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Is Amy Pascal’s departure from Sony good for Spider-Man or a disaster?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether Amy Pascal’s departure from Sony is good for Spider-Man or a disaster… Sony took it on the chin last year with a slew of scandals that left them bruised and battered. In fact, ‘taking it on the chin’ might be an epic understatement. They got their skull beaten to a bloody […]

The Week in Spandex – Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Suicide Squad, Legion of Superheroes, Green Lantern, LEGO Batman and more

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Our weekly round up of all the news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes… Last week I promised to revert back to the usual format of the Week in Spandex following some technical issues with the site, but unfortunately they’ve continued into this week, so again time has been very limited as […]

Birdman: Let Down By a Terrible Ending

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Anthony Stokes on Birdman and its ending (major spoilers follow)… When I first heard about Birdman, I was cautious; I tend to get annoyed with any movie that does the “one long take” gimmick because it seems to serve little purpose besides drawing attention to itself, and add in the idiosyncratic score, and it seemed […]

Is the landscape of gaming changing?

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Tom Powter on whether the landscape of gaming is changing… When it was released in 2012, Journey quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed games of the generation. The utterly beautiful little adventure showed people that games didn’t have to be dark, gritty and full of guns. Nor did they have to be big-budget, […]

The Week in Spandex – The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Age of Ultron, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Supergirl and more

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Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Infinity War, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers Assemble, Big Hero […]

Thoughts on the The Fantastic Four trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth staff react… Well, it’s finally here. Despite some theories that this was going to be another Roger Corman attempt to keep hold of the franchise rights and nothing else, it seems as though Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four (or is that Fant4stic?) is very real. So, what did the writing and editorial […]

The Best Year for Blockbusters: 1999

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Anghus Houvouras with a discussion on which year had the best blockbusters. First up, 1999…. The Case for: The Matrix Fight Club The Sixth Sense American Pie Galaxy Quest Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Bowfinger The Blair Witch Project Deep Blue Sea The Case Against: Star Wars […]

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 […]