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WANT YOUR STUFF REVIEWED BY OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS?

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Attention publishers, record labels, movie makers, bands, games companies and anyone else with something to offer the world, would you like your latest releases to be reviewed by STARSTOREBLOG’s team of music, movie and pop culture experts?
We will cover pretty much anything, and our in-house writers are ready to help get your new material [...]

LIFE IN THE GEEK LANE: THIS IS OUR WORLD NOW. YOU ONLY LIVE ON IT.

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

You will kneel before your geek masters! After lifetimes of being bullied, harangued, belittled, mocked and otherwise bothered by society, the geeks have now taken over. Don’t agree? Ipods, iPhones, netbooks, comic book movies, Twitter, facebook, new media, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and a million other things occupy the lives of millions of people all [...]

KEEPING THE FANBOY DREAM ALIVE

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

I went along to the local comic fair yesterday, which takes place in a university building hall every two months and features dealers from around the country peddling various wares. This month’s made me smile in particular- there was an actual crowd there.
Where events in recent months have been relegated to the canteen, this month’s [...]

HALO: More merchandise coming from McFarlane this year!

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

The highly respected McFarlane Toys will be unleashing many more Halo figures this year, which is great news for fans of the all-action video games phenomenon. There are more regular action figures, more box sets, more helmets and a brand new ‘Stylized’ range. Let’s take a look at the merchandise to come…
July 2009 will see [...]

SHUT UP, STOP COMPLAINING, BE GRATEFUL

Monday, February 16th, 2009

You’ve never had it so good, do you hear me? Stop your whinging. Does it really matter if there are a few plot inconsistencies? If Optimus Prime has flames? If the new Doctor Who is too young?
Be grateful these things are getting made in the first place. Remember a decade ago, before superheroes were cool [...]

STARSTOREBLOG: THE NEW AGE BEGINS

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Are you ready for the next wave of STARSTOREBLOG? We are going to be ramping up the opinions and letting slip the dogs of war upon thw world of geek blogging. Right then, the gloves are off, as you’ll see with the next post. Welcome to the next wave- flame wars at the ready!!!

MATT SMITH: Five years in the TARDIS?

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

The contract for Matt Smith to play the eleventh Doctor apparently has the actor signed up for three years, ‘with an optional further two’, according to BBC sources. While many sites are going on about the amount of money Smith is to be paid for his role as the eleventh Doctor Who lead actor, we’re [...]

MOVIE ROUNDUP: Watchmen, Tomb Raider, Predator, Ghost Rider 2, The Thing, Resident Evil 4

Friday, January 30th, 2009

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, [...]

WATCHMEN ACTION FIGURES NOW IN STOCK!

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The first wave of WATCHMEN movie action figures is here! From the highly anticipated comic book movie adaptation come these incredibly detailed figures from DC Direct!
This initial set of figures from the forthcoming film includes Rorschach, Ozymandias, Nite Owl (Modern) and Silk Spectre (Modern). Series 2 will include Silk Spectre (Classic), Nite Owl (Classic), Dr [...]

ALL DC SUPERHERO MOVIES ON HOLD?

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

As heard on Slice of Sci-Fi and across the geek community online, Warner Brothers is to put most of, if not all of, its comic book movie projects on hold for the time being. While Marvel Studios continue to thrash out hit after hit (and with several films on the way during the next couple [...]