Anghus Houvouras on the Marvel Movie Model…. Edgar Wright quitting Ant-Man over ‘creative differences’ might be the most predictable cinematic event of 2014.  A lot of people saw this coming, and frankly it’s a bit disappointing.  But let’s be real honest here: Marvel doesn’t want auteurs or unique voices helming their films. They’re not looking […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #44… “An Empire Red-Mother is sent to investigate a fallen Prophet arc.” Issue 44 marks the antepenultimate (great word) episode of Brandon Graham’s Prophet revival, with The War in Space climaxing next month. The story will continue in a miniseries run, but still – for a comic of this immense beauty […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Kirsty Capes reviews Ponyo… Having watched very few Studio Ghibli films, and adding Ponyo the list simply because it’s Studio Ghibli season, I have to say I never realised what a crazy world Hayao Miyazaki lives in. But yeah, he’s probably also a genius. Ponyo is delightfully heartwarming and […]

Villordsutch reviews Big Finish Audio Productions’ Blake’s 7 – Cold Fury… Written by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott. Directed by Ken Bentley. Starring Gareth Thomas (Roj Blake), Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal),Jan Chappell (Cally), Sally Knyvette (Jenna Stannis), Brian Croucher (Travis), Alistair Lock (Zen/Orac), Hugh Fraser (The President) and Caroline Langrishe (Dr […]

X-Men: Days of Future Past may just have opened in cinemas [read our review here], but talk is already shifting towards the next instalment of Fox’s X-Men franchise, and during an interview with Movie Pilot writer-producer Simon Kinberg has opened up about the titular villain for 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and how they plan to approach […]

Villordsutch reviews MPH #1… “The all-new Millarworld Universe kicks into high gear with the launch of Millar and Fegredo’s fast and furious miniseries. When a group of hard-luck teens in Motor City stumble upon a street drug called MPH, they gain the power of super speed. Will they use it to save the world? Hell […]

Having spent close to a decade developing an adaptation of Marvel’s miniature superhero Ant-Man, it has just been announced that British filmmaker Edgar Wright (The World’s End) has now left the project owing to creative differences with Marvel Studios. “Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on […]

Quentin Tarantino has been back at Cannes this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction – where it won the coveted Palme d’Or back in 1994 – and he has teased what his next project might be – an uncut version of his most recent movie Django Unchained. Speaking to an audience at the […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #12… “THE NIGHT BEFORE” A last ditch effort is undertaken to avoid a war between the nations by the most unlikely person on the planet. The remains of the Chosen reassemble.” Everything in East of West is ‘The’ something; THE Four Horsemen, THE Message, THE Meatball Marinara Footlong with […]

After lots of talk from both Channing Tatum and Lauren Shuler Donner linking Tatum to the role of Gambit in Fox’s X-Men universe, last week saw the producer announcing that the 21 Jump Street star had signed on to play the card-throwing mutant in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. However, it appears that Shuler Donner may have […]