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The Mummy at 25: A Rare Genre Hybrid Action-Adventure That Delivers In Spades

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Hasitha Fernando delves into the story behind 1999’s The Mummy as it turns 25… The Mummy is truly something of an oddity because it cannot be pigeonholed to one particular genre per se. There is action, adventure, suspense, horror, and comedy all bunched together seamlessly to give us one helluva roller coaster ride. As The […]

George Miller already working on another Max Mad: Fury Road prequel

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One thing about legendary filmmaker George Miller is that he likes to stay busy, which is why it should come as no shock that Miller has been planning and penning a prequel to his now-iconic Mad Max: Fury Road. While promoting Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller spilled some details about the Year One […]

Mace Windu Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Premium Format Figure revealed by Sideshow

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Sideshow has unveiled the Premium Format Mace Windu figure which is inspired on the appearance of Samuel L. Jackson as the Jedi Master in the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $725; check it out here…   The strength of the Sith will […]

South African folk horror Breathing In gets an eerie first trailer

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Black Mandala has released a trailer for writer-director Jaco Bouwer’s (Gaia) folk horror Breathing In, which follows a wounded soldier during the Second Anglo-Boer War who finds himself seeking refuge in the wrong place; check out the trailer below… 1901, South Africa. A wounded general seeks refuge in the small home of a woman and […]

LEGO unveils Harry Potter Summer 2024 sets

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LEGO has unveiled seven new Harry Potter sets which go on sale on June 1st, and includes Aragog in the Forbidden Forest from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a new set for Professor Snape’s potions class, a brick-built model of the beloved Hippogriff Buckbeak, a Mandrake for those with an interest in Herbology, […]

New trailer and poster for The Bikeriders starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy

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Ahead of its belated release this June following a change in distributors from Disney to Focus Features, a new trailer and poster have landed online for writer-director Jeff Nichols’ upcoming drama The Bikeriders. The film follows a midwestern motorcycle club over the course of a decade as it shifts from a gathering place for the […]

Borderlands movie brings the chaos with CCXP poster

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During its panel at the CCXP Mexico convention yesterday, Lionsgate unveiled a new poster for Eli Roth’s action adventure Borderlands which assembles the motley crew of characters from the hotly-anticipated video game adaptation; check it out here… Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most […]

Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Brendan Fraser set for Sacrifice

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French director Romain Gavras (The World Is Yours, Athena) is making his first English-language film and has rounded up an impressive cast. Sacrifice will be co-written and directed by Gavras, and it’s set to star Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Brendan Fraser. Sacrifice is reportedly a satire from a script by Gavras […]