Author: Neil Vagg

You can pickup your copy of Absolute Carnage #2 now where all good comics are sold. Synopsis After the terrifying conclusion of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1, a new player is on the board, and it’s NOT who you’d expect! Barely able to escape with their lives, SPIDER-MAN and VENOM have no choice but to drag a slew of other heroes into Carnage’s crosshairs. Worse yet, Carnage’s rampage through New York City claims an unexpected piece of collateral damage…and there’s NOTHING Venom or anyone can do to stop it! Review In my review of issue #1 (here) I praised writer Donny Cates for…

BOOM! Studios has unveiled a first look at Hellmouth #1, in partnership with 20th Century Fox. The five-issue series from writers Jordie Bellaire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol) and artist Eleonora Carlini (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers) brings Buffy and Angel face to face in the world-ending event hundreds of years in the making—the opening of the Hellmouth! From beneath you, it devours…Buffy and the Scoobies will have to learn to trust each other again as they race to close the Hellmouth before whatever evil living there can be unleashed on, first, Sunnydale, and then, the world. Meanwhile,…

Over the last 7 years Arrow has launched a shared TV universe and brought us countless moments of heroism from across the multi-verse. We’re celebrating today’s release of Arrow season 7 on Blu-ray™ & DVD by taking a look at Neil’s top 7 Arrow moments! 7. Let’s start a riot! Episode: 7×07 “The Slabside Redemption” Early episodes of season 7 featured Oliver locked up in Slabside Prison. Incarcerated for his crimes as the Green Arrow, Oliver refused to break himself out and instead faced the consequences of his actions. Finally, seven episodes in to the most recent season, Oliver was…

DC Comics has announced that Frank Miller is re-teaming with Rafael Grampa and Jordie Bellaire for a new one-shot set in the world of The Dark Knight Returns! Read on for the full press release from DC: DC, FRANK MILLER, AND RAFAEL GRAMPÁ RETURN TO THE DARK KNIGHT UNIVERSE THIS DECEMBER WITH DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE GOLDEN CHILD BURBANK, CA (September 13, 2019) – Bestselling writer and comic book icon Frank Miller will add yet another incredible chapter to his Dark Knight legacy this December, as DC announced plans to publish a sequel to the acclaimed Dark Knight III: Master Race. Dark Knight Returns:…

Last week Mission Impossible 7 director Chris McQuarrie announced that Marvel actress Hayley Atwell was joining the cast. Now Atwell has also confirmed her involvement and unveiled that her character will also be appearing in the previously announced eighth instalment in the franchise. Atwell will be joining the cast in an unknown role but is expected to take on the role of one of the female leads. Though unconfirmed all the big Hollywood trades are expecting Rebecca Fergusson to return as Ilsa Faust in both sequels. Read the full statement from Atwell in the Instagram post below. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Ugz6eApBb/ Mission: Impossible…

Titans returns from hiatus with an episode struggling to move on from the past and embrace its future. Synopsis While Dick trains the next generation of Titans, Donna and Kory track down a rogue metahuman. But an old threat drives the Titans – old and new – back together. Review Reviewing television is an interesting beast, opinions can change from week to week depending on how an episode presents itself. One week it could be the greatest series on TV and the next week maybe it jumps the shark and ruins its entire legacy. Well last week (reviewed here) Titans…

Director James Gunn teased last week that an announcement on the cast of The Suicide Squad was coming. Well, late on Friday night that announcement arrived and with it the confirmation of several actors involvement with the film. We finally got confirmation that Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) and Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) would be returning from the first film. Officially joining them are David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Joaquin Cosio, Nathan Fillion, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Sean Gunn, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi,, Alice Braga, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese,…

If, like us, you grew up in the 90’s you’ll remember the hit Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The anthology series see’s a group of teens, dubbed The Midnight Society, meet around a campfire to tell scary stories. The original show ran for 65 episodes between 1990 and 1996 before initially being revived for two more 13-episode seasons in 1999 and 2000. This latest revival will run for three, hour-long episodes and we’ve got our first look courtesy of this new trailer! https://youtu.be/kqPCBdOViOQ Are You Afraid of the Dark? premieres on October 11 in North America. The series is directed…

Yesterday we began to see posters for Joker turning up across stations on the London tube. It’s great to see promotion start to ramp up in the final weeks before the film’s release but there’s still more to come! Overnight Warner Bros. has released this new banner which featuring another look at Joaquin Phoenix in full makeup. The simple image is still incredibly striking thanks to its muted colours and striking focus on Joker’s red smile. Phillips directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver, based on characters from DC. The film is being produced by Phillips and…

As Game of Thrones was looking to wrap up its final season, HBO announced that it was developing a number of prequel series. The first of those is currently in production and is set to star Naomi Watts. Now EW has released information on a potential second series which appears to be moving forwards. George R.R. Martin and Colony co-creator Ryan Condal are reportedly heading up the new series, which is said to explore the history of the Targaryen family. The trade points to the series building towards the infamous war known as The Dance of Dragons. That conflict took place around…