Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #39… Die-Hard, a cyborg trying to regain his humanity, looks back over the thousands of years since his birth. “DIEHARD” reads the front cover of Prophet #39. No, not a new titling convention for the John McClane franchise. It’s the name of a 10,241 year old robot. Issue 38 ended on […]

The fourth instalment in the blockbuster Jurassic Park series has had a bit of a troubled journey to the screen, but after placing the film on indefinite hold earlier this year, Universal Pictures now appears to be moving forward with the hotly-anticipated sequel, revealing via Twitter that Jurassic Park IV is now going by the […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS:In 1841 New Yorker Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. A talented violinist believes that he has been offered a financially rewarding job only to be sold into slavery; over […]

Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, and Dylan Minnette. SYNOPSIS: When two young girls vanish one of their parents resorts to extreme measures to find them. During a Thanksgiving dinner two young girls leave and do not come back causing their parents to go from being concerned […]

The Wind Rises, 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Mansai Nomura, Steve Alpert, and Masahiko Nishimura. SYNOPSIS: An animated biopic about Jiro Horikoshi who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Like all great creators Jiro Horikoshi is driven to make his dreams become reality.  As a boy he becomes so […]

After the box-office success of this year’s Hasbro sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Paramount Pictures were quick to give the “Yo Joe!” to a third movie in the action franchise. Retaliation helmer Jon M. Chu was quickly tied up to return to the director’s chair for the third instalment, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed […]

With Marvel’s roster of superheroes spread between 20th Century Fox (X-Men, The Fantastic Four), Sony (Spider-Man) and Marvel Studios (everybody else), it looks unlikely that we’ll ever get to see a truly definitive Marvel Universe on the big screen, regardless of how many times Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) express their interest in […]

Serial killers are big business on TV these days, what with A&E’s Bates Motel and NBC’s Hannibal both gearing up for the second seasons, and now FX is looking to fill the void created by the impending Dexter finale, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that the network is developing a new series based upon author Bret […]

There’s just a week to go before the release of one of this generation’s most anticipated video games as Rockstar unleashes Grand Theft Auto V, and with Hollywood once more casting its eye towards triple-A gaming titles (see Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, World of Warcraft etc.) you’d have to imagine that a GTA […]