Well with Disney’s Maleficent (read our reviews here, here and here) having made itself over $170 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the studio has been quick to get the ball rolling on another classic fairy tale adaptation. Bill Condon has been announced to direct the Beauty and the Beast adaptation with Evan Spiliotopoulos down […]

After Edgar Wright decided to bail on Ant-Man, Marvel Studios identified a shortlist of potential candidates to replace him in the director’s chair, only for two of the names – Adam McKay (Anchorman) and Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) – to subsequently decline the studio’s offer. Well, with next month’s planned production start date […]

Anghus Houvouras on whether we really need a grounded Fantastic Four movie… I’m just as prone to devolve into playing ‘armchair movie producer’ as any writer online. I’d like to believe I’m better than the raging masses screaming bloody murder about how their favorite comic book characters should be adapted. Fandom is interesting because often […]

Well, the Star Wars news just keeps on coming this week. After seeing the first set photos from Disney’s Star Wars: Episode VII arriving online – depicting what looks to be a Tatooine marketplace, as well as the Millennium Falcon under construction – director J.J. Abrams has posted a rather tongue-in-cheek response to the leaks […]

After last night’s announcement that Scott Derrickson (Sinister) will direct Marvel’s Doctor Strange, it was inevitable that a casting rumour for the Sorcerer Supreme would follow, and sure enough BadAssDigest is reporting that Oscar-winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) is being eyed for the role of Dr. Stephen Strange. Leto isn’t the first actor to […]

A couple of weeks back it was revealed that Monsters and Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards has signed on to direct one of Disney’s standalone Star Wars movies and now Lucasfilm has announced that Josh Trank (Chronicle and the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four) is also heading to a galaxy far, far away for a […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series… “Trying to figure out a way to thwart Krang’s Earth-ravaging monstrosity, the Technodrome, Don seeks the help of his genius (but cranky) friend, Harold. Unfortunately Harold has his hands full with his newest invention— the robotic turtle Metalhead!” I’ve been very fortunate, what […]

Luke Owen reviews Christopher Daniels and Kazarian Wrestle Aw Yeah Comics! AW YEAH! It was bound to happen! The Team-Up you’ve been waiting for! TV’s Pro-Wrestling SUPERSTARS Christopher Daniels & KAZARIAN travel to Beautiful Downtown Skokie to challenge Action Cat & Adventure Bug to a TAG-TEAM wrestling match?! What the…? How did this happen? That […]

Edge of Tomorrow, 2014. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise,Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Dragomir Mrsic and Charlotte Riley. SYNOPSIS: A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes […]

Luke Owen takes a look at Sonic Universe #64 from Archie Comics… Knuckles and the Chaotix are back in action! “The Great Chaos Caper” Part Two: It’s hijinks and high explosives galore with Knuckles caught in the middle of all the action! The Chaotix and the Hooligans are falling all over each other to get […]