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Movie Review – Ex Machina (2015)

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Ex Machina, 2015 Written and directed by Alex Garland Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno SYNOPSIS: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I. 28 Days Later and Sunshine‘s Alex Garland moves from the writer’s desk to […]

More details on Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad, “everyone is afraid of him”

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We had some small news about The Joker’s role in Suicide Squad previously due to some early script leaks (he will take a Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs type role), and now we have some new details. According to the good folk over at JoBlo, the idea of The Joker in the […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson talks Quicksilver, East-European accents and being compared to X-Men: Days of Future Past

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We’ve already brought you the two Empire covers for Avengers: Age of Ultron, some images and a few notes from Joss Whedon talking about not directing Avengers: Infinity War and threatening to kill all of the Avengers. And now we bring you some notes from an interview with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will be playing Quicksilver […]

Margot Robbie talks playing Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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One of the more exciting tidbits of casting news to come from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) would be playing the first big screen adaptation of Harley Quinn, the faithful right hand to the Joker, and firm favourite amongst comic book fans. “Yeah, I guess it’s intimidating because […]

Ernie Hudson changes his mind on all-female Ghostbusters, calls them “Phenomenal!”

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The other day, original Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson posted his rather negative thoughts on Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake saying, “two words: no comment”. Well, it looks like he may have changed his mind. Hudson told The Hollywood Reporter, “four fiercely funny, foxy, females busting ghosts … phenomenal!” In previous interviews, Hudson has said that an […]

Exclusive: Zak Penn talks Pacific Rim 2

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It was announced last year that Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk) had been hired to write the screenplay for Pacific Rim 2 along with original writer and director Guillermo Del Toro. On the latest episode of the Flickering Myth Podcast, we caught up with Penn to talk about his new documentary Atari: Game Over, as well as […]

Margot Robbie is very excited to play Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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The movie is set to start shooting in April, and it looks like one of the cast members is rather excited to get going on Suicide Squad. “[I’m] pretty effin excited,” Margot Robbie, who will be playing Harley Quinn, told Collider while promoting her new movie Z for Zachariah. “It’s going to be epic.” Suicide Squad is still […]

Movie Review – Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

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Shaun the Sheep Movie, 2015 Written and directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak Featuring the voice talents of Justin Fletcher, John Sparks and Omid Djalili SYNOPSIS: When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, […]