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Stephen Fry and more join the voice cast of Danger Mouse

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Back in September it was revealed that Alexander Armstrong (Pointless) and Kevin Eldon (It’s Kevin) will lend their voices to Danger Mouse and his sidekick Penfold in the upcoming reboot of the beloved British cartoon, and now several more names have been announced as joining the voice cast. Set to voice the role of Colonel […]

Mark Hamill talks about Star Wars: Episode VII back in 1983

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Last week the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrived online, giving us our first look at Disney and Lucasfilm’s hotly-anticipated Star Wars sequel trilogy. Coinciding with the release of the trailer, a clip began surfacing on YouTube from over 30 years ago, which sees Mark Hamill briefly discussing George Lucas’ plans for […]

Interstellar crosses half a billion at the global box office

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Despite being the first Christopher Nolan film since 2002’s Insomnia not to take top spot at the box office in the States, the sci-fi epic Interstellar is enjoying a solid run around the world, with the filming crossing the half billion barrier this past weekend. Having grossed $147.1 million domestically and $395.2 million from international […]

Herculean Task: Double Negative & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules today in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Ryan Cook  about the visual effects work contributed by Double Negative… When it came to bringing the Lernan Hydra, Erymanthean Boar, Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Centaurs, and three half-starved, savage blood-caked wolves to life, the Herculean labour […]

John Boyega addresses racist comments from Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

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It was a trailer that was very well recieved by Star Wars fans (if the Flickering Myth Reaction is anything to go by) but there were some who felt that John Boyega (Attack the Block) shouldn’t play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens because – get this – he’s black. Aside from the […]

Movie Review – The Theory Of Everything (2014)

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The Theory Of Everything, 2014. Directed by James Marsh. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Emily Watson and Christian McKay. SYNOPSIS: A look at the relationship between Stephen Hawking (Redmayne) and Jane Hawking (Jones), from their meeting at Cambridge until Hawking’s worldwide success. There should be no boundaries to human […]

Final, final trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings

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Last month 20th Century Fox released the “final” trailer for Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, but it seems the marketing department got its maths wrong, as we now have another trailer for the biblical epic, which we’re assuming is the “final, final” trailer for the film. Until the next one, at least. Check it […]

DVD Review – Step Up 5: All In (2014)

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Step Up 5: All In, 2014. Directed by Trish Sie. Starring Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Adam G. Sevani, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Stephen Boss and Alyson Stoner. SYNOPSIS: All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers. Step Up 5: […]

Watch a clip from Madagascar spin-off All Hail King Julien

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Ahead of its release on Netflix later this month, the first clip has arrived online for DreamWorks Animation’s latest Madagascar spin-off All Hail King Julien, and we have it for you here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E7vEcclnGY0 All Hail King Julien features a voice cast that includes Danny Jacobs (The Penguins of Madagascar) as King Julien, Henry Winkler (Happy […]