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The last time Chris Hemsworth was captain of a ship (ok, starship, if you want to nit pick) it didn’t end that well. And there he had all the techno gadgets of the Federation Starship USS Kelvin at his disposal. Now that he’s attached himself to fact-based maritime thriller In the Heart of the Sea, it looks like he’s once …
With no less than two Snow White films hitting our screens this year, and with Tangled proving to be a massive success, it seems that once again, fairy tales are all the rage. Disney has basically covered every single fable ever made, from Snow White through to The Little Mermaid. One Hans Christian Andersen story that has been in the …
With the exception of Donald Sutherland and Lenny Kravitz, none of the main stars of the record breaking Hunger Games were what you might call household names. Star Jennifer Lawrence had been pretty unrecognizable under layers of make-up in X-Men: First Class, and her previous on-screen efforts, while critically praised was much smaller indie affairs. But Lionsgate is certainly not keeping …
Back in 2010, Warner Bros realized that one of their flagship franchises, Harry Potter, would be wrapping up the following year and they needed a replacement. They also realized that with the exception of Chris Nolan’s two Batman films, Marvel was killing them in the comic book movie department. So they decided to launch a new franchise based on a character …
Reboots and remakes may be all the rage in Hollywood right now, but don’t count out films based on board games and childrens toys just yet. Despite being a flop with the critics, Battleship proved that there was still more money to be made in that ocean of merchandising tie-ins. And now, we’re going Tonka Wonka mad with the next …
Every film needs a villain, even if they’re lacking one in the original source material, and that apparently goes double for Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming biblical epic, Noah. He already has Russell Crowe signed up to portray the holy man and gatherer of animals two by two, but we can’t imagine that he did so without some opposition, when he cut …
I think it’s safe to say that Prometheus is a hotly debated movie. Some of that debate rages around whether or not Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof’s decision to withhold answers to some of the film’s most important questions, in favour of sequels and ambiguity, makes for intrigue or just plain frustration. Thing is though, there are answers to a …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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