07th May2018

Digital Shorts: ‘AeternoBlade’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Phil Wheat

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at AeternoBlade, a new hack & slash game now available on the Nintendo Switch. Visually AeternoBlade looks like video games haven’t progressed […]

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07th May2018

Megacon & Madame Tussauds team for ‘Justice League’ exhibit

by Phil Wheat

The organisers of this years MEGACON Orlando have announced the convention is to give first look at the new Madame Tussauds Wonder Woman Figure and host an exclusive preview of the Justice League: A Call for Heroes exhibit. From the press release: MEGACON, the Southeast’s largest fan convention with shows in both Orlando and Tampa […]

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07th May2018

Competition: Win ‘The Lost Viking’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of The Lost Viking – available on Digital HD and DVD 28th May 2018 – we are giving away a copy on DVD. Bloody mayhem reigns supreme in this gritty Viking survival story set against a backdrop of the breathtaking Welsh landscape! Starring the cast of Game of Thrones and Vikings, […]

07th May2018

New trailer & image for ‘Superfly’

by Phil Wheat

Superfly – the badass 70s film that helped define a genre in its characters, look, sound, and feel – has undergone the remake treatment (though the studio are dubbing it as “reimagined” not remade… Yeah right). This new iteration comes from Director X, the director behind music videos for artists such as Drake and Rihanna, […]

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07th May2018

‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Features the voices of: Ruby Barnhill, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Lynda Baron, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Morwenna Banks, Teresa Gallagher, Rasmus Hardiker, Rebecca Kidd, Kate Winslet | Written by Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman | Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi Mary and the Witch’s Flower is the first film from Studio Ponoc. This studio […]

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07th May2018

New clip from ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’

by Phil Wheat

Solo: A Star Wars Story features Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi’Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny […]

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07th May2018

Game On! Review: Pengoloo (Blue Orange Games)

by Jason Brigger

A little about our family… My wife and I love playing board games, card games and any tabletop game that we can get our hands on in our home. Recently we have been teaching and including my almost 8-year-old son and my 4-year-old daughter in our latest game nights with much success. With so many […]

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07th May2018

First clip from dino mash-up ‘Jurassic Games’

by Phil Wheat

The dinomite mash-up of the summer, The Jurassic Games stars Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3) and Perrey Reeves (Entourage), and imagines a world set in the near future wherein ten Death Row convicts are chosen to compete in the titular games, the ultimate virtual reality game show that pits its players against dinosaurs and each […]

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07th May2018

Comic Concierge – Episode 21: Silver Surfer New Dawn

by Dan Clark

On this episode of the Comic Concierge Matthew Fridley from the Cinema Geeks podcast joins me to discuss Silver Surfer: New Dawn – from the creative team of Dan Slott and Michael Allred. We also get into Matt’s background with comics and how building a community can increase your interest with comics. The universe is […]

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07th May2018

Visual Novel game ‘Punch Line’ coming to the West!

by Phil Wheat

PQube have announced that Punch Line, the Visual Novel Adventure game from the creators of the Zero Escape Trilogy, is coming to the west later this year. Yūta Iridatsu is a pretty normal high school kid, with one exception: he faints if he sees girls’ panties. You never quite notice how frequent panty flashes can […]

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07th May2018

Interview: Director Daniel Gill talks ‘Modern Life is Rubbish’

by Stuart Wright

In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks to director Daniel Gill about directing Modern Life is Rubbish… Which is out now! You can see Modern Life Is Rubbish in Picture House cinemas up to and including Thursday 10th May. For full listings see the official website www.modernlifeisrubbish.film and if you miss it on the […]

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04th May2018

‘Eternal Kings’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Eternal Kings is the result of a recent and successful Kickstarter that exceeded its goal by more than 125%. It is based on a hybrid system that merges the fundamentals of chess with the complex rule-bending card play of games like Magic: The Gathering. It is still available for pre-order via the Kickstarter link, here: […]

