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Mission: Impossible – Fallout tracking franchise best opening weekend

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Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt returns for his latest impossible mission later this month, and according to tracking estimates, the spy sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout is looking to set a domestic opening weekend record for the franchise. Box office projects for Fallout are suggesting that the film is looking at a North American opening weekend […]

James Hawes replaces Scott Derrickson as director on Snowpiercer pilot

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A couple of weeks ago director Scott Derrickson revealed that he has exited TNT’s Snowpiercer TV series due to having “a radically different vision” to new showrunner Graeme Manson (Orphan Black) for the snall screen adaptation of Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi film. Well, The Wrap has now revealed that British TV director James Hawes has […]

Unnecessary Reboots, Remakes and Sequels

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Hollywood’s preoccupation with reboots, remakes and sequels… I sit here in the year 2018. Suddenly I find myself compelled to moan about the unimaginative approach to greenlighting Hollywood studio pictures. This is not a new phenomenon, it’s old hat. As of now the vast majority of greenlit, large studio films are […]

First images from Godzilla: King of the Monsters featuring Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga and Godzilla

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed two first look images from the third chapter of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse, Godzilla: King of Monsters featuring Millie Bobby Brown and Vera Farmiga, along with the legendary Kaiju unleashing his atomic breath; check them out here… Godzilla: King of the Monsters follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency […]

Movie Review – Skyscraper (2018)

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Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Hannah Quinlivan, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, and Chin Han SYNOPSIS: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. “This is stupid” – Dwayne Johnson’s hostage rescuer turned one-legged […]

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War gets a Blu-ray trailer

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After officially announcing the home-entertainment release details earlier in the week, Marvel has now unveiled a Blu-ray trailer for Avengers: Infinity War; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzy3hqDeTR4 An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” […]

Third episode of The Council arrives for Xbox One, PS4 and PC later this month

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Focus Home Interactive and developers Big Bad Wolf have announced that the third episode of their narrative adventure game The Council will be arriving on the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC for those with the Season Pass or The Complete Season on the 24th July and a full release for everyone on the 26th July. The […]

Unboxing Loot Gaming Crate “Grub!” featuring Castlevania, Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite and Halo

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This months Loot Gaming Crate is rather bluntly named “Grub!”.  Getting your daily slices of the five important main food groups is difficult for most people, but us gamers have it especially hard as we’re up against numerous fiends that span both space, alternative realities and time.  This month you’d better pack a big lunch […]

Severed penis comedy The Package gets a poster and trailer

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With less than a month to go until its arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming comedy The Package. Directed by Jake Szymanski, the film stars Daniel Doheny, Geraldine Viswanathan, Sadie Calvano, Luke Spencer Roberts, Eduardo Franco, Michael Eklund, Gary Jones, Alexander Calvert, Sugar Lyn Beard, and Blake […]