Kirsty Capes reviews the first episode of Orange Is the New Black season 4… Everyone’s favourite criminals are back in the highly anticipated fourth installment of Netflix’s most popular original series from Jenji Kohan. With plenty of plot threads in need of tying up after season 3’s cliffhanger ending, season 4 begins, unlike any of the […]
Versailles Season 1 Episode 3 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the third episode of Versailles… Episode three of BBC Two’s periodical pornography sees a rather dashing Prince Annaba (Marcus Griffiths) arrive at Versailles to negotiate a trade deal with King Louis (George Blagden). Meanwhile, French nobility are up in arms about Louis’ proclamation of “I am France”, and his demand to see […]
Comic Book Review – Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #2
Kirsty Capes reviews Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #2… Perhaps it’s too much booze that’s got our swill-swigging hero seeing double, or maybe there really is a doppelganger on the scene? Whatever the case, it’s time for Tank Girl to solve the case of her pilfered Panzer! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Tank […]
Versailles Season 1 Episode 2 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the second episode of Versailles… If you stuck with Versailles this week for all the sex and scandal that was on display in episode one, you were probably sorely disappointed by the distinct lack of boobies in episode two of BBC’s French-produced new period drama. Sadly, viewers this week were only subject […]
Why Rose McGowan is wrong about that X-Men: Apocalypse image
Kirsty Capes on why Rose McGowan is wrong about that X-Men: Apocalypse image… I’m sure most of the internet / Marvel fandom has seen Rose McGowan’s rant about a rather unseemly X-Men: Apocalypse promo shot over the last couple of days. If you haven’t, here’s a quick run-down of what happened: Rose McGowan, of 90s […]
Versailles Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the first episode of Versailles… Raunchy, decadent and overflowing with beautiful French nobility and their gorgeous hair, BBC Two’s new period drama, based on true events, is the Beeb’s answer to blockbuster period shows like Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and Sky Atlantic’s The Borgias. A collaborative project between British, French […]
Interview – Alan Martin, co-creator of Tank Girl
Kirsty Capes chats with Tank Girl co-creator Alan Martin… Alan Martin, co-creator of Tank Girl and novelist, spoke to us about his new four part mini-series with artist Brett Parson, Two Girls One Tank (check out our review here), published by Titan Comics. Alan talks about the future of Tank Girl, her thirtieth birthday, the writing […]
Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing
Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]
Comic Book Review – Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #1
Kirsty Capes reviews Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #1… Fresh off the back of their latest calamitous chapter comes this shiny new Tank Girl tale from series creator, Alan Martin and artist extraordinaire, Brett Parson! Expect a healthy dose of delirium and plenty of ball-crunching action in this high-octane crosscountry skirmish that asks the question: is this […]
J.K. Rowling to attend special charity performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Some good news for Harry Potter fans who didn’t manage to snap up some Cursed Child theatre tickets. J. K. Rowling has announced a special charity performance of her new play – which is set in the Wizarding World some years after the end of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s adventures in The Deathly Hallows – […]