Blackthorn (15) DVD review Directed by Mateo Gil, written by Miguel Barros. Running time: 102 minutes approx. Starring: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Stephen Rea. This is quite possibly the surprise movie of 2012 (released theatrically 2011); a Western, in this cinematic age where they are a rare breed indeed, about a character so entwined […]
Alan Moore is better known as the visionary writer of such comic book classics as Watchmen and V for Vendetta, but he’s recently turned his hand to scripting short films in collaboration with director Mitch Jenkins, the latest of which – Jimmy’s End – is now available to view online. Given Moore’s much-publicised disgust with […]
Griff Williams, the newest operative to join the geekzine’s ongoing crusade, applies his literary scalpel to the latest Disney shopping binge…. If you’ve ever been to one of the Disney theme parks, chances are you’ll have at least seen, and more than likely ridden, Star Tours. For those not in the know, Star […]
Next summer’s zombie blockbuster looks epic in scope, but will it do justice to its celebrated source material? After its original December release date was pushed back to June 2013 following two script re-writes and a reported seven weeks of re-shoots, internet doomsayers immediately began to predict that World War Z would be a cinematic […]
Skyfall Review [Spoiler-Free] by Griff Williams I went into Skyfall with cautiously high expectations, and I mean really high and really cautious. Casino Royale was, in my opinion, the best Bond movie (indeed, in my opinion, the only good Bond movie ever); it was mature, suspenseful and visceral, somehow managing to transcend the ‘classic’ series […]
In the most April Fools-esque tradition, yet completely genuine, comes the news that corporate behemoth Disney, not content with buying Pixar and Marvel, have now consumed, sorry, bought, LucasArts for a tidy sum of $4 billion. This of course means that they now have access to the Star Wars vaults and, in a canny move, […]