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Gods of Egypt director Alex Proyas unleashes tirade against film critics

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Gods of Egypt hasn’t been faring well with critics [read our review here] or at the box office, where it tanked with an opening weekend of just $14 million. This seems to have triggered its director Alex Proyas to undergo a complete meltdown. Below is what he had to say on Facebook… NOTHING CONFIRMS RAMPANT STUPIDITY […]

Movie Review – Eddie the Eagle (2016)

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Eddie the Eagle, 2016. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Keith Allen, Jo Hartley, Rune Temte, Iris Berben, Jim Broadbent, and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Eddie the Eagle is not your traditional […]

Avengers: Infinity War will feature 68, not 67, different characters

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Earlier this year, Anthony and Joe Russo made an off-the-cuff remark that Avengers: Infinity War would contain a whopping 67 characters. Well, it seems that they were off with their estimates… by one. During a panel at Wizard World Comic-Con Cleveland, Joe and Anthony Russo took a moment to clarify that Avengers: Infinity War “features 68 […]

Second Opinion – Triple 9 (2016)

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Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrison, Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael K. Williams, Teresa Palmer, and Norman Reedus. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest […]

Movie Review – Gods of Egypt (2016)

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Gods of Egypt, 2016 Directed by Alex Proyas. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Courtney Eaton, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Yung, Rachel Blake, Bryan Brown, Emma Booth, Alexander England, Rufus Sewell, and Geoffrey Rush. SYNOPSIS: Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness who has […]

Spoiler: Michael K. Williams discusses his Ghostbusters role and confirms returning character

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Warning – spoilers below… On Entertainment Weekly Radio, Michael K. Williams (Boardwalk Empire) confirmed his role in the upcoming Paul Feig directed Ghostbusters reboot, and dropped a spoiler about a returning character. “I play the FBI agent who works for the mayor…our whole thing is, we’re going to tell the people it was a flash […]

Movie Review – How to Be Single (2016)

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How to be Single, 2016. Directed by Christian Ditter. Starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Anders Holm, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacy, Nicholas Braun, and Colin Jost. SYNOPSIS: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in […]

Karen Gillan teases Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 return

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is currently in production, and Karen Gillan has taken to her Twitter account to post a set photo expressing her excitement in returning as villain Nebula. SEE ALSO: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 starts shooting, first teaser image released as Kurt Russell and more confirmed for the cast […]

Zombieland 2 isn’t dead yet

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There are a couple of reasons Zombieland 2 hasn’t happened yet, with the first being that its original director Ruben Fleischer wanted to tackle different projects (and he did with 30 Minutes or Less and Gangster Squad), and his feeling that they hadn’t written a script worthy of excitement. The movie had seemingly fallen completely […]