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Has the ‘Frequel’ Ruined the Hollywood Blockbuster?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether the ‘frequel’ has ruined the Hollywood blockbuster… Death is probably the most overused metaphor in the arsenal of the film writer. In this age of binary theory, everything is either a masterpiece or a piece of shit. So the idea that terrible movies have started to erode the very fabric of […]

We Don’t Need A Female Bond – We Need A Female 00 Agent

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Eddy Gardiner doesn’t want to see a female Bond, but he does want to see a female-led 00 movie…Nope, I’m not trying to be controversial here. I just want to present an idea that I think could actually work pretty well.In a recent interview with GQ, the excellent Michael Fassbender ended up discussing his potential casting as […]

5 Actors for Young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Matt Spencer-Skeen suggests five actors for the role of young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them out next week news and rumours have been ratcheting up around the sequel, with Johnny Depp rumoured to be playing Gellert Grindelwald and David Yates confirming Dumbledore’s return in […]

The Five Best Moments From The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 3 – ‘The Cell’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the third episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Negan fans rejoice, for the barbed-wire lovin’ bandito finally returned to our screens this week, and certainly with a vengeance. Although once again, it wasn’t really his show. ‘The Cell’ kindly gave us the first Daryl-centric episode in a […]

The Films That Help Explain The US Election

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at films that deal with political campaigns… Unless you’ve been living away from society, disconnected from any news source for the past eighteen months, you’ll be aware that there is a US Presidential Election this week. It’s been a hard fought, bitter campaign with serious allegations thrown at each candidate […]

Seven NES Games That Are Often Overlooked

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Jordan Jones lists seven NES titles you may have missed…When I was very young, one of my weekend traditions was going to the family-owned video store down the street to rent a game for my NES. I would spend upwards of an hour deciding which of the countless games lining the store walls would be […]

Why won’t Marvel take their heroes seriously?

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Anghus Houvouras asks why Marvel won’t take their heroes seriously…Humor as a defense mechanism. It’s something that used to be reserved for certain characters in comic books and comic book movies. Robert Downey Jr. took inspiration for Mark Millar’s legendary Ultimates series and made Tony Stark a guy who didn’t take life too seriously. This helped […]

The Week in Star Wars – Update on Rogue One not opening with the crawl, Han Solo will “break some rules” and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has a some details of what we can expect from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Han Solo anthology movie and more…With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away, director Gareth Edwards has been telling us about what we can […]

The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange box office, Wonder Woman trailer and reshoots, The Batman rumoured to have “serious problems”, The Flash loses another director

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Inhumans, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6: The Series, Deadpool 2, Logan, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League, The Batman, Suicide Squad, The Batman, The LEGO Batman […]