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Why Emma Watson’s New Film Wasn’t The Flop You Think It Was

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This week, Neil Calloway argues that a poor opening weekend isn’t a sign of a failure for The Colony…   This week brought the news that The Colony, the new film starring former Hogwarts alumna Emma Watson, made just £47 on its opening weekend at the British box office. I’ve spent more on a night […]

Exclusive interview with Bed of the Dead actress Alysa King

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Ricky Church chats with Bed of the Dead actress Alysa King… The upcoming horror film Bed of the Dead features two young couples out for night of debauchery at the city’s oldest sex club find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where getting off means suffering a gruesome fate. Upon calling the police they […]

Exclusive interview with Bed of the Dead director Jeff Maher

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Ricky Church chats with Bed of the Dead director Jeff Maher… The upcoming horror film Bed of the Dead features two young couples out for night of debauchery at the city’s oldest sex club find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where getting off means suffering a gruesome fate. Upon calling the police they […]

Exclusive interview with Galen Chu, co-director of Ice Age: Collision Course, about the new adventure, Simon Pegg’s return and the franchise’s continued popularity

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This July sees the release of the fifth installment in Blue Sky Studios’ Ice Age franchise, entitled Ice Age: Collison Course. While the film is still in the “final touches” stage, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis was able to not only see some extended footage from the film, but sit down with the film’s co-director […]

The BFG London Press Conference Report

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The organisers of the London press conference for Spielberg’s The BFG must have had a Jaws moment early on, realising they were “gonna need a bigger room”. Not that it was any surprise the event was packed. When the line-up includes the legendary director himself, as well as Oscar winner Mark Rylance and recently appointed […]

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 […]

Could we get a Spider-Man cameo in Avengers: Age of Ultron?

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Gary Collinson on whether we might see Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sooner thank we think… Earlier this week Marvel fans got the news we never thought we’d hear (well, prior to the Sony hack, anyway) with the huge announcement that Spider-Man is heading home. Yes, the wall-crawler is set to join the Marvel […]

The Callow Way – Why We Like Special Forces Movies

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This week Neil Calloway looks why American Sniper is breaking box office records… I’ve read a lot about American Sniper since it was released; about the fake plastic babies it uses instead of real children, about how Michael Moore said snipers were cowards (and then backtracked and said he liked the film), about how it […]

Deja Vu: Five Recycled Elements in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Anghus Houvouras is getting a sense of deja vu with Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron… No doubt the second most anticipated movie of 2015 is Avengers: Age of Ultron. The sequel to the most successful comic book adaptation of all time hits theaters this May. After watching the trailer a few times I’m noticing a […]