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Warning! Potential spoilers ahead for Batman: Dark Age #6Batman: Dark Age is coming to a close, and the seminal miniseries is going out by making an old DC villain one of the Dark Knights greatest nemeses. Retelling Batmans origins as if he were aging in real time throughout the latter half of the 20th century, Batman: Dark Age is alternate continuity storytelling at its finest, as the creative team has found a unique way to retell Bruce Waynes life story from beginning to end.

Coming from the creative team of Mike Russel, Mike Allred, Laura Allred and Dave Sharpe, the preview for Batman: Dark Age #6 opens with Wayne Enterprises in flames. The party responsible is none other than Pariah, one of the chief characters of the classic DC crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Pariah successfully tears down Wayne Enterprises in this concluding issue, but Bruce Wayne isnt down and out just yet.

Recently, I had the opportunity to review a new book by Disney director Stephen Anderson. Anderson is perhaps best known for directing the 2007 cult classic Meet the Robinsons and the 2011 Winnie the Pooh, which was the last entirely hand-drawn feature from the studio. Before those films, he was with the studio for quite some time, working on movies like Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, and Brother Bear.

Now, he takes us on a journey back to when the company’s future was uncertain due to the death of its founder, Walt Disney.

The book Disney In-Between: The Lost Years 1966-1986 gives a deep dive into what is commonly known as Disney’s “Dark Age.”

The first few years of the company after Walt’s death were somewhat stable, mainly finishing up projects that Walt was already involved with. But after that, things started to feel like they had lost their magic touch.

Characters are always getting new costumes if they're around long enough, and few characters have been in comics as long as Robin. From Dick Grayson to Damian Wayne, each Robin brought a new look to the role, and some creators decided to go even further in the Multiverse and get really creative with the iconic costume.

For a character who has been around as long as Robin and with DC's entire multiverse to pick from, there have been tons of looks for the Boy Wonder over the years. While everyone knows the classic red, green, and yellow that Robin typically wears, some creators have gone a different route in the past. Be it evil versions of Robin or just entirely new ideas for the iconic look, Robin has some of the most surprising costume variants in all of DC history.

Robin's Most Grounded Depiction Made Him A Mini-Batman Batman: Dark Age #5 by Mark Russell,...

Batman: Dark Age gives classic villains a circus-inspired makeover, offering a fresh twist on Batmans iconic foes. Bruce Wayne's history gets shaken up in Batman: Dark Age, with unexpected changes that challenge fans' expectations. The unconventional circus theme for Batman's foes in Dark Age adds humor and fun to the series, promising an entertaining read.

The villains of Gotham have all had some curious looks over the years, but a new cover gives them their most intriguing redesign yet, including the Joker. Batman: Dark Age puts a new spin on the Dark Knight's mythos and fans are getting a look at his classic foes, all of whom have gotten costumes fit for the circus.

Batman: Dark Age has already made a few interesting tweaks to Bruce Wayne's history such as his days honing his skills in the jungles of Vietnam. But a look at an upcoming issue adds another change...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Batman: Dark Age #5Commissioner Gordon has been one of Batmans most trusted allies going all the way back to the characters debut in 1939, but a new twist on how the Commish got the job actually works in the Gotham rogues' favor. In the alternate continuity of Batman: Dark Age, it turns out Gordons promotion from Captain to Police Commissioner was carried out to make him less effective on a street-level basis.

Ra's al Ghul has officially arrived in Gotham, and he ensures Captain James Gordon is promoted to Commissioner of the Gcpd in Batman: Dark Age #5 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred. Ive got bad news, Gordon explains after calling Batman with the Bat-Signal. Ive been promoted.

While it would be easy to assume that this would be a good thing for Gotham, Batman opines how the promotion will actually limit what Gordon can accomplish, stating:...

Warning! Contains spoilers for Batman: Dark Ages #5!One of the things that makes Batman such an enduring hero is that he knows how to take down so many different people. Both friends and enemies fall to Batman's planning, but in one universe, Batman comes up against a villain he doesn't believe he can plan against: Ra's al Ghul.

Ra's al Ghul nearly causes Batman to hang up his cowl in Batman: Dark Age #5 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred. Ra's returns to torment Batman, causing Arkham Asylum to explode and killing the love of Batman's life. Unfortunately for Batman, Ra's has full control of the criminals of Gotham and even takes over Wayne Enterprises.

With no other choice, Batman goes to the Justice League to ask them for help, but his timing couldn't be worse. The Justice League was just informed about the Anti-Monitor and that their universe is about to be destroyed.

