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The Essential Modern Conspiracy Thrillers

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Hasitha Fernando with ten essential conspiracy thrillers… Conspiracy thrillers are a sub-genre of film that kick-started with the likes of The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File, eventually flourishing in the 70s with bonafide hits such as Three Days of the Condor, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man and Executive Action. The movies were primarily […]

Movie Review – Renner (2025)

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Renner, 2025. Directed by Robert Rippberger. Starring Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane, Marcia Gay Harden, Taylor Gray, and Craig Lamar Traylor. SYNOPSIS: A computer genius invents an A.I life coach to help him find love, but realizes too late he accidentally programmed his manipulative mother into the code. In an age where isolated, lonely, rich tech bros […]

Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula set new 4K Ultra HD release in the UK

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Screenbound Direct have announced that it is bring new 4K Ultra HD releases of director Paul Morrissey’s video nasties Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula (a.k.a. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein and Andy Warhol’s Dracula) to the UK this May with two limited edition box sets; check out the details and special features below… The eccentric […]

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 […]