15th Oct2015

‘The Avengers: The Complete Series 6’ Blu-ray Review

by Paul Metcalf

There are certain British shows that are remembered so fondly that the fear of nostalgia kicks in and you think they can’t possibly be as good as you remember them. I’ll admit when I started watching The Avengers: The Complete Series 6 on Blu-ray I had that fear… Gladly I had nothing to worry about. […]

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14th Oct2015

The History of Bad Ideas – Episode 93: Now Margot Kidder Won’t Come On the Show!

by Phil Wheat

Emanating from their studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, The History of Bad Ideas sees hosts Jason, Jeff and Blake talk about all things geeky on their podcast. Whether it’s rumors of the latest comic book movies, debating who really is the worst villain of all time, discussing the latest comic issues or just wondering about life […]

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14th Oct2015

X-23 is the All-New Wolverine!

by Phil Wheat

This November, Laura Kinney embraces her destiny. No longer X-23. No longer the weapon they built her to be. She is Wolverine! And here’s your first look at Kinney in action in All-New Wolverine #1, the new ongoing series from writer Tom Taylor, with art by David Lopez and David Navarrot. She was created to […]

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14th Oct2015

US trailer and poster for ‘The Forest’

by Phil Wheat

Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller The Forest, starring Games of Thrones‘ Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire), which opens in the UK on February 26th 2016. A young American woman, Sara (Dormer), journeys there […]

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14th Oct2015

Competition: Win a copy of ‘The Enfield Haunting’ on DVD!

by Phil Wheat

The Returned meets The Missing in this critically acclaimed, must-see supernatural horror! In a seemingly normal house in Enfield, north London, a series of disturbing paranormal events have begun to take place. Reports of an unworldly presence making repeated attempts on the life of 11-year-old Janet Hodgson soon attract the attention of paranormal investigator Maurice […]

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14th Oct2015

Competition: Win ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 1: Beginnings / Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 2: Eternal – on DVD and Blu-ray 12th October – we have a copy on Blu-ray to giveaway! What does it really mean to be a magical girl? Madoka Kaname is an eighth-grader who leads a peaceful, fun-filled […]

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14th Oct2015

‘I Spit on Your Grave 3: Vengeance Is Mine’ Review

by Mondo Squallido

Stars: Sarah Butler, Jennifer Landon, Doug McKeon, Gabriel Hogan, Harley Jane Kozak, Michelle Hurd, Megan Raich, Russell Charles Pitts, Karen Strassman, Andrew Dits, Adam Dunnells, Christopher Hoffman, Alissa Juvan | Written by Daniel Gilboy | Directed by R.D. Braunstein Yep, this the third film (and probably won’t be the last) in the revamped franchise, but […]

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14th Oct2015

‘WWE Summerslam 2015’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

WWE’s Summerslam is one of the main pay-per-views of the year for WWE and is normally one of the biggest events of the year. With the inclusion of Arrow’s Stephen Amell and the return of The Undertaker Summerslam 2015 promised to be a good year. Starting off with Sheamus vs. Randy Orton these two are trustworthy […]

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14th Oct2015

A new look at NOVA #1

by Phil Wheat

What’s that? TWO NOVAS?! Your eyes do not deceive you, True Believer. It’s a double dose of Human Rocket this November in the all-new NOVA #1 – the explosive new ongoing series from writer Sean Ryan and artist Cory Smith. Sam Alexander is still an Avenger and the Human Rocket, but these days he’s got […]

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14th Oct2015

NIS announce ‘Devil Survivor 2’ for Europe

by Kat Wheat

NIS America have announced that the strategy RPG, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker is coming to Europe in Autumn 2015 for the Nintendo 3DS as both a physical and digital release. The world of Record Breaker is on the brink of non-existence. Just before the heralding of the apocalypse, when life was normal, some […]

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13th Oct2015

LFF 2015: ‘Green Room’ Review

by Mark Allen

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark Webber, Joe Cole, Callum Turner | Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier A struggling punk band decides to play a gig that they really shouldn’t in Green Room, writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s blistering follow-up to his 2013 sleeper hit Blue Ruin. The story sees the four-piece (with Anton Yelchin […]

