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TV Shows to Look Forward to in the Rest of 2017

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2017 has been a great year for television so far. There have been surprise classics like The Young Pope, departing shows ending on an all time highs like The Leftovers, and series that have never been better, such as the third season of Better Call Saul. Game of Thrones has also just kicked off, and […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Venom, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Watchmen and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Venom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Fist, Runaways, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, The Batman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Gotham City Sirens, Deathstroke, Arrow, The Question, Krypton, […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 wraps filming, Gambit loses another director, The New Mutants delayed, Justice League extended cut rumours and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Silver & Black, Venom, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man 3, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Runaways, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gambit, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, Kitty Pryde, Doctor Doom, Justice League, Shazam, Wonder Woman, […]

Tom Holland responds to Spider-Man: Homecoming criticism, Shazam! details, new look at Steppenwolf in Justice League and more – Daily News Roundup

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HOLLAND RESPONDS Just before its release, former Spider-Man star Kirsten Dunst shared some savoury words about Spider-Man: Homecoming, calling it, “milking the cash cow”. Well the new Spidey Tom Holland has responded to these comments telling Movie ‘n’ Co, “You know, she’s entitled to her own opinion and I’m not one to judge at all. I […]

Superman on new Justice League poster, Ant-Man and The Wasp begins production, Spielberg hates Temple of Doom – Daily News Roundup

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RETURN OF SUPERMAN After being teased at the end of the new trailer for Justice League, Superman has graced a new poster for the DC team-up movie. The Man of Steel also features in some new concept art, which you can check out here. HEROIC HELLBOY It was announced back in May that Hellboy was […]

Franchise Fixer: Why Sony needs to make a Superior Foes of Spider-Man movie

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Anghus Houvouras wants to see a Superior Foes of Spider-Man movie… Sony owning the Spider-Man movie franchise is like watching eight orangutans running a McDonalds. It’s difficult to understand how it happened, they continually struggle with the basic operations, and the end result of their efforts falls somewhere between ‘hilarious’ and ‘stomach turning’. Marvel Studios […]

Hellboy cinematic universe, Karl Urban returning as Judge Dredd, Superman in new Justice League promo – Daily News Roundup

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A HELLISH UNIVERSE This should come as no surprise, but there are hopes that Neil Marshall’s big screen reboot of Hellboy could spawn a cinematic universe. “It’s a very loose adaptation of one of the Hellboy graphic novels,” he told The Verge. “When you have more books out there, you have a lot more to […]

Deathstroke movie in development, Hawkeye gets an upgrade in Avengers 4, Shazam director expecting backlash and more – Daily News Roundup

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DEATHSTROKE: THE MOVIE Last year it was announced that Joe Manganiello had been cast as the DC assassin and supervillian Slade Wilson – better known as Deathstroke – in Ben Affleck’s The Batman. However with Affleck removed from the director’s chair and new helmer Matt Reeves re-writing from scratch, there were some questions about whether […]