The US of A box office summer hasn’t exactly been on fire lately. Some films have done well, but overall, it’s been a week movie-going period, one of the worst in history. And this weekend was the slowest one in two years, with Guardians making use of the lull in cinema receipts to once again emerge as the top dog. …
The only way that this new teaser trailer for polarizing filmmaker Lars Von Trier’s planned director’s cut of his highly sexualized drama Nymphomaniac is even remotely considered Safe For Work, is if you work on a porn set. Because let’s not beat around the bush here (and no, that wasn’t a sexual euphemism, you perverts), explicit, hardcore porn is what you’re getting …
Ah childhood’s end, I remember it like it was 20 years ago yesterday. Unfortunately mine involved leaving school and going to work for The Man, man. Which makes Syfy’s newest announcement far more interesting: Deadline reports that the newly resurging network has greenlit a six-hour miniseries based on the classic 1953 novel Childhood’s End by the late science-fiction legend Sir Arthur …
Despite his name being the only one right there in the title, Ultron is not the only fan-favourite robot character that will be making his debut in Joss Whedon’s upcoming Avengers sequel. After years of just being J.A.R.V.I.S., essentially the voice of Tony Stark’s house, Paul Bettany will become a real boy be getting a body of his own in the form of …
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Once described by the late Roger Ebert as “Japan’s Blade Runner”, Mamoru Oshii’ seminal anime film Ghost In the Shell has been a gigantic influence on some of Hollywood’s biggest sci-fi blockbusters for the last 25 years (the Wachowskis once said that without it, The Matrix probably would never have happened), and for the longest time now Hollywood has been trying to return the …
It’s only being released in the US in October, but the movie rights to acclaimed author/comic book writer Neil Gaiman’s upcoming graphic novel based on the classic fairy tale Hansel & Gretel have already been snapped up, according to a new report from Variety. This follows hot on the heels of the recent announcement that his novel American Gods (and …
We’ve seen a lot of the Flash in recent weeks, with trailers focusing on his powers and villains. But one thing that we haven’t seen much of, is that despite the fact that the Flash looks like a fun show, it involves a hero with a tragic backstory, much like Batman in a way. The latest trailer does indeed focus …
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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