Matt Smith reviews the seventh episode of True Detective…True Detective, the first show where I’ve had to actively avoid spoilers, is also probably the only show where if I just watch it progress, I can’t tell if it’s going to carry on after a first season or if the show will end next week. The […]

Anghus Houvouras asks whether the Marvel moviemaking model can be stopped…The Avengers was a cultural milestone. A movie that rewarded comic fans and validated Kevin Feige’s strategy to bring Marvel’s most famous characters to the big screen. After the record box office opening and a positive reaction from audiences, people began to wonder how long […]

Anthony Stokes on why Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t deserve a second season…Sometimes the geek community will get behind something and defend it to the death, while others are left scratching their heads wondering why. There are a number of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans – or as I like to call them ” apologists” – […]

Oliver Davis reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones Season Four… Two Swords. Directed by D.B. Weiss. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. If ever a series needed a ‘Previously on [enter show title here]’ recap, it’s Game of Thrones. A lot of shizzle has gone down in and around Westeros. Political struggles […]

Anghus Houvouras on the zombiefication of Hollywood…Your favorite childhood movie; they’re remaking it.  That TV show you loved so dearly; it’s being rebooted.  Those action figures that you spent countless hours creating adventures with, it’s coming to a screen near you.  If there’s something that at one point made a BLIP on the pop culture […]

Noah, 2014.Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte, Mark Margolis and Kevin Durand.SYNOPSIS:A man is chosen by his world’s creator to undertake a momentous mission to rescue the innocent before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the wicked from the world. This is […]

Marta Abromaityte on manipulation in film… Being a brand of social influence, manipulation has played a large part in the history of cinema. While most propaganda films portray totalitarian governments using misinformation as a tool for indoctrinating the masses, films that portray the struggle against diabolical brainwashing methods have the potential to arm audiences against […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 11 of The Following season 2…Belief that things are going to get better is what keeps us going in life. A better job, a better lifestyle, better things in our lives. It’s like we can’t sit back and just enjoy life.Someone who takes that to the next level is Joe Carroll […]

Matt Smith reviews the sixteenth episode of Elementary season 2…For all his behavioural quirks and social ineptitude, Elementary’s iteration of Sherlock Holmes dresses impeccably well. Linking to his presentation of the facts, everything is laid out neat and where it should be. Where, perhaps, it shouldn’t be is this week’s main problem for Sherlock Holmes. […]

We knew it was on the cards – a global box office haul of $471 million pretty much guaranteed it – but now it’s official… kind of. Speaking to Collider about his work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier, composer Henry Jackman has confirmed that Disney is working on a follow-up to 2012’s animated comedy […]