Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is an incredible piece of urban fantasy fiction that has already seen itself adapted to various mediums. Gaiman originally penned the twisted tale for a 1996 BBC TV miniseries which he created with Lenny Henry. While the story ideas were great, some technical issues left much to be desired on the TV production, giving us a bit …
[column size=one_half position=first ] From samurai to cowboys to prohibition gangsters – the double-cross never gets old. Last Updated: September 21, 2015
While James still seems to be getting some jollies from the Resident Evil movies, I gave up on the franchise a long time ago as it diverted from a solid zombie action/horror flick that still had some roots in the survival horror video game it was adapting, to a big scale B-movie shoot ’em up with enough slow-motion shots to …
Things are finally looking up for the weekend box office in the US of A. After a month or two of underwhelming numbers on all but a select few movies, people are once again flocking to cinemas. This week’s number one debut came from The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, with a modest take of $30.3 million. While not as …
Taken is getting tooken to TV, Minority report is now a series and Westworld looks like a high budget revival on a smaller screen. Forget about Hollywood’s fascination with shared universes right now, as it looks like taking the big screen to the flatscreen is now the in-thing in TV land. And you can add The Island of Dr Moreau …
TV! Now, more than ever, TV is a big thing. A money-maker that is home to new series which are risky, experimental and featuring budgets that would make small movie companies cry, TV has now finally found its balls. It’s Emmy balls that is. The 67th Emmy Awards kicked off last night, with HBO walking away with some big wins: Game …
I’ve seen so many heist movies, that I’m already living the genre. Heck, I’ve even got my own crew, who’ll help break into the vault where the script for Rocky VII: Adrian’s Revenge is being kept. Kleptomaniac Kervyn the safe-cracker. Terrifying Trevor the muscle. Jammy James the demolition expert. Nick “They promised me a snappy nickname for this caper” Last …
There are certain things in life that just always belong together. Peanut butter and jam. Laurel and Hardy. Darryn’s face and an assortment of pastries. And in the DC Comics universe, there are very few pairings that work as well as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. The superhero duo have been around the DCU for years and have always maintained …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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