Anghus Houvouras reviews Forever Evil #2… “The villains have taken over the world! The Teen Titans fight back! Can the inexperienced teen heroes do what the adults could not? (Answer: Nope. It goes very poorly.)” As a lifelong comic fan, you sometimes end up in those wonderful weird conversations about fictional superheroes. The kind of […]
Woody Allen Wednesdays – Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask & Manhattan
Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]
Hayley Atwell keen on Agent Carter TV series
Having reprised the role of Peggy Carter for this year’s Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter as well as next year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, British actress Hayley Atwell has revealed that she’d “definitely” be interested in exploring the character further on the small screen for the rumoured Agent Carter TV series. “I read about [the […]
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinker to write The Amazing Spider-Man 3
Sony wasted little time in laying out the future of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise when it announced 2016 and 2018 release dates for the third and fourth instalments of the rebooted Marvel franchise, and now the studio has locked in its writers for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that The Amazing […]
R.I.P. Tom Clancy (1947 – 2013)
American author Tom Clancy has passed away aged 66 after a brief illness, it has been announced today. Best known for creating the character of CIA analyst Jack Ryan, Clancy enjoyed a hugely successful career, penning 17 New York Times Bestsellers, and was the co-founder of Red Storm Entertainment, the video game company behind bestselling […]
Comic Book Review – Spawn #236
Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #236… “Having survived the first round of his showdown with the K7-Leetha, Jim seeks to make amends for past sins. But his struggle for control is only just beginning. While Jim is distracted, his enemies continue to further their own efforts as Clown and Bludd have a showdown. And another familiar […]
Countdown to Halloween – Hellraiser (1987)
To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Next up – Clive Barker’s Hellraiser… Based on the novella The Hellbound Heart and directed its author Clive Barker, Hellraiser is a visceral experience that focuses more on character than it does on the freaky imagery that Barker’s mind (and […]
The Legend of Conan gets a screenwriter
Last October, it was announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger would return to one of his previous characters as part of his big screen comeback, reprising the role of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian for The Legend of Conan. Although things have fallen quiet on the sequel over the past year it seems that Universal are […]
Simon Kinberg to overhaul The Fantastic Four script
Despite the fact it’s set for release in a little over 17 months time it seems that 20th Century Fox’s reboot The Fantastic Four is not quite ready to go into production just yet, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 1 Episode 2 Review
Anghus Houvouras reviews the second episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… The first episode of the new Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was a whip smart, lightning fast hour of television that introduced us to the clean up crew of this superhero filled universe. It was so fast, in fact, that it felt a little […]

