Tag Archives: Villains

From witches to succubi to super-powered femme fatales, female villains in SFF have long been defined by their sexuality. With skimpy outfits and powers derived from their sexuality or used to enhance their sexual attractiveness, these villainous women seem incapable ...

It’s a bit of a long one this week. Get the three of us together and we can’t shut up about female villains! While I might be biased, I have to say that this is one of our best episodes ...

I really wanted to love this film. I liked the trailers and I’m a fan of David Ayer as a filmmaker. It also has a great cast. When the negative reviews started to pour in, I refused to be caught ...

I have been reading the Bendis run of Daredevil and noticed something that is apparent – though not so openly addressed in many forms of fiction: that the hero and the villain need each other. In the comic, Daredevil notes ...

These cute yellow creatures are the Mr. Bean of children’s films. The film, a prequel to the other films in the Despicable Me franchise, is also an inverted equivalent to the Bean Movie. Where he was transplanted from England to ...

Recently I attended the Writers’ Workshop Festival of Writing where I had the opportunity to have the first chapters of my work in progress novel read by an agent. The agent in question told me my prose was excellent but ...

I was listening to Lorde belt out ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack when I had a thought: ‘By Jove, she’s right!’ It isn’t like the song is new – or one I’m unfamiliar with ...

Villains Month No.5 – Halloween Special!   So here we are at the fifth and final strip of our Villians Month! I hope you have enjoyed our brief sojourn into the minds of the villains. Its fitting that the series ...

Villains Month No.4 – The Executive’s Story   Hope you enjoy the forth installment of our special comic series for Villains Month. This week it’s the turn of the DC executive. Enjoy! Curious about The Acquirers? Read more about the ...

Villains Month No.3 – The Hooded Woman’s Story   Here is the third installment of our special comic series for Villains Month. This week it’s the hooded woman’s turn. Enjoy! Curious about The Acquirers? Read more about the comic here. ...