Martin Deer chats with Brett Culp, director of the Batman documentary Legends of the Knight, a not-for-profit documentary examining the power of stories on our lives, and in particular, how The Batman inspires us to be better… Martin Deer: You’ve just held your own panel at San Diego Comic-Con. How was that experience and how […]
Movie Review – When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun, 2010. Directed by Dirk Simon. SYNOPSIS: An inside look at the Tibetan movement to free Tibet from Chinese occupation, its internal conflicts and contradictions. In When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun, a noble endeavour that feels less so as it slowly reveals the machinations of a biased agenda, the […]
Bruce Willis bored of action movies
If you’ve seen the RED 2 interview with Bruce Willis and Magic 105.4 from last month, you’ll know that Bruce Willis is pretty tired with the promotional side of the movie business these days. But, despite his assertion that “the fun part is making the movie” it seems the Die Hard star is also growing […]
Mark Wahlberg would like to be the next Iron Man
Although there was some uncertainty earlier this year about Robert Downey Jr. extending his time as Tony Stark once his contract expired with the release of Iron Man 3, Marvel Studios managed to secure the fan favourite for another two outings as Iron Man by offering a bumper pay day for him to reprise the […]
Comic Book Review – Spawn #234
Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #234… “The violent, soul-shattering struggle between Jim Downing and the increasingly powerful K7-Leetha threatens to overwhelm the world’s new savior. Whoever wins – Jim or the symbiote – will change the world.” Underneath the ‘Spawn’ title on issue #234’s cover is another name, ‘Haunt’, in a similar way to the recent […]
Interview: Director Jeff Wadlow talks Kick-Ass 2, Jim Carrey, X-Force and more
Kirsty Capes chats with director Jeff Wadlow during a roundtable interview for Kick-Ass 2… You can tell that Kick-Ass 2 is a Jeff Wadlow film when you speak to him, because just like his movie, the writer-director exudes charisma. With Cry Wolf and Never Back Down the crown jewels on his list of directing credits, […]
Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #23
Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #23… “Alfred is forced to confront the Anti-Batman known as the Wrath! Taking care of Batman all these years has left Alfred with more than a few tricks up his sleeve, but will they be enough?” With the introduction of E.D. Caldwell a.k.a. The Wrath, John Layman has introduced a […]
Vin Diesel on voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy
Since Vin Diesel announced a couple of months back that he was set to meet with Marvel Studios, there’s been a tonne of speculation as to which character the Fast & Furious and Riddick star could be portraying in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two favourites appeared to be The Vision and Thanos, but this week […]
Special Features – Thoughts on the Guardians of the Galaxy footage and why we should be excited
Anthony Stokes comments on the leaked footage for Guardians of the Galaxy…. This week the San Diego Comic-Con footage for Guardians of the Galaxy leaked online and was viewed by just about everybody with access to internet who was quick enough to catch it. Marvel has somehow turned this obscure, weird comic series into a […]
Special Features – Twitter Killed the Online Film Star
Anghus Houvouras believes that Twitter has killed the online film star… There was a time when the online film sites were the go-to destination for behind-the-scenes images and exclusive information behind cinematic happenings. Cool places where die-hard film geeks were gathering a stream of information from secret sources revealing spoiler laced snippets and pictures about […]