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I Saw the Devil DVD Review
If revenge is a dish best served cold, Kim Ji-woon’s latest movie depicts a retribution so agonisingly prolonged that it’s covered in a veneer of mould by the time it’s doled out. Continue reading
Dreams and Everyday Life Review
2011, Tabella Publishing
Written & illustrated by Aviv Ratzin
Stream of consciousness storytelling is a rarity in comics, perhaps due to the script-to-art creative process which has standardised the medium, or the somewhat depressing fact that most aspiring comic creators attempt to enter the mainstream by emulating it. Aviv Ratzin’s Dreams and Everyday Life is that exception to the rule; … read more
The James Bond Omnibus Volume 002 Review
2011, Titan Books
Scripts: Henry Gammidge, Jim Lawrence
Art: John McLusky, Yaroslav Horak
This second volume of comic strip adventures for Ian Fleming’s perennial secret agent contains another seven collected exploits, in an affordable omnibus compilation of Titan’s previous hardback trades. Yes, this is essentially a collection of collections.
While the grade A stuff may have already been exhausted in … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged cartoon strips, Ian Fleming, James Bond, newspaper strips, Titian Books
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Amity Blamity: Book One Review
2011, SLG Publishing
Written & illustrated by Mike White
Amity Blamity follows mute four year-old Gretchen and Chester, a potbellied pig whose ability to talk seems to have earned him a place in Gretchen’s grandmother’s home, rather than hanging from and abattoir hook. Their serene, Pooh-esque playtime is frequently disrupted by Winston, a paranoid gerbil riding a shopping trolley, and … read more
Manga Series Chloe to Usher in MCM Expo London
www.mcmbuzz.com is now hosting Chloe, a weekly-updated manga strip from artist Christopher Chong, a former student at the Anime Animation college in Nihon Kogakuin, Japan.
The series, which will lead up to the MCM Expo London Comic Con on 27-29 May, follows “a young girl called Chloe and her mission to educate her friend in the art … read more
Marvel’s Villains Wreak Vengeance
Fear Itself #1 hit the shelves just last week, but the folks at Marvel are already are teasing us with their next big event, Vengeance, which, as Tom Brennan told IGN, will offer “an exploration of villainy in the Marvel Universe through the eyes of the next generation.”
Not the sequel to Acts of Vengeance I was hoping … read more
Posted in Comic News
Tagged Avengers, comic books, Magneto, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, Vengeance
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First Mortal Kombat: Legacy Webisode Online Now
Last year, Mortal Kombat : Rebirth proved an unexpected success on Youtube, paving the way for what looks to be a revival for the once venerable series with this year Mortal Kombat 9 set for release next week. Yet while many originally interpreted the short as the trailer for a new MK movie, it was in fact a teaser that … read more
Posted in Movie News
Tagged DC Comics, Mortal Kombat, superhero movies, video game movies, video games
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DC Universe Online Receives Belated Update 2
SOE may have announced a severe staff culling, but that hasn’t stopped the release of the second major update pack for DCUO – imaginatively title Update 2, and formally known as the March update.
So, what does the belated March update bring those of us lucky enough to have made it through to early April? A similar set of distractions … read more
Posted in Video Game News
Tagged Batman, DC Comics, DC Universe Online, Green Lantern, video games
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Marvel vs Capcom 3 DLC List is Fake. For Now…
Since releasing Shuma Gorath and Jill Valentine for MvC3, Capcom have kept rather schtum on exactly who will be filling in those two additional DLC slots – though the current crisis in Japan is probably of more concern to the game’s developers.
But this hasn’t stopped one beaver from spreading a 14-strong roster of new characters; a list that, while … read more
Posted in Video Game News
Tagged Capcom, comic books, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, video games
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Rubber DVD Review
2010
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Cast: Stephen Spinella, Roxanne Mesquida, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz, Tara O’Brien
A bespectacled man stands by a dozen or so wooden chairs on a desolate highway. A police car approaches, knocking down the chairs as though they formed a driving course, and halts. A lawman climbs from out of … read more
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged films / movies, Horror Movies, Independent Cinema, metafiction
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