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The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Deadpool, DC and Marvel TV, Batman: The Killing Joke, Heroes Recancelled and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Gotham, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Legion of Super-Heroes, Vixen, Batman: Bad Blood, Batman: The Killing Joke, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, Guardians of the Galaxy […]

Who are the 67 characters in Avengers: Infinity War?

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Luke Owen speculates on who might be in the cast of Avengers: Infinity War… It was revealed yesterday that the cast of Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 & 2 was currently a wall with 67 character names on it. SIXTY-SEVEN. That’s a lot of characters. Suddenly that rumour of a $1 billion budget doesn’t seem […]

10 Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy nominations that aren’t musicals or comedies

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Scott J. Davis looks at the always dubious Best Musical or Comedy from the Golden Globes… Last night, Hollywood’s best and brightest gathered for the Golden Globes, the main precursor before the Academy Awards next month. The strangest award of the night went to ridley Scott’s The Martian, which bizarrely walked away with the award […]

Done to Death: The Perpetual Resurrection of Comic Book Characters

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Anghus Houvouras on the perpetual resurrection of comic book characters… Death. It’s a constant in the world of comic books. Something employed by Marvel and DC with marked regularity. A creative crutch that’s as synonymous to the medium as cliffhanger endings and over sexualized females in barely there costumes. It’s such a tired, meaningless cliché. […]

The Week in Star Wars – Fans petition for George Lucas’ return, #WheresRey, Abrams on comparisons to A New Hope, The Force Awakens topples Avatar, Rogue One and Episode VIII rumours and more

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  In this packed edition of The Week in Star Wars, George Lucas is wanted back by fans, J.J Abrams talks about comparisons to A New Hope, #WheresRey, The Force Awakens continues to smash records, we’ve got some Rogue One rumours and more… To kick things off this week, I’d like to extend my congratulations to […]

The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Infinity War, Inhumans, Daredevil, Deadpool, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, DC TV and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Gambit, Legion, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, […]

Do film critics matter?

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Anghus Houvouras on film critics and whether they matter… Do film critics matter? It’s an age-old question. One that has been asked as far back as the creation of the movie medium. Maxim Gorky, a Russian writer, was one of the first ever to pen a movie review after seeing a collection of Lumiere films […]

Flickering Myth’s Most Anticipated 2016 Movies

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Flickering Myth looks ahead to 2016… It’s the future! And with the New Year officially upon us (we’re five days into it after all), we sat down to vote for our most anticipated movies of 2016, and below are the results. Each writer had five votes, which were then collated into scores and tallied to […]