Sometimes fiction is best viewed when it mimics something that we can relate to in the real world and it seems the second season of Mr Robot might be headed this way much as the first season did, though apparently it wasn’t by intention. It is reported by Mr Robot show runner Sam Esmail at SWSX that the second season …
Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have given us arguably one of the best shows ever to grace a TV screen and probably my favourite show of all time in Breaking Bad. So when that show came to an end, no matter how good that end might have been, it came as no surprise when millions of fans went into Heisenberg …
There are certain actors who have the uncanny ability – through sheer natural charm and physical likability – of elevating whatever horrible material they find themselves saddled with. Luckily for upcoming R-rated comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates all four its leads fit that bill, because this would look pretty terrible without the likes of Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Aubrey Plaza and …
Every society boasts heroes who have left an indelible mark on pop culture, and if you’re a martial arts movie movie aficionado in the slightest then you probably already know the name of one of the biggest heroes in the East: Wong Fei-Hung. The 19th century Chinese martial artist has had his life dramaticized on-screen countless time already, with the …
There were stories going around sometime last week (I need to pay more attention to the news) of a Mrs South Africa being chosen as the Mrs World for 2016 in one of these rather pointless beauty contests. So I guess we should be happy or something, but who cares about beauty contests anyway? Seriously, it’s others men’s wives – …
Ben-Hur, director William Wylar’s epic 1959 historical drama starring Charlton Heston, is one of the greatest movies ever made. Its eleven Oscars and indelible place in cinematic history stand as testament to this fact. Call me cynical, but I don’t think the new remake* from the guy who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is quite going to match those heights. Just two days …
High Rise is an excellent apocalyptic science fiction novel, written in an era when the genre enjoyed exploring the psychological and psychedelic. J.G Ballard is not as renowned as Philip K. Dick or Kurt Vonnegut, but he had his own brand of SF to offer. Last Updated: March 17, 2016
Marvel is really trying hard to capture your TV schedule in the next few years and one of the next popular characters that they are looking to bring in to help achieve this is Iron Fist. We don’t know much about it, who they intend to play the title character or any other input they have about the screen, but …
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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