The latest evolution of Batman lore just gave Robin a surprising new costume, bringing him closer to the Dark Knight's own design than ever. The twist comes in new miniseries Batman: Dark Age, which begins Bruce Wayne's story in the 1950s, seeing the Caped Crusader's career run alongside real historical events. Of course, in this kind of long view, there is no Batman without Robin.

In Batman: Dark Age #5, Batman and Dick Grayson attend a fire at Arkham Asylum in 1976. Despite Robin already having his red, yellow and green costume, he attends the fire with a very different look - a flame retardant suit identical to the Dark Knight's own, but with his 'R' logo on the chest. It's fascinating to see Dick dressed as a mini-Batman, given he's traditionally had a very different appearance.

In Dark Age, it seems that all Batman's Robins will be consolidated into the first,...

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Batman: Dark Age reveals Martha Wayne's stay at Arkham Asylum, changing Batman's perspective on the facility. The series offers fresh perspectives on classic Batman lore, with a new focus on Martha Wayne's backstory. Batman's personal stake in Arkham's restoration as an asylum is highlighted with the reveal of Martha Wayne's history.

Batman: Dark Age has presented a compelling alternate continuity of the Dark Knights mythos, and the penultimate issue makes one change that is sure to raise some eyebrows. The preview for the issue reveals that none other than Martha Wayne was a patient at Arkham, forever changing Batmans relationship with the asylum that would go on to house so many of his future enemies.

Batman: Dark Age #5 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred is the penultimate issue of the critically-acclaimed retelling of the Dark Knights origins. The preview for the issue...

Catwoman's new costume, which debuted in Batman: Dark Age, is a perfect match for the Dark Knight's look, adding a sleek and stylish dynamism to her design, which is a gift to cosplay creators. The new Catwoman design has been carefully crafted, giving fans a reason to be excited to see it in action and to want intrepid cosplayers to bring it to life with inspired builds. Catwoman's new costume is realistic and practical, ideal for cosplayers looking for sleek and grounded costume ideas.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Batman: Dark Age #4Catwoman has had many iconic looks throughout the years, but her latest costume is the perfect companion piece to the Dark Knight's, coming in the world of Batman: Dark Age. The alternate universe version of both characters have been carefully built up in the series until this point, so getting to see the two taking action in costume...

Robin gets a retro upgrade in Batman: Dark Age #4 with a cool new costume reimagining his origin story. The Boy Wonder's tactical armor features a redesigned helmet and cape, but fans know he'll die in the role. Gotham's heroes and villains also get new designs in this '60s-centric tale, giving a fresh take on Joker, Batman, Catwoman and more.

Warning: contains spoilers for Batman: Dark Age #4!The Boy Wonder just got one of his coolest costumes yet, as DC completely rewrites Robin's origin story as Batman's sidekick. The new miniseries Batman: Dark Age tells the iconic story of the Dark Knight starting in the 1960s, with real-world events shaping Bruce's journey as he ages in real time over the years. The series has given iconic artist Mike Allred the chance to think up new designs for Gotham's heroes and villains rooted in real historical periods.

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Batman: Dark Age #6 features an all-black batsuit for enhanced stealth. The series expands on Superman: Space Age's approach, exploring Batman's rooted American history. Batman's iconic quote, "I am the night. I am vengeance. I am Batman!" is embodied in the Dark Knight's latest interpretation.

Batman has many popular sayings, but one of his best has been delivered on a cover, based on the solicitation for Batman: Dark Age #6. With a new artistic take on his classic look, the batsuit appears all-black. This visual brings to mind the Dark Knight's promise of who he is.

In the beloved cartoon, Batman: The Animated Series (1992), one of the titular hero's quotes has grown to be a trademark. In a Scarecrow-induced hallucination, the Dark Knight says, "I am the night. I am vengeance. I am Batman!" This hallmark moment has become one of his best-known lines.

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Ahead of this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, USA Today is the first to preview four brand new images from Damien Leone’s slasher sequel Terrifier 3, which opens in theaters everywhere on October 11. In addition to the first batch of stills, we’re also excited to announce that the teaser trailer and poster will be released this Wednesday during San Diego Comic-Con!

The images are striking, offering an up-close look at Art the Clown and everyone’s new favorite final girl Sienna, plus Victoria Heyes, who is set to become a horror icon in her own right in Terrifier 3. Another new image shows Art getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree in a Santa Claus outfit. Check out the new images below and expect the teaser trailer on July 24.

