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Legendary adapting Black Hammer superhero comic for film and TV

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Legendary Entertainment has picked up the film and TV rights to Jeff Lemire’s Eisner-winning superhero comic book series Black Hammer, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.The comic, published by Dark Horse, is described as “a multi-generational narratives spanning multiple genres and eras” and investigates the fate of superheroes and villains in the fictional world of Spiral […]

Movie Review – Snowflake (2017)

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Snowflake, 2017.Directed by Adolfo J. Kolmerer and William James. Starring Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, Alexander Schubert, Adrian Topol, Gedeon Burkhard, Eskindir Tesfay, Selem Tadese, Martin Goeres, and Judith Hoersch.SYNOPSIS:Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid find themselves trapped […]

The Favourite wins five Craft Awards at the British Independent Film Awards 2018

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Ahead of the full ceremony next month, BIFA has announced the winners of the Craft Awards at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite taking five honours in Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair Design and Best Production Design.There were also wins for You Were […]

Newt Scamander gets a Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Movie Masterpiece figure from Hot Toys

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Hot Toys has unveiled its 1/6th scale Movie Masterpiece Series Newt Scamander figure which is based on the likeness of Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The collectible comes with a range of accessories including Newt’s Bowtruckle Pickett, his suitcase, four baby nifflers, and several interchangeable pieces; take a look at the […]

Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)

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Shoplifters, 2018.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata.SYNOPSIS:A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.Rendering a band of criminals as […]

Bumblebee director reportedly wanted for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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If rumours are to be believed, Marvel Studios may be zeroing in on a replacement for James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, with The Disinsider reporting that Kubo and the Two Strings helmer Travis Knight is in contention to replace Gunn in the director’s chair.Knight – whose next film, the Transformers spinoff […]

Oscar Isaac found working on X-Men: Apocalypse “excruciating”

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During an interview with GQ, actor Oscar Isaac has been reflecting on his role as the titular villain in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse, describing his experience on the set of the Bryan Singer-directed superhero movie as “excruciating”.“Apocalypse, that was excruciating,” said Isaac. “I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Cornell S. John, Alfie […]

Movie Review – The Clovehitch Killer (2018)

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The Clovehitch Killer, 2018.Directed by Duncan Skiles. Starring Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis, Dylan McDermott, Madisen Beaty, Brenna Sherman, and Lance Chantiles-Wertz.SYNOPSIS:A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home. Dylan McDermott stars in this chilling portrait of all-American evil.*Note – There’s no way to write about The […]