For all the talk of evolution that has occurred in the X-Men movie franchise over the 16 year it has been around, it’s rather frustrating that the latest cinematic mutant escapade from director Bryan Singer is not so much the evolutionary equivalent of mankind developing fantastic powers, but rather suddenly forgetting they have opposable thumbs. Coming on the heels of the fresh and …
Some fans can just be incredibly hard to please and seem to nit-pick at every small detail they might not like and the worst of these is normally the comic book fans. Almost every comic book film that comes out will have some detractors knocking something they might not like about the adaptation or portrayal of an incident and how …
We’ve already had a MARVEL-ous start to the day, so why not check in on the other guys? In this case we’re talking about Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse, which is set mutate our eyeballs when it lands next month. And in anticipation a final trailer has been released which gives us plenty of hot mutant-on-mutant action, makes clear Mystique’s role in this adventure …
Hosted by the upcoming Central Intelligence leading duo of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart, the MTV Movie Awards took place on Saturday 9 April at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. While the Oscars are the most prestigious movie awards ceremony on the calendar, the Golden Popcorn rewards those that captured the attention of audiences most over …
With so many new super-hero movies on its way, it can be tough to keep up with all the new Superheroes that are gracing the movie screen – especially if you are not a comic book geek like Kervyn. Between DC’s planned cinematic universe, the Marvel cinematic universe and then the still separate Marvel X-Men universe (and then there is …
Just 24 hours after astronaut Scott Kelly came back from his almost 365 days (the longest a NASA astronaut has spent up there) in orbit and we are treated to a spectacle that makes me think we stand a chance as a human species. Then I remember Trevor is among us and give up. Putting that aside IMAX is set …
Despite my overwhelming love for both X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, I somehow haven’t got as excited as I probably should for X-Men: Apocalypse. Admittedly, this is mainly because I keep expecting Oscar Isaac’s take on the titular mutant villain to be closer to the one we got in the classic 90’s X-Men animated series, and …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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