Additionally, head over to USA Today for fresh insights from Damien Leone.

In Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s Terrifier 3,...

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James Gordon is revealed to have a granddaughter who becomes a doctor, helping others like her grandfather. Batman: Dark Age provides a unique take on Batman's origin story, showing him missing his parents' deaths and undergoing training in Vietnam. The appearance of the character Pariah in the world of Batman: Dark Age suggests possible connections to the main DC Universe, impacting Gordon's family.

It's not unusual for characters in the Bat-Family to settle down and start a family. Nightwing and Batgirl have been flirting with the idea for decades, and Batman has had children and has tried to marry. But the surprising granddaughter that DC has just introduced belongs to noted family man, Commissioner James Gordon.

Batman: Dark Age #3 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred is told from the perspective of Batman as he stays in a nursing home, writing a book about his past adventures.

Bruce Wayne's aversion to guns in Batman: Dark Age is explained through lessons from Ras al Ghul in Vietnam War. Unconventional weapons and tactics, like batarangs and grappling guns, are more successful for Batman than guns. Batman's strict no-gun policy not only prevents accidental killings but also disarms enemies effectively in Gotham City.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Batman: Dark Age #2!Everyone knows about Batman's distaste for guns, but a new insight helps rationalize why he so strongly dislikes them. In an alternate take on the Dark Knight's lore, Bruce Wayne is deep in the throes of the Vietnam War, and a lesson from a surprising source helps the future Batman realize why using guns is futile.

In Batman: Dark Age #2 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred, Bruce Wayne is imprisoned thanks to the False Face Society. But a reprieve is offered to the young man in exchange for serving...

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If Bruce Wayne doesn't witness his parents' murder, Gotham suffers under a corrupted Wayne Industries. Without Batman, a privileged Bruce Wayne avoids danger and Alfred struggles to teach him responsibility. Bruce's lack of trauma leads to a different, less driven man who is unprepared for the streets of Gotham.

If Bruce Wayne doesn't become Batman, there are dark consequences for Gotham. A less traumatic childhood for one boy leads to a Wayne Industries run by Roman Sionis and a spoiled Bruce rebelling against his cushy captivity. In a Gotham where Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed without their son to bear witness, Batman isn't born in darkness. Instead, hiding beneath Wayne Manor, a privileged child avoids danger.

Batman: Dark Age #1 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred opens with an elderly Bruce Wayne looking back on his memories as they begin to fade. Graciously...

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Batman: Dark Age offers a futuristic twist on Gotham City's infrastructure. The series shows a nostalgic vision of Gotham as both bright and gritty. Dark Age will delve into Batman's cultural influence and his family's legacy.

DC has released a preview for its fresh take on Batman, showcasing a distinctly futuristic version of Gotham City. A spiritual successor to the creative team’s Eisner Award-nominated Superman: Space Age, Batman: Dark Age is a unique retelling of Bruce Wayne’s origin. The new series is set in a distinct new universe and gives Gotham a stylish sci-fi twist.

The preview for Batman: Dark Age #1 by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred provides an advanced look at the shiny and new “Gotham of Tomorrow”. The bright and silvery landscape in this version of the Dark Knight’s city looks like a retro-futuristic utopia.

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Batman's early years were filled with learning curves, including mastering the protection of vulnerable areas in his suit. The Bat-Man: First Knight #1 highlights Batman's vulnerability when his cape is used against him in a fight. Unlike experienced versions, this Batman is still mastering the art of safeguarding his back and turning his cape into an extension of himself.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Bat-Man: First Knight #1! In his journey to become Batman, Bruce Wayne encountered several learning curves, one of which involved mastering the protection of the vulnerable areas of his Batsuit. With DC's latest Black Label imprint revisiting The Dark Knight's origins, fans are treated to a first-hand look at one of Batman's greatest suit weaknesses, which he eventually turned into a strength.

Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins' The Bat-Man: First Knight #1 offers a gritty retelling of Batman's debut in Gotham, highlighting one of his earliest murder mysteries.

Allow us to jog your memory as to how much of a scary good time these killer alligator/crocodile flicks can be. From the hilariously campy to the horrifyingly credible, here are our Top 10 Favorite Killer Alligator/Crocodile Movies!

