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‘Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #2.14′ Review
3 February 2017 10:01 AM, PST
Written by Robbie Morrison | Art by Rachel Stott | Published by Titan Comics
Robbie Morrison’s arrival has seen this book go from middle of the pack to one of the front runners. His first story arc didn’t put a foot wrong, and he created quite the star turn in Julie D’Aubigny. With the slightly open ending last issue I was hoping to see Julie joining The Doctor as a new travelling companion but, alas, she has remained back in Seventeenth Century France. Never mind, I’m sure she’ll turn up again at some point. So has The Doctor picked up any new pals?
At first it seems yes, as we join the Time Surgeon, with assistant Kara, fighting The Minister and his Deathroids, Dalek -like allies….wait, what? Why is The Doctor the Time Surgeon? Isn’t the Minister supposed to be The Master, and Kara Clara? »
- Dean Fuller
FIrst look at ‘Deadpool #28′
3 February 2017 9:01 AM, PST
Here’s your first look at Deadpool #28, the first chapter of ‘Til Death Do Us… Writer Gerry Duggan continues his sweeping Deadpool saga alongside artist Salva Espin for the first chapter in a blistering 6-issue crossover with Spider-Man/Deadpool and Deadpool & the Mercs for Money.
There’s something amiss with Deadpool’s marital bliss! And a domestic dispute as unpredictable as Deadpool himself could spell grave consequences for the entire world!
Some couples hit a rough patch from time-to-time – but only Deadpool & Shiklah’s include a full scale monster invasion of Manhattan! With Spider-Man and the Mercs for Money along for the ride! Deadpool’s whirlwind romance with Shiklah was one of the most exciting times of his life. But that was then and this is now. The honeymoon is over, and reality has set in. Shiklah is a demon succubus and Queen of a monster kingdom hidden deep below Manhattan. »
- Kat Wheat
‘Sing’ Review
3 February 2017 8:01 AM, PST
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Kroll, Beck Bennett, Nick Offerman | Written by Garth Jennings | Directed by Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings
Whilst Disney seem to be raiding their animated back-catalogue in the hopes of finding their next big cinema hit, abandoning the joyous nature of the animated movie for more dour live-action versions, it’s left to other studios – like Dreamworks, Illumination etc. – to keep the slew of animated kids film coming. Current kings of the CG-animated movie Illumination Entertainment, who also have Despicable Me 3 out later this year, hit cinemas early with Sing, a truly family-orientated film that takes it’s story from the current popularity of the TV talent show.
Sing tells the story of Buster Moon (McConaughey) a koala who grew up with a passion for theatre. However that passion does not »
- Phil Wheat
‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ – Superbowl TV Spot
3 February 2017 7:01 AM, PST
Ahead of Sunday night’s Superbowl, Paramount have unveiled the brand new TV spot for Transformers: The Last Knight, which will play during the big game. Michael Bay is back behind the camera for the Fifth film in the series, which also sees Mark Wahlberg return as Cade Yeager alongside franchise newcomer Sir Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Stanley Tucci, John Goodman, Josh Duhamel and John Turturro as Agent Simmons.
Along with the new trailer comes a new [full] official synopsis for Transformers: The Last Knight. Check them both out below:
The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an »
- Phil Wheat
‘Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising #1-4′ Review (Humble Bundle)
3 February 2017 6:01 AM, PST
Written by Alan Martin | Art by Rufus Dayglo, Sofie Dodgson | Published by Titan Comics
Review by Baron Fortnightly
A holiday. A hold-up. A murder. A car chase. A mound of dog poo. A very large vodka. A fistfight. A kick in the groin. An earthquake. A mutant surfer. A lorry heist. A thousand pairs of panties. A tiny moped. And a gang of killer kangaroos after Tank Girl’s scalp. That’s what Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising is in a nutshell.
What Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising also is, is part of the new Titan Comics Humble Bundle – where you can get all four issues of this Tank Girl mini-series, along with all 6 issues of Tank Girl: Carioca for only $1/80p.
Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett’s Tank Girl originally appeared in Deadline magazine in 1988, and became very popular with the counterculture crowd, especially those involved in the punk scene, »
- Guest
Five new images from Netflix & Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’
3 February 2017 5:01 AM, PST
Netflix have today released five new images from Marvel’s Iron Fist – the fourth of four epic live-action adventure series (Marvel’s Daredevil, Marvel’s Jessica Jones and Marvel’s Luke Cage which are now streaming, all leading up to the teaming of the main characters in Marvel’s The Defenders) to premiere only on Netflix. The series, which stars Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, David Wenham, Tom Pelphrey and Jessica Stroup, will premiere with thirteen (13) one-hour episodes.
About the show:
Billionaire Danny Rand (Finn Jones) returns to New York City after being missing for years, trying to reconnect with his past and his family legacy. He fights against the criminal element corrupting New York City with his kung-fu mastery and ability to summon the awesome power of the fiery Iron Fist.
Marvel’s Iron Fist launches worldwide on Friday 17th March 2017, only on Netflix.
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- Phil Wheat
Top 5: Zombie Video Games
3 February 2017 4:01 AM, PST
In UK cinemas from today, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter continues the long-running story of Alice (Milla Jovovich), the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
With that in mind, here’s a list of the top 5 video games featuring zombies:
Left 4 Dead (2008, PC/Mac/XBox 360)
Cooperation is the name of the game in Valve’s 2008 first person zombie epic and its concurrent 2009 sequel imaginatively titled Left For Dead 2. Your team of four survivors have to battle zombie hordes by utilising their unique strengths. Playable as single player or multiplayer cooperative, and even with eight players in a four on four survival match, Left 4 Dead is the most sociable game on our list. »
- Phil Wheat
New Superbowl TV spot for ‘Ghost in the Shell’
3 February 2017 3:01 AM, PST
Based on the famous Kodansha Comics manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell follows the Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.
Ghost in the Shell - starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Rupert Sanders – also stars “Beat” Takeshi Kitano as Daisuke Aramaki, Juliette Binoche as Dr. Ouelet, Michael Pitt as Kuze, Pilou Asbæk as Batou, and Kaori Momoi. The members of Section 9 are played by Chin Han, Danusia Samal, Lasarus Ratuere, Yutaka Izumihara and Tuwanda Manyimo.
Paramount Pictures will release Ghost in the Shell on March 31st 2017.
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- Phil Wheat
‘Don’t Go In The House’ Blu-ray Review
3 February 2017 2:01 AM, PST
Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Ruth Dardick | Written by Joseph Ellison, Ellen Hammill, Joe Masefield | Directed by Joseph Ellison
One of the many films that was tangled up in the video nasty debacle of the early 80s, Don’t Go In The House tells the story of Donny, a somewhat disturbed man who lives under the thumb of his overbearing and sadistic (in the sense that she likes to burn his arms on the stove) mother. That is until his mother passes away and Donny’s already disturbed psyche finally cracks. Living only with the voices in his head, Donny seeks out female companionship, only his idea of bringing a girl home to meet mother entails tying them up in his steel-walled burning chamber!
Don’t Go In the House is a film clearly inspired by Psycho, yet it shares very familiar traits with William Lustig’s Maniac »
- Phil Wheat
New Us poster for ‘Power Rangers’
2 February 2017 10:06 AM, PST
Directed by Dean Israelite (Project Almanac), the Power Rangers big-screen redux stars Dacre Montgomery (A Few Less Men) as Jason the Red Ranger, Rj Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Billy the Blue Ranger, Naomi Scott (The 33) as Kimberly the Pink Ranger, Becky G (Empire) as Trini the Yellow Ranger, Ludi Lin (Monster Hunt) as Zack the Black Ranger, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as Zordon, Bill Hader as the voice of Alpha 5, and Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) as Rita Repulsa.
Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threats. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to »
- Phil Wheat
Monster-Movie Mayhem: ‘Piranhaconda’ Review
2 February 2017 8:12 AM, PST
Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski
When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks hes stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.
A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community for successfully mixing T&A and horror. »
- Phil Wheat
‘FlatOut 4: Total Insanity’ coming to the UK
2 February 2017 7:01 AM, PST
PQube have announced that they are working with Bigben to release FlatOut 4: Total Insanity, the latest instalment in the popular demolition derby racing franchise, in the UK. Developed by the Paris based studio Kylotonn Racing Games (Wrc 5, Wrc 6) and combining classic fan-favourite features and modes with all new gameplay modes, Flatout 4 is a return to the franchise’s adrenaline-pumping arcade destruction roots.
Featuring an exciting blend of white knuckle speed and wild out-of-control racing tracks, FlatOut 4: Total Insanity promises an intense death-defying demolition derby game featuring muscle cars, race cars, trucks and even a rocket boosted ice cream van!
27 customizable cars, including tributes to fan favourites and new additions to the garage. 20 Tracks including traditional derby racing, time trials, arenas, assault levels, Carnage levels and much more. High speed collisions in fully destructible environments. The legendary Stunt Mode: a mix of six new stunts and six re-imagined classic »
- Phil Wheat
Review Round-Up: ‘Let’s Be Evil’ & ‘War on Everyone’
2 February 2017 6:01 AM, PST
Let’S Be Evil
Stars: Elizabeth Morris, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Isabelle Allen, Jamie Bernadette, Brooke Johnston, Martin Owen, Helene Wilson, Paul Casar, Jonathan Willis, Billie Wilson, Aimee Wright | Written by Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen, Jonathan Willis | Directed by Martin Owen
Desperately in need of money to care for a sick parent, Jenny (Morris) takes a job supervising children at a learning centre for gifted students. But when she and two other new employees are ushered into a maximum-security underground bunker where eerily robotic children are outfitted with augmented reality glasses, Jenny finds herself thrust into a disturbing technological experiment in which she is an unwitting player in a terrifying virtual game.
Techno-horror is a genre that, given my previous experiences with films of this nature, is really hard to get right. The reliance on the technology within, techno-babble et al. can, and often does, overwhelm the story the filmmakers are trying to tell. »
- Phil Wheat
First poster for Black Fawn Films’ latest ‘The Heretics’
2 February 2017 5:14 AM, PST
Canadian horror specialists Black Fawn Films have been slowly but surely producing genre product for a number of years. The team first hit our radar when Anitsocial hit the UK back in 2013 (the film made my Top 10 of the year), since then we’ve had films like The Drownsman, Antisocial 2, The Sublet and Bite.
Their latest film, which will screening at the 2017 European Film Market in Berlin this month, is The Heretics. Produced by Cody Calahan (Antisocial, Bed of the Dead) and directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman, Bite) the film tells the story of…
…a young girl who is abducted by a man, after he claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick… »
- Phil Wheat
Ten Best: Music Documentaries
2 February 2017 4:28 AM, PST
Music documentaries are a genre unto their own – sometimes they give you a glimpse behind the scenes of your favourite band, and sometimes they’re about someone you’ve never heard about who become your favourite band. With that in mind, here’s a rundown of the Top 10 Best Music Documentaries of all time:
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
An opening of Heavy Metal icons such Slash, Lemmy and Lars Ulrich singing the praises of a band you’ve never heard of makes you think it’s all just a Spinal Tap style spoof. But no, after never quite hitting the big time in the early 80s, Canadian Metal band Anvil have still been plugging away despite the lack of success – at the beginning of the film frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow is having to make a living delivering school dinners in Toronto! It’s a heart-warming underdog tale of never giving up your dream. »
- Phil Wheat
Watch Now: Opening scene from post-apocalyptic thriller ‘The Tribe’
2 February 2017 3:01 AM, PST
Terror Films have announced that The Tribe – the feature directorial debut of Roxy Shih (Dark/Web) – will be released on Friday February 10th and will be available on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google Play/YouTube, Vudu, Xbox Live, Sony PlayStation and Vimeo on Demand.
