It’s entirely possible when you were in the movie theatre watching Avengers: Age of Ultron that you did not think of mashing Marvel’s latest blockbuster with one of the greatest films of all time, 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. But thank the movie gods, YouTube user and mash-up artist Continue Reading
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“I would choose the king”: Neko Case’s beautiful song “Wild Creatures” reimagined as stunning comic book art
It’s not all that often that beautiful songs find themselves recreated as a exquisitely-realised piece of comic book art, which is a pity when you think about it because the two share of the same richly-descriptive DNA. Some, realised Sean Edgar of Paste Magazine one cold December morning in Continue Reading
“Density” calls! Back to the Future is back … as a comic book series!
Happy birthday Back to the Future! The much-loved, near-perfect trilogy, crafted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, about one young man, his idiosyncratic Professor friend and a time-traveling DeLorean, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – the first film came out in 1985 – and to celebrate IDW is Continue Reading
“I’m the Doctor and I save people!” Doctor Who S9 trailer debuts at #SDCC
The Doctor is back, or forward, or he never really never left at all – you know how time travel is – in the full length Doctor Who trailer just released at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). It’s full to bursting with slivers of action and characters we have Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Scooby Doo and the gang dress up down through the decades
Ever since I clasped eyes on the Scooby Doo Where Are You mysteries in the ’70s, I have been firmly of the opinion that there is a timeless quality to the cartoons. Even now I can happily sit down and watch Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne do their Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Find Your Warrior” (S5, E1 review)
Be warned aliens of the universe! (And those very annoyingly still on Earth; yes that means you Espheni, half-hearted Volm and whoever the hell you new guys are.) Tom Mason (Noah Wylie) is mad. Very, very mad. So mad in fact that at the encouraging hand of the mysterious new Continue Reading
The hilariously heartwarming perils of Sleeping With Other People (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a Continue Reading
Book feature: Zombie McCrombie From an Overturned Kombi (picture book)
There’s a well-established pattern in movies especially, but also TV shows and books, that while humans may perish and drop like flies, dogs will soldier on unaffected. It’s not always the case of course – for every Boomer (Independence Day), there’s – SPOILER! – often a Samantha (I am Continue Reading
Film review: Minions
Which supporting player, looking on enviously as the star of the show receives all the applause, accolades and kudos, hasn’t wondered when they will get their, naturally well-deserved, moment to shine? While it’s hard to know definitively if the Minions, the banana-loving sidekicks to reformed villain Gru in the Continue Reading
“Now let’s get out of here and destroy the whole universe!” Rick and Morty return for a second crazy fun season
SNAPSHOT Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland) is still living with his daughter Beth’s (Sarah Chalke) family and causing more trouble than ever. This season the rest of the family, his son-in-law Jerry (Chris Parnell), grand-daughter Summer (Spencer Grammer) and grand-son Morty (Roiland) are dragged into Rick’s intergalactic adventures, as he Continue Reading