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[column size=one_half position=first ] Who doesn’t love giant robots? Other than giant aliens, not a lot of people. Last Updated: October 13, 2014

Will Smith has not had a good time at the movies in the last few years. First he turned down the lead in Tarantino’s Django Unchained because he thought the role wasn’t big enough (a point that Jamie Foxx and nearly half a billion dollars at the box offce would like to contend), then came the rather silly Men In …

I was completely blown away by the surprise 2014 hit The LEGO Movie partly because, well, Batman. Voiced by Will Arnett, the character had audiences crying with laughter and begging for more. Well according to THR it looks like they won’t have to wait that much longer as not only is a LEGO Batman spinoff movie in the works, but …

Plenty of new films hit the North American box office this weekend, hoping to sink their fangs into a slice of the profits. Surprisingly however, the biggest contender there failed to dethrone Gone Girl, as the Ben Affleck starring thriller held onto the top spot for a second week in a row. Let’s see who won and lost the box …

There are many people who find that The Newsroom is just a mouthpiece for writer/creator Aaron Sorkin’s political views, and that also he just uses the show’s format of retroactively dealing with real world news as a means of sticking a honking big “WHY DIDN’T YOU DO IT LIKE THIS?!” in professional journalists’ faces. Quite frankly, I couldn’t give a …

It’s been quite the long, twisty road to get Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s Powers to the screen. Way before the current superhero boom, there had been talk of an adaptation of the critical favourite comic book, and at one stage they even shot a pilot episode with Jason Patric in the lead. But alas, it was not …

With its street-level superheroics and badass ninja mythology, Daredevil is perfect for a live-action adaptation. Alas, the last time Hollywood took a crack at it, it nearly ruined Ben Affleck’s career and left audiences wishing they were blind. But now Marvel has the Man Without Fear back in their wheelhouse, and will be using him to kickoff their collaboration with …