Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #25… Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993. Directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm.Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Conroy, Dena Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #9… Issue 9 opens with the funeral, placing these events before Tomasi’s brilliant ‘silent’ issue of Batman & Robin. Bruce is battered and bruised. One of his nails is black. A small detail, but somehow the most prevalent. The burial is intercut with the immediate aftermath of Damien’s death – […]

With the action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation shrugging off a nine-month delay and less-than-impressive reviews to amass a healthy $132 million opening at the global box office this past weekend, Paramount Pictures has wasted little time in giving the go-ahead for more adventures, with Variety reporting that the studio has said “Yo Joe!” to GI. […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the fifteenth episode of The Walking Dead season 3… It’s the penultimate episode of The Walking Dead’s third season so expect – and be excited by – sh*t going down… Major spoilers ahead As Andrea has been cruelly locked away, the person the Governor still pines after for torturing is Michonne. Having […]

Oliver Davis reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones Season Three… Jesus, Lannisters. Just have a cold shower or something. Valar Dohaeris.Directed by Daniel Minahan. Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss. Thank the Seven Game of Thrones was preceded by a five-minute catch-up montage of the major story lines thus far. Missing dragons, […]

The Heist (a.k.a The Maiden Heist), 2009. Directed by Peter Hewitt.Starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. SYNOPSIS: Three security guards decide to take action and steal their beloved pieces of art when the art gallery they work for plan to move the exhibits oversees. The Heist actually has a […]

Parks and Recreation – Season One Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.Starring Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Louie CK, Nick Hofferman, Aziz Ansari,  and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, attempts to advance her career and make her town more […]

Mark you calendars folks… on July 15th, Arrow Video is set to deliver a special treat for fans of “The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies” with a special 10th anniversary Blu-ray release of Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic The Room, which features both 1080p High Definition and Standard Definition presentations of the feature, as well as […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Alice Vincent writes for the Telegraph about the upcoming Gangs of New York TV series… “Gangs of New York was released in 2002 and starred Leonardo Di Caprio and Daniel Day-Lewis, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for his performance as Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting, […]

Room 237, 2012. Directed by Rodney Ascher. SYNOPSIS: An exploration into the numerous theories regarding the subtexts within Stanley Kubrick’s phenomenal horror The Shining. Room 237, or Room 237: Being an Inquiry into The Shining in 9 Parts, begins with the voice of a man describing a ‘eureka’ moment upon viewing Stanley Kubrick’s film; noticing […]