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New Avengers: Infinity War poster, Flashpoint teases, Godzilla vs. Kong details and more – Daily News Roundup

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IT’S ALL CONNECTEDIt may still be keeping the Avengers: Infinity War footage under wraps, but Marvel has decided to officially release its Comic-Con triptych poster for the hotly-anticipated superhero epic, which sees Thanos and his Black Order alongside The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Check it out here.IT’S (MOSTLY) ALL IMPROVISEDWhen he was […]

Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2 – ‘Stormborn’ – Top 5 Moments

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Tony Black with the top five moments from the second episode of Game of Thrones season seven… 1 – THEON GREYJOY STRIKES AGAIN! Just when you think Theon Greyjoy may have got his shit together, he goes and literally, as well as figuratively, jump ship. Euron’s ship battle ambush is frenetic and exciting but over […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Justice League Comic-Con trailer

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On Saturday at Comic-Con, Warner Bros. gave fans a peek at the future of the DC Extended Universe with the release of a brand new, action-packed four minute trailer for November’s superhero ensemble Justice League (and unlike Marvel, they dropped it online for all to see!). It’s been a bit of a rocky road for […]

Is a spoiler the end of the world?

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Henry Bevan on spoilers…I lasted five days. Five days without having someone spoil the new episode of Game of Thrones. Those days were spent in constant fear. I was like one of the journalists in All The Presidents Men, constantly looking over my shoulder for the innocent bystander who might tell me what the hell […]

The Week in Spandex – The San Diego Comic-Con Edition

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Rounding up all the big superhero news from the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International…Well, the dust has settled on another Comic-Con, and as you’d expect, we got plenty of news, trailers and other goodies from the ever-increasing slate of superhero movies and TV shows. While 20th Century Fox decided to keep its new X-Men projects […]

Hans Zimmer’s greatest non-Christopher Nolan soundtracks

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With Dunkirk out now, Sean Wilson selects those Zimmer soundtrack classics that have been overlooked… Christopher Nolan’s astonishing, overpowering World War II epic Dunkirk is on release now and there’s a common thread running through the laudatory reviews: the music is inseparable from the visuals. Indeed, Hans Zimmer’s keening, groaning, growling compositions help blur the […]

Ben Affleck leaving Batman, Aquaman footage, huge Captain Marvel news and more – Weekend News Roundup

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AFFLECK BATMAN WOES?Over the San Diego Comic Con weekend, there were reports that Warner Bros. were reconsidering the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in their DC Extended Universe, possibly before his solo movie The Batman. However during DC’s panel in Hall H, Affleck reassured fans that he was sticking with the cowl in Justice […]

Justice League trailer, Valerian flops hard, Thor: Ragnarok trailer and more – Weekend News Roundup

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YOU CAN’T SAVE THE WORLD ALONEWhile Marvel Studios (again) didn’t release their trailer for Avengers: Infinity War from San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros. put up a whopping four-minute trailer for this November’s Justice League. The trailer features Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and Aquaman (Jason […]

Is the Internet killing the straight-to-home entertainment movie?

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Tom Jolliffe on whether the internet is killing the straight-to-home entertainment movie… Going to the cinema has long been an escape. It’s an event. A special outing. When that was your only option of seeing a film it obviously limited the options the general public had. The business became bigger and bigger. Cinemas spread through […]