GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Well, helllllllooooo....

Been a long time my Wormies. How you been? Really good I hope.

I am just popping in to make sure you go to see GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY now that it's finally, here (feels like I've been waiting forever to see it!)

You really want to see this film. It's just a whole heck of a lot of fun. It's filled with lots of action, adventure, humour and Rocket Raccoon goodness.

I love the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Most of their movies kick so much butt I have no butt left when I leave the theatre. That being said it's nice to see something a little different with GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. It's a bit of STAR WARS. Bit of STAR TREK. Bit of THE FIFTH ELEMENT.

It also makes me really eager to see JUPITER ASCENDING.

Anyway, check it out. Lots of fun.

RPG'S COMING SOON...

Because I'm starting a re-read of the Steven Erikson and Ian Cammeron Esselmont's epic series MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN, these games look b i t c h i n !!!

HELLBOY: THE FIRST 20 YEARS by MIKE MIGNOLA

Hellboy is one of my all time favourite comic book characters. If you have not experienced the amazing, smart and kick-ass fun of a Hellboy comic you are missing out Wormies.

Go to your local library or bookstore or comic shop and grab the SEED OF DESTRUCTION trade paperback. I guaran-fucking-tee you will love it.

Mike Mignola is a really cool artist and has a genius ability to tell a grand and sweeping tale steeped in history, folklore and mythology. Between the covers of a Hellboy book you will find such enigmatic characters as Abe Sapien, a humanoid amphibious  man, Liz Sherman, a pyrokinetic woman. Those are just a couple of the good guys. Then there are the evil bastards!

With a hero like Hellboy you can't have just have your run of the mill bad guys. No sir. They have to be special. Sinister beyond sinister. Wicked beyond wicked. Nazi wicked!

For starters there is Grigori Rasputin, the Master, the evil wizard that is plotting to destroy the world as we know it with the help of other worldly beings called Ogdru Jahad (think H.P. Lovecraft's The Great Old Ones and you get the picture). Another baddy is the goddess Hecate, who wants Hellboy in more ways than one, if you catch my drift. Another female antagonist, and probably my fav of the bunch is the Baba Yaga, a wicked old witch with supernatural powers and a serious grudge on for Hellboy after he takes her eye.

But I digress. There are lots more really cool good guys and bad guys within the grand and epic story that is Mignola's Hellboy. And listen, I haven't even mentioned the spinoffs! There's the B.P.R.D. and ABE SAPIEN. And did I mention LOBSTER JOHNSON? Who's that guy, you say? Read some Hellboy and find out.

Anyway, HELLBOY: THE FIRST 20 YEARS is a collection of some of Mignol's best art from the series so far. It's great stuff. I could look at the beautiful artwork in this book for hours and never get enough. There is something so beautiful and dark about Mignola's Hellboy universe that grabs hold of your imagination like you wouldn't believe.

Honestly, check out SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION. Then grab all the rest of the series and just enjoy what is Hellboy.

GODZILLA (cool black and white poster)

Me want.

BATMAN: STRANGE DAYS

This is awesome.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (new trailer)

Loved the first film and book. Really can't wait to see this sequel.

MALEFICENT trailer 3

Really digging how this is starting to look!

THE MAZE RUNNER (movie trailer)

Here is the trailer for the upcoming teen thriller, THE MAZE, based on the novel by James Dashner. My son and I just started reading the book and you can expect an opinion post soon.