Side Effects, 2013. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.Starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. SYNOPSIS: A woman suffering from depression has a number of disturbing side effects from a new prescription drug. It will be hard to discuss this film as I really want to without giving away some major spoilers including some […]
Movie Review – Nature Calls (2012)
Nature Calls, 2012. Written and Directed by Todd Rohal.Starring Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle and Patrice O’Neal. SYNOPSIS: Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk’s son’s sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember. When it comes to […]
Blu-ray Review – From Beyond (1986)
From Beyond, 1986. Directed by Stuart Gordon.Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel and Carolyn Purdy-Gordon. SYNOPSIS: Doctor Katherine “Wonder-girl” McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) is called upon by the District Attorney to assess whether Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), suspected of the murder of his mentor Doctor Frank Pretorius, is fit to stand trial. With […]
Expect a long wait for a Simpsons Movie sequel
Animated institution The Simpsons is set to begin its 25th season later this year, but fans hoping to see Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and the residents of Springfield back on the big screen for a follow-up to 2007’s The Simpsons Movie look to have a lengthy wait on their hands. “[The Simpsons Movie] took […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight returns for Justice League, Marvel’s Phase Two and Phase Three, Spider-Man, X-Men and more
Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Justice League and the DC Movie Universe, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, The Avengers 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4, Ghost Rider, The […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 12 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the twelfth episode of The Walking Dead season 3…. Often in assessing The Walking Dead I forget about the scale of the show; mostly I look at the writing and the direction, but rarely the design and set-pieces. Watching episode 12 was wonderfully eye-opening for immediately drawing my attention what I usually […]
DC Entertainment has a strong February & Injustice prevails in comic shops
Justice League of America #1 written by Geoff Johns and drawn by artist David Finch was the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in February 2013. DC Entertainment also published 15 out of the top 50 titles during the month with notable sellers including Batman: Night of the Owls, Fables: Cubs in Toyland Vol. 18 […]
What does Sam Raimi think of The Amazing Spider-Man?
A couple of weeks back Sam Raimi admitted he was yet to watch last year’s superhero reboot The Amazing Spider-Man, as he “didn’t want to go to his girlfriend’s wedding.” Well, it seems that the original Spider-Man trilogy director has since had a change of heart, with Raimi telling HeyUGuys that he’s finally caught up […]
Special Features – The Action Film: A Requiem
Anghus Houvouras on the death of the action film… The action film is practically dead. Languishing, comatose, and inching ever closer to the grave. The once proud genre was a mainstay of the movies ever since the words ‘motion’ was paired with ‘picture’. It was the action film that spoke to the common man, teaching […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the second Iron Man 3 trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team look at the second trailer for Iron Man 3… It’s finally here! The comic book movie season of 2013 is finally here! And kicking things off is the first part of Marvel’s Phase Two in the form of Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 which sees Tony Stark battling the evil […]
