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Watch Dwayne Johnson become Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine featurette

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A24 has released a featurette for The Smashing Machine, which sees writer-director Benny Safdie and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt take us behind the scenes of the film as they discuss Johnson’s transformation into MMA & UFC fighter Mark Kerr for the acclaimed biographical sports drama; check it out below along with a new […]

Jackie Chan is back in action in The Shadow’s Edge trailer

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Ahead of its UK release this October, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Larry Yang’s action thriller The Shadow’s Edge. Jackie Chan stars as a retired tracking expert who is enlisted to rebuild an elite surveillance unit to track down a group of professional thieves who have disappeared with billions. Check out […]

Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part One: Evolved Edition launch trailer includes surprise announcement

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Survios has released the launch trailer for Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part One: Evolved Edition, which includes the surprise announcement that the game will be bursting onto the Xbox Series X|S on 30th September, alongside the PlayStation 5 and PC. This new launch trailer can be seen below…. Completely rebuilt for consoles and PC, Alien: Rogue Incursion […]

Star Trek Online’s 34th Season is Unleashed next week

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The 34th Season of Arc Games and DECA’s Star Trek Online is set to launch on 23rd September on PC and 11th November for console players. Titled Unleashed, this upcoming season will continue with the Aetherian threat with a new episode and Task Force Operation. In this latest season, players set out on a risky mission to […]

Trailer for Prime Video rom-com Maintenance Required starring Madelaine Petsch

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Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for the romantic comedy Maintenance Required. Directed by Lacey Uhlemeyer, the film stars Madelaine Petsch as the owner of an all-female mechanic shop who unknowingly confides her frustrations online to the competitor who has opened up his own rival business across the street. The cast includes Madelaine […]

Movie Review – Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

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Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Deanie Ip and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. […]

Trailer for The Housemaid starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried

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Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for The Housemaid, the upcoming adaptation of Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel of the same name from director Paul Feig (A Simple Favor). The thriller stars Sydney Sweeney as a woman attempting to escape her past, but find herself pulled into a seductive game of secrets and scandal after accepting […]

Atomfall’s The Red Strain DLC releases a deadly new virus into the Quarantine Zone

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There’s a new danger in the Quarantine Zone as Rebellion releases the new DLC The Red Strain for Atomfall. This new story expansion introduces a new in-game location, new characters, weapons, leads, and more to Atomfall’s main story.  Watch the new trailer below to see more of this growing threat. This new expansion takes the action to a new in-game location […]

Sam Fisher gets animated in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch trailer

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With just a month to go until Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Netflix has shared a new trailer and poster for the upcoming animated adaptation of the hit video game franchise from Derek Kolstad (John Wick). The series features the voice talents of Liev Schreiber as Sam Fisher, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Zinnia McKenna, Janet Varney […]

R.I.P. Robert Redford (1936 – 2025)

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Legendary Hollywood actor and filmmaker Robert Redford has died aged 89, with his representatives issuing a statement that confirmed the Oscar-winner “passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly.” Born in Santa […]