By now everybody and their mother in-law’s gerbil has seen the Star Wars: Rogue One trailer and marvelled at the “the same but different” vibe radiating from the brief glimpses we’re teased with on screen. Who’s that girl? Are those tanks hovering? Blimey… that dish looks enormous etc. It’s great
Once upon a time, in the bad old days, record company men were drunk, violent maniacs who murdered each other, felt up every woman within reaching distance, and had their assistants keep drawers full of narcotics to keep the bands in line. So goes the premise of Vinyl (available to
By Tessa Boyce. It's no secret that many movies are filmed on giant sets in Hollywood. Filmmakers have the technology to create almost any type of location imaginable. With big budgets and abundant CGI, a set can turn into a secluded village or a galaxy far, far away. However, large budgets also
By Tessa Boyce. Although summer is around the corner, winter is coming and "Game of Thrones" fans are anxiously awaiting season six, which premieres Sunday, April 24, at 9:00 p.m. on HBO. The first book, "A Game of Thrones," was published in 1996, and the series has since become a cultural
Looking back over my old and abandoned blog posts its safe to say that prior to 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers Assemble (…awful UK title) I was still somewhat of an MCU skeptic. My own fandom suffering years at the hands of studio missteps (Hulk, Blade: Trinity, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Ghost
