A prolific writer and film fan, Tom has a deep love of the superhero genre.
The release of Daredevil Season 2 has fans seriously excited - Marvel's Netflix series add real depth and tone to the #MCU! Although the #MarvelNetflix series don't tie in directly to the films - yet again we have some subtle nods. In this case, there's a curious thematic tie to Captain America: Civil War...
By Tom Bacon6 years ago in Geeks
DC's Cinematic Universe may have officially kicked off with Man of Steel, but let's face it - Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is when they turn the heat up! With less than a week to go, here are my predictions...
If you're one of the countless Marvel fans who are currently binging Daredevil Season 2, then by now you've seen Jon Bernthal's take on the Punisher! The Punisher is a classic Marvel antihero — but here are five facts you might not know...
In only a day's time until Netflix unleashes their third serving of Marvel drama, Daredevil Season 2! Fans of the Man Without Fear couldn't be more excited, but what can we expect from the latest #MarvelNetflix adventure?
He's the main villain of X-Men: Apocalypse, a force of nature who risks bringing devastation to the planet. With a new trailer up, it's now time to reveal some of #Apocalypse's greatest secrets.
Here’s a truth that every comic book reader knows, and that the rest of the world is only beginning to wake up to: comics have power. Like any art form, a good comic tugs on the heartstrings, transporting the reader into a world unlike their own – and yet, one in which life and death, hope and fear, doubt and certainty are found in just the same way. Like any art form, a truly good comic shines a light on our humanity.
Captain America: Civil War is perhaps the most exciting film of the year, bringing two old friends and allies into a head-on collision course with each other! But did this come out of the blue? Or was it inevitable that these two characters would eventually wage war on one another?
The times, they are a-changing. Technology is becoming ever-smaller, and so we now have completely different ways of viewing movies. Nowadays, a blockbuster can be watched at the cinema; it's then enjoyed at home on DVD, on a tablet, and perhaps even on a mobile phone. In fact, while it's impossible to get reliable figures for how many people are watching on a phone, we do know that 23% of Netflix subscribers have reported watching Netflix on one. It's also commonplace to spot someone on your train watching a film or TV series...
By Tom Bacon6 years ago in 01
The Internet is ablaze with excitement after the news dropped that Harrison Ford will be reprising his role as Indiana Jones in a fifth movie, to be released in 2019. We don't know much — enough to get excited! — but Disney has actually told us a lot more than it perhaps realizes. Check out three things we already know about the upcoming Indiana Jones 5.
Let's face it, there's one thing that's got the internet buzzing right now: the new trailer for #CaptainAmericaCivilWar, featuring none other than your Friendly Neighbourhood #SpiderMan!
It's a staple of science-fiction and fantasy - that beneath the world we know, there lies another world, one that is strange, alien, perhaps magical. How do writers create those worlds, and how do they intertwine them with our own? Here, I want to look at some classic examples...
When the X-Men franchise was rebooted in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, it gave Fox the chance to revisit some of their greatest successes. So in X-Men: Apocalypse we're going to see Nightcrawler once again! But who is the mutant known as Kurt Wagner? Here are ten things you might not know...