The X-Men franchise has been a series that truly has understood the idea of evolution. It’s a theory that has allowed the films to be massively successful, while remaining mostly fresh. The original films made the superhero genre a blockbuster concept, the solo films were spin-off licenses to print money and the current First Class and Days of Future Past movies were …

The teaser trailer for Steve Jobs was much like the products created by its eponymous late tech guru – flashy and got lots of people talking, but honestly didn’t have many features, and the ones it did have, we’ve all seen before. I believe this is where I drop the obligatory “Bazinga!”, right? Jokes aside though, just like so many …

Are you one of those people who, when you hear the name Shakespeare, you think it’s all boring crusty stories about old people talking funny? Well, ok, there are a few of those, but for the most part, the Bard’s work actually makes for pretty exciting and entertaining fare, as you have several stories steeped in violence, sex, drama, intrigue, …

Whether you consider him a visionary or a copy-cat tyrant, there’s very little doubt that late Apple boss Steve Jobs had a significant impact on modern society and its technology. Which is certainly a lot more than can said of jObs, the rather lacklustre 2013 movie that tried to tell the controversial figure’s life story but ended up quite ho-hum, …

Video game to movie adaptations have a Hollywood track record that’s rockier than the Thing’s ID photo, but I’m still holding out hope for two upcoming attempts: the Tom Hardy and director Doug Liman’s Splinter Cell, and the Michael Fassbender produced/starring Assassins Creed. We’ve heard next to nothing about the former other than the talent involved, but the latter has …

The last time Michael Fassbender was involved in a western, it was the supernatural comic book adaptation Jonah Hex. But since we – and probably everybody who actually acted in Jonah Hex – spend most days trying our best to forget that that movie even exists, we’re just going to go ahead and say that the Oscar-nominated actor is now …

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