Author: Carl Doherty
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Un-Men vol. 1: Get your Freak On! TPB Review
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2008, DC/Vertigo Story: John Whalen Art: Mike Hawthorne, Tomer Hanuka (covers) Colours: Tanya and Richard Horie Creations of mad scientist Anton Arcane, the abominable Un-Men first appeared in the pages of Swamp Thing. They were later re-imagined in the early nineties mini American Freak, the events of which this new incarnation continues a further decade…
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The Orphanage (el Orfanato) Film Review
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2008 Dir: Juan Antonio Bayona Script: Sergio G. Sánchez Cast: Belén Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo, Mabel Rivera, Roger Príncep, Montserrat Carulla, Edgar Vivar With The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro revitalised a horror subgenre long subsided to slasher pics and gore-porn attractions. Though he retreats to a producer position here, The…
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World War Hulk TPB Review
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Marvel, 2008 Writer: Greg Pak Pencils: John Romita Jr., Al Rio, Lee Weeks, Sean Phillips, Leonard Kirk, Rafa Sandoval Inks: Klaus Janson, Scott Hanna, Lee Weeks, Tom Palmer, Leonard Kirk, Gary Erskine Colours: Christina Strain, William Murai, Moose Baumann, Guru eFX After the sword & sandal fantasy departure Planet Hulk, World War Hulk feels long…
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Happy-Go-Lucky Film Review
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2008 Dir: Mike Leigh Script: Mike Leigh Cast: Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Samuel Roukin, Andrea Riseborough In one of Happy-Go-Lucky’s initial scenes the perpetually perky Polly enters a bookstore and begins a one-way conversation with an arrogant clerk. When her exchange reaps no rewards she cheerfully departs, her sunny disposition…
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In Bruges Movie Review
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Director: Martin McDonagh Script: Martin McDonagh Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy When Ratatouille was released last year, the posters bore the faux phonetic transcription (rat-a-too-ee) below the title, both acting as a pun and educating under-tens Americans how to pronounce such a dauntingly foreign – and from the perspective of cautious…
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Avengers: The Initiative: Basic Training TPB Review
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2008, Marvel Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy Colours: Daniele Rudoni, Steve Uy With the Civil War over, Captain America dead, and World War Hulk swept neatly under a large rug, Stark’s vision of a superheroe in every state is fully underway with Avengers: The Initiative, in which we join a group of…
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The Bank Job Movie Review
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Dir: Roger Donaldson Script: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, George McIndoe, Aaron Shuster Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet When a Baker Street depository was robbed in 1971, London became engrossed in the story of the ‘walkie-talkie bank job’…
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Comic Books and Graphic Novels – What’s the Difference?
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in ColumnThe definition of exactly what a comic book is – or indeed what it takes for a comic to become a graphic novel – has become increasingly murky territory.