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Amie Cranswick

Body horror Thinestra gets a trailer and poster

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Following on from its acclaimed festival run, Breaking Glass Pictures has released a poster and trailer for Thinestra, the body horror from director Nathan Hertz.The film follows Penny, a young woman struggling with body dysmorphia who begins to take a mysterious weight-loss pill which comes with terrifying consequences when the weight she sheds forms into […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Static: Beyond #5

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DC Comics releases Batman/Static: Beyond #5 on Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek with the official preview below…Batman and Static’s only hope to reverse the global blackout is to find tech-disrupting outcast Shutdown! But, as the Neo-Dynamic Duo wades into a war between genetic offshoots and black-ops soldiers, Shutdown’s plans for revenge […]

The Lord of the Rings animated movie figure set revealed by Dark Horse

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Dark Horse and Middle-earth Enterprises have officially unveiled a new 3-piece collectible figure set featuring Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee and Aragorn, inspired by the appearance J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved characters from Ralph Bakshi’s classic 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. The collectible set is available to pre-order now, priced at $89.99; check out […]

Comic Book Preview – Absolute Superman #18

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A new story arc gets underway in Absolute Superman #18 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at the official preview of the issue below courtesy of DC Comics…The Battle of Kansas may have put the Lazarus Corporation into retreat, but it’s left behind some terrifying surprises in its hidden caches of weapons […]

Polish historical action drama Scarborn (Kos) unveils trailer ahead of April release

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Ahead of its release this April, a trailer has landed online for director Pawel Maslona’s Polish historical action drama Scarborn (Kos).Set in 18th century Poland, the film follows Ignac, an illiterate young serf who finds himself  unexpectedly entangled in a rebellion led by General Tadeusz “Kos” Kościuszko, while on a quest to prove his own […]

X-Men ’97 Archangel Marvel Legends Series figure unveiled by Hasbro

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Hasbro has officially announced that pre-orders are now live for the Marvel Legends Series Archangel figure, inspired by the appearance of the mutant in the acclaimed Disney+ animated series X-Men ’97; check out the official images and details below…The otherworldly Archangel flies into collections of Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97 -inspired figures, featuring articulated wings and […]

Action thriller Infiltrate gets a trailer, poster and images

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Quiver Distribution has shared a trailer for writer-director James Mark’s upcoming action thriller Infiltrate.Government agent Lily Chen receives a mysterious phone call with instructions to assassinate high-level criminals if she wants to her husband to live, leading to her unravelling a web of corruption as she delves deep into the criminal underworld on a violent […]

Hellboy McFarlane Collector Edition action figure available for pre-order

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McFarlane Toys is bringing Mike Mignola’s Hellboy to its McFarlane Collector Edition line with a new 7″ scale action figure inspired by the character’s classic Dark Horse Comics appearance; check out the official promo images and details below…On December 23, 1944, a small red demonlike creature appeared in flames at a ruined church in East […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: King Killer #1

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Marvel Comics launches its latest 20th Century Studios series Alien: King Killer next week, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the opening issue with the official preview below…When humanity has already lost the war against the Xenomorphs, what remains? Set on a planet overrun by the savage alien species, the dregs of […]