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Macbeth star Marion Cotillard says feminism can create “separation” between genders

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French actress Marion Cotillard (Macbeth) has told Porter Magazine that she doesn’t see feminism in the film industry as a helpful voice for change, saying that it can often create “too much separation” between genders. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard SEE ALSO: Watch Avengers’ Joss Whedon talk […]

Sean Astin says it’s a “100 percent lock” we’ll see a sequel to The Goonies

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For a while last year, it looked like the long-rumoured sequel to The Goonies was finally moving forward, with director Richard Donner revealing that many of the original stars of the 80s classic were on board to return. However, since then the project seems to have slipped back into development hell, with Donner backtracking on […]

Michael Shannon admits that he just “makes stuff up” about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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About a month ago, Michael Shannon said in an interview about returning to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that his character of Zod would have “flipper hands”. While it seemed like a bizarre story, he later admitted that it wasn’t true. Now it would seem we can’t believe anything he has said. “Flippers? I […]

R.I.P. Catherine E. Coulson (1943 – 2015)

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Actress Catherine E. Coulson has passed away aged 71 after a battle with cancer. Coulson appeared in Lynch’s 1974 short The Amputee, and also served as an assistant on Eraserhead, during which the filmmaker envisioned the role of Log Lady, a character Coulson would portray in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire […]

Stan Lee chooses his side for Captain America: Civil War

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This coming spring, Marvel will be asking us to choose a side as Phase Three of the MCU kicks off with a bang with Captain America: Civil War, and taking part in a Q&A at the Edmonton Comic Expo, comic book legend Stan Lee has revealed whether his allegiance lies with Captain America or Iron […]

Danny Boyle says Trainspotting 2 will shoot in the summer, won’t adapt Porno

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It looks like the long-rumoured follow-up to Trainspotting is finally set to become a reality, with director Danny Boyle telling The Hollywood Reporter he plans to shoot Trainspotting 2 in the summer ahead of a release later in 2016. “[Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle] only get this little window off [from their TV commitments], […]

Secret Cinema audience for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back tops 100,000

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With Secret Cinema presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back drawing to a close yesterday, the event organiser has announced that over 100,000 people attended the landmark show, which spent an impressive eleven weeks in the UK box office top ten this summer. A ten-acre site, formerly an abandoned factory in Southwark, was transformed into […]