ReviewMovie books
Industrial Light & Magic: The Art Of Special Effects by Thomas G. Smith (book review).
I won ‘Industrial Light & Magic: The Art Of Special Effects’ by Thomas G. Smith on the auction website earlier in the year…
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Retro Fan #27 July/August 2023 (magazine review).
This latest ‘Retro Fan’ has taught me a lot about the American kiddie show ‘Captain Kangaroo’ (1955-1984) as writer L. Wayne Hicks goes…
NewsScifi
Asteroid City: scifi & whimsypunk movie, reviewed by Mark Kermode (video format).
Yes, our man-of-many-movies Mr. Mark Kermode is bringing his film dissection chops to bear on the odd new science fiction film, Asteroid City.…
ReviewScifi
Smuggler’s Valor (The Epherium Chronicles) by T.D. Wilson (book review).
Reese Daniels is no hero. He is, as the title of this novelette, ‘Smuggler’s Valor’, suggests a smuggler and, as the story opens,…
ReviewBooks
The Art Of Disney Pixar Elemental (book review).
Pixar have just released a new film, ‘Elemental’ and Chronicle Books have followed tradition and released a book showing the art starting point…
NewsSuperheroes
Secret Invasion TV review: lost in a Marvel-lous labyrinth?
Oh, Marvel. You’re like that trusty old blender in the kitchen that’s always there, whirling around countless ingredients and spitting out smoothie after…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #144 July 2023 (magazine review).
This latest installment of ‘Back Issue’ delves into the diverse realms of various savage lands. In the opening article, Jarrod Buttery reveals that…
ReviewSuperheroes
Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Complete Series (2005-2007) (blu-ray review).
After viewing the pilot episode of the 2005 double-season series, ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes,’ I felt compelled to delve deeper into this rendition of…
NewsHorror
The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster (2023): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster’ starts out narrated by the ‘angry Black girl’ of this horror movie title. She tells a…
TrailerScifi
Paradise: a dark futuristic life-trade scifi movie on Netflix (trailer).
While Hollywood is seen scrambling around its own creative dustbins, struggling for fresh storylines, the effervescent world of German cinema has raised the…
TrailerFilms
Kraven the Hunter: superhero film (first trailer).
Kraven the Hunter has been billed as a fresh take on the superhero genre, only this time the hero isn’t technically… super. He’s a…
NewsGames
Star Trek Infinite: boldly going where no strategy game has gone before (game news).
Shields up! Battle stations! It’s time to man your consoles, push buttons at random, and hope for the best because Star Trek: Infinite…