There are some very simple truths about characters. For instance: good guys have to be somewhat likeable. If the good guy in your story isn’t likeable, even a little, it’s hard to root for them. Sadly, this is just one of many problems with CHAPPiE (Blu-ray, DVD), a misfiring sci-fi movie from District 9 and Elysium writer/director Neill Blomkamp.
Funko have announced that they will release a bunch of Marvel Comics characters as Wacky Wobbler Bobble-Heads and POP! keychains this July, along with a POP! figure this August.
jupiter riAfter seeing their cinematic adaptations of the anime Speed Racer and David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas, fans of The Wachowskis were probably hoping that the duo would go back to writing their own movies, as they had with Bound and The Matrix trilogy. Well, as they say, “Be careful what you wish for,” because the Wachowski-penned space opera Jupiter Ascending — which is now available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, a 3D Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and on DVD — is not the comeback their fans were hoping for.
Vinyl Sugar have announced that they will release a pair of Dodgeball Vinyl Idolz action figures this August.
Funko have announced that they will release Fabrications of Groot from Guardians Of The Galaxy and Baymax from Big Hero 6 this July.
Thirty years after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the cop-turned-apocalypse survivor Max Rockatansky is finally taking another road trip with Mad Max Fury Road. But while this is an exciting action movie, it’s not without its problems…starting with Max himself.
When Star Wars Rebels started airing on Disney XD last October, there were two things that were rather obvious: One, that this wasn’t any more of a kids show than its predecessor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, had been; and two, that Zen Studios would be making a Star Wars Rebels pinball table for Zen Pinball 2 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Vita, Mac, WiiU), Pinball FX 2 (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC), Zen Pinball (iOS), and Zen Pinball HD (Android, Amazon). And wouldn’t you know it…
In Avengers Age Of Ultron, our old pals reunite to save the world…again. But having already collectively saved it from alien invaders — and individually from Nazi cultists, medically-enhanced people, Hydra, and space elves — Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye must known save the world…from themselves.
Well, some of their selves, anyway.
Funko have announced that they will release a series of their POP! action figures for characters from the Pixar movie Cars this June.