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- 1. Joss Whedon's The Avengers: A review (of sorts)
- (Fantasy films)
- ... of the Marvel Universe, expanding it piece by piece and setting four uniquely individual superheros on a collision course to this one moment in The Avengers when they must unite, or in pursuing their own ...
- Created on 20 April 2012
- 2. New Avengers clips
- (Fantasy films)
- Marvel’s The Avengers, featuring an all-star superhero cast led by Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (Iron Man), is about to hit. Every superhero you can poke a stick at (at your own risk of course) will ...
- Created on 11 April 2012
- 3. John Carter (The Bold and the Beautiful of Mars)
- (Fantasy films)
- ... a form of astral travel which leaves his original body on Earth and materialises an exact copy on Mars. On Barsoom, Carter is something of a superhero with formidable strength and agility and the ability ...
- Created on 02 March 2012
- 4. The God of Mischief speaks about Thor 2
- (Fantasy films)
- ... superheros for the screen, Branagh brought to life the magnificent capacity of the comic book for mythic storytelling but with a human heart. Thor is an unmitigated triumph of a superhero movie. ...
- Created on 11 January 2012
- 5. DC Announces More #1 Titles
- (Press Releases)
- The New Justice On Tuesday, we made the announcement that DC was undertaking a historic renumbering of 52 superhero titles across the line, starting with JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 by our superstar creators Geoff ...
- Created on 02 June 2011
- 6. Five excellent new trailers you may have missed: Apes, X-Men, Priest, Green Lantern, Captain America
- (Science fiction films)
- ... powers; and finally Captain America: The First Avenger, telling the story of Steve Rogers, an army recruit who volunteers for a top secret research project and becomes Captain America, a superhero dedicated ...
- Created on 08 May 2011
- 7. Kenneth Branagh’s Mighty Thor
- (Fantasy films)
- ... of a big budget superhero adventure about a hammer wielding Norse god. That's of course quite ridiculous and based on a very narrow point of view: Branagh’s inexperience at the helm ...
- Created on 19 April 2011
- 8. Second official trailer for Marvel’s Thor: The Battle Comes to Earth
- (Fantasy films)
- My enthusiasm for Marvel’s Thor took a bit of a battering after the first full length trailer was leaked online (following its premiere at Comic-Con) back in August last year. Like most, I was surprised ...
- Created on 20 February 2011
- 9. I Am Number Four: another Percy Jackson or rival for the Potter crown?
- (Fantasy films)
- ... the coming of age of a superhero interwoven with that very American sub-genre, the high school drama. It’s surely no coincidence that two of the screenwriters employed by DreamWorks, Alfred Gough and Miles ...
- Created on 18 February 2011
- 10. Stephen King's Firestarter remake: will ESP come back in fashion?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... of ordinary people dabbling with ESP though, rather than superhero figures who turn out to be aliens or mutants. Tales of normal people developing extra sensory powers are far more engaging. It's a lot ...
- Created on 13 January 2011
- 11. Review: A God Somewhere, by John Arcudi, Peter Snejbjerg & Bjarne Hansen
- (Fantasy books)
- ... a new paradigm for the superhero graphic novel: Alan Moore took a sledge-hammer to the concept of the superhero and from the shattered pieces built something intelligent and plausible. Unfortunately ...
- Created on 09 December 2010
- 12. New full-length trailer for I Am Number Four
- (Fantasy films)
- ... school drama and superhero coming of age story, almost every aspect of which we've come across before on TV or the big screen. There’s no denying that Pittacus Lore (collaborators James Fey and Jobie Hughes) ...
- Created on 07 December 2010
- 13. Could Pittacus Lore's "I Am Number Four" be the next big franchise?
- (Fantasy books)
- ... fantasy about the coming of age of a superhero and it’s probably no coincidence that the adaptation was penned by screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, creators of the Superman origin series, Smallville. ...
- Created on 13 October 2010
- 14. New Iron Man 2 featurette
- (Fantasy films)
- ... Stark revealed to the world that he is the armoured superhero. The sequel picks up with Stark under pressure to share his technology with the military, but the billionaire genius and former military-industrialist ...
- Created on 30 March 2010
- 15. Review: Tom Strong Deluxe Edition Book 1
- (Fantasy books)
- ... the stands in 1999 and ran for 36 issues through to 2006. The series' superhero, Tom Strong, is a genius / strong-man, near physically and mentally perfect. Unlike many of his peers however, Strong's "superpowers" ...
- Created on 13 October 2009
- 16. Chris Hemsworth cast as the lead in Marvel Studios' Thor
- (Fantasy films)
- Finally some news worth reporting about Marvel Studio’s upcoming Thor movie. Following months of speculation, with the names of big stars and unknowns rising and falling on a flood of rumour, the role ...
- Created on 17 May 2009
- 17. X-Men Origins: Wolverine escapes online
- (Fantasy films)
- ... the high quality full-length work print of 20th Century Fox’s big budget fantasy has spread quickly to multiple file sharing sites. Wolverine focuses on the early days of Hugh Jackman's superhero character ...
- Created on 02 April 2009
- 18. Marvel pushes back the release of Thor and Captain America by a year
- (Fantasy films)
- ... arc that interweaves the stories of individual superhero characters and culminates in a multi-character motion picture: The Avengers. In which case - and if it really is "beneficial" to have Spider-Man ...
- Created on 13 March 2009
- 19. Who watches the Watchmen? A review of Zack Snyder's Watchmen
- (Fantasy films)
- ... hard hitting superhero extravaganza, unafraid of dealing with moral complexity and unflinching in the face of ugly truths. This is all the more remarkable given the opinion of many that Alan Moore ...
- Created on 07 March 2009
- 20. Spider-Man 4: vampire villain combines supernatural with superhero
- (Fantasy films)
- ... comics when Spider-Man fights Morbius,” said Director Sam Raimi. “He’s really cool. A vampire! I like that combination of superhero plus supernatural." Spider-Man 4 starts filming in 2010 and is expected ...
- Created on 16 February 2009
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10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
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