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Movie Review – Candy Cane Lane (2023)

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Candy Cane Lane, 2023.  Directed by Reginald Hudlin Starring Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Genneya Walton, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Madison Thomas, Nick Offerman, Chris Redd, Robin Thede, David Alan Grier, Ken Marino, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Timothy Simons, Danielle Pinnock, and Trevante Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: A man is determined to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating […]

Warner Bros. chief says dropping Batgirl and more took a lot of “courage”

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If you think scrapping projects like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme as tax right-offs was easy, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says think again. Zaslav appeared at the New York Times Dealbook Summit in New York this past week and dropped some major headlines concerning his controversial choice to can Batgirl, the Scoob! sequel […]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Episode 4 Review – ‘Parallels and Interiors’

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Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters… While Monarch to date has jumped between the 1950s and 2010s with younger and older Lee Shaw, episode four dedicates its focus entirely to the latter timeline. The benefit of this is to flesh out the characters more, and in particular this episode dives […]

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen series gets a batch of first-look images from Netflix

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Netflix has released the first images from The Gentlemen, the star-studded drama series from Guy Ritchie and is set in the world of his 2019 film of the same name, albeit following a host of unsavoury  new characters. The series features a cast which includes Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, […]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer takes us back to the Wasteland

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Get ready to return to the Wasteland as Warner Bros. has just unveiled the first trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, writer-director George Miller’s hotly-anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a young version of Charlize Theron’s Furiosa alongside Chris Hemsworth, Alyla Browne and Tom Burke. Watch it below… As the […]

Alita: Battle Angel producer confirms the sequel is still in development

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Following the release of Alita: Battle Angel, a sequel has been teased by all the filmmakers involved on numerous occasions, and now producer Jon Landau has given fans a little more hope for a second movie. Speaking to Screen Rant, Landau confirms the sequel is still happening and remains in development under himself, James Cameron, […]

Wyatt Russell claims Thunderbolts is “not a straightforward Marvel movie as you’ve seen in the past”

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Wyatt Russell has reassured fans that despite the general consensus being “everybody is sort of on this Marvel train right now of things not going so well”, his forthcoming Thunderbolts film is “not going to be a straightforward Marvel movie as you’ve seen in the past.” Marvel currently has an Endgame-level fight on its hands […]

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted returns in new trailer for Peacock series

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Peacock has released a trailer and poster for Ted, the eagerly-anticipated prequel series to Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 comedy which takes us back to 1993 where the titular bear (MacFarlane) is living back at home with his best friend, teenager John (Max Burkholder) after his moment of fame has passed; take a look here… In this […]

This Is Spinal Tap sequel to begin production in February

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Rob Reiner is bringing back the old band, and production on the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap is set to start early next year. During a recent interview, Reiner confirmed that Spinal Tap II  will begin filming soon with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer all returning. “We’re making a sequel,” Reiner said […]