By now you’ve probably heard of Hardcore Henry, the movie shot entirely from the point of view of the main character. It’s the strangest blend of action movie and first-person video game and I’ll be honest, I’m sceptical about this. I loved the original music video that inspired the idea, but a whole movie? Besides for the inevitable motion sickness, …
Marvel’s Daredevil season two is hitting Netflix in nine short, or extremely long, days – 18 March in case you haven’t tattooed the date across your forehead. The first impressions have been very positive, saying the second season easily matches the first, and full of praise for the new arrivals to the gritty superhero drama – Elodie Yung’s Elektra and …
Taped this week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Smackdown featured some big names and even bigger matches. Here’s what went down.
So it seems like the idea of a crossover between the Jump Street franchise and the Men in Black trilogy wasn’t so far-fetched after all. We originally heard rumours about it back in 2014, but yesterday’s news confirms it. One of the most arbitrary cross-overs in the history of ever is officially going ahead. Obviously, this opens up the potential for …
We’ve just experienced the conclusion of the Oscars for this year and seen all the years most critically recognized films get awarded and now its time for an awards ceremony that’s a little bit more fun – with the MTV Movie Awards whose nominations were announced yesterday evening. The MTV Awards typically focus on popularity rather than technical merit, but …
I’ve never really understood absolute addiction, where you shake wanting something more, that is until I started watching HBO’s Game of Thrones. Visually stunning, violent, overtly sexual and with a story so complex 90% of the original characters in the book had to be removed for the general population of Earth to understand – I was hooked. And damn those cliff …
Be still my beating heart. And this time it’s not because Nick could be nearby and I’m avoiding him, but because I’m genuinely excited to hear one of my favourite books could be coming to the small screen. Cable channel WGN America, home of Salem and the recently cancelled (and well regarded) Manhattan, has (as per Hollywood Reporter) given a …
Man do we love our readers! It’s competitions like this that I wish I was just that, a reader and not a writer as that excludes me from entering, oh well! We have some awesome goodies to give away for our Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice competition ahead of the highly-anticipated movie out on 24 March. Here’s the trailer to whet your …
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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