the trash films he’d always done or go mainstream? Hairspray had been awarded a PG rating and was […]

Jake Peffer reviews the third season of Bob’s Burgers… In 2011, Fox unveiled a new animated show called Bob’s Burgers. While at first it wasn’t a critical success and didn’t gain a huge audience it has gone on to become somewhat of a cult show. After a short second season everyone was surprised to see […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #21… “Harper Row joins Batman on a case that leads all the way back to Detective Comics #0, but will The Dark Knight be willing to accept her help?“ After the last series arc of Emperor Penguin ended I was curious to see where they would take the Dark Knight […]

Gary Collinson presents an extract from his book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, detailing the aborted TV series Bruce Wayne from The Iron Giant screenwriter Tim McCanlies…. In the summer of 1999, with Warner Bros’ feature film department struggling to reignite the Batman franchise in the wake of the catastrophic […]

The Great Hip Hop Hoax, 2013. Directed by Jeanie Finlay. SYNOPSIS: A documentary by Jeanie Finlay, about a pair of Scottish rappers who decide to take on Californian aliases to get a record deal. As soon as I read the premise, I knew that I would have to see this film. With such a deliciously […]

Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #10… “The Finale! The biggest secret in comics will be revealed to you! An ending so confidential even the artists of this book don’t know what lies on the final pages! A surprise so big that comic book legend Joe Quesada himself returns to the pages of Marvel Comics […]

Villordsutch reviews Think Tank #8… Accountability isn’t something Dr. David Loren worried about before. Sheltered behind the manned concrete perimeter of CED, so long as he continued to fulfill his contractual obligation to create inventions of destruction, David never had to think twice about being an arrogant jerk. But right now, David is on the […]