With Mental Health Awareness Week last week in the UK, mental health issues are a hot topic. Aly Sidgwick’s debut novel will tap into this zeitgeist perfectly, helping to dispel some of the myths around mental illness. The novel pulls ...

I rediscovered writing at the age of twenty nine, whilst living in Sweden. Depression and anxiety have plagued me my whole life, but in 2009 things came to a head and I suffered a full blown nervous breakdown. Those first ...

I love the first Pitch Perfect film. It was outrageously stupid and yet easily relatable with its use of generic rom-com and competition-driven tropes. The comedy was gross-out, entirely un-politically correct, and often times straight up bizarre. But I loved ...

The fourth installment of George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series Mad Max sees Tom Hardy taking up the mantle of the titular Max. The film has been awarded almost universal acclaim, praising the acting, directing, and depth for a blockbuster action film. ...

Back in 2009, Image Comics launched Chew, a strange series about an FDA agent with a peculiar talent. The gamble paid off. Chew was a commercial hit and managed to win over the critics as well, having won two Eisner ...

If you thought we’d reached a natural saturation point for superheroes on TV, think again. CW has just released the first look trailer for its newest DC series, an Arrow and The Flash spin-off, entitled Legends of Tomorrow. Unlike its ...

For those of us who prefer fun, silly and campy superhero tales, CBS might just have the answer. A six-minute first look at Supergirl has just been released. The series takes place in a world where everyone already knows all ...

Twentieth Century Fox is clinging to their rights over Marvel’s mutant characters for dear life. Another new mutant related project has just been announced. Josh Boone, new Hollywood golden boy behind The Fault in Our Stars, is on board to ...

To the disappointment of most of my fantasy-loving friends, I am not generally a fan of fantasy in the Tolkien tradition. That being said, I do enjoy a good deal of fantasy writing. While Tolkien’s style of high, epic fantasy ...

The CW’s The Flash might not be the height of cool, feature the most original or intriguing plots, or even serve up particularly well-written dialogue, but it has something every show wishes it had: great fun. It’s fun to watch ...