‘Mad Men’: Season 5 so far…
We’re now at about the halfway point of Mad Men’s fifth season, so there’s just time to pause, refill your tumbler full of bourbon and take a look back…
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We’re now at about the halfway point of Mad Men’s fifth season, so there’s just time to pause, refill your tumbler full of bourbon and take a look back…
After four series of BBC One’s Merlin there are still a wealth of characters from the Arthurian legend yet to make an appearance. So who could cause a stir in Series 5?
The story: Set primarily during World War 2, Captain America sees Chris Evans’ young Steve Rogers rejected in his attempts to join the war effort due to various physical ailments. Rogers just wants to do his bit and join his pal Bucky Barnes, who is much more the handsome, all-American hero than weedy little Steve, … >
The story: Thor was always going to be the trickiest to adapt, given its more overtly fantasy/science-fiction based nature, but thankfully the story by J. Michael Straczynski and Mark Protosevich embraces that rather than trying to warp it into something more grounded. The people from the far-off realm of Asgard once visited Earth to defend … >
To celebrate the release of Avengers Assemble, in UK cinemas on Thursday, we sent our reviewer to a screening of the film earlier this week.
US comedy Community returned to the UK earlier this month with its second season, airing on Tuesday nights on Sony Entertainment TV. It’s a spectacularly funny show but if you’ve never heard of it or seen it we can’t blame you: the first season aired without fanfare on music channel Viva, and even in its … >
CultBox were present at the London press-conference on the day of Avengers Assemble’s European premiere last week, with most of the primary cast present.
The story: Tony Stark – now established publicly as Iron Man – grapples with personal and technological demons, as well as the son of an inventor that his father slighted who’s got a bit of a grudge. The only problem with the film is that it felt less like an Iron Man movie and more … >
The story: Interestingly, Louis Leterrier’s movie doesn’t ignore Ang Lee’s The Hulk from 2003, but at the same time gently nudges it aside in favour of a slightly revised back story. But the events of that ill-fated adaptation are taken as read, and now Bruce Banner is on the run from a military who wish … >
The story: Iron Man follows our rich, genius billionaire playboy as he gains scruples after seeing his own weapons tech used by the people it was supposed to be fighting. Unfortunately, this demonstration of his stolen weaponry also results in him getting captured by insurgents, where he’s subsequently forced to recreate further tech for them. … >