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Exclusive Interview – Michael Beach on Dirty Hands, collaborations, and remembering Patrick Muldoon

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Tai Freligh chats with Dirty Hands actor Michael Beach… The crime thriller genre has long explored the fatal consequences of one bad decision, and writer-director Kevin Interdonato’s Dirty Hands strips that premise down to its raw, gritty essentials. Out now on VOD and digital, the film transforms a routine drug deal into a desperate, 80-minute […]

New DC Super Friends action figures unveiled by McFarlane Toys

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McFarlane Toys has revealed a new wave of DC Super Friends action figures which include Batman V2, Robin, Judge Luthor, Evil Aquaman, and Black Manta. They are available to pre-order now, priced at $22.99 each; take a look here… Gotham City has a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight. Product Features: Incredibly detailed […]

It’s Jeff/Aquaman! and Supergirl/Blade crossovers launch from Marvel and DC

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Following on from last month’s Superman/Spider-Man #1 from DC Comics and ahead of Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman #1 later this month, two brand new crossovers between the two comic book titans has arrived online today with the release of Marvel’s Infinity Comic It’s Jeff/Aquaman! and DC’s DC GO! title Supergirl/Blade. Written by Kelly Thompson with art from […]

A DCEU Obituary: Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best

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EJ Moreno ranks the DC Extended Universe… Let’s get this out of the way first: everything you are about to read comes from someone who was once a DCEU super-fan. Admitting that feels like the step to recovery, as does reflecting on the journey that began over a decade ago. Man of Steel, the 2013 […]

Has the Mainstream Audience Outgrown Comic Book Movies?

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Has the mainstream audience outgrown comic book movies? We ponder whether comic book movies have enough audience to warrant such big budgets now… Remember a time when short of being one of the big two of Batman or Superman, comic book adaptations were seen as a sure-fire money pit? We saw failed Punisher, Phantom, Shadow […]

The Season of Dolph Lundgren

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Dolph Lundgren’s current comeback with roles in two of the winter season’s biggest releases…. The Thanksgiving and Christmas movie seasons are a lucrative time of year. It comes after the atypical autumn lull, boosting the coffers after the summer blockbuster blitz. I recall one Christmas season (very vaguely), 31 years ago. […]

Jason Momoa didn’t recognise Dolph Lundgren when they met on Aquaman set

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Aquaman star Jason Momoa apparently didn’t recognise Dolph Lundgren when the two first met on the film’s set. With all the costumes, makeup, and whigs involved with a film as fantastical as Aquaman, it’s perhaps not that surprising that some actors didn’t recognise one another when they bumped into each other on set. Well, this […]

Amber Heard thanks fans for “overwhelming support” on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

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With social media still as volatile as ever, Amber Heard isn’t often talking about her roles and Hollywood productions as much these days. But it seems like Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has the actress opening up and thanking fans for showing up to the superhero sequel and final DCEU movie. Taking to social media, […]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom sinks at the box office with $108 million worldwide debut

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Given DC’s run at the box office this year, not to mention the fact that Warner’s marketing team pretty much abandoned ship on the promotion, it will come as little surprise to learn that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has brought the curtain down on the DCEU with a whimper. The James Wan-directed sequel to […]