Luke Owen reviews the first episode of The 100… Adaptations of novels aimed towards teenage audiences are usually criticised for three things – a lack of pace, a lack of subtly and a lack of build. There is much to be said about The 100, the new US drama shown here in the UK on […]
Movie Review – The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Sweden: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann), 2013. Directed by Felix Herngren. Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, Mia Skäringer and Alan Ford. SYNOPSIS: Explosives expert Allan Karlsson, goes on the run from his retirement home during his 100th Birthday party. This Swedish comedy […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #35
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #35…. “The Q Gambit” begins here! The crew of the new STAR TREK film franchise encounters the classic Trek villain Q for the first time, only in this all-new 6-part galaxy-spanning adventure developed in association with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on quest that will see […]
Comic Book Review – 2000AD Prog #1889
Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1889… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has drugged-up boogeymen, sensitive reptilian aliens, clockwork universes and magical words! But first – Amazon. Or, at least, an Amazon parody in the returning Sinister Dexter. The fictional company is called Congo. Subtlety, be damned. New artist Jake Lynch’s black and white pencils […]
Movie Review – Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood, 2014. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ethan Hawke. SYNOPSIS: The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. Filmmaking doesn’t get much better than Boyhood. It’s a unique experience and if there’s one thing which will make you happier than the […]
Interview: Gianni Capaldi talks Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice
Tom Jolliffe chats with Gianni Capaldi about his latest film Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice… Having started as a businessman in Glasgow, and then moving to L.A, Motherwell born Gianni Capaldi has forged himself a career as an actor and producer and has been working steadily for the last few years, mixing it with […]
Sylvester Stallone looks for a hit with mob thriller Scarpa
With the third Expendables film set to hit theatres mid-August, Sylvester Stallone is already lining up his next project. The New York Post were first to scoop with the news that Stallone will reunite with producer Irwin Winkler (Rocky) to portray former mob hitman Gregory Scarpa. Scarpa was a career criminal and mob enforcer for […]
Gojira Reborn: The Making of Godzilla
Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects producer Allen Maris, production visual effects supervisor John Dykstra; visual effects supervisors Ken McGaugh, Guillaume Rocheron and Darren Poe, previs supervisor Eric Carney and designer Christian Pearce about the monstrous task of bringing a Toho Studios icon back to the big screen…. “I received a call from Kim LoCascio, Legendary’s VFX […]
Movie Review – Mr. Morgan’s Last Love (2013)
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love, 2013 Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck Starring Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Justin Kirk, Gillian Anderson SYNOPSIS: A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian dance teacher. Mr. Morgan’s Last Love is nice. Now when I say nice, what I am really saying […]
Stan Lee & Bruce Timm celebrate 75 Years of Marvel with new anthology
Over seven decades of entertaining comic book fans commenced with the release of Marvel Comics #1 in October 1939, and to celebrate the occasion a new anthology titled Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 will be arriving both in print and digital formats. Accompanying a cover by artist Paolo Rivera will be an illustrated adaptation of […]