The Man with No Time

And now for something a little different from the run of Hollywood blockbusters and superhero films. Simon Pegg is back with the last in the 'Cornetto' trilogy, which means that it's comedy time. A loosely thematic trilogy rather than a story-based one, the 'Cornetto trilogy' comprises films that each involve a different colour, i.e. a different flavour of Cornetto. The 'red' film was "Shaun of the Dead", an excellent zom-rom-com (as Pegg termed it) that I've seen many times. The 'blue' film was "Hot Fuzz" which I'm told is an excellent buddy-cop style film. I own it on DVD but, to my chagrin, have never watched it. The final film is the 'green' instalment: "The World's End". Figuring out why it's the 'green' film is part of the fun, but the film as a whole is an excellent experience that had me laughing out loud the whole way through. I love this poster. It's so old-sc...

One of the staple television shows of my early childhood was "Power Rangers". I remember watching the original "Mighty Morphin" series right up through "Power Rangers in Space". I even watched "Lightspeed Rescue", "Time Force", and "Ninja Storm" before I fell out of touch. I think that's where my love of giant robots started. I then moved on to Mecha-based anime, with "Big-O" and the various "Gundam" series getting me hooked. Giant monsters also started with Power Rangers, and I have a curious soft spot for the mid-90s Godzilla film that everyone else seems to think is rubbish. There's something about giant fighting robots piloted by plucky heroes taking on giant monsters (or other robots) that's inherently cool in my mind. So you can imagine how excited I was when I first heard about "Pacific Rim". The fact that it was being directed by Guillermo del Toro was even better; I'...

This weekend out in Warwick, Rhode Island (somewhere in the USA), Templecon is taking place. There are only a handful of conventions on my bucket list, but Templecon is definitely one of them. I’ve heard so much about it through the podcasts and blogs that I listen to, and behind their own Lock ‘n’ Load convention seems to be the headline generator for all things Privateer Press. Over the years it’s become the location for their start of year keynote address. A sort of ‘state of the union’ if you will, looking at what’s coming up in the year ahead. Last year Colossals/Gargantuans. This year? Privateer Press sure know how to tease. (Credit: handcannononline.com)

Time for another film review. This time I'm turning my attention the way of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. A rather nonsensical title (presumably they meant 'dark side ' of the moon), but then it's a rather silly series of films overall. The first one was decent, and the second one an improvement. So how does entry number 3 rate? The theatrical release poster for Transformers 3. (Credit: en.wikipedia.org )