Inappropriate Films, a small, independent movie outfit that made the comedy series Bumjam and who are working on Selkie, described as “a creature feature with a difference,” have begun a Kickstarter campaign to bring Pat Mills and Tony Skinner’s Accident… Read More ›
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Comics are my Rock and Roll – trailer for new film released
Comics Are My Rock And Roll: Trailer from Daniel Baldwin on Vimeo. Film maker Daniel Baldwin has made a new film about something that is popular the world over, self-publishing and a trailer is live now on Vimeo. The film… Read More ›
Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins’ launch Kickstarter to complete “Jimmy’s End” film series
Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins have launched a Kickstarter campaign to make the final part of their Jimmy’s End film project. The pair have already produced four short films in the series and are now looking for funds to complete… Read More ›
Leading Canadian horror actor film maker at Scardiff
Canadian actor film maker Anthony D.P. Mann is the latest guest to join the line up at Scardiff in October, a brand new horror expo co-produced by Fantasy Events, horror author Wayne Simmons and Shock Horror Magazine. A one day… Read More ›
May the 4th be with you!
Opening on May the 4th (Star Wars Day) and ending on 25th May (the 30th anniversary of Return of the Jedi), Manchester’s award winning Generation Gallery will be hosting an art event with a difference. Generation Gallery will be flying… Read More ›
Dennis the Menace, Daleks and Darth in Cover of the Century poll
Dennis the Menace, Daleks and Darth Vader rub shoulders with other memorable magazine covers in a new poll celebrating 100 years of the Professional Publishers Association – Britain’s trade organisation representing more than 200 publishing-related companies. The PPA Cover of… Read More ›
Dead lie Waiting for Midlands Comic Con!
From a metal band’s new comic to the galaxy’s most bad ass bounty hunter to two of the best new games to come out of Japan, this Saturday’s MCM Midlands Comic Con at Telford International Centre comes jam-packed with geeky… Read More ›
Panel Borders radio show on The Phoenix / new British Horror Films
Panel Borders: The Phoenix In the first of a new series of Panel Borders, we start a month of shows looking at comic book anthologies with a recording of a panel discussion of the children’s comic The Phoenix. Creators Daniel… Read More ›
DREDD is Number One!
DREDD 3D has stormed its way to the top of the UK film charts, taking over a million pounds on its opening weekend and trouncing competition that includes the new Total Recall remake – the first 18 certificate film to… Read More ›
Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 Winners announced
The full results of the Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 can now be revealed! This award for graphic novels is fully endorsed by The Stan Lee Foundation and the School Library Association. Seventy seven UK schools took part this year… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Ralph McQuarrie
We’re sorry to report the passing of SF visionary Ralph McQuarrie, aged 82.Along with artists such as Chris Foss, Roger Dean, Frank Bellamy and Mike Noble, Ralph McQuarrie’s singular vision was another influence in my love of SF art that… Read More ›
Slow Toy Movement sets out challenge to Christmas shoppers
Is the ideal toy for your child this Christmas really a battery operated dog that poos?
WebFinds: Chris Weston, Movie Star
Today’s WebFind: ace British artist Chris Weston has re-plugged some ‘motion comics’ created to promote last year’s Book of Eli film directed by the Hughes brothers and starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. It looks like two comics were published,… Read More ›
Kapow plans secret sneek movie preview – could it be Thor?
The team behind next year’s upcoming Kapow convention next April continue to unveil their plans and the latest is MOVIE X – a special advance movie screening of an upcoming superhero movie. While the actual movie has yet to be… Read More ›
Titan Star Wars Galaxy Comic in Review
Amidst all the excitement surrounding the re-launch of The Dandy, another new comic has slipped almost unnoticed onto the shelves of British newsagents. Star Wars Galaxy is a new 4-weekly title from Titan, published in the same format as their… Read More ›
Classic British Movie on DVD
11 October see the release of an over-looked gem of a film on DVD. Three Cases of Murder sounds like a conventional crime movie. However, the film is made up of three individual stories (rather like the classic Dead of… Read More ›
Warners nabs Dan Dare, Sam Worthington to star
Exciting Dan Dare film news!
Flights Of Fancy: Sci-Fi Air Show
What do ILM special effects men do in their time off? For Bill George, who has an impressive CV that includes original and new Star Wars movies as well as Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Harry Potter and Twilight films, his… Read More ›
In Review: Bradford Fantastic Film Weekend
The 9th Bradford Fantastic Film Weekend was held at the National Media Museum from 4 to 6 June. The annual event began in 2002 as a celebration of classic ghost stories and the supernatural and has evolved into a major… Read More ›
Comic-inspired movie Largo Winch comes to London
Successful Belgian bande dessinée series Largo Winch has been made into a live action film. Its writer and creator Jean Van Hamme was on hand at the Institut Francais in South Kensington in London to answer questions after a screening… Read More ›