Archive for the 'Marvel' Category

THOR: BY ODIN’S BEARD, IT HAS A DIRECTOR!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Well this is more like it. In an age where directors are thrown at projects in a less than sensible fashion, the forthcoming movie adaptation of Marvel’s THOR character has gone and got itself someone respectable. Not just respectable, fanboys and girls, we’re talking about Kenneth Brannagh. Yes. Kenneth Brannagh will be directing a big-screen [...]

STARSTORECAST IS HERE! CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

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, [...]

HOW TO READ COMICS

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

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 [...]

NEWS AND REVIEWS: TERMINATOR, TRANSFORMERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, BOOKS, COMICS

Friday, September 12th, 2008

ARNOLD (SORT OF) IN TERMINATOR SALVATION
On set pics and video have revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger is *sort of* in the new Terminator flick, currently filming under the direction of McG. Arnold is lending his voice to the project as well as his face, and was on location supplying dialogue for the composite version of his [...]

SPIDER-MAN 4 AND 5 FAST TRACKED- WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST?

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Reports from Tinseltown are saying that Sony are fast-tracking the fourth and fifth entries in the Spider-Man franchise to go into production as soon as possible. We knew Spider-Man 4 and 5 were to be made, but the surprise is that they may well be made by Sam Raimi and feature Tobey MacGuire in the [...]

A Moment of Fanboy Reflection

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Hi, Andy here, head blog droid for the Starstore sites. I’d like to take a moment out of the usual movie and comics rants and say thanks to you people for reading this. I turned 30 over the weekend, and it has prompted me to take a look at the past eight years spent selling [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: THE X-FILES, THE DARK KNIGHT, VENOM, SUSPIRIA, ZACK AND MIRI

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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 [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: SDCC, WOLVERINE FOOTAGE SHOWN, RED SONJA, CAPTAIN AMERICA, LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT

Friday, July 25th, 2008

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 [...]

LIFE IN THE GEEK LANE: Because there’s more to life than lolcats and spoof inspirational posters.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Well, geek season is here again, and there’s a ton of cool stuff making fanboys and girls grin from ear to ear. We’ve already had Iron man, The Incredible Hulk and Wanted, and here comes The Dark Knight to make you all wish you had a Batcave of your own. Personally I’m okay with pretty [...]

Life in the Geek Lane: The Dork Knights Return!

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Well, there’s been some changes in store of late, and its been a while since we last spoke on a personal level, geek to geek, so lets check out what has been happening here in the real-world counterpart of Starstore.com, namely The Last Picture Show, here in the Meadowhall centre in Sheffield.
We now have a [...]