comics Archives - Celluloid & whiskey

Comics Review: The Department of Truth (2020)

29/09/2020

It’s increasingly hard to write fiction centered on conspiracies these days. I swear to Christ, they used to be fun. Back in the ’90s it was a blast to watch “Spooky” Fox Mulder pontificate on the secret maste...

REVIEW: PREACHER SEASON 1

Travis Johnson

25/12/2016

Created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin Starring Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun, Ruth Negga, W. Earl Brown, Lucy Griffiths Long is the way and hard that leads up out comics and onto the screen. Peo...

REVIEW: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Avengers Disassembled

Travis Johnson

30/04/2016

Directed by Anthony & Joe RussoStarring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Chadwick Boseman, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Daniel Bruhl, Willi...

FLASHBACK: X-MEN: THE LAST STAND Rats In The Ranks

Travis Johnson

02/03/2016

Directed by Brett RatnerStarring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, Vinnie Jones, Ellen Page, Ben Foster...and then in 2006 the wheels came off...

FLASHBACK: X2 – X-MEN UNITED ‘Cause It Feels So Good

Travis Johnson

18/02/2016

Three years on from the hugely successful release of X-Men - more than $296 million worldwide on a $75 million production budget, which screams "sequel comin'" in anyone's language - Bryan Singer and pretty muc...

REVIEW: FANTASTIC FOUR Obvious Pun Goes Here

Travis Johnson

06/08/2015

Directed by Josh TrankStarring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara, Toby KebbellIs it really that hard to make a decent Fantastic Four movie? Because when it comes to shitty big screen adapta...

THE SUICIDE SQUAD TRAILER LOOKS PRETTY DECENT

Travis Johnson

13/07/2015

...which, frankly, surprised the hell out of me.I didn't post the Batman Vs Superman:Dawn Of Justice trailer because, well, I think it looks terrible. Zack Snyder has incredible technical chops, but in service ...

Let’s Talk About The Joker

Travis Johnson

26/04/2015

An Actor, A Director, And An Untenable Situation Walk Into A Bar… You've got to be fucking kidding. That was my first reaction when I saw the above pic, released yesterday, of...

JUSTICE DAWNS IN THE BATMAN VS SUPERMAN TRAILER Even Though It’s Always Nighttime

Travis Johnson

18/04/2015

Well, Warner made the smart play after that crappy subtitled version leaked yesterday - here's our first decent look at Zack Snyder's upcoming superhero beat 'em up.What can take from this? Well, it seems to be...

CHECK OUT THE ANT-MAN TRAILER! You’ll Believe A Man Can Crawl

Travis Johnson

13/04/2015

At SwanCon the other week I was on a panel about which superheroes deserved movies ahead of Ant-Man. My thesis was "none"* and now here comes the first full-length trailer of the upcoming Marvel clash of the in...

RIP Tony Scott

Say “Bonjour” To The 2023 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Four Horror Anthology Shows to Watch After Cabinet of Curiosities

Sissy, Carnifex, and the Latest Great Australian Horror Renaissance

For its first annual event, the Adelaide Film Festival delivers an absolute triumph

The Cook, The Rat, Babette And Two Brothers: 8 Mouth-Watering Films About Food

A Groundbreaking Profiler Chases Serial Killers In Through The Darkness

Dentistry, Deadlines, and the Ol' Post-Festival Malaise

What to Watch at ScreenWave 2022

Early Monday Morning, on the Pre-Gym Coffee

New Podcast Downlow.d Looks at Ain’t It Cool News and the Dawn of Internet Criticism

Richard Donner, father of the modern superhero film

The Periodic Table of Awesome – Friday Fast and Furious Fun Times

I Lived in a Murder House

Alex Winter Faces the Music with the Return of Bill & Ted

The Power Of Crowe Compels Us As He Tells Flicks About The Pope’s Exorcist

Review: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)

James Wan Talks us Through his Latest Audacious Horror Effort, Malignant

Director Jennifer Reeder Talks Shudder’s New Anthology Film, V/H/S/94

Yoson An shines as a Complex Character in Historical Drama New Gold Mountain

Creator Peter Cox Explains the Mystery and History of New Gold Mountain

REVIEW: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON The Deus And The Machina

Review: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Review: Avatar: the Way of Water (2022)

Review: The Wandering Earth 2 (2023)

Review: You Can Go Now (2023)

Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

Comics Review: The Department of Truth (2020)

REVIEW: PREACHER SEASON 1

REVIEW: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Avengers Disassembled

FLASHBACK: X-MEN: THE LAST STAND Rats In The Ranks

FLASHBACK: X2 – X-MEN UNITED ‘Cause It Feels So Good

REVIEW: FANTASTIC FOUR Obvious Pun Goes Here

THE SUICIDE SQUAD TRAILER LOOKS PRETTY DECENT

Let’s Talk About The Joker

JUSTICE DAWNS IN THE BATMAN VS SUPERMAN TRAILER Even Though It’s Always Nighttime

CHECK OUT THE ANT-MAN TRAILER! You’ll Believe A Man Can Crawl

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