Author: Carl Doherty
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‘F’ DVD Review
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2010 Director/Writer: Johannes Roberts Cast: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmel, Roxanne McKee 11 months after a violent altercation with a pupil lead to his suspensions, Robert Anderson is burnt-out, separated from his family and drinking on the job. He’s also the only teacher at his comprehensive prepared for an attack from murderous youths in…
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Freakonomics DVD Review
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2009 Directors: Alex Gibney, Morgan Spurlock, Seth Gordon, Eugene Jarecki, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing Based on the book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Ever since Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine proved that documentaries could not only be provocative and entertaining but bring in the Box Office bucks, we’ve enjoyed a torrent of…
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Stan Lee’s The Guardian Project Graphic Novels up for Grabs
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in Comic NewsStan Lee’s latest venture, The Guardian Project, has been unveiling its 30 new superhero creations – each based on a different NHL team – on a daily basis according to user votes on Facebook. Those voting in the daily match-ups are automatically in with a chance to win one of 10 Limited Edition Guardian Project…
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NBC’s ‘The Cape’ TV SHow Debuts this Sunday – iPad Preview Available
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With a happy new year comes new season premieres, and one of the shows comic fans are probably most interested in/apprehensive about is NBC’s The Cape. The show stars ER’s David Lyons as Vince Faraday, a police officer turned vigilante after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Faraday adopts the guise of his…
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Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies! Review
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2010, Wildstorm/Titan Books Story: Ian Edginton Art: Davide Fabbri, Tom Mandrake Colours: Carrie Strachan Yet another entry built from the “classic fiction + zombies = junk culture irony” formula, Victorian Undead takes the world’s greatest detective and – if the superfluous “Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies!” does not already made it clear enough – pits him…
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Elmer Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Slave Labor Graphics Written and Illustrated by Gerry Alanguilan Gerry Alanguilan’s Elmer requires its readers to draw upon their ability to suspend disbelief. It’s the sort of book that, if you were to put it aside and apply a minimal degree of logic to its plot, would seem ridiculous to the point of unreadable.…
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Stan Lee’s Guardian Project Line-Up Revealed January
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in Comic NewsFans of craptacular Marvel Comics creation NFL Superpro may soon have reason to rejoice. Stan Lee, in partnership with Guardian Media Entertainment and POW! Entertainment, has announced his new series The Guardian Project, an NHL-themed superhero title.
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment DVD Review
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1966 Director: Karel Reisz Script: David Mercer Cast: David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl, Bernard Bresslaw This movie adaptation of David Mercer’s televised play, for which Vanessa Redgrave received a Best Actress Award at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, is a cult classic that appears to have been overlooked while all manner of…