#10. Crocodile (2000) – Just a few weeks back we boldly stood up for what Tobe Hooper’s unabashedly trashy direct-to-video Crocodile – a movie that, while among the lower rungs of his illustrious filmography, is actually much more gory, violent and overall fun than people give it credit for. While cheaply made and poorly acted, the great thing about this flick is the sheer amount of killer-croc-action and exorbitant death toll as the prehistoric beast named Flat Dog chews, chomps, marauds and masticates every damn annoying human in its predatory path. A fall from grace in the eyes of many, Crocodile is minor-key Hooper having a damn good time! Get Here

#9. Alligator (1979) – Also known as The Big Alligator River,...

The scene where Robert Shaw gets eaten in “Jaws” is one of the most thrilling moments in movie history. After all of Steven Spielberg’s virtuoso framing and cool ’70s Hitchcock scare tactics, the shark’s big-mouthed consumption of a man who fully deserves to be eaten had a shockingly raw “Look, there it is!” exploitation-film brazenness. (One not inaccurate way to describe “Jaws” would be to call it the greatest B-movie ever made.) “The Flood,” an alligator-attack movie that’s also a violent prison-break thriller, takes its cue from that scene. Set in a backwater Louisiana police station during a hurricane, the film isn’t shy about serving up its big, nasty human-torso-meets-jaws moments. It’s basically a slasher movie with teeth.

The alligator thriller, of course, was always a bargain-basement knockoff of “Jaws” — literally, since the alligators are inevitably slithering out of some basement somewhere. But it was...

An underrated Disney classic, "The Great Mouse Detective" was released in 1986. Though it was a modest commercial success, the film was soon overshadowed by another mouse-centric movie. Former Mouse House animator and Disney's main competition at the time, Don Bluth (along with Steven Spielberg), released "An American Tail" shortly thereafter. Although "The Great Mouse Detective" has largely faded into obscurity, it's definitely a major highlight of Disney's so-called "Dark Age."

The film is based on the series of children's books, "Basil of Baker Street" by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone, which are themselves a riff on the Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conan Doyle....

The post How The Great Mouse Detective Was a CGI First For Disney appeared first on /Film.

Bindi Irwin's birthday is extra special this year. The Crikey! It's the Irwins star celebrated her 23rd birthday on Saturday, July 24, and marked the occasion with a heartwarming message about her life as a new mom. Just four months ago, the Australian native and her husband Chandler Powell welcomed their daughter Grace Warrior. "My first birthday as a mama has been the most beautiful gift," Bindi began her caption on Instagram. "Our sweet Grace Warrior's face says it all. Today I celebrated by feeding Monty the crocodile and hugging my gorgeous girl (not at the same time!)." The daughter of late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin concluded, "Thank you for...

Bindi Irwin just added another member to her pack. The 22-year-old daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin has given birth to her first child with husband Chandler Powell. The couple welcomed a baby girl, Grace Warrior Irwin Powell, on March 25, Bindi revealed the following day. "Celebrating the two loves of my life. Happy first wedding anniversary to my sweetheart husband and day of birth to our beautiful daughter," Bindi wrote on Instagram alongside the first photos of her baby girl. "Grace Warrior Irwin Powell. Our graceful warrior is the most beautiful light." "Grace is named after my great-grandmother, and relatives in Chandler's family dating...

In honor of Steve Irwin's birthday, the Irwin family has launched the reimagined YouTube channel for the Australia Zoo with plans to release new content every week. Along with new footage of the Irwins working with animals, the channel is also promising never-before-seen content of Steve doing what he did best in unaired footage from The Crocodile Hunter. The announcement was made on what would have been his 59th birthday.

"Crikey! In celebration of Steve's birthday, we are thrilled to announce the official launch of Australia Zoo's reimagined YouTube channel," the channel description reads. "Be part of the Irwin family like never before with exclusive content joining them on their incredible adventures. Plus, be the first to witness never before seen footage from the archives of The Crocodile Hunter and join conservation missions with the Wildlife Warriors team on the frontline."

Of course, Steve Irwin is best known for...

In the new horror movie “Crawl,” a pack of enormous alligators invades a sleepy Florida town during a violent hurricane and proceeds to rip the cast apart, limb by limb. These nasty gators aren’t the first critters of their kind to terrify audiences, however. Here’s our list of ravenous reptiles, ranked in order from scariest to silliest.

1) Alligator (1980)

Two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Sayles penned this gruesomely entertaining monster mash about a baby gator named Ramón who gets flushed down a toilet and mutates into a 36-foot behemoth lurking in the Chicago sewer system. When his appetite for human flesh gets the better of him, Ramón bursts through the sidewalk and chows down on a horde of terrified locals. Featuring colorful performances from cult film superstars Robert Forster and Henry Silva, plus witty direction from the ever-dependable Lewis Teague, “Alligator” is more than just the best rampaging reptile movie...

