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Die Hard at 35: The Story Behind the Seminal Action Movie Classic

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Hasitha Fernando looks back at Die Hard as the action classic turns 35… At the height of its popularity there was nothing that could quite match 80s actioners. Headlined by the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and  Sylvester Stallone, Die Hard was released at a time when the action cinema was dominated by macho, muscle bound […]

Jurassic Park at 30: An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making

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Hasitha Fernando revisits Jurassic Park as it receives a 30th anniversary re-release… How does one begin to talk about one of the most iconic films of all time? The quintessential blockbuster movie of the last few decades, Jurassic Park’s impact on pop-culture and the film industry in general is something that cannot be simply summed […]

Blade at 25: Revisiting the Marvel Action-Horror Classic

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Hasitha Fernando revisits Blade, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary… 1998’s Blade was release during a time when comic book movies had reached their proverbial nadir, with the likes of Richard Donner’s Superman and Tim Burton’s Batman being a thing of the past. However, the effort was blessed with some serious talent in front of […]

Deadpool 3 resumes production, introduces Dogpool

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With the Hollywood strikes in the rearview mirror, studios and actors are wasting no time. Take Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 3, and the whole MCU as they prepare to shock the comic book landscape with their newly resumed production. Being roughly halfway through production as director Shawn Levy, it wouldn’t be easy to step away and […]

Chucky slashes his way into Dead By Daylight

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Behaviour Interactive has announced that Chucky, the infamous killer doll from the Child’s Play movie franchise and hit USA and Syfy TV show, is set to enter The Fog for the latest Chapter in the hit survival horror series Dead By Daylight. Featuring original voice actor Brad Dourif, the Dead By Daylight Chucky Chapter also […]

Kumail Nanjiani says Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was influenced by The Real Ghostbusters

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Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, actors are finally able to speak openly about their upcoming films again and some haven’t taken long to do so. One such actor is Kumail Nanjiani who expressed his excitement over joining the Ghostbusters franchise after yesterday’s trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, even revealing the filmmakers took inspiration from the classic […]

Ultraman gets animated with trailer for Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising movie

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming animated feature Ultraman: Rising during its annual virtual event Geeked Week. Directed by Shannon Tindle, the film follows baseball superstar Ken Sato as he returns to Japan to take on the mantle of the superhero Ultraman, and his journey as he tries to balance unexpected parenthood, the […]

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gets a pair of new posters

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With just a week to go until its release, two new poster have arrived online for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes courtesy of IMAX and Dolby cinemas, and featuring the young future tyrannical President of Panem, Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth); take a look here…   The Hunger Games: The Ballad of […]