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Thor: Ragnarok – Enfield Cineworld 4DX Experience Review

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Matt Spencer-Skeen reviews Thor: Ragnarok from the Cineworld Enfield: 4DX… I’d heard a lot about 4DX with a couple of my local Cineworlds employing the technology but had never found the occasion to go. This week that all changed when I got to experience the first screening at the new Enfield 4DX screen, having been […]

Four new images from Marvel’s The Punisher

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With a little over a month to go until The Punisher arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released four images from the upcoming Marvel solo series featuring Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), Micro (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Bill Rawlins (Paul Schulze); take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for […]

Why David Fincher Is Right And Wrong About Marvel

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Neil Calloway asks whether making movies for Marvel is what directors want… David Fincher has become the latest director to stick his oar in and have a slight pop at Marvel studios. Nothing surprising there, it’s sort of his job to fly the flag for grown up drama and it’s certainly his job to get […]

Alexandra Shipp says X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be “accurate to the comics”

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The last time that 20th Century Fox attempted an adaptation of the classic X-Men story arc The Dark Phoenix Saga, we ended up with 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, which saw the Phoenix pretty much taking a back seat in favour of the “mutant cure” storyline. Well, Fox and The Last Stand writer Simon Kinberg […]

Rumour: Silver Surfer to appear in Avengers: Infinity War

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If bringing together Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and virtually every other supporting player from the first ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t enough, it seems that Avengers: Infinity War may be set to introduce another classic Marvel here… although you may want to have your pinch of salt at […]

X-Men: The New Mutants director talks horror tone, trilogy plans, and new characters

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Earlier this week, 20th Century Fox revealed the first trailer for its horror-themed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, and now director Josh Boone has been chatting to IGN about the film’s tone, his plans for a trilogy of movies, and their place in the wider X-Men universe. “We brought it to Foxas a trilogy of […]

The Punisher showrunner talks Frank Castle’s nemesis Jigsaw and possible second season

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Steve Lightfoot, showrunner for The Punisher, has spoken about telling an origin story for the show’s villain. The Punisher has well and truly arrived on Netflix, being as gruesome and brutal as one might expect. Aside from telling Frank’s tale of revenge against those that murdered his family, the show also acts as an origin […]

Marvel’s The Punisher divides critics in early reviews

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It won’t be long before we can’t watch our favourite small-screen Marvel heroes on Netflix, what with the impending upgrade of Disney’s streaming service, so it’ll be interesting to see if the final few runs can fix the issues that have blighted the most recent batch of 13 episode hour-longs. Namely a plot stretched thin […]

Marvel’s The Punisher gets a new trailer and premiere date

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Marvel and Netflix have released the latest trailer for The Punisher, which also finally gives us a premiere date of November 17th! The series will see Jon Bernthal reprise his role from Daredevil‘s second season as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: Jon Bernthal provides The Punisher creator’s favourite rendition of […]