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4 TV Shows to Look Forward to This August

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Samuel Brace with four TV shows to look forward to this August… After a slight delay, at least in comparison to years past, TV in 2018 has finally come into its own. The first half of the year has been a mixed bag, to say the least, featuring some impressive offerings as well as frustrating […]

The Most Disappointing: Toxic Fans & How They’re Handled in the Media

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Anghus Houvouras on toxic fans and the media… One of the things that keeps the fires burning in my brain is the concept of toxic fandom. It’s become so pervasive in our always-connected world of social media. Most of the stories play out in a similar fashion. A casting decision or creative choice is made […]

James Gunn’s Old Tweets Were Abhorrent But It Makes Little Sense That He Was Fired

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Samuel Brace on James Gunn’s dismissal from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3… On Friday, news broke that James Gunn had been fired by Disney and that he will no longer be directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn’s dismissal occurred when old tweets of the director’s resurfaced which were undeniably hideous in character. […]

San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 Cosplay Gallery

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With this year’s annual San Diego Comic-Con International now in full swing, the cosplayers have been out in full force on the convention floor today. We’ve seen Incredibles, White Walkers, Dark Wizards, Wakandan warriors, Assassins, Power Rangers, Princesses of Power, Atlantean royalty and of course the occasional Harley Quinn. Check out a gallery of cosplay […]

The 5 Most Anticipated Trailers of San Diego Comic-Con 2018

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Matt Spencer-Skeen on the five most anticipated trailers of Comic-Con 2018… DISCLAIMER: I have applied absolutely zero science to creating this list. It is purely subjective, based upon nothing but my feelings at the exact moment of writing this article. 5. Aquaman We already know we can expect an Aquaman trailer to drop this week […]

We Love It When Actors Hate a Movie They’re In

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Neil Calloway looks at when an actor realises one of their movies is a turkey… For reasons that it would take a long German word to explain, we like it when films go wrong, and we also like it when actors spill the beans about unpleasant filming experiences they’ve had. Two stories this week reinforced […]

The Highest Grossing Spy Movies in History

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Samuel Brace on the highest-grossing spy movies in history… The spy genre is without question one of the most beloved in movie history, producing countless classics with varying styles, aesthetics, and demographics in mind. The genre has also gone onto provide us with some of cinema’s most iconic characters, fictional heroes and villains, that have […]

What we can expect from the Marvel video game panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018

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George Chrysostomou looks forward to Marvel’s gaming panel at Comic-Con… Marvel has announced a number of panels for the 2018 pop culture extravaganza San Diego Comic-Con. One jumped out to me, however, as potentially housing some of the biggest news of the con. On Thursday, Marvel is hosting a gaming panel. There have been a […]

Unnecessary Reboots, Remakes and Sequels

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Hollywood’s preoccupation with reboots, remakes and sequels… I sit here in the year 2018. Suddenly I find myself compelled to moan about the unimaginative approach to greenlighting Hollywood studio pictures. This is not a new phenomenon, it’s old hat. As of now the vast majority of greenlit, large studio films are […]