Review By Paul Mount, 4 out of 5 2002 is likely to be remembered ?by me at least ?as the year the British film industry put aside the crinolines and gave Hugh Grant the afternoon off and rediscovered the simple pleasures of a well-told monster movie. Hot on the heels of DOG SOLDIERS came Danny …
Transformers: Trial by Fire Jose Delbo, Bob Budiansky (Illustrator), Frank Springer (Illustrator) Paperback 144 pages (September 24, 2004) Publisher: Titan Books ISBN: 1840239506 Transformers old school style, in another of Titan? cool, but heavily overpriced reprints of the 80? series. In this one, we get to meet the mighty Fortress Maximus and the Headmasters for …
Transformers: The War Within Volume 2 – The Dark Ages Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman (Illustrator) Paperback 168 pages (September 30, 2004) Publisher: Dreamwave ISBN: 0973381752 Whilst Titan reprint the old stories, the Canadia based giant robot nuts at Dreamwave are producing brand new stories featuring the new and classic Transformers lines. Even better, the almighty …
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Neil Gaiman’s 1602 Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert (Illustrator) Paperback 216 pages (September 2, 2004) Publisher: Panini Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1904159435 This collection of a key Marvel release belongs on the shelf of any fan of the genre, be they into mainstream superhero or independent comics. It? also getting a rare UK Marvel trade paperback release, …
? want to see Superman on a bike? writer and cover artist Michael Turner is quoted as saying in this book? introduction. I have to say, it didn? really appeal to me as concept, but then it? one of many things in this book that gets turned on its head quickly enough. Superman gets a …
League of Extraordinary Gentleman, the – Volume Two Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill (Illustrator) Paperback 228 pages (September 1, 2004) Publisher: DC Comics ISBN: 1401201180 After fighting off Moriarty, evil China-men and dodgy Hollywood scripts, Alan Moores?19th century assembly of hero? and mal-contents returns for a second volume. H.G. Well? Martian invaders are the key plot-import …
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Billed as ‘The Evil Dead’ meets ‘Scream’ this is an amusing if a bit dry horror comedy. No real new ground is covered – frat initiation, American teenagers, haunted house and a load of kilings. But for whatever reason this is not a bad film. It must be noted though that this film in no …
The first episode was a mix of an introduction to the alien and ‘immortal’ nature of the Doctor, an introduction to his new companion Rose and an attempt to show the usual ‘Doctor saves London from Invasion’ that was so common during the 70’s. Although the Eccleston Doctor was suitably alien, entertaining and full of …
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Ah, another under-powered film featuring an obscure female comic book character. Mr. Hollywood, you spoil us! After the trash rush of last year? CATWOMAN it? time for that long-awaited (??) spin-off from the dreary DAREDEVIL to make its way onto DVD, apparently mere weeks after it wandered onto the multiplex before quickly wandering off again, …
WARNING SPOILERS ?ou Are The Weakest Link?/i> I?l admit it – I was a little bit worried about ?ad Wolf? I was worried about the resolution of the whole ?ad wolf?thread which has run throughout the entire series. Conspiracy theorists in DOCTOR WHO fandom have spent many a happy hour at their keyboards pondering the …
(some spoilers, so be warned) I came to the preview screening of this uber-hyped movie cold. Unlike the excited morass of bobble hat wearing fans around me at the Vue cinema in the West End, I knew little of the films background or of the short-lived series that preceded it. I? seen one and half …
?enesis of the Daleks?is the most-repeated DOCTOR WHO TV serial in terrestrial TV history ?oh, look, there is it again! ?and its reputation as the most popular classic series serial of all time (it says so on the sticker on the front of the DVD) is hard to ignore. Its inevitable DVD release has been …