Words: Emmett Barlow Twitter: @EmmettBarlow BORN TO LOSE The Cap is back! Bringing justice to cinemas this week with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Amazon Instant have a movie offering waiting to warm you up, or bring you down, from the Marvel universe’s latest offering of the star-spangled man with the criminally overlooked cinematic contraction […]
Read More
BROTHERS IN ARMS Hot on the jet-powered heels of Robert Downey Jr.’s electrifying outing as his limousine riding, high-tech armour flying, kiss stealing billionaire alter-ego Tony Stark in Iron Man 3, everyone’s favourite mythical Norse god has returned to take up the slack on the old avenging front – and rest assured he’s brought his […]
Read MoreIn the post-apocalyptic wake of their rapturously received zombie romp, Shaun of the Dead, one of Britain’s finest comedy ensembles disbanded, jetted off the Hollywood hills and situated themselves upon the sofa of the moviemaking elite with a cup of tea and a Cornetto. Simon Pegg found himself delivering top-secret intel to Tom Cruise in […]
Read More
As the rubble, dust and shredded skyscraper metal from the destruction of Metropolis finally begins to the settle, the reactions of fans and critics alike towards Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, Man of Steel, have situated the action-packed blockbuster as one of the most divisive and controversial examples of mainstream summer cinema of possibly all time. […]
Read More
A god amongst mortals; the last son of a dying planet; a boy from Smallville; a man from Metropolis; humanity’s saviour in times of its greatest crisis – Superman has held many monikers throughout his existence but one accolade always remains, he is, and will always be, the most iconic and beloved hero of modern […]
Read More
I AM THE LAW Despite being largely absent from mainstream popular culture for over fifteen years the character of Judge Dredd has proved one of the most enduring personalities in the canon of graphic novel to big screen adaptations. Regardless of Sylvester Stallone’s heavy-handed portrayal of the futuristic law bringer often falling into the category […]
Read More