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Walking Dead producer gives update on spin-off series

The Walking Dead producer Gale Ann Hurd has given a brief update on AMC’s planned spin-off series, while also discussing the agonizing process of deciding which characters to kill off. The spinoff series will reportedly be set in parallel with the events depicted in the main series, with Kim Dickens, …

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New Spider-Man movie will send Peter Parker back to high school

After yesterday’s momentous news that Marvel and Sony will now be sharing the rights to the Spider-Man franchise, some new details have emerged about the next Kevin Feige-produced Spidey movie, which will see Peter Parker back in high school. While Peter graduated in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Variety (opens in …

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2015 Bafta film award winners in full

The 2015 British Academy Film Awards (better known as the Baftas) have been handed out, with Boyhood named Best Film. In terms of number of gongs, The Grand Budapest Hotel was the big winner of the night, with five awards in total, but no film seemed to dominate this year. …

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Carrie-Anne Moss joins Marvels A.K.A. Jessica Jones

The second Marvel series slated to hit Netflix, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, has added another name to its ever-expanding cast. The comic book studio announced today that The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss has now joined the anticipated TV series. Headlined by Krysten Ritter in the titular role, the show will orbit …

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Rose Byrne will return for X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse is set to restore a familiar face to its roster of characters, with Rose Byrne lined up to return to action as Moira McTaggart. Last seen in X-Men: First Class, Byrne sat out most recent outing Days Of Future Past, but according to producer Simon Kinberg, she will …

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Words And Pictures DVD review

Does what it says on the tin. Two teachers at an elite prep school – one an alcoholic wordsmith (Clive Owen), the other an arthritis-impaired painter (Juliette Binoche) – come to metaphorical blows over the respective merits of art and literature in a verbose rom-com that fails to convince us …

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James Marsden talks new Cyclops in X-Men: Apocalypse

With X-Men: Apocalypse set to focus on the younger versions of our favourite mutants, James Marsden has revealed he approves of the actor who’ll play a teen version of Cyclops. Last week, Bryan Singer revealed that Tye Sheridan (Mud) had been cast as the spec-wearing mutant, and it seems like …

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Big Hero 6 review

How to train your nurse-bot… Michael Bay’s Autobots have nothing on young inventor Hiro’s microbots. Once assembled into group formations by human braincontrol, beating bigger ’bots in back-alley fights isn’t all they’ve got. Treated with love, they can combine to assume any shape imaginable, building wondrous worlds. Like Hiro’s microbots, …

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The Turning review

Short cuts, cut short… Playing like an Antipodean Short Cuts, The Turning was a major cultural event when it was released in Australia in 2013. Adapted from a celebrated 2005 book of loosely interlocking short stories by Tim Winton, it saw 18 directors bring Winton’s writings to life across 180 …

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