Ah childhood’s end, I remember it like it was 20 years ago yesterday. Unfortunately mine involved leaving school and going to work for The Man, man. Which makes Syfy’s newest announcement far more interesting: Deadline reports that the newly resurging network has greenlit a six-hour miniseries based on the classic 1953 novel Childhood’s End by the late science-fiction legend Sir Arthur …

Despite his name being the only one right there in the title, Ultron is not the only fan-favourite robot character that will be making his debut in Joss Whedon’s upcoming Avengers sequel. After years of just being J.A.R.V.I.S., essentially the voice of Tony Stark’s house, Paul Bettany will become a real boy be getting a body of his own in the form of …

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Once described by the late Roger Ebert as “Japan’s Blade Runner”, Mamoru Oshii’ seminal anime film Ghost In the Shell has been a gigantic influence on some of Hollywood’s biggest sci-fi blockbusters for the last 25 years (the Wachowskis once said that without it, The Matrix probably would never have happened), and for the longest time now Hollywood has been trying to return the …

It’s only being released in the US in October, but the movie rights to acclaimed author/comic book writer Neil Gaiman’s upcoming graphic novel based on the classic fairy tale Hansel & Gretel have already been snapped up, according to a new report from Variety. This follows hot on the heels of the recent announcement that his novel American Gods (and …

We’ve seen a lot of the Flash in recent weeks, with trailers focusing on his powers and villains. But one thing that we haven’t seen much of, is that despite the fact that the Flash looks like a fun show, it involves a hero with a tragic backstory, much like Batman in a way. The latest trailer does indeed focus …

Like the great Rick James once declared, “Cocaine is a helluva drug!”. And if you were the infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, it could build you a helluva empire, one that put fear in the hearts of your enemies and food on the tables of your people. Also, about $30 billion in your pocket. In short, Escobar was one intimidating …

Into the Storm The first of our new releases is Into the Storm, a found-footage disaster film from Steven Quale, starring Thorin Oakenshield Richard Armitage and an unremarkable supporting cast. In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and …