I did this before.

Halfway through this book, it started to feel awfully familiar, and so I committed the sin we all do these days: I googled myself.

And so I found that I covered this book with a mouthful of a title, Astro City: The Dark Age, Vol. 1: Brothers & Other Strangers , in my Book-a-Day run back in 2010, where I was not entirely positive .

I’ll try to say different things about this superheroes-done-right comic this time out, though I find that I’m less and less in sympathy with the idea of doing superheroes right every year. Kurt Busiek is a skillful writer who knows superhero universes inside and out, and Brent Eric Anderson is a great artist with superb page layouts and great action. But why do they waste those obvious talents on this third-hand tripe?

Now, it’s reductive and wrong to turn Astro City into a game of who-is-this-really?...

2K and Firaxis Games have announced that Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, the expansion pack for the critically acclaimed and award-winning strategy title, will be available for Windows PC on February 8th 2018.

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall brings new choices, strategies, and challenges for players as they guide a civilization through the ages. The expansion introduces new Great Ages, a new city loyalty system, and Governors while expanding existing Diplomacy and Government systems; and adds nine new leaders and eight new civilizations, a variety of new units, districts, wonders, buildings, and more. Players can now lead their empire into a Golden Age of prosperity or emerge triumphantly from a Dark Age into a memorable Heroic Age.

Key features for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall include:

Great Ages: As your civilization ebbs and flows, and you reach milestone Historic Moments, you will experience Dark Ages or Golden Ages,...

Australia’s Umbrella Entertainment has been on a hell of a roll lately. It was recently announced that they’ll be bringing the Stephen King classic Silver Bullet to Blu-ray. It wasn’t too long ago that they released one of the year’s best Blu-rays with the killer croc flick Dark Age. And now we’ve learned that they’re […]...

Synopsis: In The Fearsome Tradition Of Razorback And Rogue, Dark Age Is A “…Strongly Conservationist…Genuinely Chilling…” (David Stratton) Horror Gem A classic tale of terror from the golden age of Aussie exploitation, Dark Age features outback stalwart John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) as Northern Territory wildlife ranger Steve Harris, a stoic survivor charged with conserving the ever diminishing crocodile population from encroaching hunters, hell-bent on […]...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)

From “School Ties” to “Live By Night” and this weekend’s “The Great Wall,” Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have each — for better and worse — left a considerable and ever-increasing footprint in the cultural landscape. But while the world is wide enough for both of them, our hearts are not. And so, we forced our panel of critics to choose: Ben Affleck or Matt Damon?

There can be only one.

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This is a toughie. In terms of looks, both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s faces remind me of between forty and fifty of my least-favorite classmates during...

It's heeeeere!  Hey Kids, Comics! has hit the two-hundred issue mark with a look at the self-declared Better-Than-a-Golden-Age of Super-Hero movies!

Welcome to another great issue of Hey Kids, Comics!, the longest running podcast of The JediCole Universe! In celebration of 200 issues (and 205 indivudual episodes in all), Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston bring you a look at the rise of the Tanzanite Age of the super-hero genre in Hollywood.  After a string of annual "Golden Ages", Cole had enough a year or so back and declared the Tanzanite Age.  

For the unfamiliar, this is all explained, as are the modern cinematic comic book based franchises and their various Ages, from the Dark Age straight through to the Tanzanite and beyond!  If you love super-hero flicks, this is the episode you have been waiting for!  

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An all-star team of developers have joined forces to create the ultimate System Shock experience...

System Shock 3 is officially a go as OtherSide Entertainment has revealed that development has begun on this highly-anticipated sequel.

Even better, OtherSide Entertainment confirmed that Warren Spector (producer of the original System Shock, creator of Deus Ex, and all-around gaming genius) will be leading System Shock 3's development team. That team also includes tech director Jason Hughes (Wing Commander and Epic Mickey), design director Sheldon Pacotti (lead writer of the first two Deus Ex games), Art Director Arturo Pulecio (Dark Age of Camelot, Epic Mickey, Dungeons and Dragons Online), and a host of developers who worked on the original System Shock that include Creative Director Paul Neurathm and Lead Designer Tim Stellmach.  

To put it another way, OtherSide Entertainment has assembled a bonafide all-star team of gaming experts and series veterans to...

