Helen Murdoch with a selection of movies to cure the winter flu blues… It’s that time of year again where everyone in the office is coughing and spluttering, you start work in the dark and leave in the dark and you can’t remember the last time you could breathe normally. Having recently been hit in […]

Despite claiming that he was set to retire from filmmaking with Clerks III, filmmaker Kevin Smith has decided to add another movie to his CV before he reunites with Dante and Randall, returning to the horror genre for the “monster movie” Tusk. Speaking to EW Smith has confirmed that Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers, Drag Me […]

Squirm, 1976. Directed by Jeff Liebermann.Starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Fran Higgins and Peter MacLean. SYNOPSIS: After electricity pylons fall to the ground during a cataclysmic storm, millions of volts transform the native worms of Fly Creek, Georgia into insatiable predatory beasts… Squirm, a 70’s ‘revenge of nature’ flick, is as […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third issue of Jupiter’s Legacy… “The heroes conspire to overthrow The Utopian, discontent rumbling in the bars and the clubs where the superheroes get wasted and complain how much he’s been holding them all back with his old-fashioned ideas of power and responsibility. There’s a new world out there if they […]

Luke Owen looks at Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #4…While the CKR forces won the battle in San Diego, the war has just begun! When new forces pit their ultimate weapon against a weakened Godzilla, help from unexpected allies will be needed! The action hits a fever-pitch in an event that fans will be talking about […]

Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal , Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: When Keller Dover’s (Jackman) daughter and her friend go missing he decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, hotshot detective Loki (Gyllenhaal) is trying to figure out the puzzle but […]

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 […]

Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (a.k.a. Tráiganme la cabeza de la mujer metralleta), 2012. Written and Directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza.Starring Fernanda Urrejola, Matías Oviedo, Jorge Alis, Sofia Garcia, and Alex Rivera. SYNOPSIS:  Ruthless Argentine kingpin Che Longana uses everything in his power to stop the woman who wants to kill […]

Back in August it was rumoured that Warner Bros. was mulling over a potential Batman spin-off series based around the exploits of the Gotham City Police Department, and now Deadline has revealed that Fox has landed the rights to the show, which is being developed by Bruno Heller (The Mentalist). According to the site, Gotham […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… As I watched the recently released Agent Carter short (releasing with the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray), I remarked how much I enjoyed these corners of the Marvel cinematic universe.  Almost more so than the movies themselves.  There are an infinite number of potential stories […]