Flickering Myth

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How Neill Blomkamp will ruin Alien and every other franchise

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Anghus Houvouras on how Neill Blomkamp will ruin Alien and every other franchise… When I first read the headlines, I swear I could hear the high-pitched tear of a needle being dragged across a vinyl record. After posting a few pieces of concept art, 20th Century Fox gave the go-ahead to Neill Blomkamp to take […]

Comics to Read Before You Die #16: Secret Six Unhinged

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In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at Secret Six Unhinged… Thugs, Killers, Maniacs….and they’re the good guys! Gail Simone – writer Nicola Scott- penciller Doug Hazlewood- inker Rodney  Ramos, Pete Woods, Javi Pina- add. art Jason Wright- colorist Swands, Travis Lanham, Sal Cipriano, Rob Clark jr- letterers […]

A response to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and directors who might be jealous of comic book movies

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Anthony Stokes with a response to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and directors who might be jealous of comic book movies… We’re in the age of cinema that focuses on comic book movies and as such everybody is talking about them, even big powerhouse directors. Some, like Kenneth Branagh and Paul Thomas Anderson, speak positively of them. […]

Why does Spider-Man have to be black?

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Anghus Houvouras on the casting of the new Spider-Man… The notion of diversity in the superhero world isn’t nearly as black and white as some would have you believe. From the very moment we learned Sony got wise and agreed to share Spider-Man with Marvel, finally placing everyone’s favorite wall-crawler into the shared Marvel Cinematic […]

Race and Superhero Movies: Are minorities stealing white superhero roles?

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Anthony Stokes on race and superhero movies… Michelle Rodriguez made some comments about race swapping in comic book movies over the weekend, which she later went back and clarified, but the general gist was for minority actors to “stop stealing roles from white people”. Because there are so many white actors and actresses starving for […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron: Will it out-gross The Avengers?

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Anthony Stokes on whether Avengers: Age of Ultron will out-gross The Avengers… Marvel Studios is on top of the world when it comes to box office success and is just two months away from the Marvel Cinematic Universe becoming the highest grossing film franchise of all time when Avengers: Age of Ultron hits screens.  Avengers: […]

The Callow Way – Why Jack Black Was Right…

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This week Neil Calloway unexpectedly finds himself in agreement with the guy from Tenacious D… It pains me to say it, but Jack Black had a point. During his interjection into the opening song of last week’s Oscars, Black jokingly bemoaned the current state of cinema, complaining about sequels, prequels and comic book movies. It’s […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Batman v Superman, Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men vs. Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Shazam, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Gotham, Lucifer, Powers and more… We’ll […]

Shoah: 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz

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On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Simon Columb revisits Shoah… A 9-hour film, Shoah is the definitive documentary on the holocaust. There is no effort to contextualise the “Final Solution” in World War II, and instead it focuses on reiterating the inhumanity. Akin to The Act of Killing, Claude Lanzmann takes us […]