In 1992 one of the biggest events in comic-dom happened, Superman died, of course he didn’t stay dead, but his brief absence was filled by a group of Supermen, one being John Henry Irons, who donned power armour and high-tech weaponry and called himself Steel. In 1997 Warner Brothers made a live action movie based…
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La Belle et la Bête (2014) aka Beauty and the Beast – Review
Bringing a fairy tale to life outside of an animated film is no easy task but director Christophe Gans is following in the steps of Jean Cocteau who adapted Beauty and the Beast way back in 1946, and so with today’s technology it should be much easier to accomplish… right?
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast vs Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête
One could say that the story of Beauty and the Beast is a “Tale as old as time” as it has been told in varying degrees many times over the years from live-action theatrical releases to television shows to animated juggernauts.
Furious 7 (2015) – Review
If back in 2001 someone told me there would be six sequels and counting about an undercover cop and the world of street racing I’d have told them they’d been inhaling too much exhaust fumes, but low and behold the Fast and the Furious franchise is still going strong.
Thirst (2009) – Review
Over the years there have been many types of vampires depicted in the movies, from the classic opera cape-wearing Lugosi to the teenage-looking vamps who play baseball during thunderstorms, but lately, it’s been the ones from the foreign market that have been the more interesting, like the Swedish film Let the Right One In and now with…