Villordsutch reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #4… “Tos’un Armgo and his wife, Sinnafain, search the Kingdom of Many Arrows for their daughter, Doum’wielle… but it may be too late. Doum’wielle wields the sentient sword called Khazid’hea-the Cutter-and with it, the terrible, corrupting power it entails.” There is something odd about D&D comics.  The handful I’ve […]

The Heat, 2013. Directed by Paul Fieg.Starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Spoken Reasons and Dan Bakkedahl. SYNOPSIS: An uptight FBI Agent and a ‘doesn’t play by the rules’ Boston cop have to team up to bring down a drug lord. Racist. Sexist. Stereotyping of foreigners and highly […]

Luke Owen reviews the first part of the Born to Lose trilogy, Burn the Orphanage…A young orphan named Rock was left for dead, now he’s out for revenge! With partners Lex and Bear by his side, our hero will find out who burned his home and family to the ground. If that means taking on […]

Chris Cooper reviews Sidekick #1… “The Cowl and Flyboy: renowned superhero and sidekick despite dopey names. They were famous, popular, and happy until the Cowl’s assassination. Now, no one takes Flyboy seriously. Follow his trajectory from barely tolerated hero to figure of ridicule, and witness his slow descent into madness, darkness and crime.“ Following the […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is David Bishop with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford… How many times have you left the cinema and immediately said “I need to buy the soundtrack.”? Chances are, not that often. While Andrew Dominik’s poetic take on the Wild […]

Anthony Stokes has some suggestions for the Hollywood studios striving for that magical one billion mark at the box office… Movie budgets are ever increasing, and that’s been particularly evident this summer. The norm of $150 million for a blockbuster has increased to around $200 million over the course of the last few years. I’ve […]

Quest for Fire, 1981. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.Starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong and Gary Schwartz. SYNOPSIS: This story takes place in prehistoric time when three prehistoric tribesmen search for a new fire source. In the cinematic universe there exists a galaxy. This (cinematic) galaxy is populated with daring films which […]

The Inititation, 1984 Directed by Larry StewartStarring Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Daphne Zuniga, James Reed SYNOPSIS: Kelly Fairchild has become a college student and a member of the Delta Ro Kai sorority. During all her life, she has suffered from a nightmare where a man is burning. She meets an assistant professor who can help […]

Dark Skies, 2013. Directed by Scott Stewart. Starring Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, J.K. Simmons and Dakota Goyo. SYNOPSIS: A white, middle-class suburban family are terrorised by a supernatural presence. I really liked Insidious. I’m still not entirely sure why. Maybe it was the two bumbling ghostbuster characters, or its exploration of the astral plane. Perhaps […]

Although Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm has resulted in the green light being given to a new theatrical Star Wars trilogy, it has left question marks hanging over a number of previously-announced projects. We’ve already seen the cancellation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Seth Green’s proposed comedy Star Wars: Detours, as well as the […]