Romance

BOOM! Studios is planning on getting you in the romantic mood this February with the release of its four-part comic book series Jonesy. 

From the creative team of writer Sam Humphries …
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Jason McNamara and Greg Hinkle are turning to Kickstarter to crowd fund their hardcover graphic novel, The Rattler. At its core, the tale told over 96 mostly black …
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Hi Nerdspanners! Robert here.

Confession time – and this is an odd one from your comics correspondent. I NEVER read comics growing up. Not one. I was strictly a book …
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If a film could be described as channelling ‘Mannequin’, ‘Weird Science’ and ‘Stranger than Fiction’, whilst also having its own identity, this would be it. ‘Ruby Sparks’ is an unusual film, with a heavy dose of wish fulfilment, but can it fulfil the wishes of the audience and make a connection?

Of late, has there been a more over exposed type of film that the Vampire film? Wouldn’t it be great if someone tried something different? Then Kiss Of The Damned could be for you. It is a very slow burning romance/thriller that has the hallmarks of a Hammer Horror film mixed with an arthouse type feel and has some wonderful visuals.

The film attempts to show a sympathetic body snatcher while telling a story of forever love, resistance, and perseverance. It dies trying. It is a galactic conceit that the alien souls have colonized twelve planets and yet never considered that hosts would care about their presence or eradication.

After a recent break up, pretentious filmmaker Alex (Alex Karpovsky) takes his independent film on tour. Hoping to escape the pain of his breakup, he invites a friend with him Henry (Onur Tukel) after meeting a big fan cum stalker the ridiculously named River (Jennifer Prediger), Alex’s world takes a number of twists and turns…

So far the Superman / Wonder Woman relationship is six months old. The don’t have a pet name yet (Superoman? Superwonder?) but they are passing their first Valentine’s day. …
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Silver Linings Playbook had some real expectations to rise up to. As it is it left those expections somewhere back down the road as it totally met then exceeded them all. When a film has all round pitch perfect performances from the entire cast and a director that makes the film seem as crazy as the two main leads, then you are onto a winner. …

11/22/63 is Stephen King’s superbly researched romantic conspiracy epic. Schoolteacher, Jake Epping has the opportunity to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy and change the course of history. It entertains and enthrals but could have gone deeper into the moral issues of that period in history (and using time travel to change the world).