Author Archives: Robert Hood

Hulk-zilla!

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is one big Hulk!

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New: The Vanguard

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Vanguard (UK-2008; dir. Matthew Hope) The Vanguard is a brutal and politically motivated post-apocalyptic zombie film, set against the backdrop of the East/West struggle over the last drops of oil. Says director Matthew Hope: “It’s all there [in the … Continue reading →

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Old Ones Open New Business

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Great Old Ones have decided that all that lurking in dark dank places, waiting for the Call that will bring them shambling into our world in order to re-claim it, isn’t getting them anywhere, so they’ve decide to go … Continue reading →

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Giant Mozzies

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a tradition of giant roadside attractions in our culture, but I haven’t seen one of these before. An odd thing to celebrate with commemorative sculptures, I would’ve thought. (image credit: Artem) And to add a further weirdness, this one … Continue reading →

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Russian Giant Turtle?

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

All I know about this film is that it is Russian and dates from the late 1980s. It is supposed to be called Мутанты (trans. Mutant). If anyone can supply authoritative information regarding exact date and the name of the … Continue reading →

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Update: The Arrival

Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Shaun Tan’s fantastic all-picture book (for want of a better term), The Arrival, has been nominated in three categories of the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: Best Graphic Album — New Best U.S. Edition of International Material Best Writer/Artist … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Graphic novels, News | 2 Comments

News: Sabriel on the Way to Hollywood?

Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

The great news is that Garth Nix’s megaselling fantasy novel, Sabriel — the first book in his Old Kingdom Trilogy — may be filmed at last. Nix, who, as an ex-literary agent, has considerable knowledge of the industry and the … Continue reading →

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Zombie Fu

Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Got six minutes to spare? Dying for a bit of zombie action? Want to see a zombie/kung-fu cross-genre film made entirely using stop-motion photography? Well, here it is, with a WARNING: This film contains an unreasonable amount of bloody puppet … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Film, Zombies | 2 Comments

Interview: Sheri Wiggins

Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Birth of a Legend: The Story of the WAWA (US-2008, directed by Steve Wiggins) Sweet Tee, Alabama, has a problem; a big, wormy, carnivorous mutation that comes out of the polluted lake to chew up the residents and generally cause … Continue reading →

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Guidolon gets Bigger!

Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Meet Waitron, the daikaiju waiter! Waitron is Todd Tennant’s latest creation for Frank Wu’s Guidolon project and it is representative of the new phase that it has entered — the full-length feature film years. “The Tragical Historie of Guidolon, the … Continue reading →

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