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13th Oct2015

‘Gravity Falls 2×17: Dipper And Mabel Versus The Future’ Review

by Gretchen Felker-Martin

“TV lied, man. If you can avoid growing up: do it.” Gravity Falls took one of the final episodes in what might be its final season to speak directly to both the children and the young at heart who love it. When we cling to the dream of eternal youth, we sacrifice our futures on an […]

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12th Oct2015

‘Elimination Game’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor, Belinda McClory, Nicholas Hammond, Carmen Duncan, Roger Ward, Suzannah McDonald, Juan Jackson, Stephen Phillips, Glenn Maynard | Written by Jon Hewitt, Belinda McClory | Directed by Jon Hewitt After a civilian massacre in a foreign war zone, Navy SEAL Rick Tyler (Dominic Purcell), is falsely imprisoned for the […]

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12th Oct2015

‘Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kane Kosugi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rade Serbedzija, Gary Daniels, Kelly Wenham, Paige Lindquist, Charlotte Kirk, Biljana Misic, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Ron Smoorenburg, Eoin O’Brien | Written by Nicole Jones-Dion, Steven Paul | Directed by Wych Kaos Videogames… They’ve not had the best of luck when it comes to translating themselves from game to movie. Especially when […]

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12th Oct2015

‘Metal Hurlant Resurgence’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michelle Lee, John Rhys-Davies, Karl E. Landler, Dominique Pinon, James Marsters, Jimmy Jean-Louis | Directed by Guillaume Lubrano | Series created by Guillaume Lubrano Heavy Metal, aka Metal Hurlant, has long been considered one of the definitive anthology comics of all time – telling some of the most fascinating sci-fi and fantasy […]

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12th Oct2015

LFF 2015: ‘Tangerine’ Review

by Mark Allen

Stars: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, James Ransone, Alla Tumanian, Luiza Nersisyan | Written by Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch | Directed by Sean Baker As a concept, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Tangerine sounds like an overambitious student film project. Filmed entirely on iPhones, we follow the travails of Sindee-Rella (Kitana Kiki […]

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12th Oct2015

The Impossible Question – What is Marvel’s greatest comic?

by Guest

It’s a question that many of us spent hours debating in school playgrounds growing up. Even now I’m older it’s still a question I argue with my friends over. So how do you begin to decide what Marvel’s greatest comic is? With over 70 years worth of work to consider, it’s hard to know where […]

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11th Oct2015

‘San Andreas’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Paul Giamatti, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Will Yun Lee | Written by Carlton Cuse, Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore | Directed by Brad Peyton If there was ever a genre of movie that benefited from advances in computer generated effects, it has to be the […]

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11th Oct2015

New trailer and poster for the disturbing ‘Deep Dark’

by Phil Wheat

The uniquely disturbing Deep Dark, from writer/director Mike Medaglia, comes to DVD and VOD in November from Uncork’d Entertainment, following a resoundingly positive response at film festivals right around the world. Hermann, a failed sculptor, is about to kill himself when he finds a strange, talking hole in the wall. The creature in the hole […]

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11th Oct2015

‘Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Pauley Perrette, Jennifer Carpenter, Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Doc McGhee | Written by Kevin Shinick, James Krieg | Directed by Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone There was a time in the late 70s, at the […]

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11th Oct2015

‘Doctor Who: 9×04 – Before the Flood’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

When I watch Doctor Who and start to question why he has turned into such a selfish character, something isn’t right. With Before the Flood I found myself asking that very question, as well as at times feeling very confused… Even if I knew by the end of the episode I’d understand what was going […]

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11th Oct2015

Superheroes in the Digital Age

by Guest

There’s nothing quite like a superhero. And there’s no other modern film genre that’s been quite as universal, or as enduring. 
 
But just what is the eternal appeal of the superhero? Probably that despite their superhuman strength and abilities, they – like us – have vices, weaknesses, worries, things that keep them awake at night. This […]

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