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Brett Ratner developing Tetris movie in the vein of The Social Network

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Classic video game Tetris will be heading to silver screen in two separate movies, with the announcement that Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand) is working on a biopic of the game’s creation. The Tracking Board are reporting that the untitled movie will focus on Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian creator of Tetris, who developed the game […]

Movie Review – The Good Dinosaur (2015)

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The Good Dinosaur, 2015 Directed by Peter Sohn Featuring the voice talent of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Marcus Scribner, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Mandy Freund, Steven Clay Hunter, Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott SYNOPSIS: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. Prior to […]

Jessica Jones Episode 4 Review – “AKA 99 Friends”

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Luke Owen reviews the fourth episode of Jessica Jones… In the last couple of episode reviews (here and here), I’ve mentioned that Jessica Jones was missing a certain something. They were good, but they weren’t great and they certainly weren’t a match for the strong opening episode. It didn’t hook us in like Daredevil, and the […]

Jessica Jones Episode 3 Review – “AKA It’s Called Whiskey”

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Luke Owen reviews the third episode of Jessica Jones… Well, this episode certainly kicks off with some explicit scenes. As we said in our preview of the show, this is not one to watch with your kids or parents. We’re… um… diving head first into this Jessica Jones/Luke Cage relationship aren’t we? But that’s what […]

Jessica Jones Episode 1 Review – “AKA Ladies Night”

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Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Marvel’s Jessica Jones… Welcome to the darkest corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Jessica Jones. From the outset, Jessica Jones presents itself as a totally different show to not just the rest of the MCU, but its Netflix brother show Daredevil. Jones is fairly foul mouthed, she’s incredibly […]

Good Grief, The Peanuts Movie opens to a positive $45 million

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Opening against Spectre was never going to an easy task, but The Peanuts Movie seemed up for the challenge – and didn’t slip when kicking the football. Opening in around 3,900 screens, The Peanuts Movie brought home an estimated $45 million domestically. While not a great result given its rumoured $99 million budget, its CinemaScore […]

WWE Raw ratings hit a record-breaking 18-year low

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Despite the good run of shows over the last couple of weeks, a lack of real star power or nostalgic acts has really hurt WWE’s flagship show Raw recently. With the ratings hitting rock bottom, last Monday’s episode hit a new 18-year low. They had previously hit a new low with the 27/10 show with […]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 won’t connect to Avengers: Infinity War; Thanos and Infinity Stones will not feature

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With the movie’s release coming in the build up to Avengers: Infinity War, it was assumed that James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. would tie into the movie somewhat. There, of course, was always the theory that the final moments of the film would see The Guardians head to Earth and join the battle […]

All-female Ocean’s Eleven sequel/reboot/spin-off in development with Sandra Bullock; George Clooney could cameo

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Following the positive response to Paul Feig’s all-female reboot of Ghostbusters, it looks like the world of Ocean’s Eleven could follow suit. The Playlist are reporting that an all-female sequel/reboot/spin-off/remake is in development with Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) set to direct and Olivia Milch (Little Women) writing the script. At present, Sandra Bullock (Gravity) […]