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Star Wars: The Force Awakens tops Avatar as the biggest movie of all-time in North America

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It faces an uphill climb if it wants to become the biggest movie ever released, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens can take solace in the fact it is now the biggest movie to be released in North America. The previous record, held by James Cameron’s Avatar, was $760 million which has now been topped […]

Batman and Superman fight Mongul and General Zod in unreleased Justice League video game

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Last year we saw some videos (here and here) and concept art from Double Helix’s canclled Justice League fighting game that was originally intended to tie in with George Miller’s movie. Now we’ve got some new videos from PToP Online (via ComicBook) which shows us Batman and Superman fighting Mongul and General Zod in the final […]

Henry Cavill doesn’t think Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will address “any issues that people had with Man Of Steel”

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Now that we’re in 2016, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is just around the corner. But one of the things that has always overshaddowed the movie is the mixed reviews of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, which is very polarising in the Geek Community. And according to its star Henry Cavill, not much of […]

Rumour: Felicity Jones’ character name revealed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Warning: possible spoilers below… Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out of the way and dominating the global box office, it’s time for rumours and speculation about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to begin. And it didn’t take long into 2016 for that to happen. According to Making Star Wars, Felicity Jones’ […]

Flickering Myth’s Most Anticipated 2016 Movies

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Flickering Myth looks ahead to 2016… It’s the future! And with the New Year officially upon us (we’re five days into it after all), we sat down to vote for our most anticipated movies of 2016, and below are the results. Each writer had five votes, which were then collated into scores and tallied to […]

Christian Bale says he’s only ever seen four comic book movies

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Christian Bale has seemed very certain on moving himself away from comic book movies following Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. There was a fan theory that he was playing Gotham’s Protector again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but the actor has said that he’s not even been paying attention to […]

Extended synopsis for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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With the movie due to hit cinemas in the coming months, UK cinema chain VUE have posted an extended and detailed synopsis for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It doesn’t offer up much more than we already knew, but it’s pretty cool none the less. Check it out below: “Following his titanic struggle against […]

Men’s Rights Activists claim their boycott cost Star Wars: The Force Awakens millions

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Prior to the release of one of the trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the hashtag #BoycottEpisodeVII began to trend worldwide by Men’s Rights Activists who were upset over the film’s casting. They claim that the characters of Rey and Finn took central roles away from white actors and the most prominent website for Men’s […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]