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Comic Book Preview – Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

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It’s Venom’s turn for the Black, White & Black treatment this week as Marvel Comics releases Venom: Black, White & Blood #1; get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… A collection of Venom stories from across the history of the symbiote begins here, all rendered in Venom’s own black […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bad Lieutenant (1992)

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Bad Lieutenant, 1992. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Stella Keitel, Peggy Gormley, Leonard L. Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A corrupt New York cop investigating the brutal rape of a nun seeks redemption from his life of sin. The titular lieutenant in this movie is so bad he doesn’t even have a name. Those […]

Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the screen in Anemone first-look

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Legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of his early retirement as the three-time Oscar-winner returns to the screen with a role in Anemone, the feature directorial debut of his son Ronan Day-Lewis. Co-written by the duo and set to premiere at the New York Film Festival next month, Anemone is described as “an absorbing […]

Angelina Jolie to star in Doug Liman spy thriller The Initiative

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Angelina Jolie is getting back into action as THR reports that the star is set to reunite with her Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for the spy thriller The Initiative. Scripted by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: Return of Xander Cage), The Initiative is described as “Training Day set in the world of spycraft” […]

Tim Blake Nelson fights for redemption in trailer for boxing drama Bang Bang

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Vertigo has shared a poster and trailer for Bang Bang, the sports drama from director Vincent Grashaw (What Josiah Saw). Fresh from his Marvel return in Captain America: Brave New World, Tim Blake Nelson stars as Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski, a retired boxer who sees a chance to rectify the sins of his past when […]

Comic Book Preview – Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe #2

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Marvel Comics crossover series Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe continues on Wednesday with the release of the second issue, and you can check out the official preview below… As the King of the Monsters sets about making mincemeat out of Manhattan, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes find reinforcements in the most unlikely of places — the villainous […]

Quentin Tarantino explains why he dumped The Movie Critic as his final film

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Will we ever stop talking about Quentin Tarantino’s tenth and final film? Not if the man himself has anything to do with it, because the Academy Award winning Pulp Fiction director has been discussing why he dropped The Movie Critic as his farewell film. Speaking on The Church of Tarantino podcast he said that he […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Trouble Every Day (2001)

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Trouble Every Day, 2001. Directed by Claire Denis. Starring Vincent Gallo, Béatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey, Alex Descas, Nicolas Duvauchelle. SYNOPSIS: A newlywed American doctor goes to Paris to track down a woman with similar cannibalistic tendencies as he has. How ironic that a movie from the New French Extremity period is now not so new […]

Comic Book Preview – All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1

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Marvel Comics releases All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1 on Wednesday, and you can get yourself a peek at the issue with the official preview below; take a look… Gwen Stacy isn’t from this Earth but she’s here to stay, so it’s time to make herself at home! A new costume, a new home life — heck, […]