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Countdown to Batman v Superman – Injustice: Gods Among Us

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Injustice: Gods Among Us…Superman is without a doubt one of the most heroic figures in fiction; he’s uncompromising in his belief in the goodness individual people and the world has to offer. He’s a beacon to ordinary people and heroes throughout the […]

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 […]

Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing

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Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]

Making Daddy’s Home, competing against Star Wars and working with Will Ferrell – Sean Anders interview

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Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis sat down with Sean Anders to talk about Daddy’s Home, out now on Blu-Ray and DVD…Note: This interview was conducted before the sequel to Daddy’s Home was announced…SD: Congratulations on the success of the film – you went up against Star Wars and put up a very good fight. Were you […]

The Week in Disappointment – Batman v Superman, Terminator, Watchmen TV Series, Nicolas Cage and The Lord of the Rings and more

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world…“Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice rated PG-13 for ‘sensuality’”Makes perfect sense. You could feel the pulsing sexual tension emanating from the screen when he ripped the top off of the Batmobile. Matt Damon knows what I’m taking about.“Matt Damon says ‘it must be really hard’ […]

Godzilla 101: Showa, Heisei, Millennium – The Three Godzilla Eras And What Makes Them Special

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Thomas O’Connor on the three eras of the Godzilla franchise and what makes them special… A new Japanese Godzilla movie is on the way, heralding the return of Toho’s epic franchise after over a decade of dormancy. Understandably, not everyone has the time or inclination to sit through hours upon hours of Godzilla films in […]

Why Are More Actors Than Ever Appearing In Commercials?

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at why more actors than ever are promoting products… The imminent release of the new Bond film, means we can expect a few things; exotic locations, impressive stunts, thinly veiled misogyny and, perhaps most importantly, lucrative commercial tie ins. If you’ve been to the cinema in Britain recently, or even […]

Star Trek Beyond… Anyone Who Cares?

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Tony Black discusses Star Trek Beyond, and whether anyone really cares…If you took a straw poll of the general population, how many of them would know there was a new Star Trek movie dropping this summer? The chances are not nearly as many as there should be. Star Trek Beyond, the third movie of the […]

Die Hard Rebooted: 10 Other Franchise Reboots That Failed to Launch

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Luke Owen looks at the failed franchise reboots…Rebooting a franchise isn’t just an idea anymore, it’s a formula. If you have a pre-existing franchise with a pre-existing audience, reboot it. And then if that doesn’t work, just reboot it again. We live in a world where we have three different attempts at creating a sustaining Spider-Man […]

The Week in Disappointment – Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Matt Damon as Daredevil, Prometheus 2, Hayden Christensen returning to Star Wars and more

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Every week the entertainment world provides us with the unfortunate, the inexcusable, and the questionable. Here are this week’s disappointments.Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver to appear in Ghostbusters reboot.None of this is surprising or even worthy of mention. When they figure out how to get Harold Ramis to appear in the film, wake me up.Hugh […]