Kill Shakespeare #1–6 Written and created by Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col Illustrated by Andy Belanger Coloured by Ian Herring Lettered by Chris Mowry, Robbie Robbins and Neil Uyetake Edited by Tom Waltz Published by IDW Publishing The creators describe Kill Shakespeare as a mix of The League of…
Punisher #1–5 by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena After Garth Ennis' incredible run on the Punisher, albeit outside the Marvel universe proper, I'm amazed anyone would want the job of writing a continuing series about the character, which is perhaps why it has been handled by newer, hungrier writers. Matt…
[Yes, I said 'trilogy': to me, the fourth film is just the inspiration for a fun but silly Lego game, so I shall ignore it.] I recently watched the first three Indiana Jones films, and it got me thinking about them, so here are some of the thoughts that occurred…
Justice League Of America #27, 28, 30–34 by Dwayne McDuffie and various artists Embarrassing confession: I've never really read any of the Milestone books. I might have skimmed an issue here and there, but I didn't get into any of the comics. I know, I know: I'm a bad person;…
Detective Comics #846–850 by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen I wasn't too impressed with the character of Hush – the only reason I read the two trades collecting the story of Bruce Wayne's long-lost childhood friend Tommy Elliot we've never heard of before who has returned with a grudge against…
Highlander was a near-perfect film for me when it came out in 1986, when I was a teenager: it was set in New York, a city that had (and has) great allure for me; it was about an immortal man who was good with a samurai sword; it was wonderfully…
This isn't completely up to date, but these are the last new comic books I purchased, so that's good enough for me. It feels good to be, if not topical, then at least as current as I can be. Batman, Incorporated #1 Now this is a good comic book. Grant…
I can't believe I haven't talked about True Blood on my blog before. It's a dire omission that requires rectifying with me giving a brief taste of my impressions of one of my favourite programmes at the moment. As a fan of genre television, it warms the cockles of my…
The second half of the same single purchase of comic books, because there were too many comic books to talk about in one post. Or I was bored. Or something. Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #6 For such an important issue – the final issue of the mini-series that returns…
Another Year is a wonderfully crafted, wonderfully acted, compassionate and moving film from Mike Leigh in which very little actually happens, there are stretches where there is hardly any dialogue and the central characters are a happily married middle-aged couple. I'm amazed the film was made in the first place,…