Lego is insanely popular these days. From the days of simple playsets where you could construct a small catapult or your own city, the brand has grown in leaps and bounds. And so has the price. But that’s a story for another day when I’m very, very drunk. Part of the success of Lego can also be attributed to the …
It takes quite a lot for a movie to scare me, and I don’t have much time for gore-porn. But when it comes to horror movies lately, there’s definitely wan name I trust. Yes, that horrible pun is my way of saying that I’m a fan James Wan’s work. Since the original Saw, Wan has been skillfully giving horror its groove back, …
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Despite the fact that he most recently spent his time trying to flame-grill one, Benedict Cumberbatch is in a fact a tricksy hobbit. Ever since he first burst onto the scene in BBC’s Sherlock, the award-winning British actor has always subscribed to the JJ Abrams School of Shutting the Hell Up when it came to his high-profile roles (See: Star Trek Into …
I’m still genuinely amazed at the airtight lid that has been kept on the Warcraft movie so far. That’s a film project that is going to have some massively dedicated fans rushing to see it, and nothing has managed to escape the watchful eyes of the team working on the movie. There’s still a ways to go before the movie …
The Hollywood Reporter recently hosted an interview session for Agent Carter, the Hayley Atwell-led Marvel series that aired its premiere last night, featuring showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas. But what does that have to do with Batman/Arrow/DC you ask? Well one of the interviewers was Butters’ husband Marc Guggenheim, who is an executive producer on Arrow. It’s a very …
One of the first horror movies that made me dream all kinds of crazy was the 1990 cult classic Flatliners, a story about a group of students who deliberately end their lives to be brought back at the last minute. Only problem is they end up bringing things back with them. Hang on, I think I just gave you the synopsis for …
Welcome to 2015! If, unlike me, you had loads of free time over December, I hope you managed to get to the cinema to see some of the excellent films that came out in the last few weeks of 2014. As a terribly infrequent movie-goer, I only managed to get to the cinema once during the December holidays, to watch …
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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