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The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

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Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

The Genesis of the Excessively Long Action Scene

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Tom Jolliffe on the genesis of the excessively long action scene… It has become almost the norm now. The majority of large-scale action blockbusters will have a hugely elaborate, and extremely long set piece in them. In fact some may have several. It used to be that maybe 5-10 minutes at the end of a […]

Dunkirk: Its Greatness and Its Finest Moments

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Samuel Brace on Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, its greatness and its finest moments… This is what cinema looks like. Greatness is a word that gets thrown around a lot, used and abused until it means very little at all. But Dunkirk, the WWII drama/thriller by Christopher Nolan is indeed greatness; in fact, greatness is a descriptor […]

TV Shows to Look Forward to in the Rest of 2017

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2017 has been a great year for television so far. There have been surprise classics like The Young Pope, departing shows ending on an all time highs like The Leftovers, and series that have never been better, such as the third season of Better Call Saul. Game of Thrones has also just kicked off, and […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Venom, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Watchmen and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Venom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Fist, Runaways, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, The Batman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Gotham City Sirens, Deathstroke, Arrow, The Question, Krypton, […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 wraps filming, Gambit loses another director, The New Mutants delayed, Justice League extended cut rumours and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Silver & Black, Venom, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man 3, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Runaways, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gambit, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, Kitty Pryde, Doctor Doom, Justice League, Shazam, Wonder Woman, […]

Tom Holland responds to Spider-Man: Homecoming criticism, Shazam! details, new look at Steppenwolf in Justice League and more – Daily News Roundup

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HOLLAND RESPONDS Just before its release, former Spider-Man star Kirsten Dunst shared some savoury words about Spider-Man: Homecoming, calling it, “milking the cash cow”. Well the new Spidey Tom Holland has responded to these comments telling Movie ‘n’ Co, “You know, she’s entitled to her own opinion and I’m not one to judge at all. I […]