Would it be wrong if I admitted that I secretly longed for an alien invasion of Earth? No, this isn’t some nihilist “The whole world is rotten and deserves to burn” wish. It’s just that a lifetime of playing video games and reading sci-fi books have prepared me for this! I just know that not only am I going to …
We’re just three and a half months away (18 December!) from the highly anticipated release of the next installment in the epic Star Wars saga – Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. I’m expecting it to blow all of this year’s current top performers, the likes of Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron, clear out of the water …
As many of you may know Showtime’s Penny Dreadful is one of my favourite series (you can read why here) and after season 2 I need MORE! Firstly, it’s awesome horror. Yes, we do have American Horror but I found that after the first two seasons it became a bit too contrived. The story often made no sense (because HORROR) so Penny was a breath of fresh air. …
As a fan of literature, it really shouldn’t be as big a surprise as it is that I’m excited for a feature film adaptation of a Shakespearean play. But hot damn, I could never have predicted how stupidly excited I am for a feature film adaptation of a Shakespearean play! The film in question being director Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, which …
Folks scoffed when it was first announced that Disney would be spending upwards of $4 billion to acquire Star Wars. A ludicrous sum of money, that probably wouldn’t see any returns for many, many years. Right? Wrong! Star Wars is already proving to be a massive cash cow for the house of mouse, and that’s with the property not having …
Movies are magical things that create wonderful worlds where the rules of reality need not apply. However, when a movie sets up an established rule set and proceeds to ignore it, that’s when things can get laughable, silly or downright annoying. Most recently, I picked up on this with Ant-Man (minor spoilers to follow). If you have seen it, you …
If anyone wondered whatever happened to Leon Schuster, he’s back and busy cleaning up. Last Updated: September 2, 2015
[WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS UNCONFIRMED SPECULATION ABOUT A CERTAIN CHARACTER’S FATE IN BATMAN V SUPERMAN, BUT WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER IF TRUE. READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL!] So let’s recap: Rumours that the corpse of Michael Shannon’s General Zod, last seen getting his head twisted in the wrong direction in Man of Steel, is going to be making …
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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