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Despite the fact that Robert Downey Jr.’s current contract with Marvel Studios only extends to Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Avengers 3, there’s been a lot of talk recently suggesting that he could reprise the role of Tony Stark for a fourth Iron Man movie, which isn’t surprising given the $1.2 billion box office […]

The CW has released the official episode description for the third episode of its new DC show The Flash, entitled ‘Things You Can’t Outrun’, which is set to introduce another DC Comics villain in The Mist. Take a look… THE FLASH BATTLES THE MIST, CAITLIN TELLS BARRY ABOUT RONNIE — As Barry (Grant Gustin) and […]

Following on from the first TV spot [see here], Fox Searchlight has released two new clips from Birdman, the latest film from director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu (21 Grams, Biutiful), which sees Michael Keaton (Batman) leading a cast that includes Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk), Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion), Zach Galifianakis […]

With three weeks to go until its release, a short new trailer has arrived online for the Australian horror The Babadook, and you can watch it right here after the official synopsis… Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of […]

FOX has released two new clips from ‘The Balloonman’, the third episode the Batman prequel series Gotham, and we’ve got them for you right here… THE SAFETY OF GOTHAM IS UP IN THE AIR ON AN ALL-NEW “GOTHAM” MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, ON FOX Detectives Gordon and Bullock track down a vigilante who is killing corrupt […]

Earlier in the week we heard a few comments from Miles Teller about The Fantastic Four, with the new Mister Fantastic describing the reboot as “different in every way” from Fox’s previous FF movies, and now Michael B. Jordan has took a moment to discuss his casting as Johnny Storm in upcoming the Josh Trank-directed […]

Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum’s (Headhunters) World War II drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the British codebreaker Alan Turing, check it out below after the official synopsis and read our review of the film here… The Imitation Game is a dramatic portrayal […]

Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of The Strain… As episode twelve concludes we are within sight of the finishing line. Season finales, cliff hangers and pivotal plot points loom like spectres in the night. Past and present coalesce in a Grimm fable of East European origin. A place where old wife’s tales are passed […]

Cleaver Patterson reviews Clint: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel… In his introduction to Clint: A Retrospective, the glossily illustrated book chronicling the career of the actor / director by critic and writer Richard Schickel, Eastwood himself quotes Negro Leagues baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who said “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” Of course […]

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Black Sea, the latest film from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland), which sees Jude Law leading a cast that includes Scoot McNairy (Gone Girl), Ben Mendelsohn (Exodus: Gods and Kings), David Threlfall (Shameless), Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch), Grigoriy Dobrygin (A […]