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Terry Gilliam Retrospective Part 8: The End of an Experiment

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Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective…. Seven years would elapse between the release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and The Brothers Grimm (2005). As there should be with any great storyteller, there is a story behind what is a magic number at this point in Gilliam’s career. In the seven years […]

Max Landis gives an update on Chronicle 2

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20th Century Fox’s found-footage super-powers flick Chronicle was one of the big surprise hits of last year, so it didn’t come as much of a shock when Fox announced that Chronicle 2 was in development. While director Josh Trank opted against a return – moving on instead to helm the upcoming reboot The Fantastic Four […]

Comic Book Review – G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #1

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Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #1…. “A SNAKE IN THEIR MIDST! Her name is CHAMELEON — and she used to be a COBRA agent. Now she’s made her way into the G.I. JOE team—the honest way. But even with the best of intentions, does she have what it takes to fight on […]

Has Edgar Wright shot an Ant-Man post-credits sequence for Iron Man 3?

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If you’ve been keeping up with the Iron Man 3 marketing campaign, you’ll know that Marvel Studios has been intent on spoiling a number of surprises from the upcoming solo sequel (we’ll not get into specifics here, for those of you looking to remain spoiler free), but one thing that has been kept under wraps […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #4

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Villordsutch reviews the final issue of IDW’s Star Trek Into Darkness prequel Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness… “The lead up to this Spring’s Star Trek Into Darkness continues here, in this official prequel mini-series overseen by writer/producer Roberto Orci. Captain Kirk and his crew will face an all-new adversary that threatens the future of the […]

David Slade shares details on his abandoned Daredevil reboot

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Last year 20th Century Fox faced a race against the clock to get its planned Daredevil reboot into production; originally developed by David Slade (30 Days of Night, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), the project first hit the rocks when Slade opted to depart in favour of directing the pilot episode for NBC’s Hannibal, and despite […]

Comic Book Review – The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #3

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Trevor Hogg reviews the third instalment of the four-part series which has him revisiting a favourite cinematic moment… With his rocket-pack gone, his girl not speaking to him, and all of Hollywood about to fall into the clutches of the sinister Otto Rune what’s young Cliff Secord to do? And what’s that dangerous-looking thing Peevy’s been […]

Morris Chestnut being eyed for Black Panther?

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Despite the fact that Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is yet to get underway, we’re starting to get a sense at what Marvel Studios has planned for Phase Three; we already know that Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man will launch the third batch of Marvel movies in November 2015, while Marvel Studios supremo Kevin Feige […]