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Comic Book Preview – Batman: Dark Age #5

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DC Comics releases Batman: Dark Age #5 on Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue below with the official preview… Ra’s al Ghul has come for Gotham! When Bruce’s former mentor becomes his greatest enemy, he is forced to recruit some of the unlikeliest allies out there… the Rogues Gallery! […]

Netflix’s One Piece series adds Katey Sagal, Mark Harelik, and Charithra Chandran

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With the second season of One Piece, the live-action adaption of the manga/anime, the new characters joining the pirate adventures are beginning to be revealed. The latest round of casting sees Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy) set to play Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik (Presumed Innocent) playing Dr. Hiriluk, and Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton) joining Netflix’s hit […]

Darkman: Revisiting Sam Raimi’s cult 1990 superhero movie

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Tom Jolliffe revisits Sam Raimi’s Darkman, released on this day back in 1990… Hot on the heels of Batman, Sam Raimi delivered Darkman unto the world. Raimi wouldn’t become synonymous with iconic comic book hero films until doing the game changing Spider-Man trilogy, but Darkman , whilst an original creation from Raimi’s mind, is a […]

Trailer for zombie action horror Z Dead End starring Kane Hodder and Felissa Rose

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A poster and trailer have arrived online for Z Dead End, the upcoming zombie action horror from writer-director Robert Resto. The film follows the Deputy Sheriff of a small town as she bands together a group of odd characters from her small Colorado town to fight for their survival when they are invaded by zombies […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Ahsoka #2

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Ahsoka #2 on Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue below… TOIL AND TROUBLE! AHSOKA and GENERAL HERA SYNDULLA travel to NEW REPUBLIC shipyards and make an unexpected discovery. The adaptation of the hit Disney+ series continues! Star Wars: Ahsoka #2 goes on sale on August 28th, […]

Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas gets the Squishmallows treatment

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With the Halloween season fast approaching, Jazwares has revealed a new line of Squishmallows for the classic Disney 1993 stop-motion animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas which includes Jack Skellington, Sally, Zero, Dr. Finkelstein, Oogie Boogie, and the Vampire Teddy. The soft toys go on sale this fall, priced at $12.99 each; take a look […]

Comic Book Preview – Aliens vs. Avengers #1

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Marvel Comics kicks off its hotly-anticipated 20th Century Studios event crossover Aliens vs. Avengers this coming Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the first issue for you below; take a look… ALIENS AND AVENGERS FACE OFF! It’s all led to this: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect organism meets a planet of superhumans. Who […]

Mike Flanagan wants to make his Exorcist film “the scariest movie I’ve made”

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It can be said without a doubt The Exorcist is one of the scariest films ever made, creating a new benchmark for horror films upon its release in 1973, and is still considered to be that by many even 50 years later. Now with horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan set to direct “a radical new take” on The […]

Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino’s Irreverent World War II Epic at 15

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds fifteen years on from its release… Whatever your opinion may be of Inglourious Basterds there’s no denying that the effort helmed by Quentin Tarantino was an entertaining, blood-soaked World War II romp featuring a memorable villain courtesy of Christoph Waltz. As the flick celebrates […]