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Oscars 2019: Predicting the nominations in the main categories

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Tom Beasley has a shot at predicting which films will make their way on to the Academy’s shortlists in the main Oscars 2019 categories… Last year, I tried to predict the nominees in all of the main Oscar categories. There were some shortlists I got almost bang on, but others for which I was way […]

SPOILERS: Two Guardians return for Avengers: Endgame reshoots

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With the release of Avengers: Endgame drawing ever closer, two Guardians of the Galaxy cast members have taken to social media to announce that they are back on set for some late reshoots on the Marvel blockbuster. The first won’t be too surprising given that we’ve already glimpsed the character in the first trailer, although […]

Promo for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 2 Episode 13 – ‘teMpted’

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We’ve already seen a batch of images for next week’s thirteenth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted season 2, and now Fox has released a promo for ‘teMpted’ which you can watch below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjYjkZG0tDY LAUREN STOPS SLEEPING ON AN ALL-NEW “THE GIFTED” TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, ON FOX Lauren stops sleeping so she can avoid the forces in […]

James McAvoy isn’t sure the X-Men will work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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We’re now seemingly just a couple of months away from the completion of Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which means that Marvel Studios will soon have access to Fox’s roster of Marvel characters from the Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises. That’s certainly a mouth-watering prospect for Marvel fans – and for Marvel Studios chief […]

Marvel’s The Punisher season 2 gets a new trailer

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With the second season of The Punisher season 2 just two days away, Netflix has released another new trailer for the hotly-anticipated Marvel series which features the return of Jon Bernthal as the gun-toting vigilante Frank Castle; watch the new trailer here… SEE ALSO: The Punisher season 2 posters, images and synopsis released Former marine-turned-vigilante Frank Castle […]

M. Night Shyamalan explains why he turned down Marvel and DC movies

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Director M. Night Shyamalan has explained why he has turned down films with both Marvel and DC in the past. M. Night Shyamalan’s next film Glass (a sequel to Split and Unbreakable) is very nearly with us, with the film being the next picture of his much talked about come back. Glass is, of course, in […]

Captain Marvel gets 10 new character posters

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Marvel Studios has released a batch of new character posters for its upcoming superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel featuring Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan), Korath (Djimon Hounsou), Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), Jude Law and Annette Bening’s mystery characters, and Goose the Cat; check […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer

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Flickering Myth’s writing team share their thoughts on the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer… Yesterday we got our first glimpse of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of the teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, which sees Peter Parker and his buddies embarking on a European Vacation, only for […]

Action Comics #1000 and The Infinity Gauntlet top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2018

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced details of its bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2018, with DC Entertainment’s milestone Action Comics #1000 topping the comic book chart and Marvel’s classic The Infinity Gauntlet leading the way in terms of graphic novels, spurred on by Marvel Studios’ hugely successful blockbuster movie Avengers: Infinity War. Meanwhile, Marvel […]