Hulk vs. Wolverine, 2009. Directed by Frank Paur.Featuring the voice talents of Fred Tatasciore, Steve Blum, Bryce Johnson, Nolan North, Mark Acheson, Janyse Jaud, Colin Murdock and Tom Kane. SYNOPSIS: Despatched into the Canadian wilderness to stop The Hulk’s latest rampage, Wolverine is captured by Weapon X, who plan to erase Bruce Banner’s memory and turn […]
Russell Crowe open to Jor-El return
After seemingly receiving a lot of questions regarding his role as Clark Kent’s biological father Jor-El in this summer’s Man of Steel, Russell Crowe (Gladiator), has taken to Twitter to to briefly address them. In between a multitude of sports related tweets Crowe has the following to say: “A lot of you are asking about […]
DVD Review – Village at the End of the World (2012)
Village at the End of the World, 2012. Directed by Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson. SYNOPSIS: A documentary following the inhabitants of Niaqornat, a fishing village in Greenland whose way of life is threatened by the forces of economic globalisation and climate change. Village at the End of the World follows a year in life […]
Movie Review – Pacific Rim (2013)
Pacific Rim, 2013 Directed by Guillermo del Toro.Written by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro.Starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman and Ron Perlman. SYNOPSIS: When an alien attack threatens the Earth’s existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace. As one of the few big […]
Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #22
Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #22… “Meet The Wrath! In Gotham City, he’s the anti-Batman, and the body count is about to shoot through the roof! And in the backup story, Man-Bat makes a startling discovery!” ‘Targeting the Shield’. The title says it all in this latest issue of Detective Comics. After the Man-Bat outbreak […]
Blu-ray Review – The Brood (1979)
The Brood, 1979. Directed by David Cronenberg.Starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle and Henry Beckman. SYNOPSIS: A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist’s therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband’s investigation. Jonathan Romney wrote in 2007 how […]
Movie Review – Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, 2013. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, Brandon T. Jackson, Jake Abel, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Head and Nathan Fillion. SYNOPSIS: Since the events of the first film, Percy has been filled with doubt about whether he is truly special or if his success […]
Ben Wheatley: Celebrating the Auteur Early
Following the release of A Field in England, Brogan Morris believes director Ben Wheatley has already established himself as a unique filmmaker, and an auteur for the future… So, Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England screened on Film4 on Friday night (and saw simultaneous release on DVD, VOD and in cinemas the same day, officially […]
Is 3D ending after only 3 years?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. Charles Arthur writes for The Guardian about the BBC’s decision to stop funding their venture into 3D television: “… the corporation will stop making programmes in the new format at the end of this year at least until 2016 following “disappointing” takeup. Despite an estimated 1.5m households in […]
Second Opinion – World War Z (2013)
World War Z, 2013 Directed by Marc Forster.Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, James Badge Dale, David Morse, Matthew Fox, Abigail Hargrove, Sterling Jerins and Fabrizio Zacharee Guidoas. SYNOPSIS: United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and […]
