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It is officially that time of year again – Awards Season! First up – the Golden Globes Often one of the best indicators of upcoming Oscar success for films, The Golden Globes also cover television. There were a few notable moments from this year’s Golden Globes award ceremony. One was former US president Bill Clinton [...]

Well the first bunch of reviews are in for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and they’re not as positive as I (or Peter Jackson for that matter) would have hoped. In fact, some critics have been rather scathing. It’s a far cry from the tidal wave of critical acclaim that accompanied Jackson’s first three Tolkien [...]

Kevin Smith, the director behind great cult films such as Clerks and Chasing Amy, has announced that his final directorial hockey movie, Hit Somebody, will now be a mini-series and hopes to see it “going into production next year”. The announcement came via one of Smith’s latest podcasts with lifelong co-star Jason Mewes, Jay & Silent [...]

It’s the first trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, the follow up to 2009′s art house mood piece Star Trek. There’s still no reveal of what character Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing but he’s out for revenge and looks like he’ll be doing long speeches with gravitas.  The cast are all back as is director [...]

We’re over the hump, and heading downhill into the weekend, hurrah! If you’re heading to the cinema, here’s some of the films that we think you should catch. Apparently there is this obscure vampire flick in cinemas…? More on that later, but first let’s start with: Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper stars with Jennifer Lawrence [...]

There are days when the universe conspires in a devious way, as if geek based news stories are trying to outdo each other in a game of chicken where the goal is trying to break the internet. Does that make sense? Probably not, but anyway big things are happening. Everyone seems to be detecting an [...]

Halloween is nearly around the corner. Being the nerds that we are, our favourite thing to do on October 31st is spending the night in, curled under a blanket, watching a good ol’ slasher flick. We’ve been spending some time making some minimalist posters of some of our favourite  thriller movies. All these films have [...]

It’s the brand new trailer for Iron Man 3. Following the excess and wisecracks of The Avengers, it seems like Marvel and director Shane Black are taking a different approach with the third Iron Man movie and going for something altogether darker. If terrorists can break into Tony Stark’s pad then what hope is there [...]

Halloween is just around the corner, and horror film afficionados are rubbing their hands with glee. This is definitely the time of year to indulge your taste in all things spooky, gory, or just generally weird. Not only are you less likely to attract strange looks from less ghoulishly-minded friends, but many film studios time [...]

The Lone Ranger rides again in a new film starring Arnie Hammer. Well you know, he’s kinda lone. He always goes around with Tonto, as played by Johnny Depp this time around. What’s that? He’s not surrounded by any other Rangers and that’s why he’s lone. I see now. Anyway it’s brought to you by [...]