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The Rock ( aka Dwayne Johnson) has been quite a busy actor recently (his latest, Jumanji is doing terrific business internationally and his next, Rampage – based on the 80s’ arcade game, is already on the starting blocks. Now comes Skyscraper which sees Johnson’s family being held in the...
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Horror films may be big business but they largely seem to fall into the shocker / slasher category. However the Oscar-nomination for Get Out suggests that audience and pundits appreciate a psychological story that has a bit more to say or wrong-foots the viewer. The recent Sundance Film Festival...
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While much has been made of the Avengers movie coming later this year, we’ll also have a sequel to one of Marvel‘s other movies. Ant-Man and the Wasp sees Evangeline Lilly ‘s Hope Van Dyne getting promoted to co-title status alongside Paul Rudd for the follow-up to the singular...
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For the last week or so, there has been much speculation that a sequel to the Crocodile Dundee films was imminent. The original films showed Paul Hogan’s easy-going titular character discovering the many cultural differences between his home country of Australia and the busier, faster and sometimes more uptight...
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Though one might argue that the ever-escalating stakes and suspension of belief are what sometimes leads to fatigue in cinema franchise chapters, Tom Cruise is of the opinion that more is more. Though he got some bruises and bumps when a stunt went wrong last year (famously, some footage...
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There weren’t a huge amount of surprises in Tuesday’s list of nominations for the Academy Awards as read out by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. Some familiar titles, such as The Shape of Water (with thirteen nominations), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour all get the expected nods,with...
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Industry site Variety is reporting that the television adaptation of the cult movie Snowpiercer won’t be leaving the platform with its current showrunner Josh Friedman. Friedman, who was serving as executive producer and had already penned the pilot episode has left the production over ‘creative differences’ and, as yet,...
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As we anxiously await the next (and final) run of the top-rated HBO fantasy show based on (and pulling ahead of) George R R Martin’s epic novels – to be shown sometime in 2019 – there’s at least the chance to keep in touch with fellow fans… and by...
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Any film that the legendary movie-maker James Cameron is connected with is always worth covering – even if his tangential connection with recent inferior Terminator entries has thrown some shade. But put him together with another A-List director, Robert Rodriguez, and it would seem unlikely that the resulting action...
The Rock ( aka Dwayne Johnson) has been quite a busy actor recently (his latest, Jumanji is doing terrific business internationally and his next, Rampage – based on the 80s’ arcade game, is already on the starting blocks. Now comes Skyscraper which sees Johnson’s family being held in the...
Horror films may be big business but they largely seem to fall into the shocker / slasher category. However the Oscar-nomination for Get Out suggests that audience and pundits appreciate a psychological story that has a bit more to say or wrong-foots the viewer. The recent Sundance Film Festival...
While much has been made of the Avengers movie coming later this year, we’ll also have a sequel to one of Marvel‘s other movies. Ant-Man and the Wasp sees Evangeline Lilly ‘s Hope Van Dyne getting promoted to co-title status alongside Paul Rudd for the follow-up to the singular...
For the last week or so, there has been much speculation that a sequel to the Crocodile Dundee films was imminent. The original films showed Paul Hogan’s easy-going titular character discovering the many cultural differences between his home country of Australia and the busier, faster and sometimes more uptight...
Though one might argue that the ever-escalating stakes and suspension of belief are what sometimes leads to fatigue in cinema franchise chapters, Tom Cruise is of the opinion that more is more. Though he got some bruises and bumps when a stunt went wrong last year (famously, some footage...
There weren’t a huge amount of surprises in Tuesday’s list of nominations for the Academy Awards as read out by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. Some familiar titles, such as The Shape of Water (with thirteen nominations), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour all get the expected nods,with...
Industry site Variety is reporting that the television adaptation of the cult movie Snowpiercer won’t be leaving the platform with its current showrunner Josh Friedman. Friedman, who was serving as executive producer and had already penned the pilot episode has left the production over ‘creative differences’ and, as yet,...
As we anxiously await the next (and final) run of the top-rated HBO fantasy show based on (and pulling ahead of) George R R Martin’s epic novels – to be shown sometime in 2019 – there’s at least the chance to keep in touch with fellow fans… and by...
Any film that the legendary movie-maker James Cameron is connected with is always worth covering – even if his tangential connection with recent inferior Terminator entries has thrown some shade. But put him together with another A-List director, Robert Rodriguez, and it would seem unlikely that the resulting action...
Surprising almost no-one, the BBC confirmed today that their collaboration with Disney+ on Doctor Who is formally coming to an end. It had long been speculated that the lack...
It’s said that the Doomsday Clock has stood at just a few minutes to midnight’ for a long time, philosophers and pundits alike noting that, if anything, the midnight...
Michael Connelly often has his finger on the pulse of interesting issues, but reading a preview copy of The Proving Ground in a week where the dangers of AI,...
I’ll be honest: I’m a sucker for a good cat-and-mouse story and in this era of fast-evolving tech and surveillance, characters staying one step ahead of their pursuers can...