Ryan Reynolds, aka Deadpool in the recent X-men Origins: Wolverine mess/movie, has been officially announced as the man behind the eye-mask and shiny ring in the forthcoming Green Lantern movie! This ends a long period of speculation that even had Justin ‘Oh God No Please’ Timberlake in line to don the green tights and magic [...]
So the Watchowskis are apparently considering doing a trilogy of Superman movies in order to reboot the franchise? Ok, fair enough, they can handle effects, action and decent storytelling (Erm, most of the time…), but aren’t we jumping the gun a bit here?
Superman Returns is still leaving a bitter taste in many fans’ mouths, and [...]
LARA CROFT TO RETURN…. BUT NOT JOLIE
The TOMB RAIDER movie series is to be rebooted with a new leading lady. The third film to feature the legendary computer game character will see the series get a fresh start, and the character be given a new origin. No word on who will be playing Lara yet, [...]
Some of you have been asking us just recently to tell you some of the history of Solomon Grundy in DC Comics. As you know this villain makes regular appearances over the years and is firmly entrenched as part of the DC Comics mythology. I will give you a few clues below to finding [...]
Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, Daleks and Klingons, we are proud to bring you STARSTORECAST, the new podcast series from STARSTORE.COM and The Last Picture Show. Presented by Andrew Hawnt with Jonathan Winwood and Rich Thorp, the show brings you chat, reviews and all the geek infighting you can eat. Covering the latest in movies, TV, [...]
No, this piece isn’t meant to be as patronizing as the title suggests. I’d like to talk a bit about how comics should be read, as a way of helping new readers getting to grips with the medium. There has been something of an influx of new readers to the comics world thanks to recent [...]
THE THING TO BE REMADE…AGAIN
A remake of a remake is in the offing with the announcement of a remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 Horror/SF masterpiece THE THING, itself a remake of the classic SF movie of the same name. While this is billed as ‘more of a prequel… that happens at the same time as [...]
What? WHAT?! WHY?!!! Come on, HBO are hardly the most family friendly outlet, so how come they could possibly be worried about the content of a Preacher show? The Preacher graphic novels are confrontational, controversial and excellent, but then, doesn’t that fit in exactly with BO’s output? Could it be they have finally chickened out [...]
Hey there folks, here’s our daily roundup of what is currently making big nerd-shaped waves on planet geek. Up today we have a legendary series of books coming to the movies, a much loved DC character gets closer to having a movie out, a cult classic gets remade (um, I know this happens pretty much [...]
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
Our in-depth review of the brand new X-Files feature film is now up. You can check out our review of The X-Files: I Want To Believe over on our Blogspot page here. We’re all hoping that this one performs well enough for the mooted third film to be made!
BATMAN TAKES [...]
