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Why Scream is a Perfect Black Comedy

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Ricky Church on why Scream is a perfect black comedy… When Scream was released in 1996, it revitalized the slasher genre with new life and energy after it was on the verge of dying out. Scream had plenty of aspects that made horror slasher films great with its memorable kills, scares and great direction by horror legend Wes […]

The Best TV Series to Binge Watch This Halloween

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Hasitha Fernando on the best TV series to binge this Halloween… It’s Spooktober once again, ladies and gents and what better way to welcome the chills and scares of Halloween than binge-watching a few TV series to whet your appetites eh? But with the innumerable streaming platforms out there offering their respective content, choosing what […]

Batman: Arkham City 10th Anniversary: The Best of the Arkham Franchise

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Ricky Church revisits Batman: Arkham City on its 10th anniversary… In 2009 Rocksteady struck gold with Batman: Arkham Asylum, an open-world game which saw the Dark Knight trapped on the infamous asylum’s island after The Joker took control of it. Met with rave reviews for its gameplay and adherence to the source material, Arkham Asylum was called […]

10 Horror Film Scores to Enjoy Over Halloween

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Hasitha Fernando presents a selection of horror film scores to enjoy over Halloween… With All Hallows Eve a creeping round the corner, ‘tis the perfect opportunity to look back at a few film scores which have gone on to define the modern-day horror film. More than films in other genres when it comes to horror, […]

Smallville 20th Anniversary: A Retrospective Look

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As it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, Ricky Church looks back on Smallville… When I was a young teenager, I had actually been drifting away from comics and superheroes a bit. After Batman & Robin it became clear no more Batman movies were going to be made for a while and cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series, […]

The Best James Bond Film Scores

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Hasitha Fernando on the best James Bond film scores… With No Time to Die scheduled to begin its international rollout on September 30th, following multiple delays it is a fine time to look back at the incomparable musical legacy this long-standing franchise has given to audiences the world over. From the now iconic opening gun-barrel […]

The Witches at 30: The family film that terrified an entire generation

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With The Witches celebrating its 30th anniversary, George Nash takes a look at the legacy of Nicolas Roeg’s terrifying family film… In the filmography of the late British director Nicolas Roeg — a career spanning just shy of 50 years — two movies stand out from the rest. Both are adaptations of literary texts. Both […]

The Greatest Bond Girls of All Time

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Chris Gelderd on the greatest Bond Girls of all time… A term that has stood strong for over 50 years, the phrase “Bond Girl” conjures up an image that defines escapist cinema; a dazzling leading lady, side by side with James Bond in his adventures, with beauty and brains to boot. While some may prefer […]

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 […]