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Inside Out 2 topples Dune: Part Two at the box office with record-breaking second weekend

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Inside Out 2 has become a smash hit for Disney/Pixar in just two weeks. With its short run at the box office, the film has become the year’s highest-grossing movie, surpassing the fan-favorite Dune: Part Two. With 2024 needing a boost, Hollywood is celebrating this as a win. Inside Out 2 dropped a wildly impressive […]

Blu-ray Review – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, 2024. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton. SYNOPSIS: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire feels like it freezes the franchise in place, with so many call-backs to the original movie and very little […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14

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DC Comics releases Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14 on Tuesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below… Nightwing and Deadman continue their rail-ridin’ odyssey and find themselves face-to-face with a terrifying new foe. Booster Gold’s adventures across time and space have delivered him to an alternate future inhabited […]

Dark Horse announces Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III trade paperbacks

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will collect the first ten issues of its Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III comic book series across two trade paperback volumes, both of which are available to pre-order now. Written by New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older with art from Harvey Tolibao, Nick […]

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth receiving new graphic novel adaptation from Boom! Studios

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Boom! Studios and The Jim Henson Company have announced the first ever graphic novel adaptation of A.C.H. Smith’s beloved novelization of the 1986 fantasy classic Labyrinth is set for release in September 2024 courtesy of writer Kyla Vanderklugt (Demon in the Wood) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (Alice Never After).  “Labyrinth is such a unique fantasy that […]

Fan Casting Jordan Peele’s 2026 Movie: 8 Actors We Must See

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EJ Moreno with eight actors we need in Jordan Peele’s new film… 2026 seems like a long time away, but the wait for a new Jordan Peele movie is worth it. The filmmaker has set an October 2026 release date for his mysterious new project, and that gives us plenty of time to throw every […]

Marvel’s current Star Wars era to end in September with giant-sized finale issues

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Having spent the best part of the last five years exploring the period between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Marvel Comics has announced that it will bring its current era of Star Wars storytelling to a close in September with two over-sized 50-page finale issues in Star Wars #50 and Star […]

Comic Book Preview – Godzilla vs Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #3

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IDW Publishing and Boom! Studios’ Godzilla vs Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #3 is out this week, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below; check it out… The terrifying Psycho Rangers have siphoned the energies of some of Godzilla’s greatest foes, giving rise to the Kaiju Psycho Rangers! Even with […]

A Double Bill of Film Noir from 1948: Raw Deal and He Walked By Night

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It’s time for a double bill of Film Noir thrills from 1948 with Anthony Mann’s Raw Deal and He Walked By Night… Anthony Mann was an acclaimed and prolific director who specialised in westerns, epics, war movies, and film noir. He was famously fired from the director’s chair on Spartacus to be replaced by a […]