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December 8, 2018

Is there a credit scene for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

**WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (OBVS). IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ ANY SPOILERS, STOP READING NOW.** If you’re reading this post I expect you want to know if there is an after credit scene for Into the Spider-Verse? More importantly, you want to know if you need to sit…

December 8, 2018

Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

How do you solve a problem like Spider-Man? That is the conundrum that Sony Pictures has had on its hands for the past couple of years. Since 2002, the studio has been pumping out Spider-Man movies with careless abandon, resulting in a collection of unconnected Spidey stories that, to the average audience member, is starting…

December 8, 2018

Sister Act 3 is happening… but there is a catch

A new Sister Act movie is in the works. That is the good news. The bad? It won’t star Whoopi Goldberg. According to Variety, a third Sister Act movie is currently in development for Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+. Whoopi Goldberg – the star of the previous two Sister Act movies – is expected to cameo…

December 7, 2018

Observations about Avengers: End Game trailer

Tony Stark – “Part of the journey is the end.” The first official trailer for Avengers: Endgame has arrived and makes one thing clear – both in its title and Tony Stark’s comment – this is the end of the road for the Avengers. Sure, the team may live on after this next instalment, but…

December 7, 2018

So… the Russo Bros. did reveal the Avengers title

You may recall, back in September the Russo Bros. – the directors of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – released a rather cryptic image on social media with the caption ‘look hard…’. This image led many to believe (myself included) that it held the title of the next Avengers movie. And as it turns out – it…

December 5, 2018

Would you pay £40 for one cinema ticket?

You may have read this in the news today, but for those who have missed it, Odeon is shortly set to re-open its cinema in London’s Leicester Square. The cinema – known as Luxe – has been refitted with new seating, all the latest tech and by all accounts has been refurbished to create the…

December 3, 2018

Soap icon returns to Ramsay Street

Jim Robinson is coming back to Neighbours. The character – last seen on screen in 1993 – is set to return to the Aussie soap for a special one-off appearance. According to The Mirror, actor Alan Dale will reprise the role of the Robinson patriarch for the Christmas episode of Neighbours – the first ever…

December 3, 2018

Venom is currently the fifth highest grossing movie of 2018

Venom is currently the fifth highest grossing movie of 2018. Let this sink in for a moment. Of all the great movies that have been released in 2018 (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Deadpool 2, Halloween, Love, Simon etc, Venom has been financially more successful than the lot. As of writing, the film sits behind Avengers:…

December 2, 2018

The Gifted Season Two: Episode 8 – Live blog

Season Two of X-Men spin-off show, The Gifted continues on UK TV screens tonight with episode eight – the dreaM. I’ll be blogging along live from 9pm, so why not follow along too. Oh and if you’re running a little bit behind, then here are the blog entries for: eMergence, unMoored, coMplications, outMatched, afterMath, iMprint and no Mercy. Read, digest and then come back for more. I’ll see…

December 1, 2018

2018 in film

We’re now into the final month of 2018 and wow, what a year it has been for film. Studios have finally figured out that spreading tent pole movies across the year is more profitable than scheduling them all for the summer. Who knew? This approach has benefits and consequences. The good? There has been something…