superheroes

The game of Spider-Man 2 gets plenty of attention, and rightly so. With its physics and environments, as well as the ability to explore a digital recreation of New York City, it was highly impressive for its time and holds up today - but…

Avengers: Infinity War will break the box-office with the strength of Thor’s hammer this weekend. It’s deserved as it’s a surprisingly bold and brave entry in the MCU. Even so, I feel obligated to make the case for Psychokinesis – a South…

All things Science week It’s Science Week from November 13th to 20th, so what better way to celebrate it than to give you a post packed full of really interesting festivals and events happening across the country for people of all ages.…

It was summer time in Limerick city; sure it was barely raining at all, except when it was. Fortunately for the sake of this story it wasn’t right then and B-Man was taking Eugene for a “walk” in the People’s Park. A length of dental floss…

Previously (1,2), Paddy and B-Man, Limerick's greatest superheroes, were suspicious of the sudden spate of beards on usually unbearded men. Their investigations led them to a craft beer bar with a viking DJ. The DJ played a song that seemed…

Rain drip-dropped onto the concrete like that stupid broken tap out the back of my house as B-Man parked his Beemobile (A yellow Fiat Seicento with, naturally, black go-faster stripes) outside Paddy’s house. It was the third Friday of the…

Bee-man and Paddy, Master of the Fourth Dimension, stood on the rooftop of the Clarion hotel, surveying the city which was theirs to defend against evil, by general agreement. “Tis fairly cauld tonight isn’t it?” said Paddy a rollie…

The future is bright for Comic Book movies and with four major film studios vying for blockbuster payouts there are a plethora of quality titles to entice you into the cinemas in the coming years. In Part 6 we talked about the new faces…

Eoin Rogers continues his bi-weekly series on the history of comic books and their links to cinema. In part 1 he talked about the early days and the original superheros. Part two looks at the formation of the Comics Code Authority which…

Superheroes. They’re everywhere. Long gone are the days of eye rolling that once accompanied the mention of ‘men in tights’ and conjured memories of George Clooney clad in Bat-nipples. Marvel’s cinematic universe is growing rapidly, now…