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Theory: Luke Skywalker is Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Luke Owen with a wild fan theory for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… “There has been an awakening, have you felt it?” Kylo Ren is the new big baddy of the Star Wars Universe. The leader of the First Order, he’s a man who is obsessed with the work of Darth Vader and will use […]

Bruce Campbell to star in Mallrats 2

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During this month’s New York Comic Con, writer and director Kevin Smith moderated a panel for the upcoming Ash vs. The Evil Dead, which showed its first episode to much praise. But while hosting the event, Smith took it upon himself to promote his next venture, and ask a favour of Bruce Campbell. “At the end of […]

J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” remarks against Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Prior to the trailer being released, a Twitter trend called #BoycottStarWarsVII caught the Internet’s attention, as loud vocal complaints were being made about Star Wars: The Force Awakens being “anti-white”. The group rejected the idea that the movie had such a diverse cast, calling the film “anti-white propaganda” and that J.J. Abrams was a “Jewish activist” . Whether […]

Crimson Peak bombs at the US box office with just $12.8 million

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After a slew of mediocre reviews (read ours here and here), Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak struggled out of the gates on its opening weekend. Opening in less than 3,000 screens, the Gothic horror movie pulled in a very disappointing $12.5 million, coming fourth behind Steven Spielberg’s Bride of Spies, The Martian and children’s horror […]

Goosebumps scares off The Martian and tops the US box office with $23.5 million

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After topping the US box office for the last two weeks, Ridley Scott’s The Martian was toppled this weekend by children’s horror movie Goosebumps. Based off the book series of the same name, Goosebumps took around $23.5 million over the weekend from 3,500 theatres. Despite a big Thursday opening, Sony hedged their bets by saying the […]

VOD Review – Aaaaaaaah! (2015)

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Aaaaaaaah!, 2015 Written and directed by Steve Oram Starring Steve Oram, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lucy Honigman, Tom Meeten, Toyah Wilcox, Julian Baratt, Noel Fielding, Alice Lowe, Tony Way SYNOPSIS: Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions […]

VOD Review – Night of the Living Deb (2015)

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Night of the Living Deb, 2015 Written and directed by Kyle Rankin Starring Maria Thayer, Ray Wise, Chris Marquette, Michael Cassidy, Syd Wilder, Julie Brister SYNOPSIS: After a girls’ night out, endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. She’s thrilled, but she can’t remember much of what […]

VOD Review – The Sand (2015)

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The Sand, 2015 Directed by Issac Gabaeff Starring Cleo Berry, Bryan Boone, Brooke Butler, Etalvia Cashin, Hector David Jr., Dean Geyer, Meagan Holder, Nikki Leigh, Jamie Kennedy SYNOPSIS: After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over twenty-somethings awake to a beating sun, and a seemingly carnivorous beach that devours anything with a heartbeat that […]

The Week in Star Wars – New trailer for The Force Awakens, runtime rumours, female directors are “going to happen” and more

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We’ve got a couple of rumours in this edition of The Week in Star Wars surrounding trailers, ratings and runtimes. We’ve also got word on female directors joining the universe, comic book previews and new maps for Battlefront… Kicking things off as we normally do with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and a new rumour […]