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Cinema Might Just Be Back!

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the hopeful signs of recovery for the theatrical industry thanks to F9 and Black Widow… Don’t call it a comeback! Okay…maybe quietly whisper it, but cinema might just be back. An industry that has struggled to adapt to restrictions and reinvention, to full on lockdowns (and closing), to rescheduling of big […]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Indie Director Conundrum

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Tom Jolliffe on Marvel Studios bringing indie directors into a huge studio set up to direct its pictures… Indie cinema has been on something of an upsurge in recent years. Whilst there is still the general feeling that mainstream entertainment, namely anything under the Disney wing, is monopolising the cinemas, we’ve still seen an increase […]

The Multiverse Era: When a Cinematic Universe Isn’t Enough

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Tom Jolliffe on the current preoccupation with the multiverse… Cinema is all about cycles. Genres flit in and out of prominence. An action landscape which was once dominated by Westerns was then temporarily displaced by gangster films, then epics, then Westerns again, then a brief parley into pessimistic cinema, before Star Wars laid a significant […]

Movie Review – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, 2022. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Angela Bassett, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, Danny Sapani, and Lake Bell. SYNOPSIS: The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they […]

Ryan Coogler won’t direct Avengers: Secret Wars, but could return for more Black Panther

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Since its announcement earlier this year, fans have been curious who could helm the epic conclusion to the latest Marvel Studios arc. Sadly, we can eliminate one name from possibly helming Avengers: Secret Wars, and that’s director Ryan Coogler. With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever demanding so much from the talent involved, Coogler has dived into […]

Hot Toys unveils Black Panther: Wakanda Forever sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series figure

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Coinciding with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series Black Panther figure which is based on the appearance of the hero in the blockbuster sequel; check out the promotional images here…   In the wake of King T’Challa’s death, Wakanda is left without […]

Video Review – The Good & Bad of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Marvel’s Black Panther sequel… Marvel Studios closes out this year in comic book movies with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The film has a lot of pressure on it, and can it live up to expectations? Director Ryan Coogler attempts and almost perfects the Marvel formula.  Sadly, the strange […]

Ryan Coogler opens up about his original Black Panther 2 plans

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It’s fair to say no one was ready for the loss of actor Chadwick Boseman. At the height of his career, he tragically passed away. This left a hole in the world of cinema, as the family he made while making Black Panther. When it came to the sequel, director Ryan Coogler says handling something […]

More posters and promos for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever arrive online

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There’s a new Marvel movie incoming this week, and so of course the Disney marketing machine has been working overdrive this weekend to remind us all with the release of a bunch of new promos and posters for Ryan Coogler’s hotly-anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Check them out here… In Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda […]

Marvel’s I Am Groot Hot Toys Television Masterpiece Series figure unveiled

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Hot Toys has unveiled its Groot Television Masterpiece Series collectible figure which is inspired by the Guardians of the Galaxy member’s likeness in the Disney+ animated Marvel series I Am Groot. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $275; check out the promotional images here… WE ARE GROOT! The tree-mendous hero from Marvel Studios’ […]