As somebody with two nieces who visit regularly, I’ve been subjected to the inhuman torture of the Disney Channel far too much in my life. High School Musical, Camp Rock, iCarly, Wizards of Waverly Place and… urgh… Hannah Montana and much more have probably ensured me a large therapists bill in the future. The painful lot of them are overacted, …
BAMF! Popping up out of nowhere like, well, like a blue skinned mutant with instant teleportation powers, director Bryan Singer has unveiled our first look at young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee in costume as Nightcrawler in the upcoming 1980’s set X-Men: Apocalypse. And then that Instagram post was removed for some mysterious reason. But not before it was tweeted out by …
One of the most interesting things happening with Warning Bros’ upcoming DC Comics villain-centric Suicide Squad, has been the constant online documentation of actor/musician Jared Leto slowly being transformed into The Joker. After weeks of just little weird teases and half-obscured glimpses all over social media though, writer-director David Ayer has finally tweeted our first proper look at Leto as …
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Because watching Kermit the frog drink himself into a coma after realising that he married Miss Piggy makes for great viewing! The last time the Muppets were on TV, it was way back in Muppets Tonight. Fast forward a few years, and Jim Henson’s puppets are popular again thanks to a smash hit movie and an OK sequel. According to …
Four years. That’s how far back it was since I was last truly and seriously excited for a Johnny Depp movie. And even then he was playing a cartoon chameleon. If we’re talking a Johnny Depp movie starring a real-life Johnny Depp, then we’d have to go back all the way to the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie in …
Spider-Man movies as of late, haven’t exactly been great. Ever since Spider-Man 3 saw Tobey Maguire fight the vilest foe of his life in the form of Kirsten Dunst and the Hipster Goth Shuffle, the franchise has been on a bit of a downward slide. Amazing Spider-Man felt tired and old despite the fact that star Andrew Garfield was possibly …
You know I really enjoyed Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity. Yes the found footage genre has been around a while and was launched into the mainstream stratosphere by the cult classic The Blair Witch Project, a movie that scared the hell out of me until I watched it a second time… So Peli’s latest movie Area 51 (which has been sitting on some shelf …
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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