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Sharknado 2: Back For A Second Bite

The man responsible is Sharknado scripter Thunder Levin (whaddayamean, “People are actually paid to write these movies?” Show some respect!), who says he was just as surprised as everyone else when his creation blew up into a social media phenomenon. “That was just the most surreal night of my life”, …

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Delight review

Often in cinema people get over bereavement with a focus on the constructive, positive things in life. Delight takes a somewhat different tack: the main character (Jeanne Balibar) starts shagging her dead lover’s son (Gavin Fowler). And that’s about it, kicking in when Balibar’s former war photographer ends up in …

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Comic-Con 2014: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel reaction

While Interstellar may have stormed in and stolen the show at Paramount’s Hall H presentation at this year’s Comic-Con, it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that dominated the panel up to that point. The reboot brought along original Turtles creator Kevin Eastman, as well as some of the Platinum Dunes …

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Roberto Orci talks Power Rangers update

Roberto Orci has been discussing the recently announced Power Rangers movie, for which he will be an Executive Producer, and explains that the new film will not be a “leave it behind reboot”. “One of the first things we did was learn and read,” says Orci. “[ Saban ] has …

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The Lady From Shanghai review

“Why don’t you try to understand?” asks Rita Hayworth’s femme fatale of Orson Welles’ Irish sailor. The question resonates with anyone befuddled by the plot of Welles’ studio-hacked 1947 noir, but Welles’ dazzling direction more than makes up for any lack of viewer understanding. Welles was less interested in the …

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Northwest review

A small-time burglar gets in over his head in this Copenhagen crime drama, one so familiar you’d think writer/director Michael Noer had penned the story on the back of your hand. Casper (Gustav Dyekjær Giese) is a streetwise thief who gets a chance to advance when he falls in with …

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