Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of SEX from Image Comics… Simon Cooke’s night out has disastrous consequences! And not just socially. But, hey, at least he’s trying! Meanwhile, life in Saturn City’s criminal underworld rolls on… just not as smoothly as expected. I complained in the review of the last issue of SEX that […]
Frank Miller to meet with Zack Snyder for Superman vs. Batman?
Pinch of salt time everybody. The Independent, arbiter of comic book movie news, has some possibly tasty information. “A source close to Frank Miller, who also has Sin City and 300 sequels in the pipeline, told the Independent: ‘Frank had no idea the announcement in San Diego was going to happen so it did come […]
James Cameron brings in screenwriters for Avatar 2, 3 and 4, release dates set
With James Cameron still frantically hammering away at the script for Avatar 2 (and potentially Avatar 3), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the director has enlisted the help of screenwriter Josh Friedman, who will serve as co-writer on the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time. Friedman is certainly experienced when it comes […]
Harry Potter director David Yates in talks for Scarface reboot
Having directed the last four instalments of the Harry Potter franchise, British filmmaker David Yates has had his pick of projects to follow up his time with the Boy Wizard; he’s been linked to the long-rumoured adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, and a potential Doctor Who movie, while he’s also been attached to a […]
Comic Book Review – What If? Ax4 #4
Robb Ghag reviews What If? AvX #4… “The biggest event of 2012 is now the biggest miniseries of 2013! We all know what happened to the Avengers and the X-Men? but what if the story had gone differently?The one and only Jimmy Palmiotti brings his signature style to a mind-blowing reinterpretation of a key event […]
Special Features – The Animation War: Pixar vs. DreamWorks
Jackson Ball thinks the tide may be turning in the animation war between Pixar and DreamWorks… Since the release of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs way back in 1937, animation has been big business, none more so than in contemporary Hollywood. In just the last month the US and UK box-offices have been […]
Special Features – Why 2013 Has Been a Disappointing Summer
Anthony Stokes believes that 2013 has been a disappointing summer for blockbuster movies… This summer has been pretty good for movies and intellectual properties. We won’t see anther big event-filled summer like this until 2015 when we get Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star Wars: Episode VII, and supposedly a World’s Finest movie to name but […]
Movie adaptations announced for sci-fi novels Elusion & Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The film rights for two upcoming sci-fi novels have been acquired and they are set to be adapted for the big screen. FlynnPictureCo. and Silver Reel have reportedly acquired the rights to Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam’s sci-fi thriller/teen romance Elusion. The first in a series, it follows two teens who can travel to virtual […]
Movie Review – Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Despicable Me 2, 2013. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong and Miranda Cosgrove. SYNOPSIS: Reformed evil mastermind Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to take down a terrorising villain. The marketing cats at Universal are not stupid […]
Movie Review – RED 2 (2013)
RED 2, 2013. Directed by Dean Parisot. Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, and Anthony Hopkins. SYNOPSIS: Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Bruce Willis has been making British headlines […]