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The Exorcist at 50: Looking back at the iconic horror masterpiece

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind The Exorcist as it turns 50… The Exorcist is a horror film that requires no introduction even 50 years later. Its impact on genre filmmaking and the horror genre as a whole is indisputable, whether you like to admit it or not. The movie’s supposedly cursed production and behind-the-scenes […]

20 Years Back: The Films of 2003

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It’s time to take a journey twenty years back in time to look at the cinematic landscape of 2003… Another year passes and another anniversary comes around. 2003 was 20 years ago. 20 years!!! Take a stiff drink people and come along with me to revisit a cinematic year that was stuffed with so so […]

Ryan Reynolds announces that Deadpool 3 has wrapped production

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After having to halt and delay the rest of its production last year to the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Ryan Reynolds has announced Deadpool 3 has wrapped production. The film marks the Merc with a Mouth’s entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox, thereby earning the film rights to […]

Netflix won’t release Halle Berry sci-fi The Mothership

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Netflix has downed Halle Berry’s science-fiction film The Mothership, cancelling any plans to release the Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) directed movie in the future.  According to Jeff Sneider’s The InSneider newsletter, the in-the-can film has been shelved by the streamer for a number of reasons, although non are the du jour decision of a tax write-off, […]

The Asylum unleashes a Planetquake with trailer for latest disaster movie

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The Asylum has shared a new poster and trailer for its latest disaster movie Planetquake ahead of its release this Friday. Written and directed by Monroe Robertson, the film follows a team of seismologists as they race to find a way to put a stop to a series of ever escalating earthquakes that threaten to destroy […]

TRON: Ares begins filming and debuts official logo

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As director Joachim Rønning says, prepare to enter the grid again as the digital delight known as Tron is back with the third installment, Tron: Ares, which officially begins principal photography. The long-awaited movie was set to film last August but was halted due to the WAG and SAG-AFTRA strikes that interfered with multiple projects. […]

Jake Gyllenhaal is bruised and battered on the poster for Doug Liman’s Road House remake

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Ahead of tomorrow’s trailer drop, Amazon Studios has released the official poster for Doug Liman’s Road House remake, which sees Jake Gyllenhaal take on the role made famous by the late Patrick Swayze. A reworking of the 1989 MGM film, this time around it features Gyllenhaal in the leading role as a former UFC athlete […]

Movie Review – The Seeding (2023)

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The Seeding, 2023. Written and Directed by Barnaby Clay. Starring Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil. A hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and discovers she might not be there willingly.  With The Seeding, writer/director Barnaby Clay takes a bleak and intriguing look at survival in a microcosm. Experienced […]