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7 Things We Learned From the First Half of Jessica Jones

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Luke Owen on the first seven episodes of Jessica Jones… With all 13 episodes airing on November 20th, we were lucky enough to be given early access to the first seven episodes of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the second series in the Netflix side of the MCU. So, what did we learn? 1. Adult content Let’s make […]

Video Games Are Valid Entertainment, Stop Trying to Make Them Into Films

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Samuel Brace calls for an end to video game adaptations… Name a good video game to movie adaptation. Go on, name one. Name one bona fide hit with both critics and fans that’s source was a video game. Coming up short? That’s okay, it was an impossible task. There are of course some that are […]

The Week in Disappointment – Quentin Tarantino, 478, Warcraft, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four, Bond, The Girl on the Train

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Quentin Tarantino calls Police ‘murderers’” This story is both disappointing and ludicrous. It’s odd on so many levels, like a layer cake made of embarrassment and iced with awkwardness. You have Quentin Tarantino, The ultimate white-guy-who-thinks-he’s-black talking smack about the Police, as if he has […]

The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange, Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Batman v Superman and the DC Extended Universe, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Jessica Jones, The Crow and more

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

Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe on Victor Frankenstein

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Thanks to the Red Bulletin, we’ve got an exclusive excerpt of an interview with Victor Frankenstein star Daniel Radcliffe… After 10 years and eight movies as the young hero of the multibillion dollar grossing Harry Potter franchise, Daniel Radcliffe said goodbye to wizardry in 2011. But rather than veering off the rails like so many […]

Interview With Amar, Akbar and Tony Director Atul Malhotra

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Stu Greenfield chats with director Atul Malhotra about Amar Akbar and Tony… This month has seen the VOD release of the latest Asian/British culture fusion on the big screen in the form of comedy drama Amar Akbar and Tony. Bearing only a titular similarity to the popular 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar and Anthony, Amar […]

Interview: Jocelin Donahue talks Summer Camp

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David Opie sits down with actress Jocelin Donahue to talk about Summer Camp, a Spanish/American collaboration that follows a group of camp counsellors besieged by a zombie-like virus. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here… David Opie: Summer Camp deserves to be […]

Interview with the cast of Amar Akbar and Tony

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Stu Greenfield chats with Martin Delaney, Sam Vincenti and Rez Kempton about Amar Akbar and Tony… With the VOD release of Amar Akbar and Tony this November there has been a buzz around this unsuspecting little British delight. Bringing together different communities and meshing cultures is the backbone of this film, and this can be seen […]