Set 70 years prior to the Harry Potter series, J.K Rowling enters as screenwriter for the prequel continuation of her Wizarding World franchise – Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Here’s what long time “Non-Potterhead” Joe thinks of the resurrected venture. I dislike Harry Potter. At least, the film series. Sure, there’s a tonne of craftsmanship … Continue reading
ONOMATOPOEIA. A phrase – probably coined before Adam West’s gaudy take on Batman – which really sums up the somewhat “in-your-face” nature of the Batman of the 60’s. Well holy shitballs Batman, Joe’s got his hands on a copy of “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” – the newest in the DCAU line, which sees the return … Continue reading
Released earlier this year on Amazon Prime here in the UK, “Lucifer” marks this iterations first outing on TV/Streaming services – now in its second season – It’s first has just been released on home media and Joe’s got his hands on it, will he enjoy it’s salacious charms? Or has hell indeed frozen over … Continue reading
James Wan’s latest offering in the horror franchise “The Conjuring” is out for home release, being a somewhat squeamish horror fan, Joe takes a look. Is it any good? Did it conjure negative emotions? Was something insidious afoot? Something something sinister?The Conjuring 2 continues the story of paranormal investigators, Ed & Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson & Vera … Continue reading
Green Room, written & directed by Jeremy Saulnier, Starring the late Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots & Patrick Stewart; centers on an amateur punk band who are besieged by Neo-Nazi skinheads after witnessing a murder within the club’s ‘Green Room’. Joe’s back to give his two cents… Starting things off I’ll have to acknowledge the fact … Continue reading
Alterna Comics, champions of indie comics, are due to release a second Anthology project based on the theme of Super Powers, that comprises over 100 creators from across the medium, 40 Story’s and a whopping 384 pages. It’s currently in the midst of it’s Kickstarter campaign. Peter Simeti (founder of Alterna) has kindly given The Werd access … Continue reading
After ‘power-watching’ “Legends of Tomorrow – Season 1” & “Arrow – Season 4” in the span of two weeks, Joe explained that the thought of doing another series so soon sounded a bit daunting. So he decided to watch “The Flash – Season 2” in as short a time as humanly possible. Did he survive the … Continue reading
So it comes to this, the main property of the “Arrowverse” Arrow. Newly released in an all bells and whistles DVD/Blu Ray Box set is the fourth season, charting Oliver & Felicity’s not so relaxing return to Star City after seemingly driving off into the sunset at the end of Season 3. Joe’s watched this, read … Continue reading
Legends of Tomorrow, The spin-off series of Arrow and The Flash, Starring Rory Williams, Superman, Officer Kirsten Landry and those blokes from Prison Break, Sorry, I mean Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Wentworth Miller & Dominic Purcell! plus more… is fresh out on DVD, Blu Ray and Digital, and, being that Joe has now cemented an interest in the … Continue reading
Misty, one of the British comic industries female focused answer to 2000AD – devised by Pat Mills no less. And Joe had the distinct pleasure of its company on a rather bumpy plane ride to Italy. Here’s what he thought… I actually read most of “Misty” on a plane bound for Venice. As such, my review is … Continue reading
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