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The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse opens, Civil War breaks $1 billion and pushes the MCU to $10 billion, Thor: Ragnarok cast announced, Warner Bros. restructures DC Films, Harley Quinn spin-off movie announced, and rumours galore!

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Wolverine 3, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Blade, Justice League, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Gotham, The […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #99 – Maziacs

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Continuing on with the Your Sinclair Top 100 ZX Spectrum games ever made the next game on our list is Maziacs from dk’tronics. Though dk’tronics – who were based in Great Yarmouth – produced mainly hardware for Sinclair machines, it was on the rare occasion they dipped their toes into […]

How do you solve a problem like Zack Snyder?

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It’s a question that divides many. Some don’t even believe it needs answering, particularly those who defended Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice against the legions of critics and fans who heaped scorn on it. Warner Bros themselves didn’t think it was a question at all, given how shocked the studio were that people *gasp* […]

Marvel’s Diversity Drama: Whitewashing, The Black Panther, and the fading colors of Political Correctness

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Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s diversity drama… We live in a ridiculously polarizing time, and that ridiculousness is frequently on display in regards to our favorite blockbusters. Right now we’re swimming in the wake of the massive success of Captain America: Civil War; a movie that succeeded on so many levels, reinvigorating the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While […]

10 Great Buddy Cop Movies Not Written or Directed By Shane Black

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To coincide with the release of The Nice Guys, Kieran Fisher recommends 10 other buddy cop movies worth checking out… This weekend marks the release of Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a law enforcement duo investigating a missing persons case.  It also sees Black return to […]

Daniel Craig, it’s okay if you let Bond go

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Tony Black on Daniel Craig’s future as Bond… We all knew this was coming. By we, I mean the legion of James Bond fans and aficionados who have followed the bizarre media whirlwind that seems to forever cascade around 007 himself, Daniel Craig. The Daily Fail (sorry, Mail!) apparently claimed Craig is done – that […]

Interview – Alan Martin, co-creator of Tank Girl

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Kirsty Capes chats with Tank Girl co-creator Alan Martin… Alan Martin, co-creator of Tank Girl and novelist, spoke to us about his new four part mini-series with artist Brett Parson, Two Girls One Tank (check out our review here), published by Titan Comics. Alan talks about the future of Tank Girl, her thirtieth birthday, the writing […]

Favourite Spiritual Sequels – The Social Network and Steve Jobs

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With the release of Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! and Shane Black’s The Nice Guys (which have been described by their directors as ‘spiritual sequels’ to Dazed And Confused and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang respectively), the Flickering Myth writers take a look back on their favourite ‘spiritual sequels’. First off is Eric Bay-Andersen with The […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #100 – Zzoom

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Back in the 1980s there was a computer that existed in most British homes called the ZX Spectrum.  This machine was the doorway to many different worlds for anyone that owned it, as we tanned our faces which rested two foot away from a cathode-ray screen every […]