Month: March 2011

  • Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Tony Moore, Sandu Florea, Karl Kesel, John Rauch With Mac Gargan no longer hosting the symbiote, there’s a certain desperation in the way Marvel have been so quick to reinvent Spider-man’s erstwhile antithesis. Flash Thompson, the former Peter Parker bully turned paraplegic war hero, is now in the black;…

  • FF #1 Comic Book Review

    FF #1 Comic Book Review

    Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts Given the publicity and teaser images preceding its debut, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this Fantastic Four reboot would start afresh with Marvel’s first family, now sans the recently deceased Human Torch. Instead, Jonathan Hickman’s Future Foundation is an extension of the…

  • Sean Dietrich’s Epic Tour Joins Wondercon

    Sean Dietrich’s Epic Tour Joins Wondercon

    Legendary underground live painter continues his epic art tour with WonderCon this weekend in San Francisco. Press Release: Sean Dietrich, the San Diego live painter who has racked up almost 900 live art shows up and down the west coast, brings his 2011 Art Tour to San Francisco this weekend for the WonderCon comic and…

  • Zatanna: The Mistress of Magic TPB Review

    Zatanna: The Mistress of Magic TPB Review

    DC Comics, 2011 Writer: Paul Dini Art: Stephane Roux, Chad Hardin, Jesus Saiz Garder Fox’s Zatanna Zatara receives her first ongoing series after a mere half-decade. While the buxom illusionist received a limited series in the 90s and another under Morrison’s Seven Soldiers project, Paul Dini’s latest sees her distanced from the Justice League and…

  • Justice League Movie Rumours Return

    Justice League Movie Rumours Return

    A recent interview with Warner Bros. executive Jeff Robinov in The Los Angeles Times has suggested new plans for a Justice League movie, no doubt inspired by the hype (and good will) surrounding Marvel’s upcoming Avengers. Unlike this year’s continuity primers Captain America and Thor, however, it appears that the Justice League film will itself…

  • Black Dynamite Explodes in Your Face

    Black Dynamite Explodes in Your Face

    First issue of the BLACK DYNAMITE Comic Book to release April 2011 Press Release: Ape Entertainment, in partnership with Ars Nova, is proud to announce the release of the original 48 page one-shot Black Dynamite: Slave Island, inspired by the major motion picture Black Dynamite. “Between the streets, Vietnam and the C.I.A., Black Dynamite thought he…

  • The Door (Die Tür) DVD Review

    The Door (Die Tür) DVD Review

    2009 Director: Anno Saul Script: Jan Berger Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Jessica Schwarz, Heike, Makatsch Following on from such curiosities as The Box and The Bothersome Man, German thriller The Door fits into a science fiction subgenre perhaps best described as “could have been a Twilight Zone episode.” It’s a dark and inventive “what if?” fantasy…

  • Caged (Captifs) DVD Review

    Caged (Captifs) DVD Review

    2010 Director: Yann Gozlan Script: Yann Gozlan, Guillaume Lemans Cast: Zoé Felix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh Organ trafficking gets the Texas Chainsaw treatment in this Gallic horror, which sees a group of humanitarians captured in Eastern Europe and kindly alleviated of their burdensome components. While this premise may sound like the set up for another…