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The ZX Spectrum celebrates its 35th Anniversary – #HappyBirthdaySpectrum

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Villordsutch celebrates the 35th Birthday of the ZX Spectrum… Today marks the 35th Birthday of one of the United Kingdom’s greatest pieces of technology, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.  On this day the 23rd April  back in 1982 this 8-bit machine with its rubber-keys and a massive 16K or 48K of RAM appeared and no matter […]

Matthew Vaughn in talks for Man of Steel 2, Spawn reboot will be dark and nasty, new Doctor Who trailer, critics vs. fans and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… MAN OF STEEL 2 FINDS A DIRECTOR? We’ve known for a while that Warner Bros. has been developing a sequel to Man of Steel, and if rumours are to be believed, the studio may have found a director. According to reports, comic book movie regular Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: […]

Game of Thrones: How It May Be Played in Season Six

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Tony Black looks forward to what we might expect from Game of Thrones season six… Game of Thrones is about to do something unprecedented and remarkable, something no previous television show has ever accomplished in quite the same way: it’s upcoming sixth season, which drops on April 24th in the US and 25th in the […]

Indiana Jones and the Future of the Franchise

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Tony Black on Indiana Jones and the future of the franchise… Ask almost anyone what they thought of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the 2008 long-gestated sequel known forever and a day simply as ‘Indy IV’, and you’ll probably get much the same answer. “Awful!” “Rotten!” “Should never have made it!” […]

Who could Maisie Williams be playing in Doctor Who?

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Villordsutch on who Maisie Williams could be playing in the Doctor Who universe… With series 9 of Doctor Who just around the corner and the trailer being released recently at SDCC 2015 [if you’ve missed it watch it here] there is currently a lot of speculation on who Maisie Williams could be playing within this […]

Star Wars Rebels: Why you should look forward to Season Two

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Ricky Church on why you should look forward to Star Wars Rebels season two… It goes without saying the Star Wars franchise has been undergoing a renaissance with the upcoming release of The Force Awakens. Excitement has just been mounting more and more with each trailer, press release and interview that has surfaced. Lately the […]

Christmas films are a bit rubbish – but that’s okay

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Tom Beasley examines the naff world of Christmas cinema, and how little that all matters at the most wonderful time of the year… This is a difficult statement for me to make, but I’m just going to come out with it right up top. A lot of Christmas movies are rubbish. It hurts me to […]

This is the Year for More Horror at the Oscars

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EJ Moreno on seeing more horror films at the Oscars… To say the Academy Awards and horror movies have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. Throughout the storied history of the award show, the horror genre has rarely got proper recognition. That’s not saying it never happens, and I do believe some people forget […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer… This week saw the release of the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the fourth movie in the Ghostbusters franchise, and a Terminator: Dark Fate-style return to the continuity of the original two movies following the female-fronted 2016 reboot. The new film – […]