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 [...]
While The Dark Knight takes Batman and the Joker ever further into the annals of movie history with its huge opening run, there have been some conflicting voices in reviews of the film. While most have been blown away by the formidable spectacle of a gritty vision of DC’s most famous characters waging war against [...]
SONY COMMISSION NEW VENOM SCRIPT
Alongside the proposed fourth entry in the Spider-man franchise (and the fifth, which is said to be shooting back to back with number 4), Sony have commissioned a new script to be written for a standalone VENOM movie. Introduced to movie audiences with Spider-man 3, Venom has long been a favourite [...]
As the lights dimmed for our screening of The Dark Knight, there was a hushed reverence throughout the entire cinema, as though everyone, adult and fidgety child alike, knew they were about to witness something special. As one of the most anticipated films of the year this was hardly surprising, and as expected, it didn’t [...]
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON UNDERWAY!
Well, geeks all over the world are now lapping up the news and pics that those lucky &%$£@#s that got to go to this year’s San Diego Comic Con are putting up, and it certainly seems to be a bumber year for good stuff. Mind you, the absence of things like Transformers [...]