The Tribe centers on a family of three young sisters played by: Jessica Rothe (Mary + Jane, La La Land), Anne Winters (Tyrant), and Chloe Beth Jones. The sisters live out their days, after a pandemic has consumed most of the known world. One day a stranger, played by Michael Nardelli (The Collection, Revenge), suddenly shows up and their world changes in ways they never could have imagined.
The Tribe has already scooped multiple awards, including: the Best Debut Feature at the Toronto Female Eye Film Festival, Best Feature at the St Tropez International Film Festival and Best Feature Director at the Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival. »
- Phil Wheat
‘T2 Trainspotting’ Review
2 February 2017 2:01 AM, PST
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova, Kelly Macdonald | Written by John Hodge | Directed by Danny Boyle
20 years on, the idea of a sequel to a film that was so entrenched in a time and place in modern British history might seem like folly. And while it’s not as bad as it could have been, T2 Trainspotting (as it’s clunkily named) struggles to find a personality or a cultural relevance of its own. It tries hard – too hard – and ends up being a cover version as dodgy as the remixes that dominate its soundtrack.
First we find a middle-aged Renton (Ewan McGregor), running on a treadmill. Still running. Always running but getting nowhere. He’s living in Amsterdam, but he’s drawn back to Edinburgh. There, Spud (Ewen Bremner) has barely moved on. The clocks changed for British summertime and he got confused »
- Rupert Harvey
How much is the online gaming industry worth in 2017?
2 February 2017 1:51 AM, PST
In recent years online gaming has exploded into one of the most lucrative industries around today, not just for the developers responsible for creating these games, but for the players themselves. A boom in the popularity of mobile gaming, the emergence of 4G and superfast broadband capabilities as well as E-sports gaining acceptance as a legitimate sporting endeavour have created a perfect storm of opportunity for the games industry.
To research exactly how well this industry is fairing financially, and the market share the industry currently holds, web hosting experts 100Tb have created a new infographic to help visualise the monetary value of this booming industry.
With millions of people logging on to play every single day, it was a safe bet that the people behind these games were making money, but the sheer size of some of the figures may very well shock you.
For example:
Tencent games has »
- James Smith
‘Rivers of London: Black Mould #4′ Review
1 February 2017 10:01 AM, PST
Written by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel | Art by Lee Sullivan | Published by Titan Comics
Some people don’t like too much humour in their reading, be it science fiction, horror, etc. They seem to think it dilutes the effectiveness of the genre. I tend to think the opposite. Very few things in life, entertainment included, aren’t improved with a dash of humour. You need to judge that dash just right of course, too much can ruin everything quite easily, but when you do magic appears. Rivers of London is a perfect example of not only a meshing of genres (part police procedural, part action film, part supernatural drama), but of the perfect use of humour to enhance it’s already good narrative. This particular story arc, Black Mould, has been the best so far at using all these elements together, in a rather wonderful way.
The black mould of »
- Dean Fuller
First look at supernatural horror ‘Ghosts of Darkness’
1 February 2017 9:08 AM, PST
In anticipation of its Us debut next month, Uncork’d Entertainment have released a trailer and poster for director David Ryan Keith’s (The Redwood Massacre) upcoming supernatural horror Ghosts of Darkness which stars Michael Koltes, Paul Flannery, Steve Weston, Lisa Livingstone and Lisa Cameron.
Two paranormal investigators are unexpectedly thrown together in the hope of solving a 100-year mystery. Locked for three nights in a house with a dark and unsettling past, the two investigators must put their differences to one side and work together. They soon discover the myths and stories are nothing compared to what actually resides within the eerie walls of Richwood Manor.
Scepticism and showmanship are soon put to one side when the two investigators realise there is more at stake than just their professional reputation. For once they have stumbled onto the real thing, but this time it’s their own lives at stake. »
- Phil Wheat
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