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Why Netflix should green light Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness

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Thomas Roach wants to see Netflix reviving Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness… Just last week it was announced that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio project has received the green lit from Netflix. Del Toro had been working on the stop motion adaptation for some time, before stating back in 2017 that it was no longer […]

Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie

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Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones… The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with […]

Game of Thrones Season 8: How Is It Going to End?

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Eammon Jacobs recaps Game of Thrones Season Eight’s fifth episode and looks ahead to the finale… *Spoiler Warning* We’re in the endgame now. After the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 8 delivered a devastating blow to Cersei’s hold on Westeros, it’s become very clear that this has all been an origin story for […]

4 Great Action Movies to Check Out (That Aren’t John Wick)

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Graeme Robertson with four great action movies to check out (that aren’t John Wick)… Given that it has dominated cinemas for the last few weeks, you’d think that Avengers: Endgame was the only film worth seeing at the moment. However, this week that all changes with the release of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, […]

In Praise of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Robb Sheppard on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas… From Alan Moore’s Watchmen, to William S. Burrows’ Naked Lunch and Patrick Süskind’s Perfume, the term ‘unfilmable’ is used relatively reservedly regarding film adaptations. Wherever the source material is deemed excessively avant-garde, narratively non-linear or aesthetically challenging, the unfilmable label is a badge of honour for […]

Is it time to move away from Legacy Characters?

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George Chrysostomou on legacy characters… Franchises have a lot of bankable qualities, but one thing that will forever boost the box office of a much loved film saga is the continuation of a well known individual’s story, or the return of a legendary character, one that people would actually pay money to see return to […]

10 Best Villain Actors Working in Hollywood Today

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Tom Beasley on the 10 best villain actors working in Hollywood today… Ask most actors what kind of role they like playing the most and they’ll tell you that they love having the opportunity to play a full-throttle, moustache-twirling villain. The old adage that bad guys have more fun is definitely true on the big […]