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Movie Review – Western (2017)

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Western, 2017. Written and Directed by Valeska Grisebach. Starring Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov. SYNOPSIS: A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust […]

Syfy gives series order to Deadly Class adaptation

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Syfy has announced that it has given a series order to a TV adaptation of Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s comic book series Deadly Class, which is being executive produced by Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Deadly Class takes place at King’s Dominion High School for the Deadly Arts, where pupils are trained to […]

Den of Thieves director discusses the plot for the sequel

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Back in February it was announced that writer-director Christian Gudegast would be reuniting with Gerard Butler, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and O’Shea Jackson Jr. for a sequel to this year’s heist thriller Den of Thieves. During an interview with Screen Rant, the filmmaker has been chatting about the plans for the follow-up, which will take inspiration from […]

Rumour: Marvel planning an Eternals movie for Phase Four

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With all eyes on Avengers: Infinity War and the remaining instalments of Phase Three leading up to next year’s Avengers 4, Marvel Studios has remained very coy when it comes to its plans for Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We know that it will kick off with Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, and include Guardians […]

Trailer for horror comedy The Cleanse starring Johnny Galecki

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Ahead of its release next month, a trailer has arrived online for the horror comedy The Cleanse. Written and directed by Bobby Miller, the film stars Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Kyle Gallner, Anjelica Houston, and Oliver Platt; watch it here… “The Master Cleanse centers on a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover […]

John Cena is honored to play Duke Nukem, thinks that it is a “very fragile franchise”

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It came as a surprise when Paramount and Platinum Dunes announced that they would be adapting Duke Nukem for the big screen with John Cena attached to star. Not surprising that Cena was attached — honestly, who else could play him? —  but that Duke Nukem would be making a comeback after the poor reception […]

Fox pushes back X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants

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Fox had big plans for the X-Men franchise in 2018, with the studio originally planning to release a triple-header in The New Mutants, Deadpool 2 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, back in January, the studio announced that it was pushing back the release of The New Mutants from April 2018 to February 2019 – with […]

Christopher Eccleston turned down Ninth Doctor appearance in Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special ‘The Day of the Doctor’

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In 2013, Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary with the special episode ‘The Day of the Doctor’, which saw Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor joined by David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, and the late John Hurt as the previously-unseen War Doctor. However, now-departed Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he originally wanted to include Christopher Eccleston’s […]

Are We Losing Objectivity? Critics and Joe Public Succumb to Hyperbolic Overstatement

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Tom Jolliffe on whether the lavish praise from critics or utter derision from the public for a film is always justified… There seems to be a trend in films recently. There are films which come out with a level of relevance that mean that the reaction to said film is under the microscope from pre-release, […]