‘Holy Franchise, Batman!’ book review
Charting every one of the Dark Knight’s appearances on film and TV, author Gary Collinson is a man who seems to know Batman better than Alfred the butler does.
Charting every one of the Dark Knight’s appearances on film and TV, author Gary Collinson is a man who seems to know Batman better than Alfred the butler does.
The BBC has released a new clip of The Avengers star Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal in BBC Two’s upcoming adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1.
Not long to wait now! Here’s the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, released in cinemas on 20th July…
Out now, Sci-Fi Movie Freak is packed with the spine-tingling excitement and thrilling moments that have made sci-fi movies a beloved genre for those who want the Force to be with them. The book also includes a free DVD of classic low-budget B-movie Plan 9 From Outer Space. To celebrate, we’ve got copies of the … >
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, … >
Of course, before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was even a twinkle in Walt Disney’s cryogenically-frozen eye, the Avengers had already made the collective jump from comic page to small screen, via the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes cartoon series. The only blemish in this excellent mashup with the Friends theme music is a criminal lack of visual … >
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.
It’s difficult to say whether this fits into the ‘so-bad-it’s-good’ category or if it’s more ‘so-amazingly-awful-it-has-attained-a-kind-of-dubious-car-crash-appeal-over-and-above-anything-it-deserves’. Whichever it is, and despite some ham-fisted editing and single entendres that even Talbot Rothwell would have drawn the line at, there are a few pained chuckles to be had at one enthusiastic editor’s attempts to turn the Iron … >
The long-awaited The Avengers movie, Avengers Assemble – featuring iconic Marvel superheroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow – finally arrives in UK cinemas on April 26. > Read our review of the film. To celebrate, we’ve got Avengers Assemble t-shirts to give away to five of our Twitter … >