Not a lot of huge news on the Marvel Cinematic Universe front (though there are some cool tidbits and, of course, we’ll get to them), but the shockwave of Steve Rogers: Captain America #1 has resurged with the second issue hitting the stands today and clearing up a lot of outrage over the “Cap has always been a Hydra agent” plotline.

Things wrapped up as expected, with the Red Skull being back and having control over Kobik, the living Cosmic Cube. When Kobik restored Steve’s youth, she also changed his past, making the Rogers family agents of Hydra. The Red Skull, the Cosmic Cube, reality altering powers - this was pretty straightforward comic book fare. In hindsight, it’s amazing that so many people lost their internet cool over it, as you’d expect comic book fans to recognize comic book plotting. Maybe it’s because Captain America: Civil War...

At first, it seems difficult to envision any actor in the role of Sir Winston Churchill – let alone Gary Oldman. The former U.K Prime Minister was once bestowed with the nickname ‘The British Bulldog’, and that hardly seems to fit with the presence of the actor who delivered the roles of Commissioner Gordon (The Dark Knight Trilogy), Sirius Black (the Harry Potter franchise), Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (The Fifth Element), Dracula (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), and Sid Vicious (Sid And Nancy). But, this collection of performances shows nothing if not an incredibly vast range, and what we have with Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, is some epic drama, and electrifying speeches.

Sir Winston Churchill has been long regarded, and publicly named, as the Greatest Briton of all time – and with good reason. The economic and foreign policies he spearheaded throughout his career were undoubtedly often problematic,...

“Don’t you want to come into the sunlight?”

Julia Gfrörer’s Dark Age is an anxiously intimate comic. Bookended by starkly sexual images of cave formations, the slim pink volume follows two young lovers living in a pristine wilderness near the dawn of humanity. One day, frustrated by the antics of their peers, they descend into a cave system on a romantic expedition. When Ulfe becomes stuck deep inside the cave, an interlude of profound anxiety begins. With only one lamp between them, Ulfe’s nameless lover must leave him helpless and in total darkness in order to get help. Gfrörer fills page after page with unaccented blackness, a move that could be hacky in lesser hands but which in hers proceeds from numbing, to terrifying, to crushing. It becomes oppressive, and even after it lifts, its cloying weight lingers.

A great deal of subtle emotional work, communicated through Gfrörer’s sparse,...

Flynn Carson (Noah Wyle, ER), may appear to be an ordinary librarian working at the world-famous Metropolitan Library, but beneath the public library lies the centuries- old headquarters of scholars and adventurers who investigate the bizarre, collect dangerous artifacts and save the world from supernatural threats. This is The Library, and Flynn is The Librarian.

When an ancient conspiracy threatens to destroy technology and bring back the age of magic, Flynn and his new Guardian, Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn: King And Maxwell, X-men), must recruit three extraordinary people: a secretive scholar/cowboy who works on an oil pipeline, a hospital attendant who has the extraordinary gift of synesthesia – the ability to link all five senses to her memory, and a world-class thief – to join in the quest. If these new recruits fail, the world will be plunged into a new Dark Age. But if they succeed (and survive), they will become The Librarians.

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Flynn Carson (Noah Wyle) may appear to be an ordinary librarian working at the Metropolitan Library, but beneath the library lies the headquarters of scholars and adventurers who investigate the bizarre and collect dangerous artefacts to save the world from supernatural threats.

When an ancient conspiracy threatens to destroy technology, Flynn and his new Guardian, Eve Baird (Rebecca Romjin) must recruit three extraordinary people to join them in their quest to save the world from plunging into a new Dark Age.

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There are plenty of interesting directions a return to the Babylon 5 universe could take. Here are a few suggestions...

I read somewhere that J.M. Straczynski writes every day. That’s not surprising given his extensive body of work for television, motion pictures, novels and comics. He is best known for Babylon 5, of course. I remember what a lot of people used to say about Babylon 5, “How much can happen on a space station?” Well, a lot actually! And after five seasons of the original series, a bunch of made-for-tv movies and a couple of spin-offs, there are still plenty of stories left to tell.

That is why I was excited recently to read that Joe (apparently, he thinks you’re cool if you just call him Joe) was going back to work on Babylon 5. My excitement soon turned to dread when I found out that...

