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Soldiers battle dinosaurs in Vietnam in Primitive War trailer

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The first trailer and a batch of images have landed online for the action thriller Primitive War, director Luke Sparke’s upcoming adaptation of Ethan Pettus’ novel of the same name. Set in 1968 during the Vietnam War, the film follows a recon unit as they become the target of predatory prehistoric creatures during a search […]

Religious folk horror The Severed Sun gets a trailer and poster

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Dark Star Pictures has released a poster and trailer for the British folk horror The Severed Sun. Written and directed by Dean Puckett, the film centres on Magpie, a young woman who awakens a supernatural beast that terrorises her community after she kills her abusive husband. The cast includes Emma Appleton, Toby Stephens, Barney Harris, […]

Aragorn is Unleashed with Iron Studios’ latest The Lord of the Rings collectible statue

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Iron Studios has unveiled the newest addition to its The Lord of the Rings 1:10 scale line of collectibles with the Aragorn Unleashed statue which is inspired by the likeness of Viggo Mortensen in Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $335; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Recreate […]

Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now

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Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now? Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: Paradiso #5

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The fifth and final issue of Marvel Comics’ Alien: Paradiso is out next week, and you can check out the official preview below… Xenomorphs swarm the Paradiso resort – but while anyone sane fights to get as far away as possible, young waiter Videl is headed right for the creatures?! Meanwhile, violent smugglers Ricky Valentine […]

Movie Review – A Minecraft Movie (2025)

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A Minecraft Movie, 2025. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Rachel House, Matt Berry, Kate McKinnon, Jemaine Clement, Valkyrae, Jared Hess, and Jens Bergensten. SYNOPSIS: Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To […]

Movie Review – Freaky Tales (2025)

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Freaky Tales, 2025. Written and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Ben Mendelsohn, Angus Cloud, Keir Gilchrist, Jack Champion, Dominique Thorne, Ji-young Yoo, Max Carpenter, Michael X. Sommers, Normani, Yong Kim Marteen, Dan Marotte, Stephanie Heiner, Mike Infante, Natalia Dominguez, Sedrick Cabrera, D’Angelo Mixon, James Coker, Michelle Farrah Huang, […]

Movie Review – Hell of a Summer (2025)

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Hell of a Summer, 2025. Written and Directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. Starring Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, Krista Nazaire, Daniel Gravelle, Pardis Saremi, Julia Lalonde, Matthew Finlan, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Julia Doyle, Susan Coyne, Rosebud Baker, and Adam Pally. SYNOPSIS: When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his […]

Movie Review – William Tell (2024)

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William Tell, 2024. Written and Directed by Nick Hamm. Starring Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Ellie Bamber, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce, Ben Kingsley, Solly McLeod, Amar Chadha-Patel, Sam Keeley, Tobias Jowett, Jake Dunn, Billy Postlethwaite, Samuel Edward-Cook, Aron von Andrian, Éanna Hardwicke, and Jess Douglas-Welsh. SYNOPSIS: In 14th Century Switzerland, […]