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Video Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. This week sees the release of the latest and seemingly final X-Men film from Fox, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. In the video below, Flickering Myth critic EJ […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey grapples with her identity, and her relationship with the X-Men, as she struggles to harness the Phoenix force within her. As the […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg on star wrangling, leaving out Hugh Jackman, and the Disney/Fox merger

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Tom Beasley sits down with Simon Kinberg to discuss X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the wider universe in the wake of Disney’s takeover of Fox… The X-Men are finally back. Three years after Apocalypse proved to be divisive, to say the least, Charles Xavier’s team of mutant heroes have returned to the big screen for X-Men: […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg on whether Wolverine was considered for X-Men: Dark Phoenix appearance

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is staying dead in the X-Men franchise, for now at least. X-Men: Dark Phoenix is expected to work as a victory lap for many of the major characters in Fox’s mutant universe, with the franchise baton now set to pass to Disney, which acquired the X-Men as part of their takeover of […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix producer Hutch Parker on saying goodbye to these characters

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Tom Beasley chats to producer Hutch Parker about X-Men: Dark Phoenix and bidding farewell to this roster of superhero characters… After a turbulent path to the big screen, we’re now just days away from the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, arriving in the wake of the big Disney-Fox merger. The film allows Simon Kinberg – […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix clip takes us to Genosha

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20th Century Fox has released another sneak peek from the final instalment in Fox’s main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix which sees Magneto (Michael Fassbender) confronted by the military when they turn up unannounced at the mutant haven of Genosha looking for Jean Grey (Sophie Turner). Things don’t end well for the military or their […]

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner isn’t sad that Sansa missed out on the Iron Throne

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Sophie Turner, who starred as Sansa on Game of Thrones, isn’t sad that her character missed out on getting the Iron Throne. The biggest question going into the finale of Game of Thrones was who would claim the Iron Throne, and although the seat of power itself was actually destroyed, a new ruler was still […]

Watch highlights from the X-Men: Dark Phoenix UK fan event

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The cast and crew of X-Men: Dark Phoenix were in London yesterday to present a special sneak peek at the next (and final) instalment in 20th Century Fox’s long-running X-Men franchise. You can watch highlights of the event, including a Q&A with stars Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, director Simon Kinberg […]

Game of Thrones Season 8 Finale Review – ‘The Iron Throne’

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the Game of Thrones finale… The final episode of the entire series is finally here, and it’s hard not to reflect on the epic journey that the characters have been on to get where they are by the end. While the obvious question going into the finale is which of them will […]