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EJ Moreno

Square Enix reports $63 million loss following underperformance of Marvel’s Avengers

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While the movies have raked in billions, it seems The Avengers property isn’t quite as profitable for Marvel on the video game front. Tokyo-based gaming journalist David Gibson has reported that Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers has only sold around 3 million copies since its release in September. For comparison, the Spider-Man game for […]

Robert Pattinson offers up a strange explanation about building his take on The Batman

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The Batman, from director Matt Reeves, is surely launching the character and franchise into a vastly new direction. Nothing says that more than casting Robert Pattinson as the titular role, something the actor is opening up about more and more as production on the film continues. In typical fashion for the actor, Pattinson offered up […]

The Northman’s Anya Taylor-Joy says the film is something that “hasn’t been seen before”

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Anya Taylor-Joy is known for tackling some pretty unique films. However, she says her upcoming project, The Northman, is unlike anything she or viewers have ever seen before, with the actress telling Collider that: “I think we will be presenting to the world something it genuinely hasn’t seen before. I just feel so humbled I […]

Warner Bros. asks Johnny Depp to resign from Grindelwald role in Fantastic Beasts franchise

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Johnny Depp’s time as the villainous Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts films is over. The actor has taken to his Instagram account to share an official statement about his exiting of the role from the Harry Potter prequel series and the defamation court case in the UK led to his departure. Check out his statement […]

Jungleland – Bare Knuckle Boxing and Brotherly Love | Video Review

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Jungleland, 2020. Directed by Max Winkler. Starring Jack O’Connell, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Barden, John Cullum, Jonathan Majors, Owen Burke, Johnno Wilson, Meredith Holzman, Fran Kranz, Nick Mullen, and Bill Thorpe. Jungleland is a rare movie about men and boxing that has more heart than expected. Join our critic EJ Moreno as he reviews the latest […]

Exclusive Interview – Jessica Barden on Jungleland, working with Jack O’Connell & Charlie Hunnam

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EJ Moreno speaks to actress and activist Jessica Barden on her new film Jungleland, road trips, and how to handle anxiety… This week sees the release of Jungleland in theatres, ahead of its VOD release. Speaking with one of the film’s stars, Jessica Barden, about Jungleland was very refreshing, but the actress also dove into […]

Felicity Jones wants Star Wars return as Jyn Erso

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Though she met an untimely demise in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jyn Erso proved to be a force within the Star Wars universe. Actress Felicity Jones feels the same way, as she has big dreams for where the character could go next. During a recent interview with THR, the Midnight Sky actress opened […]

Christopher Nolan worried that “studios are drawing the wrong conclusions” about Tenet’s box office underperformance

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When speaking to the Los Angeles Times, filmmaker Christopher Nolan opened about his recent film Tenet and its box office performance amid the global health crisis. There’s no denying the film, which brought in $50 million at the domestic box office and just about $350 million worldwide, didn’t perform as many expected. However, Nolan feels like […]

Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

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Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster.  A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]