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Ranking the Series: The Spider-Man Franchise

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Jake Peffer ranks the Spider-Man movies… The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit theaters a few weeks ago and now that we’ve seen all five of the Spider-Man films I thought it’d be the perfect time to rank them from worst to best. Out of the five there’s a very clear winner for the best and a […]

Video Game Review – Watch Dogs

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Andy Naylor reviews Watch Dogs…. After a creepy debut trailer at E3 2012, followed by one containing mind-blowing visuals, it seemed the first must-own game of the next generation of console gaming would have to be Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs. It promised to take gaming to the next level, the story, the world and everything connected […]

Directors announced for From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series Season Three

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Miramax and the El Rey Network have announced the list of directors set to helm the third season of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. The list includes several newcomers to the series including Eagle Egilsson, who is known for his acclaimed work as a cinematographer for The Wire and CSI: Miami, for which he […]

Tom Hiddleston now bookmakers’ favourite for next James Bond

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Over the past year or so, there’s been a tonne of speculation as to the future of James Bond, with Daniel Craig suggesting on several occasions that his time as 007 could have come to an end following last year’s Spectre. As you’d expect, numerous actors have been mentioned as a possible successor to Craig, […]

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench and more board Murder on the Orient Express

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Yesterday we brought word that Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer were circling director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery Murder on the Orient Express, and now 20th Century Fox has confirmed that both have officially boarded the project, along with Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Michael […]

Herculean Task: The Third Floor & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules on December 1, 2014 in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Joshua Wassung  about the previs and postvis work contributed by The Third Floor… “Our team at The Third Floor provided close to thirty minutes of previs over eight sequences,” states The Third Floor […]

Herculean Task: Double Negative & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules today in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Ryan Cook  about the visual effects work contributed by Double Negative… When it came to bringing the Lernan Hydra, Erymanthean Boar, Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Centaurs, and three half-starved, savage blood-caked wolves to life, the Herculean labour […]

American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 6 Review

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Alice Rush reviews the sixth episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show… This week’s episode ‘Bullseye’ sees Freak Show start to lose its way. What started out as a promising series with a strong central narrative and interesting characters is quickly descending into a convoluted and confusing patchwork of separate stories. A few episodes ago […]

Video Game Review – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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Ben Rayner reviews Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel… Before I make a rather bold, or perhaps not so bold but rather expected statement, I want to clarify that I’ve enjoyed hours of Borderlands and was more than an advocate of the series from its inception to its glorious sequel. Now, onto that bold statement. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel […]