In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, Gambit, The Gifted, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Runaways, Marvel Rising, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom, Justice League, Flashpoint, The Batman, Aquaman, Shazam, […]
The Year in Disappointment: 2017
Anghus Houvouras with the year in disappointment… Normally this column is a vapid deep dive into the dumpster fire of pop culture confections unable to deliver on lofty expectations. This year feels different. There’s been a tangible shift in the polarity of the entertainment industry. Columnists like myself are no stranger to the concept of […]
Movie Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 2017. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillen, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Ser’Darius Blain. SYNOPSIS When four very different school kids are given a detention, they happen upon an old video game console with the […]
Description of The New Mutants footage shown at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience
Yesterday at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience (CCXP), 20th Century Fox unveiled some exclusive footage from its upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, and thanks to Omelette we have a description of what was shown to fans in attendance: The young mutants find a hidden place at the hospital where they’re being held. There they found […]
The Best Movie Action Scenes of 2017
Harrison Abbott on the best movie action scenes of 2017… It’s that time again. That’s right, it’s time for arbitrary lists that subjectively rank the best/worst things of the year! This one is about 2017’s decent catalogue of cinematic action scenes, which means there’s likely a lot of omissions to piss you off. With that in […]
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi posters featuring Rey and Kylo Ren
With just days to go until the release of the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga, two new exclusive Star Wars: The Last Jedi posters have been revealed by UK cinema chain Odeon featuring Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 reunite in Star Wars: The […]
Dave Bautista set for action comedy Stuber
Deadline is reporting that Dave Bautista has signed on to star in Stuber, an action-comedy which is set to be directed by Michael Dowse (Goon) from a script by Tripper Clancy, who developed the concept with Spider-Man: Homecoming scribes Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. The project will see the former WWE star as a […]
Lindsay Lohan is still trying to make a Mean Girls sequel happen
Lindsay Lohan is still keen on appearing in a Mean Girls sequel, more than a decade after the original film hit cinemas and six years after a direct-to-TV sequel nobody remembers – including Lohan, it seems. The star, who played high school new girl Cady in the 2004 teen movie, has been the most passionate […]
Dwayne Johnson and George featured in new image from Rampage
EW has debuted a new image from the upcoming video game adaptation Rampage which gives us another look at Dwayne Johnson’s Primatologist Davis Okoye and George, the giant albino Silverback Gorilla; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Rampage here SEE ALSO: Dwayne Johnson hopes to break the video game adaptation curse with Rampage […]
Sony’s Animated Spider-Man movie titled Into the Spider-Verse
It seems that we may have a titled for Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man animated feature, with the Alberta Ratings Board classifying a trailer for Animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is set to run for 1 minute 6 seconds. The feature, which is being directed by The Little Prince’s Bob Persichetti and Rise of the Guardians‘ Peter Ramsey from […]
