John Lucking on the business of bad movies… Imagine a clown takes centre stage at the circus, imagine he falls on a banana peel, imagine the audience laughs, imagine the audience mocking his portrayal of King Lear. With the release of Sharknado 2: The Second One the Internet has begun its now regular attempt to […]

What If, 2013. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Zoe Kazan, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: Failed medical student Wallace meets art designer Chantry at a party after a failed relationship. There is an immediate connection and they become great friends, but should they risk their friendship for something more? I […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog #1893… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has a senile pensioner, blue vampires, one of those deepwater fish with a bulb for a quiff and dog-faced humanoid zombies. A standard night out in Maidstone, then. The first of those – the senile pensioner – is Mrs Gunderson, currently hosting one […]

Colin Trevorrow has taken to Twitter to announce that production has wrapped on the hotly-anticipated fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World, with the director posting an image of the jaws of a T-Rex with the caption “wrap”… Jurassic World is written and directed by Colin Treverrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) and stars Chris […]

We are very sad to report the passing of actress Marilyn Burns, who was found dead in her home in Texas. She was 65. TMZ, who reported the story, have said the cause of death is currently unknown and an autopsy is to be performed. Burns starred in the 1976 TV series Helter Skelter and […]

We reported last week some rumours of the cast for MTV’s small-screen adaptation of popular slasher franchise Scream and now we have the official casting news as well as its director for the pilot. Willa Fitzgerald (Royal Pains, Alpha House) will play the role of Emma, who is described as a classic beauty whose life with […]

Ahead of the Blu-ray and DVD release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in a couple of weeks, Joe and Anthony Russo sat down with Yahoo! to talk about their plans for the as-of-yet-untitled Captain America 3, which is set to be released on May 6th 2016, the same day as Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]

Marvel is on quite the high at the moment with Guardians of the Galaxy being the number one movie around the world and Joss Whedon  just two weeks away from starting post-production on the much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is set for release next year. In a video interview with Nerd HQ, Whedon gave his thoughts […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Kurtis Wiebe about having a bloody good time creating the adventures for the Rat Queens… Fantasy tales tend to be drawn towards medieval times.  “That’s been the established status quo since its inception,” observes Kurtis Wiebe.  “There are variations of course but it is a standard of the genre. Maybe it’s […]

Matt Smith reviews the third episode of Veep season three… With last week’s episode perhaps being received less than well, this week’s episode (and the veep herself) had a lot to answer for and win back. Harkening back to a classic episode of The Thick Of It, an appearance by the main politician, this case Selina […]