Oh, Killstrike #1

Written by Max Bemis

Art by Logan Faerber

Colors by Juan Manuel Tumurus

Published by Boom! Studios

Ah, the 90s! When Bloodwynd was a Justice League member, and books unironically titled Youngblood and WildC.A.T.S. topped the sales charts. Oh, Killstrike #1 by Say Anything frontman Max Bemis and artist Logan Faerber is part parody, part love letter to this time in comics while telling a relatable human story. The premise is that Jared is a terrified new dad, who has decided to take a trip against his wife’s wishes to find Killstrike, which is arguably the worst comic of all time and ironically selling for six figures on “eJay”. He ends up meeting the real Killstrike, and hijinks ensue. Oh, Killstrike #1 is chock-full of silly dialogue and critiques of the Dark Age of Comics while also telling a story about how Jared struggles with his...

The Australian Cinematographers Society will dedicate its annual awards to be handed out in Hobart on Saturday to one of its most esteemed members, Andrew Lesnie, who died on Monday.

Acs president Ron Johanson spoke for many when he told If today, .Andrew was one of our greatest cinematographers. It.s a huge loss. He leaves such a void..

Lesnie, who was 59, had been suffering from heart problems.. He won an Oscar for Best Cinematography in 2002 for Peter Jackson.s Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring and a BAFTA award in 2004 for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

He shot The Hobbit trilogy and Jackson's King Kong and The Lovely Bones, a collaboration which spanned eight movies and 17 years.

On his Facebook page Jackson wrote, "Andrew created unforgettable, beautiful images on screen, and he did this time and again, because he only ever served what he...

The 1980s were an important period for comics as they transitioned from the Bronze Age to the Modern or Dark Age of Comics with books like Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. It was also an incredibly creative time for Marvel Comics with Chris Claremont and John Byrne beginning the decade with their “Dark Phoenix Saga” epic in Uncanny X-Men, Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil as well as the first event crossover Secret Wars and ending with the rise of artists, like Todd McFarlane and Jim Lee, who would later found Image Comics.

At East Coast Comicon, comics historian and researcher of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe Peter Sanderson, former Uncanny X-Men editor and Daredevil writer Ann Nocenti, and former Amazing Spider-Man editor Jim Salicrup chatted and swapped stories about what Marvel was really like in the 1980s.

After saying comics were his drug of choice then, Jim Salicrup...

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100 Greatest Nintendo Games, Pt. 7

Well here we are, the very end. It has been a pleasure to work alongside my Sos colleagues and produce this massive list of 100 titles (110, if you count special mentions), each of which reminds us why we love Nintendo so much. As I mentioned prior, we started out with about 450 games, and slowly we cut away. While no person will be 100 % satisfied with each and every pick, much less the order, I’m pretty happy with the overall results, and hopefully most of you are too. We will be dedicating all of February to Nintendo so be sure to check back all month long. In the meantime, here is our top 10… read the full article.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to a Live-Action Netflix Series

On Friday, February 6, The...

The month, October. The year, 1985. The event, the release of the upgraded and re-branded Famicom system in the United States. A console gamers across the generations would come to know as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or Nes for short. A console that ended the Dark Age of video games by systematically undoing the damage inflicted on the industry due to corporate meddling, and pushed gaming forward by leaps and bounds.

In 1983, while Atari was tanking and the word “video game” lost its charm in America, Japan was seeing something different. Thanks to Nintendo’s family computer entertainment system Famicom, video games were flourishing in the Japanese market. By 1985 Nintendo was confident they could break into the American market and bring video games back from the dead. Their plan for doing so was brilliant.

The first thing Nintendo did was redesign and upgrade Famicom. A grey boxy design presented a more...

By Adrian Smith

75 Years of Marvel Comics. From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen

Roy Thomas, Josh Baker

Hardcover with fold-out, ribbon bookmark, and four-foot accordion-fold timeline

11.4 x 15.6 in.

712 pages

Published 2014

Isbn: 9783836548458

$200/ £135

75 Years of DC Comics. The Art of Modern Mythmaking

Paul Levitz

Hardcover with fold-out, ribbon bookmark

11.4 x 15.6 in.

720 pages

Published 2010

Isbn: 9783836519816

$200/ £135

If you take a look at the top 100 all-time highest worldwide grossing movies, fifteen of them are either Marvel or DC comic adaptations. According to Box Office Mojo the third highest grossing film of all time is The Avengers (2012) at over a billion and a half dollars. Comics, it would seem, are major players in the world of entertainment.

Seventy-five years ago it was all very different. Comics were for children and were disregarded as both an entertainment medium and as an art form. Comics were disposable. Because of their ephemeral nature surviving early copies now trade hands for vast sums.

