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Christopher Nolan explains Dunkirk’s PG-13 rating

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With news that footage from Dunkirk went down a treat at CinemaCon, Christopher Nolan has explained just why his World War II evacuation drama has received his usual PG-13 rating. Speaking to the AP while at CinemaCon, The Dark Knight director said: “All of my big blockbuster films have been PG-13. It’s a rating I feel comfortable working with […]

Wonder Woman helps Warner Bros. win the summer box office

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Warner Bros. has won the summer box office contest thanks to films like Wonder Woman and Dunkirk. Besting its studio competition in a poor summer for Hollywood will certainly please WB, with the studio bringing in $790 million domestically. Unfortunately, for WB this was 7% down from last year. Warner Bros. can thank the success […]

Pop Cult Corner – Star Wars Characters Who Need To Return and Oscar Outsiders

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Welcome to this edition of Pop Cult Corner, the place that gives insights into the news of the week, makes outlandish predictions and above all, probably has too many opinions. This week, two news stories stood out to me. One of them is of course the most obvious, as it has dominated headlines and conversations […]

2017 Summer Movie Preview

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Liam Hoofe looks the summer’s big movie releases… While the rest of the world continues to go a little mad, movies fan the world over are super excited about what looks to be one of the biggest summers in the history of cinema. Several big franchises are releasing sequels/prequels/spin-offs and several new franchises are bringing […]

The Top 10 Movie Moments of 2017

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Matt Rodgers on the top 10 movie moments of 2017… If you were putting together a showreel to represent the outstanding moments beamed onto a cinema canvas from the past year, then you’d have plenty to choose from; Emma Stone’s hypnotic rendition of The Fools Who Dream from La La Land. The Mr. Blue Sky […]

Star Wars Episode IX loses director, Wonder Woman is a box office hero, new Thor: Ragnarok promo posters and more – Daily News Roundup

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TROUBLE IN LUCASFILM Following the news a couple of months ago that Phil Lord and Chris Miller exited the Han Solo spin-off movie with only a few weeks of production left, it was revealed yesterday that Colin Trevorrow has left the director’s chair of Star Wars: Episode IX over creative differences. According to EW, there have […]

Flickering Myth’s most anticipated movies of 2017

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Flickering Myth get excited for the year ahead of us… After a fairly below-average year at the cinema last year, we here at Flickering Myth are feeling rather hopeful for 2017. There are some fantastic films lined up; including a load of comic book movies, the return of Christopher Nolan and King Kong, a new […]

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk impresses at CinemaCon

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Footage of Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated World War II drama Dunkirk has impressed theater owners at CinemaCon. Christopher Nolan, director of such films as Interstellar, Inception and The Dark Knight Trilogy, delighted those in attendance at CinemaCon when he dropped footage of his upcoming film Dunkirk. Dunkirk tells the story the British military evacuation of Dunkirk […]

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk receives PG-13 rating for “intense war experience”

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Christopher Nolan’s upcoming WWII drama Dunkirk has received a PG-13 rating in the US. Every new Christopher Nolan film is an event; the critically praised English director with a loyal fan base has been bringing his unique brand of ambitious blockbusters to cinemas for quite some time now. With 2014’s Interstellar wowing many and baffling […]