Vilpa Films, the production company founded by Mexican producer, filmmaker and author Alejandro Vilpa, is stepping into the streaming space with the launch of its brand-new platform, Vilpa Max, arriving on January 31st. Designed specifically to champion short-form cinema, Vilpa Max aims to give short filmmakers from around the world a genuine shot at reaching […]
Hasbro Pulse is once again coming for collectors’ wallets, unveiling a new wave of Marvel Legends Series figures that leans hard into classic comics, fan-favourite characters, and display-first design. This latest lineup delivers exactly what Legends fans expect: premium deco, sharp sculpting, and plenty of articulation, all built for posing, photographing, and endlessly rearranging on […]
If you’re the kind of horror fan who still believes that physical media matters, then Terrifier: The ARTcade Game has your name written all over it… probably in blood. This is horror you can actually hold, with Physical Standard and downright indulgent Collector’s Editions that feel tailor-made for fans who proudly display their love of […]
DC Studios is ready to unleash its next cinematic powerhouse as Supergirl rockets into theatres worldwide this summer, with Milly Alcock stepping into the iconic cape as Kara Zor-El. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, this latest chapter in DC’s evolving cinematic universe promises a bold, emotional, and cosmic-scale take on one […]
In 2010, The Dead didn’t just shuffle into the zombie genre… it ripped it open! Shot on location in some of the most dangerous regions of West Africa, The Ford Brothers’ uncompromising vision brought back slow, relentless undead and a suffocating sense of dread that reminded audiences why zombies were terrifying in the first place. […]
AMC Networks and TNA Wrestling have dropped a massive bombshell: Thursday Night iMPACT! has a brand-new home in the U.S., and it’s none other than AMC. Yes, that AMC – the network behind some of the biggest, boldest, most obsessively-watched shows on television like The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Now they’re […]
Spirit Entertainment is turning February 2026 into a full-blown throwback celebration, as The Criterion Collection brings one of the greatest teen comedies of all time to the UK in glorious 4K: House Party. Dropping February 2nd, Reginald Hudlin’s breakthrough feature gets the high-definition love it has always deserved. And look, as someone who grew up […]
Blaze Entertainment is loading up the Evercade with pure 16-bit adrenaline, announcing The Turrican Collection. It is a definitive, no-stone-unturned celebration of one of the greatest action franchises ever to grace a controller. This cartridge bundles all eight original Factor 5 titles, spanning their home-computer origins through to the explosive console entries, charting the full […]
Untouchables Entertainment has dropped the latest trailer for Glenn Douglas Packard’s The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie – and yes, because nothing says “cinema is thriving” like another public-domain horror mash-up, this one throws Steamboat Willie’s Mickey and A.A. Milne’s Pooh into a cage match of copyright-freed carnage. A century ago, two convicts disappeared into Hell Forest, […]
Portsmouth Comic Con is already gearing up for its 2026 return, and the first wave of comic-book talent hitting Artists Alley has just been revealed. The show once again takes over Portsmouth Guildhall across Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2026, promising two packed days celebrating comics, film, TV, gaming and all things pop culture. […]
Get ready, horror hounds – FrightFest is back to take over Halloween in London! After blowing the roof off with its epic 26th year in August, the UK’s biggest genre film festival is returning to the ODEON Luxe West End in Leicester Square for a two-day fright-fest of carnage and chaos. Running Friday, October 31st […]
Just in time for spooky season, Dekanalog is unleashing James Sizemore’s The Demon’s Rook on Blu-ray – a deliriously strange slice of DIY horror that’s been quietly building cult status since its debut. Equal parts Lucio Fulci nightmare and ’80s creature feature fever dream, The Demon’s Rook follows Roscoe, a boy whisked away to another […]
The B-Team has scored big with its debut feature Mr Whispers, closing out a crowdfunding campaign with a massive £67,492 haul from 489 backers – a staggering 269% of its original £25,000 target. The 24-day campaign, which kicked off on August 5th, was spearheaded by producer and lead star Megan Tremethick (The Reign of Queen […]
Grimmfest, the North of England’s leading genre film festival, returns to Manchester this autumn with what organisers are calling their most ambitious edition to date. Running 9–12 October at the Odeon Great Northern, the four-day celebration of horror and cult cinema will feature 22 new features, an unprecedented number of World and International Premieres, and […]
Hello and welcome to the first instalment of Talk Panels to Me. This is my corner of the world to shine a light on those putting their collective heart and souls into the world of creator-owned/self-published comics. The aim is to focus on the best of British, with the occasional venture across the pond and […]
This week we say goodbye to a true, true titan of comics history, as Jim Shooter pulls his chair up to the great writing, editing desk in the sky. Normally, when I have been doing these obituaries, I have passed over divisive elements of people’s careers. I don’t believe Shooter set out to be divisive […]
I have had some trouble receiving my comics lately, and I must add it is something out of the hands of my LCS. So after 2 months, I am missing Ultimate Wolverine #3 and Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #4. So with Ultimate Wolverine, I will soldier on and keep reviewing the series. With Sabretooth, […]
This past weekend, after a long battle with ill health, we lost Peter David. So, as he pulls his chair up to the great writing desk in the heavenly bullpen, we look back at the career of one of comics’ most prolific and creative writers. David’s career in comics began via the journalism route after […]
Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice passed away late last week becoming another who is pulling his chair up to the great drawing board in the sky. Guice first came onto my radar with the 2008 Ultimate Origins mini-series. Much to my embarrassment, I assumed he was a hot new talent, as at the time the Ultimate Universe […]
Obscura Film has officially revealed the blood-chilling cast for Kill Trip, a brutal new horror-thriller set to turn the sun-scorched highways and lonely backroads of Texas into a slaughterhouse. In Kill Trip, a group of carefree festival-goers hitch a ride toward what should be the best weekend of their lives — but when they trust […]
Forget what you know about indie filmmaking. This July, Cliff Twemlow, Britain’s forgotten king of blood, sweat, and videotape, is storming back into your living room, fists flying and synths blazing. Severin Films, the cult saviours behind some of the nastiest deep cuts on the planet, are blasting ten of Twemlow’s legendary low-budget brawlers onto […]
