It is here. The crescendo of the DC Extended Universe has arrived on the big screen in the form of the already heavily maligned Justice League. The fifth film within the DCEU (Man of Steel – 2013, BvsS – 2016, Suicide Squad – 2016, Wonder Woman – 2017), and frankly I think we would all agree that the results haven’t
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Paddington Bear (now fully going by Paddington Brown) is back. Now, well settled in life in London, the bear from deepest, darkest Peru, finds himself taking on a number of jobs in an attempt to raise money to buy Aunt Lucy a present for her 100th birthday. The item he has his eye on is an antique pop-up book of
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The heist thriller Triple 9 was released earlier this year, with director John Hillcoat whose prior film has been the crime drama Lawless, and was written by Matt Cook. The film is set in Atlanta, Georgia telling the story of a gang of thieves who are operating on behalf of the Russian Mafia ruled by matriarch Irina (Kate Winslet). The
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Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher (from the series of novels by Lee Child) in a rare sequel for the biggest movie star on the planet. In ‘Jack Reacher : Never Go Back’ Reacher is drawn into a conspiracy within his former battalion when he returns to meet Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders). Ultimately for the promise offered by Cruise’s
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Angry Birds – the smash hit computer game franchise – takes to the big screen with the new release from Columbia, directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. The basis of the game would see various skilled birds being launched at the defences of green pigs that had stolen the eggs of the birds. The basis of the film doesnt
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Well, here it is, the most current film in the X-Men series prior to the new release X-Men : Apocalypse – X-Men :Days of Future Past. Seeing Bryan Singer returning to the directorial duties for the first time in the series since X2 : X-Men United, this time with a screenplay by Simon Ginsberg who had previously written X-Men : The Last
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Following the 2003 Hulk disappointment (CGI especially didn’t work for me), Marvel studios had a second attempt at a Hulk central story with the 2008 The Incredible Hulk. The film was penned by Zak Penn, and directed by Louis Leterrier (previously of Transporter 2 and Unleashed). For the lead role, the reboot saw Eric Bana (from the earlier Hulk) with Edward Norton
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For the third Batman film in the ‘Batman vs Superman‘ challenge we turn to Joel Schumacher’s 1995 film Batman Forever. Having been disappointed with the box office performance (albeit still large in profit), Warner Brothers turned Tim Burton into an Executive producing role for the third Batman instalment. It’s said that this led to Michael Keaton rejecting a third film,
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