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Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

 In 2014, director Gareth Edwards brought us the visually stunning, yet tediously slow Godzilla – a reboot of the long-running Japanese monster series. In 2017, the film was (sort of) followed up by Kong: Skull Island – a bombastic and very fun reboot of King Kong, set in the same universe as Godzilla. The third…

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Yeah, about that Sonic movie…

 Remember the beginning of the month, when Paramount Pictures released that GOSH DARN AWFUL trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog? You know the one – the trailer guaranteed to give kids (and big kids) nightmares for weeks? Here it is (to jog your memory). Then remember how much everyone hated it and how director Jeff Fowler…

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Review: Aladdin (2019)

 Over the past few years, Walt Disney Pictures has been wheeling out a series of live-action adaptations of its ‘Classics’ cartoons. From The Jungle Book (2016) and Cinderella (2015) to Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Dumbo (2019), Disney is cranking out these films at quite a pace, which means sooner or later the studio…

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Watch: Terminator: Dark Fate trailer + poster

 The first official trailer and poster for the 6th Terminator movie has been released. Directed by Tim Miller, Terminator: Dark Fate stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis and Gabriel Luna. The film arrives in cinemas November 2019. Here’s the poster… Here’s the trailer…

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It’s official – Hellboy is a huge flop

 *Sigh* Remember the Hellboy reboot that came out a few weeks ago? The reboot that I called “really shit”, with a “piss poor script” and “atrocious effects” (read my rant in full for the details). Yeah, well not only was it incredibly bad it’s now officially a huge flop at the box office. After five…

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A 4K Batman Anthology marathon – It was stunning

 Yesterday afternoon, I sat down at my local Vue cinema for a Batman movie marathon: Batman ’89, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. The Batman Anthology was back on the big screen to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Caped Crusader (as well as the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman), and I…

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Endgame enters the endgame

 Avengers: Endgame has entered the endgame. After 27 days on release, Endgame has had its last decent weekend at the box office. From here on out – thanks to stiff competition from Aladdin, Rocketman, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, John Wick 3 and Detective Pikachu – Endgame is now in the latter…

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Amazon picks up new Picard Star Trek show

 Well… this is unexpected. CBS’ new Star Trek series – the one featuring the return of Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard – has been picked up by Amazon for international distribution. The series will air in the US on CBS All Access, before streaming internationally via Amazon Prime Video. The announcement came via the…

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Doris Day passes away

 Sad news, folks. Doris Day has died at the age of 97. The former actress, known for roles in films such as Calamity Jane (1953) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), passed away peacefully at home. The Doris Day Animal Foundation – a charity set up by Day in 1978 – posted the…

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