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Thirty Years of Top Gun

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Thirty years after its first release, Neil Calloway takes a look at Top Gun… Thirty years ago this week – 16th May 1986, to be precise, Top Gun was released and pop culture was changed forever. With the possible exclusion of films where Spielberg and Lucas were involved, it is arguably the most iconic film […]

Why Zac Efron should play Booster Gold

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Anghus Houvouras thinks Zac Efron should play Booster Gold… DC Comics cinematic adaptations continue to be a wild ride that has polarized fans. There are those of us who are enjoying the garish monstrosities being created using our favorite DC Icons, and others who are one step away from declaring that Zack Snyder and Warner […]

Interview with the stars and filmmakers of The Gift, new poster debuts

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After a critically-acclaimed release during the summer, Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut The Gift is released on Digital Download today, as well as debuting on Blu-ray and DVD next Monday, December 7th. And to celebrate the home entertainment release, we have some new interviews with the stars of the film, including Jason Bateman and Edgerton, as […]

Preacher Adaptation: Not “better” or “worse” but “different”

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Rachel Bellwoar on AMC’s Preacher adaptation… Similar to Martin Carr, who writes the show’s episode reviews, I started Preacher only slightly familiar with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s graphic novels. The question of when to tackle the source material, however, had been tossing around in my head for a while. Usually, with shows like Game of Thrones, I’m a […]

Why television is the superior medium for comic book characters

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Anghus Houvouras on why television is the superior medium for comic book characters… You hear it all the time: television has become a more interesting medium than the movies. It’s one of those trendy uber-hip things to say when you want to engage in a straw man argument over the superior art form. As I […]

The Callow Way – The Death Of The Theatrical Premiere?

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This week Neil Calloway looks at the changing face of how films are released… This week, two unrelated stories seemed like they could herald the end of films debuting in the cinema. First there was the news that Ricky Gervais’s new film, Special Correspondents, his third as director, would get its premiere on Netflix. This […]

Five of the best throwdowns in Netflix’s Daredevil

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Cherokee Seebalack with five of the best throwdowns in Netflix’s Daredevil… There’s one more person you need to be thanking for the awesomeness that is Netflix’s Daredevil and that’s Philip J. Silvera. All the bad-assery that you got in the first season? Silvera’s the guy who brought it to you. As the fight and stunt […]

The Evolution of Daredevil’s Costume

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Luke Owen looks back at the evolution of Daredevil’s costume… Ahead of The Man Without Fear making his re-debut on TV/laptop screens this Friday with Netflix’s Daredevil, there has been a lot of talk about his costume. Many were surprised when they revealed they would start things off with the Frank Miller and John Romita Jr.’s […]

Why Remaking Great Films Is A Bad Idea

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This week, Neil Calloway questions the wisdom of remaking classic films… In the 1980s Frank Oz, the man who is both Miss Piggy and Yoda, asked Michael Caine if he wanted to star in a remake of Bedtime Story, a 1964 film that despite starring David Niven and Marlon Brando, was not a success. Why […]

Love and Mercy press conference

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david j. moore reports from the Love and Mercy press conference… Love and Mercy, the new film from Lionsgate, tells the story of two separate eras of the life of Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys. One period is set during Brian’s creative strides in the 1960’s as he creates the albums Pet Sounds and […]