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Exclusive Interview – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials director Wes Ball

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Wes Ball, the director of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, sat down with Flickering Myth’s Kat Kourbeti to talk about the second instalment in the planned trilogy of movies. Check out their chat in the video below: Here’s a synopsis of the movie: In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan […]

Michael Shannon admits that he just “makes stuff up” about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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About a month ago, Michael Shannon said in an interview about returning to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that his character of Zod would have “flipper hands”. While it seemed like a bizarre story, he later admitted that it wasn’t true. Now it would seem we can’t believe anything he has said. “Flippers? I […]

Director Denis Villeneuve talks Blade Runner 2 and Sicario – Exclusive Interview

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Director Denis Villeneuve has sat down with Flickering Myth’s Kat Kourbeti to talk about his latest movie – the Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro starring Sicario. He also talks about his next big project, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s science-fiction classic, Blade Runner 2 (which might now be called Androids Dream, after […]

Everest struggles at the US box office with a $13 million opening weekend

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After a stellar IMAX opening last week, it was expected that Universal’s Everest would go on to dominate the US box office this weekend. However, that didn’t quite go as planned. Opening to just $13 million domestically, Everest only managed to take fourth place against Hotel Transylvania 2 ($47 million), The Intern ($18 million) and […]

Hotel Transylvania 2 breaks September box office records with a $47 million opening weekend

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It was looking to have a strong opening, but the animated feature Hotel Transylvania 2 has passed all expectations, breaking September opening records in the process. The movie opened to around $47 million domestically, shooting it straight to the number one position. It broke the previous record of $42 million which, funnily enough, was held […]

The Week in Star Wars – Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens, Max Von Sydow’s character revealed and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we look at a rather dubious rumour about Hayden Christensen returning to the Star Wars Universe, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens and more… Kicking things off as we usually do on The Week in Star Wars by looking at the latest […]

Second Opinion – Sicario (2015)

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Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent (Blunt) joins a task force on the war on drugs after discovering a cartel “death house” in Arizona. What she sees during her time there changes her forever, as […]

Interview: Harry Gregson-Williams talks his score for The Martian

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Amon Warmann sits down with composer Harry Gregson-Williams to discuss Ridley Scott’s The Martian… There are few composers working today who are as prolific as Harry Gregson-Williams. A veteran of over 20 years, his impressive career spans television, video games, and films such as the Shrek and The Chronicles of Narnia franchises. Last August we […]

The Sinister Six movie could still happen

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After about a year in development, it seemed as though Drew Goddard’s Sinister Six could have been shelved following Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this year. However, Goddard still believes the film may be alive and well. “My vision of that movie was a summer annual,” he told io9 in a newly-released interview. “So you didn’t […]