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Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time

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Luke Owen keeps track of the highest grossing superhero movies of all-time…   Still to come in 2017: Wonder Woman, Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok. NOTE: You can debate what classifies as a ‘superhero’ in the comments section at the bottom of the page. We’re happy to take feedback on board and add […]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice currently has a worse Rotten Tomatoes score than The Room

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It’s not been a great week for DC kicking off their Extended Universe with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The film had its premiere in New York on Sunday and London on Tuesday, but the first reviews that came in were not positive. Fans who saw the film were rather middling with many comparing […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII set photos and scene descriptions, Young Han Solo casting update, The Force Awakens concept art, Vader and Ahsoka and more

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Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US More set photos have landed for Episode VIII in this edition of The Week in Star Wars. We’ve also got some casting updates for Young Han Solo, a load of concept art for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One comic book details […]

Keanu Reeves says Bill & Ted 3 is “closer, but not closer”

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It feels like it’s been on the cusp of announcement for years now, but Keanu Reeves has dashed hopes for Bill & Ted 3 by saying it’s, “closer, but not closer”. “We’re expecting another draft and hopefully we’ll get closer,” he told IGN. “We’re trying to get the story right. We’re working with this studio so […]

10 Cloverfield Lane earns an impressive $25 million on its opening weekend

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It looks like the name change and attachment to Cloverfield has paid off for 10 Cloverfield Lane as a smattering of praising reviews and good press has earned the movie a monster opening. Coming in second to Disney’s Zootopia, 10 Cloverfield Lane was the biggest new release this week and earned $25 million from just under 3,400 […]

The Week in Star Wars – Chewbacca confirmed for Han Solo spin off, Episode VIII set photos, more Star Wars after 2020 and more

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Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has some news on the Han Solo spin-off movie, Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII set photo, rumoured movies after 2020, some good news for Daisy Ridley and more… Our top story this week should come to […]

The evolution of Spider-Man’s costume in films

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Luke Owen looks a the history of Spider-Man in movies… With Spider-Man currently leaping into headlines around the Internet following his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War [watch it here], a lot is being said about his costume. While it certainly evokes that Ditko style of the 1960s, there are […]

Captain America: Civil War Trailer and Spider-Man – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters and more The second trailer for Captain America: Civil War landed online yesterday [watch it here] and introduced us to the MCU version of Spider-Man. Well, briefly, anyway. Despite what Latino-Review […]

Movie Review – Landmine Goes Click (2015)

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Landmine Goes Click, 2015 Written and directed by Levan Bakhia Starring Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Dean Geyer, Kote Tolordava SYNOPSIS: Trapped standing on an armed landmine, an American tourist is forced to watch helplessly while his girlfriend is terrorized and brutally assaulted. There’s an audacity to Levan Bakhia’s Landmine Goes Click, a film drenched in misogyny, trying […]