Tag Archives: Blogs

BLOG 2000AD Latest Prog Reviewed

However, with “Closet”, the Dredd story I blogged about last week , seeing print this week as a one-off story, now’s a good time to take a look at the current line-up. After my review of each story, I’ll give details of the first Collected Editions available featuring the characters …

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BLOG Why Filmmakers Need To Stop Making Us Sick

Do you remember when The Blair Witch Project came out and there was all that unexpected hoo-hah about how the camerawork was making people feel sick? I never got to see the film on the big screen (too scary) but I watched it on DVD a few months later and …

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BLOG Convention Report: Toronto Fan Expo

(opens in new tab) Last weekend over 80,000 geeks and gamers gathered in Toronto for Fan Expo, Canada’s largest sci-fi, anime and gaming convention. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre was transformed into a playground for genre fans; you could meet your favourite celebs, shop, attend panels, show off your best …

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Comic-Con 2012

Follow San Diego Comic-Con 2012 as it happens Get all the latest news live from the biggest event of the geek calendar! Click here for more Comic-Con news, videos and interviews Comic-Con International has it all, from independent comic artists to Hollywood blockbusters. It’s where all the important announcements are …

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BLOG Extravagant Shots

(opens in new tab) Have you ever watched a film and come across a shot or a sequence that dazzles you? In these times of cheap CGI everyone can fill their films with big battles and spectacular vistas, but occasionally you come across something a bit special. I don’t mean …

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BLOGBUSTERS Saved For Prosperity

[sings] It’s the end of the world as we know! It’s the end of the world as we know it! It’s the end of the world as we know it… and Michael Stipe’s just as terrified as the rest of us! [/sings] But fear not Mr Stipe! And indeed the …

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PURE GOLDER Does Joss Whedon Need To Do Avengers 2?

After all, the Marvel movies previous to Avengers Assemble may have been decent-sized hits, but they weren’t mega hits. They didn’t send shockwaves through the zeitgeist like Avengers Assemble has. Although it wouldn’t have been too much of a punt to predict that any Avengers movie from any old director …

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BLOG: Eureka! Theyve done it again!

I watch only a handful of television shows, but one of my can’t miss programs is Eureka . I came to it a bit late, but since I discovered it via Netflix some years ago, I have tuned in for every new episode. I nearly always watch it live and …

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BLOGBUSTERS Does Sci-Fi Geek = Techno Geek?

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Blogbusters where we’re going to be examining SCIENCE! Or more particularly, TECHNOLOGY! The shock of the new – the joy of the new – lies at the heart of a lot of genre fiction. We live, technologically, in a very odd future and …

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