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04th May2018

Gravity-defying puzzler ‘Etherborn’ coming to consoles

by Phil Wheat

Altered Matter, the independent team behind the upcoming gravity-shifting puzzle-platformer Etherborn, have announced that the game will also be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on top of the originally announced PC version. Etherborn is a gravity-shifting puzzle-platformer where you play as a voiceless body in search of your meaning as you […]

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04th May2018

Interview with Scream Queen Debra Lamb (Part Two)

by Philip Rogers

Recognised as one of the original scream queens and a career spanning over three decades, Debra Lamb continues to work in film both as an actress and writer. I was lucky enough to talk with Debra about working on her upcoming film projects There’s No Such Thing as Zombies and Expresso to Die For, the […]

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04th May2018

New poster for Marvel’s ‘Cloak & Dagger’

by Phil Wheat

Following the debut of the final trailer, Freeform have released a poster for their upcoming Marvel series Cloak & Dagger which stars Aubrey Joseph (The Night Of) and Olivia Holt (Kickin’ It) as the two young heroes, alongside Andrea Roth (Rescue Me, RoboCop: The Series), Gloria Reuben (ER, Mr. Robot), Miles Mussenden (Bloodline, Queen Sugar), Carl Lundstedt (Grey’s […]

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04th May2018

‘Action Comics #1000’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics DC Comics have of late been celebrating the 80th anniversary of both a flagship title, in Action Comics, and their flagship character, Superman. Both are, of course, fully worthy of such accolades. Action Comics has been continuously published since the dawn of the […]

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04th May2018

First trailer & poster for Roswell-filmed sci-fi ‘Astro’

by Phil Wheat

Sci-fi thriller Astro comes from director Asif Akbar and tells of a billionaire’s private space exploration program returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from a newly discovered alien planet. Astro stars the underrated, and underused Gary Daniels (who would’ve been a great addition to Accident Man, IMO), Dominique Swain and Marshal Hilton, along with Louis […]

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04th May2018

Sci-Fi London 2018: ‘Chimera’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Kathleen Quinlan, Erika Ervin, Jenna Harrison, Karishma Ahluwalia, Jennifer Gjulameti, Raviv Haeems, Kaavya Jayaram | Written and Directed by Maurice Haeems ‘Medical horror’ is strange sub genre that could contain a wide range of movies. From The Fly to The Human Centipede trilogy to Frankenstein to Re-Animator. Each of those movies is very […]

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04th May2018

First trailer for Japanese revenge horror ‘The Viper’s Hex’

by Phil Wheat

The Viper’s Hex is the fourth feature film by Black Forest Films, the team behind Chocolate, Strawberry Vanilla, Under A Kaleidoscope, Mondo Yakuza and The Perfect Nonsense. Set in Tokyo, this Japanese horror sets out to explores the psyche of Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess who falls pregnant to a foreigner named Anchin; and is […]

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04th May2018

‘iZombie 4×09’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, David Anders | Created by Diane Ruggiero, Rob Thomas The latest episode of iZombie was a very plot driven one and somewhat different from the usual formula. However, this is nothing new for the series as this seems to happen once per season. Luckily, this episode […]

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04th May2018

It’s Cable vs. Wade Wilson in first clip from ‘Deadpool 2’

by Phil Wheat

With mere days to go until the films release, here’s the first clip from Deadpool 2 featuring our titular “hero” facing the time-travelling Cable, played by Thanos himself, Josh Brolin. Deadpool 2 comes from director David Leitch (John Wick) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, Leslie Uggams and Karan […]

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04th May2018

Comic Concierge – Episode 20: Weekly Recommendations

by Dan Clark

On this week’s episode we are getting ready for Harbinger Wars 2 with my recommendation of the week X-O Manowar #14. Also to celebrate Aliens Day Dark Horse released a brand new series that is probably better than most of the recent movies. Marvel is hunting down Wolverine and a number of major issues are […]

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