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 […]
Written by Gerry Duggan | Art by Michael Allred Gerry Duggan has quietly been reshaping the Marvel cosmic universe into its past glory. Back when series like Annihilation, Nova, and Guardians of the Galaxy where some of the best books in comics. Marvel must have noticed the success he was having as they have given […]
Written by Simon Furman | Art by Marco Turini | Published by Titan Comics Although Brian Wood officially signed off with Issue 4, he has clearly road mapped out quite a bit of the first year of this book, as he continues to get a co-plotter credit with Simon Furman. Furman has been the writer […]
This is my first ever toy review, but then again this isn’t a toy. It says on the box ‘Ages 4+’ no way at the price I paid for this I would give it to a four year old. It should be ’30+’. Then again at the height of X-Men the animated series’ popularity I […]
Stars: Bryan Manley Davis, Anne-Marie Mueschke, Chris Viemeister, Lauren Sowa, Kris Manners | Written and Directed by Kurtis Spieler The Devil’s Well and living in New England, it seems. The found footage subgenre shows no signs of giving up the ghost – but, on this evidence, it’s showing plenty of signs of stagnation. Karla Marks […]
Written by Donny Cates | Art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta With Jason Aaron’s run and now Donny Cates, Doctor Strange has finally had a continuously great series. Cates and artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta came in at just the right time as Aaron’s run was coming to its natural conclusion.They have not completely abandoned what Aaron […]
Stars: Laura Swift, Patrick Knowles, Christopher Tajah, Laurence Kennedy, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adrian Edmondson, Sally Phillips, Tom Goodman-Hill, Bruce Payne, Stephen Marcus, Bruce Herbelin-Earle | Written and Directed by Matt Mitchell The Rizen is a UK indie-horror film set in a black hallway during the early days of the Cold War in 1955. You can tell […]
Written by Tom Taylor | Art by Mahmud A. Asrar Marvel has been chipping away at their X-Men titles hoping something will stick. Every time there seems to be some progress there will be a stumble and we will be back to where we started. Both X-Men: Blue and Gold have had their moments but […]
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 Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL on the Nintendo Switch, which features campaigns from Tiny Troopers & Tiny Troopers 2: Spec Ops with […]
Written by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee | Art by Chris Samnee Chris Samnee and Mark Waid’s run on Captain America has been everything it needed to be up to this point and more. Taking the character of Captain America and reminded the world the type of inspirational figure he can be when used right by […]
The official spiel of Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame reads like this: “Live the adrenaline of the 2017 Monster Energy Supercross Championship with the official videogame. Race on the official tracks with the official riders from 250SX and 450SX to take part in an exciting racing competition!” In reality that description couldn’t be further […]
Written by Cynthia Von Buhler | Art by Cynthia Von Buhler | Published by Titan Comics I think it is fair to say this isn’t a book for everyone. Dealing as it does with themes of spiritualism and bondage, not normal bedfellows I would argue, and chock full of nudity and sex. However, if you […]
Kepler 3042 represents the fourth game in a run of space exploration and/or colonisation games that I’ve enjoyed in the past month or so. I’m happy to use the word enjoyed in this context because whilst space (in general) might be an overused theme, it offers almost limitless possibilities for imaginative interpretation at a local, […]
Stars: John Savage, Jack Amstrong, Thandi Sebe, Ashley de Lange, Leandie du Randt, Tauriq Jenkins, Tapiwa Musvosvi, Camilla Waldman, Jonathan Pienaar, Joe Vaz, Sandi Schultz, Melodie Abad, Royston Stoffels, Philip Tan, Neels van Jaarsveld | Written and Directed by Mark Atkins In the future, 98% of the Earth is covered by water and the only […]
Welcome back to another installment of Panel Discussion – this time featuring a round-up of the Marvel titles that have been peaking our interest recently… The Amazing Spider-Man #795 Written by Dan Slott, Christos Gage | Art by Terry Pallot, Mike Hawthorne With Dan Slott ending his epic run on Spider-Man soon, The Amazing Spider-Man […]
Stars: John Ryan Howard, Mark Lawrence, Ross Mac Mahon, Claire J. Loy, Irene Kelleher, Alan Riordan, Ruth Hayes, Sean McGillicuddy | Written and Directed by Sean Breathnach Beyond the Woods has a familiar set up, with seven friends deciding to spend a weekend away in a secluded part of the Irish countryside; although this time […]
Stars: Danielle Harris, Katie Keene, Chris Hahn, Jeff Denton, Cher Hubsher, Crystal Cordero, Gene Michael, Michelle Marin, Philip Schene | Written by Christopher Lawrence Chapman, Jeff Miller | Directed by Christopher Lawrence Chapman X-Ray, Visiting Hours, The Hospital, See No Evil 2… Who doesn’t love a good old horror movie set inside a medical facility? […]
Video games have always, in some way, made us feel connected to their fantastical worlds, fascinating characters, and even other players who choose to join in on the couch, or from the other side of the world. Some games have the ability to suck you so deep into their story ,that just like a good […]
Written by Fred Van Lente | Art by Cafu | Published by Valiant Comics Valiant does a lot of things right as a comic company. On the top of that ever-growing list is finding ways give new readers a starting point to get into their classic characters without retconning everything that came before. Armstrong and […]
Stars: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams | Developed by Salim Akil One of the more enjoyable aspects of the Black Lightning series is the series’ ability to balance the superhero dynamic with the characters’ personal lives and while episode five is more superhero friendly than previous episodes, it still delivers on […]
If you are a fan of retro games, there is always one genre that has survived, and that is the side-scrolling beat ‘em up. Depending on your age you may remember the likes of RoboCop, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Batman and even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. What these titles prove is just how […]
