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Studios defiantly stick to reboots and sequels but are we bored yet?

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It seems every day a new reboot or sequel is given the green light or drops on the big screen and the streamers. How badly do audiences really want them? In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters film, a Road House reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel teaser, a Happy […]

Batman v Superman: Revisiting the Misunderstood Masterpiece

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On the eighth anniversary of its release, EJ Moreno looks back on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and its legacy… Do you remember the pop culture landscape after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Honestly, go back to 2016 and think about how wild it was for fans and haters of the film. To […]

Ranking The Best Episodes of X-Men: The Animated Series

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EJ Moreno looks at X-Men: The Animated Series ahead of X-Men ’97… The theme song, the story arcs, that Wolverine meme—there’s something about X-Men: The Animated Series that impacted an entire generation of Marvel fans, shaping how we view one of the most iconic teams.  As we near the upcoming follow-up series on Disney+ titled […]

10 Essential Films From 2004

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It’s time to venture back in time some twenty years as we feast on ten essential films from 2004… We’ve looked back at 1974, 1984 and 1994 to pick out some essentials from those years, as well as shock ourselves at just how long ago those years were. 2004 might seem like only yesterday, but […]

An Exploration of Bro Camp: The Best of Campy Guy Movies

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EJ Moreno on the best of bro camp… We all know the infamous campy films: think of movies like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mommie Dearest, or Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. These are movies known for their bright and wacky aesthetic, filled with queer appeal, and targeting a particular type of […]

The 10 Best Villains in Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of cinema’s greatest action heroes and he’s come up against some great villains. Here’s the 10 best! Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the defining heroes of the 1980s and early 90s, ruling the action genre alongside Sylvester Stallone and making up one-half of an iconic cinematic rivalry. When you look through […]

10 Stunning Performances Outrageously Snubbed by the Oscars

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It’s the Oscars, so it’s time to look at ten stunning performances the Academy outrageously snubbed… Oscar season is an exciting time of the year. It’s fair to say that every year, for one reason or another, contentious decisions are made as well as glaring omissions. The desperation from some actors to snag an Oscar […]

Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema

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We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]

10 Essential Films From 1994

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It’s time to go back 30 years to look at 10 essential movies from 1994… If you’re my age then 1994 feels like it was about 10 years ago. Sadly, it was actually 30 years ago and the cinematic offerings of the year were hugely impressive. Whether it was ruminations on life being like a […]

The Most Overhated Modern Superhero Movies

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EJ Moreno looks at a selection of unfairly maligned superhero movies… Nowadays, all we hear is “superhero fatigue,” with audiences and critics growing tired of the genre. As cinema has been dominated by DC and Marvel for decades now, it seems like almost every superhero movie is met with a blah reaction. But that wasn’t […]