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Ozark Season 2: What Worked and What Didn’t

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Samuel Brace on Ozark season 2… Season one of Ozark, a crime drama starring Jason Bateman, wasn’t immaculate but it was certainly excellent, and a very welcome entry into Netflix’s catalogue of original programming. Season two premiered this Friday past, dumping a new batch of 10 episodes for viewers to consume. How is it? Well, […]

Who are the contemporary Masters of Cinema?

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Anghus Houvouras on the contemporary Masters of Cinema… Sometimes a good movie conversation can lead you to interesting places. Take the discussion around the wildly overpraised Baby Driver; a good movie that’s being called a ‘masterpiece’ (it’s not). During the discussion my friend Simon Columb posted this on Twitter: Edgar Wright ain't no "master". Bloomin' […]

Fan Expo 2018: The enduring legacy of Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Tom Wilson

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Ricky Church reports on the Back to the Future legacy panel at Fan Expo 2018… Every now and then in the movie industry, there comes along one film that breaks through the mould to become a seminal and beloved part of pop culture. Jaws, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Star Wars are all examples of such […]

Fan Expo 2018: Hands on with Marvel’s Spider-Man video game

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Ricky Church gets hands on with Marvel’s Spider-Man at Fan Expo 2018… Marvel’s Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 has been a game long in the making and now it is just a week away from being released worldwide. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, PlayStation held a demo of the game open for fans to play, […]

The Pseudo-Intellectualism of Gaspar Noé’s Climax

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The following is partly a review of Climax and partly an exploration of what makes a film a good piece of cinema… Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Giselle Palmer. SYNOPSIS: A young dance troupe rehearse for an upcoming American tour in a dingy school assembly […]

Machine Men & Monoliths: Jack Kirby Tackles Clarke and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

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Allen Christian revists Jack Kirby’s Marvel Comics adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey… In 1968, Stanley Kubrick released his seminal science fiction classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Inexplicably, eight years later in 1976, Marvel Comics obtained the rights for a comic book adaptation. Jack Kirby, having returned to the House of Ideas after an all […]

The Idol O’ Millions: Classic Marvel Two-In-One

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Allen Christian looks back at a neglected Marvel classic… This month saw the return of the Fantastic Four to their own title for the first time in over three years. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that the road to this revival began late last year with a new book entitled Marvel 2-in-One, starring the […]

Pitching an all-female Marvel movie

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George Chrysostomou pitches his all-female Marvel movie… Although it’s since been said that it was blown out of proportion by the press, it was revealed last year that many of the female stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe approached Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige regarding the prospect of an all-female Marvel team-up movie. With […]

Assassin, Agent and Art Thief: Pierce Brosnan’s vast filmography

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Cameron Frew looks back over the career of Pierce Brosnan… “So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me, S.O.S.” If you were to ask any movie fan in the 90s if they thought they’d hear Pierce Brosnan, aka James Bond utter those iconic ABBA words on film, they’d probably laugh in your face. […]