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Deadly Virtues heading to UK Home Video this September

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After receiving its premier at last year’s Film4 FrightFest, home invasion movie Deadly Virtues is getting a home entertainment release on September 28th here in the UK. Press release follows: Edward Akrout (Sword Of Vengeance) stars as a sadistic home invader who exploits the fragile relationship of a suburban, middle class couple played byMegan Maczko […]

UK Blu-ray for Avengers: Age of Ultron causes “sexist controversy”

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When Avengers Assemble (or just The Avengers as its known elsewhere) was released in the UK a few years ago, there was a huge uproar that it didn’t contain the commentary track from director Joss Whedon. Well, the UK release of its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron has stirred up even more controversy. The special […]

Sources say Fox cut 3 big action scenes from Fantastic Four days before production and kept Josh Trank out of the editing room

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Following the news that Fantastic Four has bombed at the box office around the world, it seems unsurprising that there has been a few reports about a very troubled production for Marvel’s First Family. On Friday director Josh Trank tweeted about a “fantastic version” of the film we’ll never see, while sources within Fox have […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens IMAX details, new LEGO sets for 2016, Star Wars Steelbook Blu-Ray details and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’re looking at the IMAX details for The Force Awakens, we’ve got details of LEGO sets for 2016 and the new Steelbook Blu-rays as well as some video game and comic book news… Kicking things off this week is some details about the IMAX screenings of […]

Sources say Josh Trank’s “combative behaviour” is to blame for Fantastic Four’s failings

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Never has a film had so much bad press before its opening weekend is even over, but Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is struggling to find a modicum of positivity at the moment. Amidst all its bad reviews (read ours here and here), it’s Thursday box office tracking was poor, and it’s only looking to make […]

Godzilla 2016 director promises his King of the Monsters will be the most terrifying yet

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With Gareth Edwards’ American reboot of Godzilla pulling in $528 million worldwide, the production company behind the original series announced they were developing their first Godzilla movie since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Production starts next month, and its director Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan) is promising the most terrifying version of the King of the Monsters yet. […]

Sherlock Holmes 3 is on the way; Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are “very interested”

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On the press tour for Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E., his producing partner Lionel Wigram announced that they were working on a third Sherlock Holmes movie. “We’re working on a Sherlock Holmes 3 script” Wigram told IGN. “I think we would all love to do one if we could come up with something that […]

Fantastic Four tracking for $40-$50 million opening weekend

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Reviews are now out for Fantastic Four (and they’re not kind), but the movie is still tracking well for its opening weekend. Deadline are reporting that the Josh Trank directed movie is tracking better than Marvel’s Ant-Man and should take the number one spot from Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation with somewhere between $40-$50 million. […]