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TV Review – I Am the Night

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Matt Rodgers reviews I Am the Night… The television landscape is something of a battleground at the moment; Game of Thrones is looming over the horizon, and True Detective has just made a triumphant return to form with a slice of Missouri macabre. With networks jostling for position alongside the likes of Amazon (Homecoming) and […]

Cowabunga? New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie reboot in the works

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Having rebooted the live-action adventures of the Heroes in a Half Shell as recently as 2014’s $493m grossing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paramount is apparently already looking to perform a radical reset on the franchise. According to THR, the studio have hired Andrew Dodge, who was responsible for Jason Bateman spelling bee comedy Bad Words, […]

M. Night to Remember – The Best Shyamalan Movie Moments

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Matt Rodgers on the best M. Night Shyamalan movie moments… With the culmination of his Eastrail 177 trilogy, Glass predicted to break box-office records when it opens later this month, there feels no better time than during this M. Night Shyamalan resurgence to take a look back at the one-time Philly wunderkind’s greatest cinematic moments. Let’s twist again…. […]

Rumour: Could an Alien TV show be about to burst onto a streaming service?

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It’s worth taking the following with a pinch of salt, or you might react to this news like John Hurt and his bowl of pasta aboard the Sulaco, but Dread Central are reporting that a reliable source of YouTuber (Mr H) has revealed that an extension of the Alien brand is gestating, with the intention of finding a home on one […]

M. Night Shyamalan reveals that Glass will use previously unseen Unbreakable footage

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As we get closer to discovering the secrets of M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, the director has revealed a couple of juicy tidbits about his trilogy capping movie. Speaking with Fandango’s Erik Davis about the eagerly anticipated superhero blockbuster, the usually secretive Shyamalan said “I don’t want to give too much away but you do see […]

Watch Tom Hardy’s “ever-changing man-bracelets” in the Honest Trailer for Venom

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Despite defying the critics with an $854.5 million box-office haul, and actually turning out to be a rather enjoyable slice of ridiculous fun, Venom was always going to be in for the Honest Trailers treatment, and you can watch what the folks over at Screen Junkies have created below… SEE ALSO: Venom creator blames ageing critics for the film’s negative […]

Todd McFarlane’s R-rated Spawn will be a “dark, ugly two hours worth of movie”

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Back in October Todd McFarlane said that his R-rated Spawn reboot would be so dark it’ll make kids cry. Well, now he’s back spreading the sunshine in an interview with The Nerdist, where he reveals that his Blumhouse Productions financed film will be a “dark, ugly two hours worth of movie”. Book your family tickets now! Adamant that […]

Movie Review – Colette (2018)

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Colette, 2018. Directed by Wash Westmoreland. Starring Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Sloan Thompson, Arabella Weir, and Robert Pugh. SYNOPSIS: Plucked from her childhood home in the French countryside by notorious Parisian writer, Willy (Dominic West), Colette (Keira Knightley) becomes a ghost-writer for her husband. In doing so she creates a bestselling […]

Robert Zemeckis says Roger Rabbit sequel has a wonderful script, but it’s not on Disney’s radar

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While doing the press rounds for the Steve Carell fantasy drama Welcome to Marwen, Robert Zemeckis has addressed the current state of a sequel to 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit. During an interview with Yahoo Movies, the Back to the Future and Forrest Gump director was asked whether the impending 30th anniversary of the ground-breaking film might prompt Disney […]