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Manhattan may well be the commercial, financial and cultural centre of the United States, but if cinema has taught us anything it is also the epicentre for evil, it’s famed skyline the backdrop to some of Hollywood’s biggest disasters, and favourite holiday hotspot for mutants, monsters and mad men. The most recent example of this […]
May 2, 2012
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or just have no interest in superheroes, you’ll have heard the buzz surrounding Marvel’s latest cinematic offering – Avengers Assemble, the ultimate superhero team up movie . After spending several years building us up with a series of origin movies, Marvel finally handed the reigns of their most ambitious project […]
November 24, 2011
Poland, 1944. A young boy is dragged into the office of a German scientist. He is shown a coin and ordered to move it with his mind. When he can’t the boys mother is brought into the room too. When he still can’t move the coin his mother is shot by the scientist. As fear […]
October 29, 2011
A few weeks ago I reviewed the motion picture stinker Wolverine: Origins. This time I’m going to have a look at the comic book that inspired the movie, Marvel’s 2006 opus ‘Origins’ by Paul Jenkins and Bill Jemas with artwork by Joe Quesada and Andy Kubert. There was a collective groan when Marvel announced they […]
October 27, 2011
Last week I finally watched Captain America and contrary to the way the review I wrote for this site came across I did really enjoy it. This week, to avoid confusion I will be a little clearer from the off. My hat’s off to Kenneth Branagh. Marvel Studio’s 2011 Thor movie is bloody brilliant. It has everything you […]
October 24, 2011
It appears Frank Castle is going straight in the rumoured Punisher television series recently revealed on Superherohype.com Star of 3 lacklustre movies, the character of The Punisher will be brought back to our screens as a badge wearing, line toeing member of the New York Police Department by day, and a leather coat wearing psychopath […]
October 21, 2011
Another day another Marvel origins movie. This time it’s Captain America who receives the Hollywood treatment in anticipation of the forthcoming Avengers movie, due for release next year. Unfortunately that’s just how this movie feels – like a quickly thrown together origin story to educate the masses prior to the highly anticipated (future DVD cover tag […]
October 14, 2011
You don’t have to look very hard to find a good fight on television these days. Whether it’s Jean-Claude Van Damme kicking someone in the head or Drederick Tatum punching the shit out of Homer Simpson Hollywood is littered with awesome fight sequences. My personal favourite? The Seth Rogan/Danny McBride/James Franco three way street fight […]
October 1, 2011
If I could be any character in the Marvel Universe I’d have to be Wolverine. I don’t think I’m alone when I say that the mutton chopped mutant has some of the best abilities of any comic book character. Don’t get me wrong, Wolverine isn’t my favourite character by any stretch but I can’t help but […]
May 7, 2012
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