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[column size=one_half position=first ] A generation still mourns the passing of Leslie Nielsen four years ago. The twilight of his career was not the greatest – the last notable thing he starred in was Superhero Movie. Last Updated: August 4, 2014

They’ve saved the galaxy and cleaned up at the box office, breaking a couple records on the way, so now you get to tell us just what you thought of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s latest cinematic effort. If you haven’t seen my 5-star review yet, the cliff notes is that while the movie isn’t 100% perfect, it is the 100% perfect …

Rumours have been flying wild over the last couple of weeks regarding what appears to be the imminent demise of Japanese animation powerhouse, Studio Ghibli. Their films are beautiful, yet excruciatingly expensive to produce and they just aren’t reaping the box office returns that previous movies have experienced at the box office. Is this the end for Studio Ghibli? Not …

Guardians, soul music and little else. There could be only one winner over at the North American box office, and it was a movie that had everybody hooked on a feeling. Last Updated: August 4, 2014

When it comes to a new installment in the Ghostbusters  franchise, we’ve had years of false starts, fake outs and no Bill f@#$king Murray. But after all that time, during which fans rode the rollercoaster of excitement/dashed dreams/false hope/indifference, it seems we’re finally getting that third Ghostbusters flick. It just won’t be Ghostbusters 3. Despite the fact that Sony warmed up quite a …

If there’s one thing that I believe in, it’s doing what makes you happy. No matter how silly or goofy it may be to other people, as long as you’re having a blast, that’s what counts. Which explains my weekend which are usually spent putting rubber armour on spandex. And one other group of people that have fun doing what …

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but clearly a nearly two-minute long trailer is even better (and actually worth about 26664000 words, if my frame-rate maths* is correct). Following on from Friday’s reveal of 7 new pics, Disney have unveiled the first trailer for their feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Into the Woods, which sees …