Sorry, Chris Pratt fans (and a special sorry to Nick who prostrates himself in front of a Pratt shrine ever morning), despite all the rumours to the contrary, it appears that your young hero will not be donning Indiana Jones’ iconic fedora and cracking that whip anytime soon. That’s because there will only ever be one Indy: Harrison Ford. At …
Since its initial release last month, director Colin Treverrow’s Jurassic World has been defying every expectation as it broke one box office record after another. And now the fourth movie in the Jurassic Park franchise has claimed its biggest accolade yet, as this past week’s haul brought its global tally up to $1,522 billion, which is enough to claim the …
Normally, this is the section of an article where I come up with some witty hook to get you to watch the trailer below for whatever film we happen to be punting today. But at the moment I’m actually busy studying for an exam I’m writing next week, and can’t spare the brain power to come up with the catchy …
With Jurassic World currently devouring box office records like they were cowardly lawyers hiding in toilets, the works of Michael Crichton is back in fashion. It was the late author’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park that first captured a younger Steven Spielberg’s imagination, prompting him to get Universal Pictures to buy the film rights and eventually turn it into a film …
The last time director Steven Spielberg and actor/producer Tom Hanks teamed up together we got the two brilliant World War II miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now the two Hollywood legends are teaming up again, except this time the war is kind of cold (as in the Cold War, get it Nick?). That doesn’t mean that the result, …
Whether you love or hate the Transformers movies they’re here to stay, because so far the four movies have grossed close to $4 billion at the box office. Darryn reviewed the latest Transformers movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction, here and, well, at least he liked it more than Superfast. And with the financial success and overwhelming positive response Marvel have received …
TV series adaptations of famous movies have a track record wobblier than the first episode of a season The Biggest Loser. For every awesome Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Stargate SG-1, Fargo and M*A*S*H*, we we get Timecop… and actually, Timecop is the only example I need; it’s crap enough for all the other crap shows. And now another famous sci-fi …
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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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