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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 […]

The Most Disappointing – X-Men: First Class

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Anghus Houvouras’ Most Disappointing Films returns with X-Men: First Class… Disappointing movies are all about the final product falling short of expectations. That shouldn’t have been a problem with X-Men: First Class (henceforth referred to as ‘First Class’) because it had such earnest goals. To start the X-Men franchise over. To erradicate the creative horrors […]