The James Bond movie franchise celebrated its 50th anniversary in record-breaking style last year with Skyfall, but plans for the continuation of the series were dealt a blow earlier this month when it was revealed that Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes had opted against a return for the next instalment. Sony and MGM were originally […]

Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Micro-Series: Donatello… IDW’s second reprint from the original Mirage Comics run centres on Donatello. As I’m now a little more accustomed to both Eastman/Laird, and different types of TMNT stories, how does it stack up? Overall, this issue is extremely friendly. It couldn’t be more self-contained […]

With Trance heading into cinemas next Wednesday, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Danny Boyle movies. Next up, Luke Owen looks at 1996’s Trainspotting…. “Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. […]

Luke Owen looks at Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #15…DEATH IN THE RANKS! Rodimus and his crew are confronted by the enemy within—and not everyone will survive the encounter. Everything has been building to this: all-out war aboard the Lost Light! Read the previous issue review here. After months and months of below average […]

The Croods, 2013. Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk De Micco.Featuring the voice talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman, Catherine Keener and Clark Duke. SYNOPSIS: A prehistoric family go on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world. The Croods is the latest in the ever increasing Dreamworks Animation collection. […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “Trapped in Dimension X, the Turtles have split up to save the Neutrino royal family from the clutches of Krang, and simultaneously help fight a war to free the people of Neutrino! ” So you’re confronted by four mutant turtles and several soldiers. What […]

Following our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Martin Deer looks back at his VHS memories… My parents were divorced and every fortnight I’d spend the weekend with my Dad. Each Saturday on those weekends we’d visit either Blockbuster or Global Video and pick out a couple of films and we would spend what felt like […]

Jack Morris reviews The Private Eye #1… Brian K. Vaughan is well known within the world of comic book fans as the creator of Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina and most recently the stand out hit of 2012 Saga, and today he has released his latest offering with artist Marcos Martin, The Private Eye. […]

Considering he named one of his sons Kal-El, it’s pretty obvious Nicolas Cage is a big Superman fan, so it must have been a dream come true for him back in the mid-90s when he signed on to portray the Man of Steel in Batman director Tim Burton’s reboot Superman Lives. Sadly for Cage, the […]

Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #3… “The year-long celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary continues! “Now listen to me!” It’s time to fire up Bessie, as the Third Doctor takes the spotlight in this issue of a 12-part epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the Doctor! “ As some of you comic […]