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While all this has been going on, my friends and colleagues have been asking me one thing. It’s the same thing they ask me every year around this time, and then again in July, while the event is happening: “Are you going?” When I reply that I’m not, there’s always …

(opens in new tab) One of the things that has always fascinated me about comics is how easily the medium adapts to any kind of story, and how, at times, reluctant it is to do so. Don’t worry, I’m not going to bang the drum about how we should all …

Capcom has a long history, as proven by its deep library of titles outside of franchises like Street Fighter, Mega Man, and Resident Evil. Capcom recently decided to share some of its lesser-known classics with gamers via Capcom Arcade Cabinet on XBLA/PSN. More than 15 arcade originals will be released …

This is the first slide of the Top 7 From the wooden floorboards of the theater stage, to the plastic housing of your grandparents old CRT TV, the fourth wall has long been used as a way to describe the barrier between performance and audience. But that magic transparent window …

Wally Pfister The Cinematographer: Though he’s currently making the transition to director (with 2014’s Transcendence), Pfister has long been Christopher Nolan’s go-to man when it comes to cinematography. Pfister has worked with Nolan on all of his films apart from Following – so that’s his Batman trilogy, plus Memento , …

Skyscraper (1996) Die Hard On A… Skyscraper. What Would John McClane Do: Probably exactly what he did in Die Hard – Skyscraper basically takes the plot of Die Hard and swaps McClane for Anna Nicole Smith’s big-boobed pilot. The horror. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Die Hard On A… Cruise …

Brace yourselves for some of the funniest, weirdest and most creative movie-related maguffins that have been buzzing around the internet this week. Case in point, the amazing Batman , Joker and (rather tubby) Bane cosplayers above, who were snapped wandering around Las Vegas (via @Imgur ). And it just gets …

In a recent issue of SFX , there was a list of five reasons why Luke Skywalker is better than Han Solo. (opens in new tab) As a life-long Luke fan, I was thrilled to see this (even if it may have been a little tongue in cheek), but I’ve …

I know a lot about a lot of genre things, but no one can be familiar with everything. There are some things that have simply flown under my radar through the years. Such is the case with Green Arrow . All I knew about this guy before watching his latest …

With wannabe reformed videogame bad guy Wreck-It Ralph about to hit UK cinemas this Friday, we look at some other digital evil-doers who may or may not want some redemption… By Stephen Kelly 10 Bowser (opens in new tab) SUPER MARIO BROS (1985) If the definition of insanity is doing …