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Star Trek Into Darkness review

15/05/2013 13:22
Needless to say, I was quite excited looking forward to this film. The first fifteen minutes of the film have what is basically the tail end of a previous adventure, which allows for the later plot exposition through the movie. Once the...

Movie News - Iron Man 3 armours leaked

11/03/2013 00:14
After the few concept images that appeared onto the internet a couple of weeks ago, this has been followed by a quite in depth list of the suits of armour from the upcoming Iron Man 3 has been leaked recently. MARK XLVIII - SPACE ARMOR v.01 After...

Movie News - Iron Man 3 poster & news

28/02/2013 13:25
You can tell that the release date of Iron Man 3 isn’t too far away, as a bunch more news about the film hit the internet yesterday. ***** Be warned, this article will contain plot spoilers! ***** Firstly, another poster has been released, which...

Movie News - more Iron Man 3

25/02/2013 18:50
Following on from our previous article (https://www.thegeeknewsweek.com/news/movie-news-iron-man-3) with news about Tony’s various armours in the upcoming Iron Man 3, there’s been a bunch more news and sneak peeks from the movie recently. The...

Movie News - Michael Bay's Teenage "Mutant" Ninja Turtles

23/02/2013 18:34
Right, as many of you may well have already heard, Michael Bay on board to make a big screen movie version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This in itself disappoints me, as I really do not like the teal and orange alien explosion-fest movies...

Teal and Orange: Why Hollywood Why?

12/01/2013 22:49
A very disturbing trend has been creeping further and further into movies in recent years. At first it only bothered me a little, but these days now it is being used everywhere, I’m beginning to find it not only infuriating but in some extreme...

Movie Review - Cockneys vs Zombies

22/10/2012 15:24
Going into this film, I was not expecting the finest cinematic masterpiece of the year, however, that’s a given when you look at the title. That being said, the film does provide a very entertaining zombie romp, which delivers on all of the...

TV News - Doctor Who, farewell to the Ponds

25/09/2012 15:50
Right, so we’re now four episodes into the current new series of Dr Who (Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs in Space, A Town Called Mercy and The Year of the Slow Invasion). As is to be expected, I am loving the series so far, however, I do get the...

Movie News - Iron Man 3

24/09/2012 14:39
Word has been floating around for a little while that one of Stark’s Iron Man armour suits (the Mark VIII) for the upcoming Iron Man 3 movie is going to be based on the Extremis armour from the comics, with some element of nanotech to it, which...

Movie News - Evil Dead remake

20/09/2012 17:52
That’s right people, nothing is sacred! The Evil Dead is getting rebooted.  I’m not sure whether to be excited or annoyed about this, as there were two things that made the original Evil Dead films great in my opinion.  These were...

Movie Review - Dredd

20/09/2012 13:00
The dark and gritty 2000 AD style was evident from the start of this film, with Dredd’s monologue describing Megacity 1 setting the tone while the camera swept over a CGI cityscape, with massive towering slums and a tattered city beneath. The...

Movie News - Thor : The Dark World

12/09/2012 21:27
There’s been loads of exciting news floating on the internet at the moment about the upcoming Marvel Phase 2 Thor movie, titled “The Dark World". As previously mentioned here...

Game Review - Red Dead Redemption

12/09/2012 13:31
9/10 Well this is incredibly delayed, I have had this on my “to play” list for months. Newer games always distracted me from actually getting down in to this western wonder. And how I wish I had played on this sooner, absolutely...

Deadpool Tales - Day Three

12/09/2012 12:48
Good morning my square paradise. I did feel a bit strange when I surfaced from my bed this morning. Too much of that and you’ll go blind! Shhhhhhh! What? Where are my clothes?? Your mum’s house. That's my mum too you fool! Modok...

Diary of a Henchman - Chapter 3

07/09/2012 11:23
Well the first few weeks went….. quietly.  There was the incident a few weeks ago when a reactor threatened to overheat, but apart from that it was quiet boring.  I thought when I was getting into this job there would be a bit more...

Drawing - Spawn

04/09/2012 18:15
Not sure why this drawing's not been posted up already, one I did a while ago of Spawn: Author - Lee Palmer

Game Review - Bulletstorm

04/09/2012 17:49
7/10 Well then, I’ve been intending to get this game. And when my room-mate moved in I saw it in his box of games and just had to crack it out. On first play it looks a lot like a Gears copy, mainly due to it using the Unreal engine, but...

Movie News - Mad Max Fury Road

01/09/2012 14:36
That's right, Mad Max is the next old movie franchise to get the new fourth movie treatment. Mad Max: Fury Road is currently being worked on. The first news that I heard about this was that Mel Gibson is not going to be playing the role of Max...

Diary of a Henchman - Chapter 2

25/08/2012 14:34
Hello troopers, this is just a quick update that I need to post before I add the next little instalment to the blog.  I noticed, after helping prevent a meltdown at my last posting (help/hinder same thing for a temp) that my name was...

A female Expendables on the way

23/08/2012 20:35
Word has it that a female Expendables is also in the works now.  The producer of the new Dredd film, Adi Shankar, has expressed interest in getting the movie underway. What follows are some actresses that I think should well be in the...

Expendables 3 Rumours and more

23/08/2012 17:23
With all the build up for the Expendables 2, there was a lot talk of who should be in the next installment. Before I get onto which actors I think should be in the third film, there's some news regarding the film. Back in March this year, Randy...

Movie Review - Expendables 2

23/08/2012 15:34
For our review of the Expendables 2, it seemed fitting that we present our first 'team up' review by our own Lee Christmas and Barney Ross, Lee Palmer and Tomos Cross. Enjoy: Well, it was a given that you go into this film not expecting...

Deapool Tales - Day Two

22/08/2012 13:02
As the new morning’s cuboid sun shines over the horizon... Shut up, I’m awake! No need to cover and bore people. What a good morning in this weird dimension, alternate reality, parallax zone or whatever. Reed Richards would know. Yeah,...

Game Review - Battlefield 3

21/08/2012 14:02
8/10 Well then, I’m quite the CoD enthusiast, but I thought I should at least go over to the other side and actually try Battlefield, after much badgering from my mates. So I did, and I must say that I don’t regret that at all. The game is...

TV News - More Game of Thrones series 3 actors announced

21/08/2012 12:04
A few more actors have been annoncued for characters in the upcoming third series of A Game of Thrones. First up is news that Ciarán Hinds will be playing the King Beyond The Wall, Mance Rayder.  Fans of the show Rome will know him for...
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