Does Batman Rise to the Occasion?   I’ve been reading Batman for a long time and the character has been at the centre of some awesome story arcs such as Knightfall, War Games, and The Dark Knight Returns. And what I’ve always liked about Nolan’s Batman movies is...

  Band of the best……   Avengers Assemble (or just ‘The Avengers’, for those of us who are too cool for skool) has been met with both critical and commercial success. Tracking north of $150 million in its first weekend, this film has reached the dizzying heights it...

  The first two Gears of War games were phenomenal; the series has taken its role as a must-have alongside Call of Duty and Halo. Gears 1′s online play was groundbreaking and Gears 2 had great potential and stunning visuals. Sadly, it suffered immensely from every gamers pet hate;...

  Rise of the Planet of the Apes. One of the most anticipated releases of the Summer, and also one of the most tedious titles. Some have just been calling it Planet of the Apes, but this simply adds to the confusion of the original and it’s remake. Others have gone for Rotpota, but...

  Robots in surprise?   Ah Michael, you started well. Everyone liked the first Transformers because it was basically Independence Day with big robots and Megan Fox. Then came the second film and you upset a lot of people. I really liked the fight scenes, but that film had more flaws...

  Green Lantern’s light or Green Lantern’s Shite?     When I was a nipper, I had an inexplicable fascination with magic rings. That’s me above, probably. Read into that what you will but one Saturday morning I was watching cartoons and I got my first...

  X-Men’s first Class act…   I really liked X-Men First Class. No seriously, I really liked it. I have never been the biggest fan of the films or the comics, what with all the characters getting killed off and the heavy-handed comparisons to modern day issues of prejudice....