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The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Gotham, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Constantine, Batman vs. Robin, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, […]

David Tennant joins Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones as The Purple Man

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Last week some audition tapes for A.K.A. Jessica Jones surfaced online (although they’ve since been taken down), which appeared to reveal that the main villain of the upcoming Marvel / Netflix series would be Zebediah Killgrave, a.k.a. The Purple Man. Well, as it happens, The Purple Man is indeed the villain, and now we know […]

Totally Sponge Worthy: 30 Years of Seinfeld

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As Seinfeld celebrates its 30th Anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the iconic sitcom… It’s been over 20 years since the final episode of a 9 season run brought Seinfeld to a close. The show ‘about nothing’ has just hit 30 years old since the airing of the first episode. Jerry Seinfeld would play the […]

James Gunn offers some details on his “interconnected” DC Universe

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We all know James Gunn is about to head over the run DC Studios following the third Guardians of the Galaxy coming next year. And now the filmmaker is offering even more details about his plans. During a Twitter Q&A promotion for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special [read our review here], fans wanted […]

Joy Division in Cinema and TV

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40 years after the death of Ian Curtis, Tom Jolliffe looks at the impact of Joy Division in cinema and TV… There have been a few big anniversaries of late. 40 years since Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released. 40 years since The Shining came out too. On a more […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Justice League, Agent Carter, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Batman Vs. Robin and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, The […]

Who is Reverse Flash? Is he the only one in the show?

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Warning – potential spoilers below… As The Flash went into its mid-season break, the show revealed that STAR Labs’ wheelchair bound mystery Harrison Wells was indeed the man in the yellow suit. But is he the only one? Producer Andrew Kriesberg added fuel to the fire at the Television Critics Association over the weekend when talking about Detective […]

The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Gambit, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Arrow and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, Deadpool, Gambit, The Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight […]