Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Superman and Batman, Aquaman, Arrow, Wonder Woman, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Force, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing […]
Second Opinion – The Wolverine (2013)
The Wolverine, 2013. Directed by James Mangold.Starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Rila Rukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto, Brian Tee, Hal Yamanouchi and Famke Janssen. SYNOPSIS: Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. Warning – minor spoilers to follow… […]
Doing Justice: Justin Chambers and Kevin McKidd talk about The Flashpoint Paradox
Kevin McKidd and Justin Chambers Rather than tending to patients and dealing with their medical colleagues in the ABC television series Grey’s Anatomy, Justin Chambers and Kevin McKidd have to mend a fractured timeline resulting in an alternate reality. The project in question is animated adaptation of Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradoxwhere Chambers provides the […]
Special Features – The Expendables 3: What can we expect?
Tom Jolliffe looks at what we can expect from the third instalment of The Expendables franchise…. With filming set to start in the fall, Slyvester Stallone – true to form – is keeping everyone guessing and second guessing as to who will be in The Expendables 3, and where the story may take us. When […]
Comic Book Review – The Superior Spider-Man #14
Anghus Houvouras reviews The Superior Spider-Man #14… “It’s SUPERIOR SPIDER-MONTH as the biggest new book of the year brings you its biggest twist yet! The Superior Spider-Man takes down Shadowland. All of it. To the ground.“ Writer Dan Slott has been making every effort to turn the very concept of Spider-Man on it’s ear. He […]
Special Features – Remembering Enter the Dragon
On the 40th anniversary of the martial arts classic, Martin Deer discusses Enter the Dragon… Celebrating its 40th Anniversary today (Friday, July 26th 2013), Enter the Dragon feels not a day old. Perhaps it’s the lightning speed at which Bruce Lee was able to throw a kick or the tight story which stands as solidly […]
How to Fix the Video Game Industry
With the next generation of video game consoles fast approaching, Anthony Stokes has some suggestions as to how the industry can drag itself out of a slump… With all of the recent talk about Xbox One and PlayStation 4, my initial reaction was “really, already?”. I didn’t expect another next generation console for a few […]
Joss Whedon expanding Hawkeye and Black Widow’s roles in Avengers: Age of Ultron
Since he officially unveiled the title of The Avengers 2 – sorry, Avengers: Age of Ultron – last Saturday, Joss Whedon has been doing plenty of talking about the eagerly-anticipated sequel to last year’s box office smash. We’ve already heard him confirming that Hank Pym is absent from the script, which he describes as an […]
Godzilla director Gareth Edwards keen on a Destroy All Monsters-style sequel
The King of the Monsters made quite an impact in San Diego this past weekend as Warner Bros. gave fans in attendance their first look at footage from the upcoming Godzilla remake from director Gareth Edwards (Monsters). Despite the fact it’s still some ten months away from release, Godzilla is starting to generate some strong […]
How might Warner’s Batman and Superman movie affect Arrow?
Over the past couple of months, we’ve heard plenty from the cast and crew of The CW’s Arrow stating that the upcoming second season of the hit superhero show would see an expansion in the show’s roster of DC Comics characters, with leading man Stephen Amell even going so far as to suggest the introduction […]
