Our weekly round up of the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justice League, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Returns, The Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future […]

The Central Park Five, 2012. Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. Starring Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Kharey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Ed Koch, Jim Dwyer, and Calvin O. Butts III. SYNOPSIS: When a twenty-eight year old female jogger is physically assaulted and raped in New York City’s Central Park, five juvenile black […]

Perhaps I’m imaging things but there seems to be a theme developing in both the live-action and animated versions of Gotham City. On the big screen Bane breaks the back of the Caped Crusader in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Michael McKean, a band member of Spinal Tap, provides the voice of egomaniacal Arkham […]

Yesterday Tommy over at Bat-Blog was kind enough to write a nice review for Holy Franchise, Batman!; here’s an excerpt: Now most people who know me say that I’m a complete fanatic when it comes to our favorite Caped Crusader. And I’m not trying to say that I’m an expert or anything but I know […]

Avi Arad, the founder of Marvel Studios (he no longer works there), has confirmed that Sony is developing a Metal Gear Solid movie based on the video game series by Hideo Kojima. The announcement was made at the Metal Gear Anniversary event in Tokyo with both Arad and Kojima present. Snake!? Snaaaaaaaaake! The popular and […]

It’s fair to say that producer Michael Bay’s planned live-action adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t get off to the best of starts with fans of the heroes in a half-shell, which of course stemmed from the fact that the Turtles would be reimagined as aliens. While the project has subsequently been delayed, fan […]

Filthy Rich & Catflap, 1987. Created by Ben Elton. Starring Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. SYNOPSIS: The misadventures of the self-centred, z-list TV presenter Richie Rich, his agent and occasional pornographer Ralph Filthy, and his one-man entourage Eddie Catflap. With a career spanning three decades as a double act, Rik Mayall and Adrian […]

Following the release of The Dark Knight Rises last month, Warner Bros. now finds itself in a difficult position with regards to the future of the lucrative Batman franchise. With Christopher Nolan categorically confirming that his time in Gotham is over, it seems the studio has three options: 1) continue Nolan’s Dark Knight series, sans […]

The Girl from the South, 2012.Directed by José Luis García.Starring Lim Su-kyung, Alejandro, and José Luis García. SYNOPSIS: While attending a communist sponsored youth conference held in North Korea, a member of the Argentinian delegation encounters a South Korean activist who captures the attention of the media and all those in attendance with her message […]

Jake Peffer on the second season of the Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes… One would never think a show where former Friends star Matt LeBlanc plays a fictional version of himself could work. After a successful first season and a Best Actor Golden Globe, Episodes has become quite the surprise. Episodes follows Stephen Mangan and Tamsin […]