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Kenneth Branagh explains how his Avengers: Infinity War cameo came about

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Having introduced the God of Thunder and the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by directing 2011’s Thor, Kenneth Branagh made his return to the MCU in 2018 with a brief voice cameo in Avengers: Infinity War, the filmmaker and actor voicing the Asgardian distress signal heard at the beginning of the movie as […]

Justice League Mortal photo offers new look at Megan Gale’s Wonder Woman

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The Amazon Princess is set to make her big screen return this summer with Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984, and with the news this week that the Gal Gadot-headlined sequel has been pushed back to August, documentary filmmaker Ryan Unicomb has dropped a little treat for Wonder Woman fans by sharing a previously-unseen image of […]

The Ten Best Musical Films of the 2010s

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Tom Beasley taps his toes and sings along merrily with ten of the best movie musicals of the decade… The musical is one of the most unusual genres in Hollywood. In the early days of the “talkies”, much of the studio system ran on these movies. They were the oxygen keeping the film business afloat. […]

From Midsommar to Us: The 3 Big Ways that Contemporary Horror Movies Use Dance

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Mary Kay McBrayer on the ways that contemporary horror movies use dance… I remember the moment I realized that dance and horror were linked. I showed my Jiddo (grandfather) a video of my favorite belly dancer. The music accompanying her was gooey and ethereal, a Middle Eastern electronica folk fusion, her makeup shimmered, her muscles […]

What are the biggest ‘Event Movies’ of all time?

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EJ Moreno on the most significant event movies of all time… It seems like everyone is excited for the Avengers film, Endgame. This event has people on social media buzzing, AMC is doing a 22-movie marathon leading up to it, and people are lining up outside of cinemas worldwide. A moment like this doesn’t happen […]

Edward Furlong was “bummed out” by John Connor appearance Terminator: Dark Fate

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Terminator: Dark Fate spoilers follow… During the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, producer James Cameron revealed that Terminator 2: Judgment Day star Edward Furlong would be reuniting with his T2 co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton and reprising the role of John Connor for the first time since 1996’s theme park attraction T2-3D: Battle […]

Tom Holland says Spider-Man’s Avengers: Infinity War death wasn’t entirely improvised

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Tom Holland, the actor behind Spider-Man, says that the character’s death in Avengers: Infinity War wasn’t entirely improvised. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame had plenty of memorable moments. One of the ones that stands out the most, however, is Spider-Man’s temporary death in Infinity War, dying in Iron Man’s arms. In a recent video […]

Concept art from Tim Miller’s Deadpool 2 features the return of the Fantastic Four

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Illustrator Alexander Lozano has taken to Instagram to share some of his concept designs for Fox’s Deadpool 2, revealing that Blaquesmith was considered for the original Tim Miller version of the sequel, along with the return of Fantastic Four stars Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller and Jamie Bell; take a look here… SEE […]

Emilia Clarke turned down Fifty Shades of Grey due to Game of Thrones nudity

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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she turned down the role of Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey movies as she feels “pigeonholed for life” due to her nude scenes as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s fantasy series and didn’t want to further add to that. “The last […]