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Wheelie and Outback join Hasbro’s Transformers Retro G1 line

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The Autobots are expanding their ranks this month as Hasbro rolls out two new additions to its Transformers Retro G1 action figure line in Wheelie and Outback, both of which are available to order during the Walmart Collector Con event from October 10th, priced at $24.97 apiece; check out the official promotional images and details […]

Comic Book Preview – Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #1

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Marvel’s Age of Revelation continues with Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #1 this Wednesday; get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… THE ALL-NEW SABRETOOTH! X YEARS LATER, she’s taken the name of once-bitter enemy SABRETOOTH — and fights beside Revelation himself. Why did Laura Kinney abandon her legacy? What secrets does […]

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in new trailer for Die My Love

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MUBI has shared a trailer for director Lynne Ramsay’s upcoming adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel Die My Love. The thriller follows Grace (Jennifer Lawrence), a woman struggling to adapt to her new environment, the pressures of domestic life with a new baby and her absent partner Jackson (Robert Pattinson), as her sanity begins to […]

McFarlane’s DC Super Friends retro figure line adds Bizarro Batman, Brainiac, The Wonder Twins and more

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McFarlane Toys has officially unveiled the third wave of action figures in its retro-styled DC Super Friends line, with Aquaman, Bizarro, Bizarro Batman, Brainiac, and the Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna with Gleek all available to pre-order now, priced at $22.99 each; take a look at the official promotional images and details below… AQUAMAN patrols […]

Predator: Badlands unleashes new trailer, poster and promotional images

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With just a month to go until the release of Predator: Badlands, 20th Century Studios has released a new trailer for the next instalment in the Predator universe from director Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers). The film follows a young predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) who after being cast out by his clan, teams up […]

Netflix shares trailer for animated Roald Dahl adaptation The Twits

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for The Twits, the upcoming animated feature inspired by the classic Roald Dahl children’s novel. The film sees two brave orphans team up with a family of magical animals to save their town from being taken over by the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world – Mr. and […]

Ralph Bakshi: A Forgotten Pioneer

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Simon Thompson takes a deep dive into the career of pioneering animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi… This is only tangentially related to the topic at hand but I’m going to draw this parallel anyway; when the great American author Hubert Selby Jr died and a documentary was made about him and one of the talking heads […]

Cobra unleashes the Ghost Viper & D.I.R.E. Beasts with G.I. Joe Classified Series action figure set

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Having recruited Crystal Ball to its ranks earlier this year, Cobra is going full supernatural in its battle against G.I. Joe with Hasbro officially unveiled the G.I. Joe Classified Series Ghost Viper & D.I.R.E. Beast action figure 2-pack, now available for pre-order in the US via Walmart; check out the official promotional images and details […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman and Robin #26

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DC Comics releases Batman and Robin #26 on Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… The mysterious Quiet Man continues his brutal takedown of the Gotham underworld! Bodies are piling up with the Quiet Man’s signature silver coins in their eyes, until the killer and Batman finally face each […]