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  • Peacock’s Brave New World-building: stylish but not brave/new…

    In the future metropolis of New London, its citizens are divided into classes. The Alpha and Beta classes have the authority over the likes of the Delta, Gamma and Epsilon and depending where you fit in, the resources of the city are at your disposal or you are. Monogamy...
  • COVID-19: Time out for ‘Tenet’ & ‘Conjuring 3’ spirited away…

    After that mind-bending, reality-altering, time-skewing trailer, you may be wondering what Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is all about.  If you are, you’re going to be waiting a bit longer to find out. Once the stalwart of fixed-release-date attitude, the film (starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine,...
  • COVID-19: Winter (Soldier) is Coming… but not quite yet…

    In expected news, the Disney+ debut of their premiere Marvel series The Falcon & The Winter Solider, originally slated for August has now been delayed. Though a considerable amount of production had already been done on the Anthony Mackie / Sebastian Shaw action-romp, the industry shutdown because of COVID...
  • GOTHAM PD? Batverse procedural flies to HBO Max…

    We’re still some time away from the much-discussed ‘The Batman‘, yet another big-screen take on Gotham’s famous vigilante, this time featuring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves. The standalone film, currently scheduled for October 2021, is not part of the same interconnected continuity that connects other parts of...
  • Batwoman: CW confirms new lead but won’t ‘bury’ Kane…

    The CW has found its second Batwoman, though it’s still preparing to deal with the fate of its first. Last month, after the abrupt and unexpected departure of Ruby Rose from the lead role, the show had to decide whether they were going to simply recast the Kate Kane character...
  • Hard Wayne: Could Keaton return to Batman role for ‘The Flash’..?

    If the rumours are true and negotiations go well, one of the all-time great Batmans (Batmen?) will be returning to the role as part of the much-delayed Flash movie. Michael Keaton played Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego in the two landmark films by Tim Burton – Batman (1989) and Batman...
  • RIP: Joel Schumacher (director, showman)

    Legendary director Joel Schumacher has died aged 80, his publicist confirming his passing after a year-long private fight against cancer.  With his death comes plenty of praise but the undeniable observation that his career and production choices were one of the most eclectic and disparate collections of work in...
  • Oscars and BAFTAs shift 2021 ceremony dates…

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has formally announced that they will be moving the Academy Awards ceremony into April next year. Though it’s happened a few times in its history ( due to flooding in 1938, due to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968...
  • Chain Reaction: More major movies move dates…

    Even at the best of times, all it takes for cinemas to act like a gigantic cinematic jigsaw-puzzle, is moving one piece to change the picture – and these probably aren’t the best of times.  With Christopher Nolan’s mysterious time-bending Tenet now reversing its stubborn stance of staying on its...
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