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Christopher Nolan declares his love for Talladega Nights: “If you ain’t first, you’re last”

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Christopher Nolan is known as a cinema lover, often labeled pretentious by his critics. But the filmmaker can appreciate all times of times as he just declared his love for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. A few weeks back on the promotional tour for Oppenheimer, Nolan stopped by the Rich Eisen Show and […]

Goldilocks gets the horror treatment with Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge teaser trailer

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Unashamedly seeking to replicate the viral success of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the next children’s story set for a horror spin with the upcoming British independent feature Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge. Written and directed by Craig Rees, the synopsis for the […]

Movie Review – Biosphere (2023)

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Biosphere, 2023. Directed by Mel Eslyn. Starring Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity. Giving away what the bizarre lockdown chamber piece Biosphere is really about would be a disservice to readers, partially because what intrigue there is […]

The Marvels will combat superhero fatigue by being “really wacky and silly”, says director Nia DaCosta

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Are we getting something new from The Marvels since the film’s director Nia DaCosta notes it will take us to “worlds that you haven’t seen before,” or will it be more of the MCU comedy? Only time will tell, but the filmmaker behind Marvel Studios’ big fall release has promised something different than what we […]

Neill Blomkamp on his cancelled RoboCop Returns: “It was a direct sequel”

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The RoboCop franchise has seen sequels, TV series and even a remake, and in recent years there’s also been the prospect of the franchise going down the Halloween requel route by returning to the continuity established by Paul Verhoeven in the 1987 classic. Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) would’ve helmed the project, based on a […]

Timothy Olyphant on almost being cast as Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

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We almost had a very different Kelvin timeline in 2009… What do you think of Timothy Olyphant as Captain Kirk?  While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor took us back to the early days of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, teasing: “Here’s what I can tell you about Star Trek: I went in […]

The Hanged Girl seeks vengeance in trailer for supernatural horror

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Uncork’d Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming horror The Hanged Girl. Written and directed by JD Cohen, the film follows a group of friends as they take a break at a guesthouse, only to discover it has been built on the site where an innocent girl was accused of witchcraft centuries […]

William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

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We look at the stellar career of the late William Friedkin and in particular his underappreciated masterpiece, Sorcerer… William Friedkin has sadly passed away but left behind a resume filled with masterful cinema including several films which redefined genres. When it comes to cinema, there are some filmmakers who have never quite had the level […]

John Sheridan returns in Babylon 5: The Road Home clip

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Ahead of its home entertainment release this Tuesday, Warner Bros. has revealed a new clip from the animated sci-fi feature Babylon 5: The Road Home which sees John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) landing on Z’ha’dun and revisiting a critical moment time while unstuck in time; watch it below… Return to BABYLON 5 as the epic interstellar […]