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There’s plenty that’s implausible about Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man, from the genetically modified arachnid bite and organic web-shooters, to all that swinging between skyscrapers. But the movie’s biggest curveball is how a high-school student with zero tailoring experience crafts himself a slick, figure-hugging spandex outfit. How Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker …

Following on from the success of Squid Game, and now high-school zombie thriller All of Us Are Dead, more and more Netflix subscribers are turning to the streaming service’s international offerings for their next dose of blood and guts. Thankfully for fans of all things horror, Netflix has a number …

Dune is a sci-fi tale of epic proportions. The latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel only covers half of the book’s plot, but the scope of the story is huge – we visit multiple planets in the distant future, following the fight for control of Arrakis, the only source of ‘spice’, …

DC’s Flashpoint universe is returning to comic books with Flashpoint Beyond, a new event series focusing on Thomas Wayne, the Batman of the Flashpoint universe.  …and it’s probably not a coincidence the publisher is returning to the Barry Allen-created alternate reality on the eve of Warner Bros.’ long-in-development The Flash …

It looks like Ronin’s time in the MCU has come to an end. Or has it? Ronin was/is the murderous, vigilante ninja-esque identity Clint Barton adopted in Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab) following his entire family of four being removed from existence by Thanos’ Snap. In the now-completed (but …

You’ve watched The Matrix. You’ve seen Reloaded and Revolutions, and you’ve blitzed through Resurrections already. So, what now?  Well, where do we start? The Matrix directors, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, have a substantial filmography to dig into, for one thing. From their neo-noir debut Bound to their 2015 space opera …

With a decade-long history, more than 150 (major) characters, and enough lore to fill several novels, the world behind League of Legends is nearly as complicated as the game itself. But with Arcane, the game’s new animated series, which released its first three episodes this weekend, that world has suddenly …

“Nobody does it better,” sang Carly Simon in the theme to The Spy Who Loved Me, but 007 does get an awful lot of help when it comes to doing it twice as well as everybody else. The best James Bond gadgets are as integral to the spy’s arsenal as …

Rick and Morty has already imprinted itself on pop culture’s collective consciousness. You seemingly can’t move for people getting schwifty, talking about szechuan sauce, or being decked out in Pickle Rick merch.  It stands to reason, then, that the best Rick and Morty episodes would be similarly memorable… and you’d …

“Ban video sadism now!” screamed the cover of the Daily Mail in July 1983, at the height of the furor over so-called “video nasties”. With home video in its early days, not subject to any official control, enterprising independent labels coined it in distributing low-budget horror films using the twin …