To celebrate 10 years of DVD, Empire is doing one of its Features: The 100 DVDs You Must Own. As I've been away from the blogging game for a while, there's nothing like a list to ease oneself back into things. Obviously, this is a list, which means that it's…
Or, what if a Lovecraftian monster from another dimension didn’t want to kill all humans but love all humans? Which, although not as snappy a title, does sum things up for this second straight-to-DVD Futurama movie. Following on from the first adventure, there is a large tear in the universe…
I can't see how this was proposed as an idea: let's do a Batman version of The Animatrix, an anime anthology of separate but linked short stories about and around Batman. It's not a natural choice, is it? There's nothing organic about the process. And, after the excellent Batman: The…
Before seeing The Dark Knight, people should know that the 'Dark' part is very, very important. I'm not talking about the usual hype about the sequels being darker and more mature (e.g. Harry Potter): this is the genuine article, and you should be prepared for that fact when you watch…
Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler I read this book via my library after it appeared on the list of recommendations from Amazon – I feel guilty that (a) I’m not spending money to read the book and (b) if I did, I wouldn’t be using a ‘proper’ book shop.…
(Photo taken from Rich Johnston's Lying In The Gutters column containing his rundown of central London comic book shops) The other comic book shops that I have talked about in the central London area are still operating; Comic Showcase is no longer with us, which is a great shame. The…
Lab Rats is a new sitcom on BBC2, co-written and starring Chris Addison, a stand-up comedian and Perrier award nominee and actor known for his part in the brilliant political satire The Thick Of It. The show is produced by Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick Of It, and producer…
The film Wanted is completely silly yet also completely enjoyable. If you watch the film with this in mind, you will be entertained by implausible nonsense that happens to be visually dazzling. A film that has ‘The Loom of Fate’ as the centre of the plot cannot be taken seriously;…
Scalped #1–5 by Jason Aaron & RM Guera I may be revealing the workings behind the curtains of Clandestine Citadel here, but I don't always write about the comic books immediately after I've read them. Shock, horror, I know, but I've never been about being up to date. This is…
Although I'm not going to San Diego Comic Con (and probably won't in the foreseeable future), it doesn't mean I can't have the experience of being in a large exhibition centre filled with geeks, some dressed in costume, buying merchandise and getting autographs. The London Film and Comic Con was…