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Is Box Office More Important Than a Film’s Critical Success?

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Samuel Brace on whether box office is more important than critical success… How should we measure a film’s success? The metric we use to determine whether or not the latest feature film has reached heights high enough to warrant being labelled successful, seems to be up for a rather heated debate. Is a film’s worth […]

Peyton List joins Gotham as Poison Ivy

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Gotham’s Poison Ivy is set to undergo another transformation, with Deadline reporting that Peyton List (Mad Men, Frequency) has signed on to portray the character as a recurring guest star, either later in season four, or in season five. “In the continuing evolution of Poison Ivy’s origin story, Ivy Pepper has been transformed once again […]

Comic Book Review – Superman: Action Comics – The Rebirth Deluxe Collection Book 1

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Ricky Church reviews Superman: Action Comics – The Rebirth Deluxe Collection Book 1… In these stories from ACTION COMICS #957-966 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #52, collected for the first time in hardcover, Superman returns to Metropolis just in time to meet the city’s newest protector: Lex Luthor. But the dueling titans soon meet someone unexpected: Clark Kent! […]

Check out the cover art for Batman Versus Robin animated movie

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In addition to the Justice League: War sequel Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Warner’s 2015 line-up for its DC Universe Animated Original Movies line will see a loose adaptation of The New 52’s ‘The Court of Owls’ story arc in the Son of Batman follow-up Batman Versus Robin, and the official cover art has now […]

Movie Review – Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, 2016. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Ezra Miller and Callan Mulvey. SYNOPSIS: Fearing that the actions of […]

The Legends of Tomorrow to encounter Albert Einstein in season 2

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TV Line is reporting that the Legends of Tomorrow are set to encounter the legendary theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in the second season of The CW’s time-travelling Arrowverse spinoff. “Look for the Legends crew to cross paths with a circa-1942 Albert Einstein in season 2, but they’re disillusioned to discover that the legendary scientist is […]

Will Beall writing Aquaman script

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Aquaman is once again changing writers as Will Beall (Gangster Squad) has been hired to write the script the Atlantean King, per The Hollywood Reporter. However, Beall will apparently be working off a very detailed treatment written by none other than director James Wan and DC Comcs scribe and executive Geoff Johns. Johns is currently overseeing […]

Tyler Ritter joins Arrow season 5 as new Star City detective

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Arrow continues its cast expansion for its upcoming fifth season, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Tyler Ritter (The McCarthys) has signed on to The CW’s DC superhero drama. Ritter has landed a recurring role as Detective Malone, “a new addition to the Star City Police Department following Captain Lance’s (Paul Blackthorne) departure from the […]

Full cast announced for Syfy’s Krypton pilot

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Having secured its leads in  Cameron Cuffe (Florence Foster Jenkins) as Seg-El and Georgina Campbell (After Hours) as Lyta Zod, Syfy has now rounded out the series regular cast for its upcoming Superman prequel pilot Krypton. Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones) is set to play Val-El, Seg-El’s grandfather, and “a rogue genius who believes that space exploration is […]

Cameron Cuffe to lead Krypton as Superman’s grandfather

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Syfy has found its lead for the upcoming Superman prequel pilot Krypton, with British actor Cameron Cuffe (Florence Foster Jenkins) set to play Seg-El, the grandfather of Kal-El. Krypton has been created by David S. Goyer (Man of Steel) and takes place on Superman’s home world, two generations before its destruction. The potential series will follow Seg-El, […]