Category: GENRE
Motorbike that transforms into flying jet bike, S.H.I.E.L.D.-style.
Nick Fury has just pimped himself a new ride for S.H.I.E.L.D, courtesy of French engineer Lazareth and his ingenious La Moto Volante LMV-496, which transforms from an admittedly rather futuristic-seeming piece of road-steel into an even more futuristic-looking flying jet bike. Only two questions leap to mind. 1). How much is it? 2). Where the […]
German observatory camouflaged as R2-D2!
The Zweibrücken Observatory of the Natural Science Association is now, sadly, in danger of being attacked by Imperial storm-troopers thanks to one Professor Hubert Zitt. Along with his students, the professor decided to convert the observatory into a rather over-sized R2-D2, by dint of a spiff new paint-job. Asked why he would carry put this […]
Emilia Clarke was close to dying. Khaleesi!
British actor Emilia Clarke, aka Daenerys Targaryen and Mother of Dragons in the Game of Thrones TV series, has been speaking about how close she came to death from a horrible pair of brain aneurysms which required three emergency brain surgeries by the NHS in the UK to save her life. The first aneurysm struck […]
Amazon Prime strikes back against Disney: will launch big budget Dark Tower TV series.
Amazon Prime isn’t going to take Disney’s plans to conquer the streaming market lying down – it’s reaching for the ammo box, and right next to a grenade labelled ‘massive Lord of the Rings TV expansion’ is a claymore mine which reads ‘Dark Tower TV series’. Yes, British actor Sam Strike is to play Roland […]
Game Of Thrones Season 8: new poster (with spoilers)?
There’s a new poster out for the 8th season of the Game Of Thrones fantasy TV series. But, the question is, does it contain spoilers for the eventual victor of the iron throne? Hmmm, you might say the ‘eyes’ have it! George, you’ll do us proud, yet, old boy.
Manga is Magnificent and Meaningful at the British Museum (event news).
Visually immersive, in manga, the images rule supreme. The Japanese characters for manga actually translate as ‘pictures run riot’ or ‘pictures unbounded’. But how do you read it? And when did it emerge? You can find out at the British Museum‘s new upcoming manga exhibition – titled, rather appropriately, Manga – due to headline in […]
No Way by S.J. Morden (book review).
Last year’s Martian thriller ‘One Way’ introduced us to Frank Kittridge, a convicted murderer who was offered a one-way ticket to Mars as part of an all-convict crew who would build a base for NASA’s astronauts to use in the future. It didn’t seem such a bad deal, it would just mean Frank serving out […]
Texas Hold’Em (A Wild Cards Novel book 28) edited by George RR Martin (book review).
The 28th book of ‘Wild Cards’, ‘Texas Hold’Em’, follows a group of musical joker teens from Xavier Desmond High School Jazz Band aka the Mob and chaperoned by Bubbles, Rustbelt and Rubberband arrive in Texas for a jazz music competition. There is also a faction of people who object to jokers taking part, seeing them […]
John Wick 3: Parabellum (new trailer).
In this third instalment of the action franchise, aka ‘John Wick 3: Parabellum‘, super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. He’s also reunited with Laurence Fishburne! After Wick murders a member of the shadowy IAG – International Assassin’s Guild – […]
Bill and Ted III: Face the Music (announcement trailer).
Dude, you are never too old to go time travelling and save the universe through the power of music. Yes, the movie Bill and Ted III: Face the Music has been green-lit by the most excellent Orion Pictures. Will it be any good, though? Frack knows. Maybe it’ll be a meditation on how the passage […]
