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Challengers serves up $24 million opening weekend at the box office

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Challengers hit its opening serve straight down the line with a $24 million debut at the global box office. Luca Guadagnino’s R-rated sports drama topped a weak box-office frame with $15 million domestic, and a further $9 million from international markets.  The $55 million budgeted film, which was pushed back from its original release date […]

Three Recent and Wildly Overrated Sequels

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They’ve all been championed as some of the best of their genre but are these bloated and overlong sequels really that good? I love event cinema, especially when it’s good and in recent years, although we’ve seen an increasingly mediocre output from Disney and Marvel, we’ve still seen some pretty great blockbuster cinema. Top Gun: […]

Hot Toys showcases the Power of the Dark Side with 0-0-0 Star Wars sixth scale figure

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After debuting its BT-1 sixth scale figure last week, Hot Toys has continued its ‘The Power of the Dark Side’ Star Wars reveals with his protocol droid companion 0-0-0; check out the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Lord Starkiller Hot Toys sixth scale figure revealed SEE ALSO: Darth Revan […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Ocean’s Trilogy

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Ocean’s Trilogy Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Vincent Cassel, Eddie Jemison, Qin Shaobo, Ellen Barkin, and Al Pacino. SYNOPSIS: The Ocean’s Trilogy, consisting of Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, and Ocean’s Thirteen, […]

Jessica Rothe hints that Happy Death Day 3 could still happen

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In a move befitting of the franchise, Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe has revealed that a third installment of the horror-comedy series might not be dead after all.  News emerged last year that Happy Death Day 3 probably wasn’t going to happen, with director Christopher Landon saying that it was due to the economics […]

In a Violent Nature teaser depicts a slasher film from the POV of the killer

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IFC Films has shared a new teaser for their turning-the-tables slasher flick In a Violent Nature. Writer-director Chris Nash’s minimalist horror depicts the familiar tropes associated with a stalk-n-slash genre entry, but from the perspective of the masked killer. Think the opening of John Carpenter’s Halloween, but for the entire movie.  In a Violent Nature […]

Aaron Sorkin working on a spiritual sequel to The Social Network

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Aaron Sorkin has spoken previously about his desire to make a follow-up to The Social Network, and now it appears that he has found his inspiration with the news that he is writing a new movie examining Facebook’s role in the 2021 Capitol riots.  The Academy Award winning screenwriter was in conversation with Matthew Belloni […]

Comic Book Preview – DC’s Spring Breakout #1

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DC Comics’ anthology special DC’s Spring Breakout #1 is out this Tuesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek right now with the official preview below… EIGHT ALL-NEW STORIES TO PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP! Spring has sprung! Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, Harley is breaking King Shark out of Belle Reve […]

Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated film The Glassworker gets and English trailer and poster

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Mano Animation Studios has released a trailer for The Glassworker, the first hand drawn animated film produced in Pakistan from writer-director Usman Riaz which centres on a young glassblower in training, and his relationship with his father and the daughter of an army colonel as their lives are upended by an impending war; watch it […]