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Though it didn’t get the mainstream attention of some other titles, Image Comics’ Undying Love was published in 2011 to a decent critical reaction. It mixed up a number of genres to good effect: John Sargent is an ex-soldier who finds himself facing down Triads and members of the Chinese...
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The Super Bowl is as much a time for memorable commercials as it is for sport – even more so when the action on the field doesn’t prove as exciting as some were hoping for. But proceedings took something of a grim turn during a special Budweiser advert when...
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As we mentioned (and reviewed) in the last month, Travelers was one of those time-travel shows that managed to approach the various staples of the genre in new and refreshing ways and showed its cast of characters sticking around to deal with the repercussions of their effects on the...
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The Fast and the Furious franchise may have d/evolved from a car-based racing thriller into a purely fuel-injection adrenaline rush of posturing and stunt-work but there’s little denying that the mixture was a potent one at the box-office. Essentially critic-proof shenanigans and suspension of disbelief on an ever increasing...
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Back in 1994 America’s ABC network ran a four-episode limited series, on consecutive nights, based on the acclaimed Stephen King story, The Stand featuring the likes of Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and and Rob Lowe in key roles. King’s story deals with an post-apocalyptic take between the possible personfications of good...
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In recent months it appears that several significant British authors are finding their tomes acquired for the screen. EchoChamber noted that Alex North’s debut novel The Whisper Man has already had the rights snapped up by AGBO, founded by Emmy award-winning directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the team behind...
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It would appear that the long-standing rumours that Ben Affleck is hanging up the bat-cowl have now been confirmed. Industry site Deadline reported that Warner Bros. have pencilled in the next solo Batman film – which is to be entitled ‘The Batman‘ – for the summer of 2021 with...
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD received a late renewal from ABC and won’t actually be back on screens until the summer (probably July). But, on the positive side, that will allow it to side-step some of the issues raised by (and events between) the two cosmic Avengers movies and the infamous...
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Cinema’s most famous demonic doll (and, let’s be fair, nowadays that’s a growing niche market) looks set to be swapping the big screen for the blood-soaked televisual variety with SyFy announcing a Chucky series. Rumoured for quite a while and the subject of bidding rights, SyFy are now developing...
Though it didn’t get the mainstream attention of some other titles, Image Comics’ Undying Love was published in 2011 to a decent critical reaction. It mixed up a number of genres to good effect: John Sargent is an ex-soldier who finds himself facing down Triads and members of the Chinese...
The Super Bowl is as much a time for memorable commercials as it is for sport – even more so when the action on the field doesn’t prove as exciting as some were hoping for. But proceedings took something of a grim turn during a special Budweiser advert when...
As we mentioned (and reviewed) in the last month, Travelers was one of those time-travel shows that managed to approach the various staples of the genre in new and refreshing ways and showed its cast of characters sticking around to deal with the repercussions of their effects on the...
The Fast and the Furious franchise may have d/evolved from a car-based racing thriller into a purely fuel-injection adrenaline rush of posturing and stunt-work but there’s little denying that the mixture was a potent one at the box-office. Essentially critic-proof shenanigans and suspension of disbelief on an ever increasing...
Back in 1994 America’s ABC network ran a four-episode limited series, on consecutive nights, based on the acclaimed Stephen King story, The Stand featuring the likes of Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and and Rob Lowe in key roles. King’s story deals with an post-apocalyptic take between the possible personfications of good...
In recent months it appears that several significant British authors are finding their tomes acquired for the screen. EchoChamber noted that Alex North’s debut novel The Whisper Man has already had the rights snapped up by AGBO, founded by Emmy award-winning directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the team behind...
It would appear that the long-standing rumours that Ben Affleck is hanging up the bat-cowl have now been confirmed. Industry site Deadline reported that Warner Bros. have pencilled in the next solo Batman film – which is to be entitled ‘The Batman‘ – for the summer of 2021 with...
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD received a late renewal from ABC and won’t actually be back on screens until the summer (probably July). But, on the positive side, that will allow it to side-step some of the issues raised by (and events between) the two cosmic Avengers movies and the infamous...
Cinema’s most famous demonic doll (and, let’s be fair, nowadays that’s a growing niche market) looks set to be swapping the big screen for the blood-soaked televisual variety with SyFy announcing a Chucky series. Rumoured for quite a while and the subject of bidding rights, SyFy are now developing...
It’s 1962 and in the unbecoming town of Derry, Maine, the ‘business as usual’ maxim remains at odds with a strange, unsettling undercurrent that appears to have plagued the...
Surprising almost no-one, the BBC confirmed today that their collaboration with Disney+ on Doctor Who is formally coming to an end. It had long been speculated that the lack...
It’s said that the Doomsday Clock has stood at just a few minutes to midnight’ for a long time, philosophers and pundits alike noting that, if anything, the midnight...
Michael Connelly often has his finger on the pulse of interesting issues, but reading a preview copy of The Proving Ground in a week where the dangers of AI,...