All month long in our Gamerlinx editorial series, we’ve been talking about the best exclusives to have ever graced the Nintendo systems. While our writers have done a great job breaking some of them down, there’s simply too many to cover in one month! So instead, for our final article this month we’ve opened it up to All of our writers to briefly discuss our favorite Nintendo exclusives that we’re still playing to this day. Come check out our lists and share your own!

Each month the Cinelinx staff will write a handful of articles covering a specified gaming-related topic, similar to our Movielinx series on the film side of things. These articles will be notified by the Gamerlinx banner. Gamerlinx is an exploration and discussion of our personal connections with video games. This month, we're putting the focus solely on Nintendo's gaming consoles, and exploring...

To celebrate the 15 September DVD/Blu-ray release of Wolf Creek 2 in the UK, Film4 FrightFest and Entertainment One are hosting a special free screening of the film, alongside Aussie cult classic Dark Age, in London on Thursday. Read on for full info!

Attending the September 4th event, which will take place at The Prince Charles Cinema, just off of London's Leicester Square, will be Wolf Creek 2 (review) stars John Jarratt and Shannon Ashlyn.

Access to the screening is completely free – all you need to do to secure your ticket(s) is send an email containing your name, and the name of any further guests to accompany you, to wolfcreek2@entonegroup.com.

Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis – so make sure you get 'em quick! Timing on the night is as follows:

6:00pm - Doors open

6:30pm - Screening activities begin with a special...

Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more as Nucleus Films releases the sequel to the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon – the most extraordinary and scandalous era in the history of British film. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Part 2, a three-disc collector’s edition box set, is being released on DVD on July 14th 2014, to tie in with the 30th Anniversary of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

For the first time ever on DVD, all 82 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions “Section 3” list are trailer-featured with specially filmed intros for each title, alongside a brand new documentary – Video Nasties: Draconian Days (review), directed by Jake West.

And to celebrate the release, Film4 FrightFest is hosting a special event – the world exclusive London Premiere of the finalised unseen extended 97 minute cut of Video Nasties: Draconian Days at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thurs 3 July, 8.30pm. The...

Australia... it's a vast, beautiful, welcoming country. It's also full to bursting with things that can kill you, if the big screen is to be believed. Inspired by Mia Wasikowska's plucky 1,700-mile trek across the Outback in Tracks, we flag up the traps and tropes she should watch out for.

(Un)Natural Phenomena

Exotic wildlife proliferates Down Under, most of it deceptively lethal. Witness the baby stolen by a dingo in horrifying Meryl Streep-starrer A Cry In The Dark (1988). The same – real – tragedy loosely inspired Razorback, a mullet-tastic 1984 horror about a giant marauding pig, directed by Highlander's Russell Mulcahy (mooted tagline: 'There Can Only Be Oink'). The less said about the ballet-dancing were-roos of The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987), the better.

Much more convincing is the giant CG crocodile munching Radha Mitchell's boat tour group (ex-Neighbours actors constitute an Outback peril all of their own) in 2007's Rogue,...

It's a bit weird, typing this review up at the tail end of February. I feel like I should be wearing some brightly coloured party hat while finding at least three Christmas songs that I can actually stand (for the record, Ring Out Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses and for some bizarre reason, Macca's festive cheese-fest Wonderful Christmastime are the only festive musical choices that don't make me want to take an axe to the pub stereo in December). Because Santa Joss is in town, delivering many a festive gift to all Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans with the episode, Amends.

Christmas episodes are always tricky things. There's the danger that they pile on the schmaltz and overdo the usual festive clichés. So, how does Amends stand up in this regard? To be honest, it's not a Buffy episode that I'd have readily picked as...

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act with Video Nasties Part Two: Draconian Days.

A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.

Video Nasties Part Two: Draconian Days screens at Glasgow Frightfest next month.

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Film4 FrightFest Glasgow 2014 has today announced a 4(!) day event to include eight World, European and UK premieres, Ti West special event and Sunday repeat screenings in the festivals biggest programme ever. From Thursday February 27th to Sunday March 2nd, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival returns to its second home at the Gft for the 9th year with an impressive slate of the hottest new horror films.

The line-up in full:

Thurs 27 Feb – Gft Screen 2 21:00 In Conversation With Ti West (Special event)

Nobody does nostalgia-brushed spookiness and minimalist horror like independent director Ti West, King of the slow-burn shocker. FrightFest has been there from the very start – our video label released his 2005 debut feature The Roost – and we’ve watched with pride as the Delaware-born quirky talent has grown in global genre stature through The House Of The Devil, The Innkeepers, V/H/S and now his game-changing Eli Roth produced The Sacrament.