Published in 1985, Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game has been hailed as a modern classic of science-fiction writing, a reputation originally cemented by its winning both the Nebula and Hugo awards in 1985 and 1986 respectively. The book has never been out of print, and such is its reputation even beyond genre circles that […]
On Thursday 12th September, Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling released a joint statement to announce that WB would be producing a new film set within the wizarding world of Harry Potter, and that this new film would be scripted by J.K. Rowling herself. (You can read the full press release on J.K. Rowling’s own website […]
As this is an interpretation/analysis of the film Only God Forgives rather than a review, it goes without saying that it’ll be chock full of SPOILERS…. Based on the sheer spread of reviews and reactions, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives must be the most divisive cinematic release in recent memory. When the film’s end […]
At the San Diego Comic-Con last weekend, director Zack Snyder revealed that the upcoming sequel to his Superman reboot Man of Steel (reviewed here) will in fact be a Superman/Batman crossover. Predictably, such a huge announcement immediately triggered a deluge of blogs and articles speculating about the new film’s chances of success, ranging in tone […]
Pacific Rim is a hugely enjoyable (if flawed) film which does a better job than Michael Bay of putting giant robots on the big screen, while at the same time paying homage to Japanese monster movies and manga/anime series like Neon Genesis Evangelion. Although dominated by the awesome spectacle of towering machine men waging war […]
Jonny looks back on the British horror film which became an instant classic of the genre…. An all-to-common theme running through the horror genre is to have pretty girls and hunky guys get their kits off and show just enough flesh to maintain a 15 certificate, before they’re horribly butchered by a bad guy, in […]