Archive for April, 2006

Doctor Who Series 2 Ep 1 Round Table

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Tennant was great as the new Doctor - he didn’t seem like the new boy on the job but rather had an instant air of authority to him.

Civil War #1

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Civil War

It is really going to be down to a matter of personal taste. Millar is not a writer that everyone likes, mainly due to his perceived political approach to most of his work, or his colourful dialogue that some accuse make all his characters sound the same.

The Devil You Know

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

The story opens with a short expositional narrative, providing the reader with setting and background. It explains that sometime around the run up to the millennium the dead started to return and other supernatural creatures began to appear in numbers that impinged on every day life.

April Update

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

We’ve updated for April with an exclusive Marvel Civil War #1 review. Not a script, but the actual comic in all its glory. Whose side will you be on?
We also have an advance review of Mouse Guard 2 from Archaia Studios and a review of Mike Carey’s first novel “The Devil […]

DC: One Year Later, One year better?

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

The Fractal Matter writers have assembled their own thoughts on the project and reviews of all the books associated with DC Comics One Year Later.

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

The troupe make there way across frozen lakes, infested with a defrosted Ichthyosaur and Mosasaur. On the way they meet three new companions and their is a romantic interlude followed by more trekking and a ‘buzzardy’ Busby Barclay musical number.

The Libertine

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

There are moments when The Libertine is beautiful and touching; yet these moments are often overshadowed by virtually pornographic nature and style of cinematography

Mike Carey

Saturday, April 1st, 2006
Mike Carey

Mike Carey, former teacher but now author of the new Felix Castor novels and the man taking on the X Men and the Ultimate Fantastic Four. We ask him can accountants be redeemed?

American Virgin 1

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

The series starts off on a Monday and it ends on a Friday and in that week we meet Adam Chamberlin. He’s a Man of God. He preaches abstinence to young people in an effort to push an agenda of moral superiority and highhandedness.

Annihilation: Prologue

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Marvel Comics basically invented the “cosmic” storyline, thanks to creators like Jack Kirby and Jim Starlin. And, over the years, they’ve built up quite the pantheon of extraterrestrial heroes and menaces. And now, with the Annihilation event, Marvel is revisiting old concepts, to put a modern spin on them.