There are times when I know in advance that watching a film is going to be tough going but I'll watch it because it is getting good reviews and I admire the people behind it. It is a strange sensation, the build-up to the day involving me psyching myself up…
I really wanted to love the film of The Losers because I really love the comic book by Andy Diggle and Jock (I surprised myself when I looked for a post on my blog where I praised the series, but there isn’t one; I shall have to remedy that in…
I went to see this film because Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on the GameCube was a great game: the acrobatics, the fighting with swords, the puzzles, the running up walls, the going back in time – a whole lot of fun, before the fighting became too impossible.…
Blue Beetle #1–19 by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner, Rafael Albuquerque, Duncan Rouleau and others I don't know if it's a DC versus Marvel thing, or if I'm one of those readers who is ruining comic books by not trying new things, but Blue Beetle was a book that…
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill How late is this discussion of a comic book? It somehow got lost in the pile, which is why it's taken so long to get around to it, but I think that I'd deliberately forgotten it because I hadn't enjoyed it and didn't want…
I’ve mentioned before that, although I had enjoyed the Russell T Davies-led revival of Doctor Who, I thought it could be rather self-indulgent and seemed to rely on a lot of people dying for the Doctor, which isn’t the happiest note to strike in a family-friendly programme. I've also said…
Welcome To Tranquility Books One and Two, collecting issues #1–12 by Gail Simone and Neil Googe I picked up these two trade paperbacks in the Gosh! half-price sale, but even then they were rather expensive – the full price for a single trade would have been £14.50 ($20), which is…
I love the Lego games and I love the Harry Potter books and films, so I knew in advance that I was going to love Lego Harry Potter Years 1–4. And it didn’t disappoint. If you enjoy the films and enjoy the cuteness and humour that Travellers Tales bring to…
Being a collection of quick thoughts concerning some programmes I’ve watched using legal means and without paid-for cable/satellite channels. Warehouse 13 Virgin recently showed the (appropriately) 13 episodes of the first season of this fun little series, which can be seen as The X-Files with humour: a male Secret Service…
Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and the internet pauses to have a bit of a breather, after running around posting images and talking about teaser footage and reporting on panels. And, another San Diego Comic-Con has happened without me being there; so am I bitter? No, and yes, but…