When we first meet up with young Captain James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine) in Star Trek Into Darkness, he’s running at breakneck speed through a verdant, technicolor jungle on an alien world, the arrows and spears of the not so friendly locals whizzing by his head – and mine, thanks to some finally useful 3D effects – barely slowing a …

Despite how much some of you may worship the lens-flaring awesomeness of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, there are lots of people out there that really, really hate it, and not just for the aforementioned lens flares. No, their biggest problem is that while the original show was always focused towards exploration and scientific discovery, this new incarnation is all about the …

At this stage saying that I’m just a little bit excited for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness, is like saying that Darryn is just a little short. Now purists’ grumblings about the film’s action-centric slant aside, it’s hard to deny that that sequel’s first teaser trailer released earlier in the month was a bit of a gobsmacker. Well now …

Without a doubt, The Dark Knight Returns Part One was the best Batman movie of the year. Sorry Christopher Nolan, but you know this as well as we do. Faithful, energetic and never skipping a beat, it’s one of the best animated efforts that DC has put out so far from a stellar list of direct to DVD films. And …

OK, calm down before you start spewing your coffee all over your keyboard. No, this is not a new Chris Nolan Batman movie. What it is, is the animated adaptation of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Batman stories of all time: Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It’s a gritty and dark tale that in 1986 reinvented the …

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