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May 6, 2018

Free Comic Book Day 2018 round-up

Morning folks, Yesterday was Free Comic Book Day 2018 – one of the best days of the year. As discussed, yesterday’s trip to the comic shop resulted in a heap of free comics all of which I am about to discuss below. I picked up 13 comics during my trip to the comic book store,…

May 5, 2018

Free Comic Book Day – The spoils of war

After an hour and a half of queuing, we finally got our comics (see last post)! Whoop! So, this year we were able to choose ten free comics from our local comic book store, as part of Free Comic Book Day. As there were two of us this meant 20 comics in total. As mentioned…

May 5, 2018

Free Comic Book Day is here

Good morning – Free Comic Book Day is upon us! I’m writing this post while stood in line outside one of my local comic book stores in Manchester. The sun is shining, there are a lot of people stood in this line and everyone seems very excited. I am one of those very excited people.…

May 4, 2018

Infinity War heads into another big weekend – The Greatest Showman hangs on

Avengers: Infinity War was so last weekend, right? Nope. As we head into another weekend, cinema chains up and down the country (and around the world) are bracing themselves for another busy couple of days as audiences head to their local multiplex to watch Infinity War. Some will be watching the movie for the first…

May 4, 2018

The Star Wars Saga is currently cheap(er) on Amazon

A little ‘heads-up’ for those wishing to indulge in Star Wars Day today – Amazon UK currently has the HD Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection on offer for £34.99. The set includes six movies – Episodes I to VI – as well as a bunch of bonus features. To put things into perspective, (with the exception…

May 4, 2018

Remembering Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

Today, I thought it the perfect time to take a look back at one of my favourite Star Wars tales – Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. For those unfamiliar with this story, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye is an original novel (later adapted into a comic) set shortly after the events of the original Star…

May 4, 2018

Ryan Reynolds remains ever hopeful of Deadpool/Wolverine movie

With the Disney/Fox takeover looming and the current version of the X-Men movie franchise pretty much likely to end after the release of Deadpool 2 (2018), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) and New Mutants (2019), the chance of any more films set within Fox’s X-Universe is slim at best. However, that hasn’t stopped Ryan Reynolds from being…

May 3, 2018

Infinity War is on course for $1 billion+ – still hasn’t opened in China

Avengers: Infinity War is on course to fly past the $1 billion mark and the movie still hasn’t opened in China. The movie – which arrived in cinemas only a week ago – has already accumulated $857,531,270 and over the next few days this total will increase, surpassing the $1 billion mark shortly. At present,…

May 3, 2018

Watch: Come What May – Moulin Rouge! the Musical video

A music video has been released to promote forthcoming stage show, Moulin Rouge! the Musical. The video features Aaron Tveit signing iconic song Come What May and, well, it’s pretty awesome. Check it out below. As for the show itself, Moulin Rouge! the Musical is an adaptation of the 2001 movie of the same name. Directed by Ezra…

May 3, 2018

Do we need another Robin Hood movie?

Earlier today I posted the first official trailer the new Robin Hood movie. The film – due out in November – stars Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx – and is the latest in a seemingly never ending line of Hood movies. But is it needed? I genuinely don’t know. Let’s weigh it up. For: Robin…