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Teaser trailer for Danny McBride’s surprise Crocodile Dundee sequel

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The last installment of the Crocodile Dundee franchise was released in 2001, and was notable only for the rubbish title (Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles) and a cameo from Mike Tyson. So the news that Danny McBride will star in a sequel to be released this summer is as unexpected as a boomerang actually coming […]

Is Bill Condon’s Bride of Frankenstein being resurrected with Gal Gadot?

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Last years microcosmic lifespan of Universal’s Dark Universe, halted by the failure of The Mummy, put paid to a series of run-before-you-could-walk spin-off movies; The Invisible Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Wolf Man. Appropriately enough, the only film that appears to have been brought back to life is Bill Condon’s Bride […]

Nintendo President hopes to announce Super Mario Bros. movie very soon

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In a recent interview with Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbum, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima hinted that he hopes to reach an agreement with a studio very soon and make an announcement about the rumoured Super Mario Bros. movie. Rumours surfaced towards the tail end of last year that Nintendo were in talks with Illumination Entertainment, the […]

Watch Stranger Things Season 2… in LEGO!

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Continuing the trend of morphing the biggest film and television shows into Danish bricks, Stranger Things season 2 is the latest to receive the LEGO treatment. Brought to you by the cutely named Netbrix, the video, made by bookshelfproductions, condenses the second season of the smash hit retro horror into key sequences from the show; […]

Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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Avengers: Infinity War, 2018. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Don Cheadle, Peter Dinklage, Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Sebastian […]

Deadpool asks you to ‘F*ck Cancer’ in campaign video

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So much about the Deadpool 2 marketing material has been brilliantly spot-on, but none more so than this campaign video from 20th Century Fox, in partnership with Omaze, asking you to ‘F*ck Cancer” in order to win Deadpool‘s pink suit. The Omaze video was aired during a terrestrial premiere of Deadpool on US television, asking […]

You’ll believe Dwayne Johnson can fly in the Skyscraper Super Bowl trailer

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Following the release of the gravity defying poster, we’ve now got another peek into the towering inferno of Dwayne Johnson’s summer disaster vehicle Skyscraper thanks to a Super Bowl trailer and TV spot; watch them here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZtTo34fco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLVxBbQ-D4 Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. […]

The King’s Man release pushed back several months

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Matthew Vaughn’s prequel to his blockbuster Kingsman franchise has been bumped from its Valentine’s Day 2020 release date amidst a slew of scheduling announcements from Disney. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that The King’s Man will now be released seven months later on September 18, 2020. The exact reason for the delay is unclear, but […]

Christian Bale discusses why Nolan’s Batman never had a fourth outing

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So much has happened in the comic book genre since Christopher Nolan redefined the landscape with 2005’s Batman Begins. Cinematic universes have exploded onto almost every available multiplex screen, completely changing cinema as we know it. So why did such a game-changing series of films manage to resist the temptation to continue the further adventure’s […]

Movie Review – Last Christmas (2019)

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Last Christmas, 2019. Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh, Lydia Leonard, Peter Mygind, and Boris Isakovic SYNOPSIS: Kate (Emilia Clarke) is a down-on-her-luck twenty-something who’s caught in a downward spiral of burning the candle at both ends. She works in a Christmas shop with her curt boss (Michelle […]