When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories.

Is there really another actor that can ever play the role of Freddy Krueger more effectively than Robert Englund himself.

Amazon could see a future for Serafinowicz as the big blue buffoon of justice, as the pilot for The Tick was retooled into something more faithful to the source material. A more traditional costume that sported a brighter shade of blue and a few script rewrites later, and the Tick is back. Destiny is calling, and the Tick is ready to accept a collect call

There's a new poster for the upcoming movie adaption of Stephen King's sprawling series The Dark Tower. It hints that maybe we may see things from a different perspective this time around.

The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street had everything going for it. But it flopped massively instead thanks to studio meddling.

The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street had everything going for it. But it flopped massively instead thanks to studio meddling.

My love for The Tick is well documented on this site (I am of course talking about the blue, lantern jawed comic book superhero, and not that other bloodsucker around here, known as Nicholas Reay). The 90’s animated show was one of my favourite cartoons growing up, and I even dug the appropriately absurd 2001 live-action TV series adaptation starring Patrick Warbuton …

In a world of syndicated criminal action,only one hero can fight back against the laugh track of evil with two-fisted justice. And that hero is The Tick.