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Is Spectre the worst James Bond movie?

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Anghus Houvouras on Spectre… Sweet, sweet hyperbole. Where would we be without you? Let’s just put it out there: Spectre was terrible. A lazy, lifeless, sloppily put together excuse for a 007 outing. It had all the elements of a 007 outing: action, espionage, scenic locations, beautiful women. However, none of it seemed to click. […]

The Week in Disappointment – Shia LaBeouf, Star Wars, Prometheus, Fantastic Four, Jem and the Holograms, Johnny Depp

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in a row” They say you have to suffer for your art. That would explain why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is in the line up. Speaking of fundamental story problems… “J.J. Abrams […]

Interview – James Valls, Senior Producer on Battlezone from Rebellion

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Villordsutch talks with James Valls, Senior Producer of Rebellion’s Battlezone… On Saturday October 8th I attended PLAY Expo’s 5th Anniversary at EventCity, Manchester.  My first port of call was to the Battlezone stand which was also showing off the PSVR, both of which I’ve been watching for a while.  Mainly for two reasons – the first it is that […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 5 – ‘Go Getters’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the fifth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Everybody say it with me now: at last, some action! The Walking Dead’s latest season finally, finally, finally took things into an exciting direction with this week’s episode, ditching character introductions and long, vague, massively drawn-out torture scenes […]

Why Are The Best Film Editors Female?

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at why so many great films were cut by women… You may not have noticed in among all news reports about Jackie Chan being awarded one, but last week Anne V. Coates was given an Honorary Oscar. You might not know her name, but you certainly know her work. Coates […]

If The Best Marvel Movies Are Unlike The Rest, Why Are Most Just Like The Others?

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Samuel Brace on the Marvel Cinematic Universe… We are always told “safety first”. But fortune does indeed favour the bold. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a strange animal. On one hand it is comprised of characters that on paper can have very little in common, and have character traits that should lead to disparate tones; […]

The Five Best Moments From The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 3 – ‘The Cell’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the third episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Negan fans rejoice, for the barbed-wire lovin’ bandito finally returned to our screens this week, and certainly with a vengeance. Although once again, it wasn’t really his show. ‘The Cell’ kindly gave us the first Daryl-centric episode in a […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 4 – ‘Service’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the fourth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… With the now royally infamous season 7 reaching its mid-way point before the Christmas break, it feels like it’s finally time for The Walking Dead crew to actually pick up the pace a tad. They’ve been dragging their […]

The Films That Help Explain The US Election

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at films that deal with political campaigns… Unless you’ve been living away from society, disconnected from any news source for the past eighteen months, you’ll be aware that there is a US Presidential Election this week. It’s been a hard fought, bitter campaign with serious allegations thrown at each candidate […]