Month: February 2011

  • Green Lantern to Headline MCM Expo London’s Comic Con

    Green Lantern to Headline MCM Expo London’s Comic Con

    Where: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock When: 27-29th May Press Release: MCM Group are delighted to announce that much-anticipated action-adventure Green Lantern will be the official title sponsor of the next MCM Expo, which takes place at ExCel London on 27-29 May. Now in its tenth year, MCM Expo is London’s comic con, covering movies,…

  • Brighton Rock (1947) DVD Review

    Brighton Rock (1947) DVD Review

    1947 Director: John Boulting Script: Graham Greene, Terence Rattigan Cast: Richard Attenborough, Hermoine Baddeley, Carol Marsh, William Hartnell, Wylie Watson Richard Attenborough became a cinema icon with his portrayal of small time gangster Pinkie, the baby-faced psychopath forced to marry naive waitress Rose (Carol Marsh) when she becomes a potential witness to his murder of…

  • Arthur Flowers Performs ‘I See the Promised Land’

    Arthur Flowers Performs ‘I See the Promised Land’

    A clip from Arthur Flowers’ recent US tour, as he reads from I See the Promised Land, his graphic novel on the life of Martin Luther King, and explains how the project came about:

  • Marvel Heroclix: Giant X-Men Sells Out

    Marvel Heroclix: Giant X-Men Sells Out

    Wizkids Announces Manufacturer Sell-Out Press Release: WizKids Inc. announces the manufacturer sell-out of their most recent set, Marvel HeroClix®: Giant-Size X-Men (GSX).  WizKids’ entire inventory of Marvel Giant-Size X-Men, releasing March 16th, 2011 has been completely sold to distributors worldwide. The X-Men burst onto the scene in this latest HeroClix expansion dedicated to Marvel’s “First Family”…

  • Septagon Studios Releases Gator Bunch on Graphicly

    Septagon Studios Releases Gator Bunch on Graphicly

    Press Release: Gator Butch, the long-awaited comic project written by Kurt Belcher, illustrated by David Hollenbach and published by Septagon Studios has hit digital media platforms with a Truckload of Bonuses! Gator Butch is the story of Charles “Gator Butch” Buchinsky, a mutant half-human, half-alligator country boy and licensed ‘Monster Fighter’. When Gator Butch agreed…

  • 5 Marvel Graphic Novels You Really Need to Read

    5 Marvel Graphic Novels You Really Need to Read

    Obviously, there are more than 5 great Marvel graphic novels, but here’s a small selection of the very finest. The quintet I’ve chosen are all accessible to anyone, really, and don’t require a PhD in Marvel chronology to appreciate. Marvels Kurt Busiek’s take on the Marvel Universe’s New York through the eyes of Daily Bugle…

  • In Their Sleep DVD Review

    In Their Sleep DVD Review

    2009 Directors: Caroline Du Potet, Eric Du Potet Script: Caroline Du Potet, Eric Du Potet Cast: Anne Parillaud, Arthur Dupont, Thiery Fremont You always love the ones you hurt in this intimateFrench horror, which sees a bereaved mother bond with a troubled teenager after nearly running him down on an unlit country lane. Covered in…

  • DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Comics, $2.99 Story: Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard Art: Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo, Norman Lee Colours: Carrie Strachan DC Universe Online: Legends sits in the rather unenviable position of being a comic book based on a video game based on a comic book. However, DCUO is no ordinary video game but an MMO; an…