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Captain Marvel spotted on Avengers 4 set, Shazam beings shooting next year, Matthew Vaughn’s Superman pitch and more – Daily News Roundup

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MARVEL IN MARVEL’S AVENGERS It had been rumoured and speculated that Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel would make her debut in Avengers: Infinity War, which was then dismissed when Marvel Studios revealed our first look at Carol Danvers will be in her 2019 solo movie. However Larson has now been spotted heading to the set of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why was War for the Planet of the Apes a bust?

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Anghus Houvouras on War for the Planet of the Apes… There are some things that defy explanation. Like how the Great Pyramids of Giza were built, what happened to the settlers at Roanoke, or why people watch The Big Bang Theory. Sometimes there are no answers. The question of why a movie succeeds or fails […]

If DC Wants to Make Standalone Movies, We Should Cheer

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Samuel Brace on the news that Warner Bros. is planning a slate of non-DC Extended Universe superhero movies… Are you cheering? DC seems to be giving off the impression that the DCEU is not forevermore. That their attempted emulation of all that Marvel has achieved with their own cinematic universe might come to an end […]

The Most Disappointing: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

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Anghus Houvouras on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets… TL;DR: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a terrible movie & super disappointing because of how much I love Luc Besson’s earlier films. The long version: I love Luc Besson. One of his films, Leon: The Professional, I list in my […]

When Will DC Learn How to End Their Movies?

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Samuel Brace on DC’s movie endings… Fistfight! Explosions! Chaos! This has been the climactic scene of every DCEU (are we still calling it that?) film so far, this is how the powers that be have decided to end the movies that populate their connected universe up until this point. Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: […]

What Sets Christopher Nolan Apart From Other Blockbuster Directors

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With the release of Dunkirk, Eric Bay-Andersen explores the aspects of Christopher Nolan’s films that set him apart from his contemporaries… Over the past twenty years, Christopher Nolan has amassed a body of work so impressive that a new film by him is now an event in the cinematic calendar. But it’s not just the […]

Fantastic Four in the MCU, Star Wars: The Last Jedi footage, Avengers: Infinity War trailer and more – Weekend News Roundup

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FANTASTIC FOUR NO MORE? It’s been a busy weekend for those in the House of Mouse following the bi-annual D23 expo, but an announcement that many were hoping for never came to be. On the opening day, Marvel Studios had four giant statues covered in sheets, which many presumed would be the reveal of the […]