To celebrate the release of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Serkis, 2021), Sony Pictures declared September 27 “Venom Day”, a fitting date to shine the spotlight on one of my favourite anti-heroes, who made their first full debut in May…
Released: 15 October 2021Director: Andy SerkisDistributor: Sony Pictures ReleasingBudget: $110 millionStars: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, and Stephen Graham The Plot:Over a year after the events of Venom (Fleischer, 2018), investigative journalist Eddie Brock’s (Hardy) struggles to…
Released: October 2018Director: Ruben FleischerDistributor: Sony Pictures ReleasingBudget: $100 millionStars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed The Plot:Disgraced reporter Eddie Brock (Hardy) is bonded with a psychotic symbiotic alien lifeform and becomes a superhuman anti-hero forced to choose between…
Released: 21 April 2023Director: Lee CroninDistributor: Warner Bros. PicturesBudget: $19 millionStars: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, and Nell Fisher The Plot:Road-weary Beth (Sullivan) pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie (Sutherland), who is raising three…
In 1995, Marvel Comics created “National Superhero Day” and, in the process, provided comics and superhero fans the world over with a great excuse to celebrate their favourite characters and publications. Released: 24 October 2006Developer: Raven SoftwareAlso Available For: Game…
In April of 1985, the first issue of the ground-breaking, twelve issue Crisis on Infinite Earths (Wolfman, et al, 1986) was published. This event, which was easily the biggest in DC Comics at that point (and for many years), saw…
Author: Nic WinterGenre: Murder Mystery/ThrillerPublication Date: 4 October 2022Pages: 308Available As: Paperback and e-book The Synopsis:When lawyer Darcy Sinclair discovers the body of local entrepreneur Elle Bradshaw, it’s more than just the gruesome scene that haunts her. All the trauma…
In the decades since his first dramatic appearance in the pages of Detective Comics, Bruce Wayne/Batman has become a mainstream, worldwide, pop culture icon. The brainchild of writer Bob Kane, Batman was brought to life by artist Bill Finger and…
In the decades since his first dramatic appearance in the pages of Detective Comics, Bruce Wayne/Batman has become a mainstream, worldwide, pop culture icon. The brainchild of writer Bob Kane, Batman was brought to life by artist Bill Finger and…
Easily Marvel Comic’s most recognisable and popular superhero, unsuspecting teenage nerd Peter Parker was first bitten by a radioactive spider and learned the true meaning of power and responsibility in Amazing Fantasy #15, which was first published in August 1962.…
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