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Free Critics From Disney (Or How I Should Learn to Stop Worrying About Marvel)

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Tony Black on the conspiracy theory that Disney is paying critics to attack non-Marvel superhero movies… In what could be the most ludicrous movie news this year, and possibly the most ridiculous Change.org petition yet, a group of frustrated fans appear to have fired the first salvo in a war against critics they believe Disney […]

Game of Thrones Season 6 – Episode 3 Review – ‘Oathbreaker’

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Tony Black reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones season 6… Oathbreaker Directed by Daniel Sackheim Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Jon He may have died and been resurrected by Melisandre’s (Carice van Houten) weird magic, but Jon Snow (Kit Harington) still knows nothing. Worryingly he seems to suggest the Gods everyone […]

Assassin’s Creed: How might the movie differ from the games?

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Tony Black on how the Assassin’s Creed movie might differ from the games… Around half a year out from the arrival of Justin Kurzel’s big screen adaptation of Ubisoft’s monster hit video game series Assassin’s Creed, and with filming complete, first images and limited plot details are starting to trickle out about arguably the most […]

Marvel’s Continuity Problem: Will we accept a reboot?

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Tony Black on Marvel’s continuity problem, and whether fans will accept a reboot… What seems like a ton of new quotes and interviews with various major Marvel players have been floating around this week as Captain America: Civil War opens in the US, and head honcho Kevin Feige has been particularly vocal. After admitting they […]

Game of Thrones: The Mystery of the Crow’s Eye

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Tony Black on the mystery of Euron Greyjoy… Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 2 ‘Home’… All eyes were on Jon Snow during ‘Home’, the second episode of Game of Thrones this week, but as I discussed in my earlier review it was an episode packed with incident. One element that may have […]

Universal Monsters: The Next Big Cinematic Franchise?

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Tony Black on whether the Universal Monsters will deliver the next big cinematic franchise… You all remember The Mummy, right? Brendan Fraser doing his best Harrison Ford impression while Arnold Vosloo pranced around in a gold nappy trying to hide his broad South African brogue. Rather good, wasn’t it? You may be surprised to learn […]

Black Widow The Movie: Everyone Wants It, So Why Don’t Marvel Make It?

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Tony Black asks why we haven’t seen a Black Widow movie from Marvel… Spoilers for Captain America: Civil War… Before you worry this article is going to descend, as so many do, into a Marvel bashing, feminist rant, let me disabuse you of this right off. I have never, and do not, consider Marvel to […]

Marvel: Let’s Not Have The Avengers and The Defenders Team Up

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Tony Black argues that Marvel should keep The Defenders out of Avengers: Infinity War… Beware spoilers for Captain America: Civil War… Unless you’ve been living under a very cosy rock these last couple of years, you’ll be aware that Marvel haven’t just given us a hugely successful cinematic universe based on their comic book legends, […]

Game of Thrones: What Flights Through the Past Await Bran Stark?

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Tony Black on what flights through the past might await Bran Stark in Game of Thrones season 6… Brandon Stark may never walk again, but he has already begun to fly. Spoilers abound for season six episode two, ‘Home’, of Game of Thrones, in which after a season of rest and relaxation in the Three-Eyed […]