STARSTOREBLOG ROUNDUP: NEXT BATMAN FILM, AKIRA MOVIES, SPIDER-MAN IN 3D, PIRATES 4, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Christopher Nolan’s Third Batman Movie Confirmed
At long last it has been confirmed that Christopher Nolan is working on a new Batman movie.  Details are scarce thus far, but WB have said he is eager not to just repeat past glories. A  slew of other DC character movies are about to be announced too, including a [...]

THE DARK KNIGHT TO RETURN IN 2011?

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

According to a Warner Bros. executive, we could be seeing the next Batman film hit screens as early as 2011, pitting it against Marvel’s Avengers movie, which is due out that summer. This is odd, as the next Batman film is yet to be written, let alone go into pre-production. Add to this WB’s recent [...]

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 [...]

Just who is Solomon Grundy?

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

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 [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: THE THING REMAKE, DOCTOR WHO, DARK KNIGHT TO RETURN, TWO FACE HOT TOYS FIGURE

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

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 [...]

THE DARK KNIGHT DEBATE

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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 [...]

THE DARK KNIGHT: The Starstore Review

Monday, July 28th, 2008

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 [...]

BATMAN- THE KILLING JOKE: BOX SET FROM DC DIRECT

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

NOW IN STOCK! This is a very timely box set, and great value too. DC Direct have been doing well with their figure/trade paperback bundles, and this is one of the titles that is going to sell no matter what, so it’s a no brainer really that The Killing Joke would be on the list [...]

THE DARK KNIGHT: BATMAN IS ALMOST BACK…

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Excitement is building to fever pitch for this year’s Batman continuation THE DARK KNIGHT, starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman and the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, amongst a glittering cast. The trailers are out, the posters are surfacing, the merchandise is on its way, and everything is pointing to a Batman film that [...]

TRINITY: Another look at the graphic novel and figures

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Getting those figures based on DC’s brilliant TRINITY graphic novel has led to us taking another look at the graphic novel itself. The 2002 mini series by Matt Wagner was something of an event, pitting the ‘Big Three’, namely Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, against the evil of Ra’s Al Ghul. It carries the stylised [...]