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The X-Files Season 11 Episode 5 Review – ‘Ghouli’

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Matt Rodgers reviews the fifth episode of The X-Files season 11… After the nostalgic high of The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat, The-X-Files comes back down to earth with a bump this week with the exposition heavy ‘Ghouli’. The title refers to a Slender Man invoking internet meme monster called Ghouli, who appears to be […]

Bad Boys 3 back on with new directors

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If the plot for a proposed Bad Boys 3 film features as many twists as the project’s stop-start fifteen year gestation period, then it might be worth the wait. The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence blockbusting sequel was seemingly dead over at Sony when Joe Carnahan jumped ship in March of 2017. Then the news […]

Bill Nighy joins Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu

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With principal photography underway on Universal and Legendary Entertainment’s live-action Pokemon movie, Detective Pikachu, there’s some additional casting news for those of you who might not know your Squirtle Turtle from your Absol. Joining Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies), Justice Smith (The Get Down), and Ken Watanabe (Godzilla) will be Love Actually […]

Has Cloverfield 4 already finished filming?

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Cloverfield 4 you say? But we haven’t even seen a third installment of a franchise we didn’t even really know was a franchise. If your head is hurting at the latest developments on a series of films which began with Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams’ found-footage monster mash in 2008, then you’re not alone. 10 […]

Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp trailer has landed

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As if Marvel wasn’t already on a high following the positive reactions from the Black Panther premiere, the studio has decided to spoil fans of the MCU even more by releasing the first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp. Full of the same wonderful visual gags that peppered the first, you can watch it below […]

Steven Spielberg to shoot Indiana Jones 5 in 2019

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Despite initial reports that Steven Spielberg would make his West Side Story remake the next film on his schedule, The Hollywood Reporter is suggesting the musical will remain on the back-burner whilst the director finds the right cast, pushing the filming of Indiana Jones 5 to the top of the list. The report claims that […]

Maze Runner sprints to the top of the US box office as The Greatest Showman holds its note

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Fox’s The Maze Runner: Death Cure (read our review here) finished atop the US box office, with a 25% decline compared to its predecessor, understandable considering standard franchise fatigue, and the fact that filming was delayed when Dylan O’Brien suffered an on-set injury. One of the only breakout YA adaptations amongst a slew of films that […]

Movie Review – Den of Thieves (2018)

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Den of Thieves, 2018. Directed by Christian Gudegast. Starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Pablo Schreiber, Evan Jones, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dawn Olivieri, Brian Van Holt, Jordan Bridges, Eric Braeden, Maurice Compte, Sonya Balmores, Cooper Andrews, Meadow Williams, Kaiwi Lyman, Jay Dobyns, Nick Loeb, Mo McRae, and Jermaine Rivers. SYNOPSIS: As a series of […]

Movie Review – The Cured (2017)

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The Cured, 2017. Directed by David Freyne. Starring Ellen Page, Sam Keeley, Tom Vaughn-Lawlor, and Paula Malcolmson. SYNOPSIS: In a sub-genre that has swallowed up contemporary culture in a way that nobody saw coming when George A. Romero’s groundbreaking films captured the Vietnam or consumerist zeitgeist of their respective eras, David Freyne’s contribution to the […]