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Netflix’s Lost in Space gets a new season 2 trailer

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Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of its sci-fi drama series Lost in Space which arrives on the streaming service this Christmas Eve; watch it here…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdgt-JzJ6b0 There’s more danger — and adventure — ahead for the Robinson family! With the Jupiter 2 stranded on a mysterious ocean planet without their […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the No Time To Die trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for James Bond’s next outing, No Time To Die… Between director changes, delays, accidents, on-set rewrites and rumours of crew discontent, Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 certainly hasn’t had the smoothest of rides (you might even say its production has […]

Here are the 20 movies still in contention for the Best Visual Effects Oscar

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As awards season begins to heat up ahead of the Academy Award nominations this January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have announced that 20 films have advanced to the next round of voting for the Best Visual Effects Oscar; here they are: Ad Astra The Aeronauts Aladdin Alita: Battle Angel Avengers: Endgame […]

Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures

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With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on…  Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]

Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

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Motherless Brooklyn, 2019. Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael K. Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private […]

First clip from The Witcher starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia

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With just two weeks to go until The Witcher arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released the first clip from the fantasy drama series which sees Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia show off his impressive swordsman skills; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The Witcher executive producer says they couldn’t fit all of book one […]

Exclusive Interview – Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Motherless Brooklyn, subverting neo-noir archetypes, and more

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Alex Moreland talks to Gugu Mbatha-Raw about Motherless Brooklyn, whether she’d ever like to step behind the camera, and more… Motherless Brooklyn weaves together a sprawling story of race, power and corruption, a contemplative neo-noir that brings together an all-star cast for a compelling murder-mystery. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Laura Rose, a canny community advocate […]

Movie Review – In Fabric (2018)

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In Fabric, 2018. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie and Julian Barratt SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner […]

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf to cleanse the xeno and heretic on Nintendo Switch in January

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Developer and publisher HeroCraft have announced that they will be releasing the hugely successful turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf on the Nintendo Switch on 23rd January.  This blend of turn-based strategy and card game will see the titular Space Wolves embark on a campaign to destroy the enemies of the Imperium.  The developers […]