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Avengers Month: The Argument Against Joss Whedon

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As some of you may have managed to deduce we here at the House of Geekery like Joss Whedon. He has given us so much from vampire slaying teens to love-sick mad scientists.… Continue reading →

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Avengers Month: ‘Iron Man 2’ Review

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Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg Plot: With mounting political pressure to release his Iron Man technology… Continue reading →

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Avengers Month: ‘The Incredible Hulk’ Review

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Director: Louis Leterrier Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Lou Ferringo Plot: Bruce Banner is on the run from the US Government Military who are trying to… Continue reading →

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10 Things Comic Writers Cannot Be Trusted With

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There are some comic writers who can be trusted with almost any material. If I see the name Ed Brubaker, Paul Dini, Neil Gaiman, Brian Michael Bendis on a cover I trust them… Continue reading →

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‘The Three Musketeers’ Review

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Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Cast: Matthew McFayden, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, Orlando Bloom, Mads Mikkelsen, Christoph Waltz Plot: ‘The Three Musketeers’ is about four Musketeers who have to stop the ‘apocalypse’… Continue reading →

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Top 10 Moments from ‘The Muppets’

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When The Muppets hit cinemas we published a review. Now that the film has arrived on Blu-Ray the standard procedure would be to revisit the film and write an updated review. As Funk… Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘Plague Town’

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Author: Dana Fredsti Publisher: Titan Books Review: I’m not going to lie: the cover of this book did not put me in a reading mood. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, I’m… Continue reading →

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Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Volume 1.2

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Since having gone back in time (in a manner of speaking) to review the first three ‘Doctor Who’ stories the decision has been made to push on through the rest of the series.… Continue reading →

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Avengers Month: ‘Iron Man’ Review

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Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrance Howard, Clark Gregg Plot: When playboy billionaire weapons developer Tony Stark is confronted with the reality of his industry he builds a robotic… Continue reading →

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‘Real Steel’ DVD Review

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Director: Shawn Levy Cast: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly Plot: Set…in the future, I guess?…a former boxer and robot boxer has custody of his son forced on him while he tries to… Continue reading →