Directed by Thor Freudenthal Written by Marc Guggenheim (screenplay), Rick Riordan (novel) In cinemas now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS! The ‘Percy Jackson’ franchise is an interesting phenomena in that it isn’t really a phenomena in the first place. The first film ‘The Lightning Thief’ was released in February of 2010 and despite receiving only a mixed reaction from critics managed to scrape home over $200 million at the worldwide box office. I missed to see the film at the cinema but caught up with it on blu-ray later on as I’m intrigued by adaptations of Greek mythology. Three years later and…
Author: Neil Vagg
Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
Directed by Roy Burdine & Lloyd Goldfine Written by Rob David, Matthew Dredk and Llyod Goldfine Purchase your copy on DVD @ Amazon.co.uk now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS! It’s Sunday morning, I needed some cartoons to watch and I thought of this movie which I’ve had for a while but still haven’t gotten around to watching. The premise of this film is pretty genius: to bring together the three most famous incarnations of the TMNT; the 1984 comic book originals, the 1987 cartoon classics and the 2003 animated series team plus versions of the villains from both animated universes and all…
Cover by Mike Allred Written by Jeff Parker Art by Sandy Jarrell Coloured by Rico Renzi Purchase your digital copy @ comixology now! Beware of spoilers! We’re on to our next back-up story this week in ‘Batman ‘66’ and for this little gem Jeff Parker has called on the villainous Egghead – played by Vincent Price in the original series – to cause mayhem in Gotham. I would have liked to see The Joker’s arc stretch to a full three issues but this format of a major villain for the main story and a lesser villain for the back-up story…
Directed by J. J. Abrams Written by Bob Orci & Alex Kurtzman Get it on Blu-Ray @ Amazon.co.uk now! As always: beware of spoilers! With sequel ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ released on blu-ray/DVD in the UK on September 2nd I thought I’d jump back to the 2009 reboot that kick-started this new version of the franchise. I’ll start out by saying that I’m a little too young for the original ‘Star Trek’ series. That’s not to say I haven’t gone back and watched it but my Trek was ‘The Next Generation’ through ‘Deep Space Nine’ and the beginnings of ‘Voyager’…
Cover by Jae Lee Art by Jae Lee & Yildiray Cinar Written by Greg Pak Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! Don’t you love when you’ve gotten a little behind on your comics and then you all of a sudden completely find yourself hooked on a new title and get to read a couple of issues basically back-to-back? Well that’s how I feel about ‘Batman/Superman’. I was not keen on issue #1, I got a little hooked during issue #2 and thankfully only had to wait a couple of days to pick up issue #3. This issue…
Cover by Brett Booth Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Will Conrad Purchase your digital copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! ‘Nightwing’ has become a stand out title amongst the various Bat-titles in the DC Comics catalogue. Dick Grayson has long lived in the shadow of Bruce Wayne but in the wake of his mentors death back in late 2008 Grayson took over the mantle of the Bat from a short battle for the cowl. Launching in to The New 52 Grayson was back in the guise of Nightwing, albeit in a red and black costume rather than blue…
Written by Scott SnyderCover & Pencils by Jim LeePencils & Inks by Dustin NguyenInks by Scott Williams Purchase your digital copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! Having been a little slow to pick up on issue #1 of this series I’ve had a nice weekend where I’ve been able to read issues 2 and 3 back-to-back. In my review of issue #2 I talked about the excitement of having a straight up Superman titled with Jim Lee behind the pencil and this issue starts pushing that to the extreme. Cover artwork aside there is some amazing artwork on display…
Written by Scott Snyder Cover & Pencils by Jim Lee Pencils & Inks by Dustin Nguyen Inks by Scott Williams Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! I slightly missed the boat by not reviewing issue #1 on time and was highly tempted to go back but maybe I will just add it in to the pile of items for a classic review. I mentioned in my review of ‘Batman/Superman’ #2 that these two titles launched simultaneously for maximum impact during the marketing campaign for the hugely successful ‘Man of Steel’ movie. That being said you could be…
Cover by Ricken50 Written by Christy Marx Pencils by Scott McDaniel & Romero Molenaar Inks by Jonathan Glapion Pickup your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! As I have been quite enjoying the ‘Batgirl’ title I decided that it was time to dip in to the ‘Birds of Prey’ title to see how this New 52 incarnation was working out. I’ve read several of the told TPB’s which I picked up around the time of the short-lived TV series which was my introduction to the universe of BoP. NB: I like the idea of Helena Wayne/Kyle daughter of Batman…
Directed by Harald Zwart Written by Cassandra Clare (novel) & Jessica Postigo Paquette (screenplay) Check it out in cinemas world-wide now! Beware of spoilers! I first saw the trailer for this movie some time ago and it immediately grabbed my interest as it seemed like a despite being an attempt to cash in on the massive hole left in the world-wide box office in the wake of the ‘Twilight’ saga reaching an end. I saw the first couple of ‘Twilight’ movies at the cinema, I enjoyed them for what they were. I didn’t buy in to the romance, I’ve never…