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Star Wars – The Phantom Menace: still terrible after all these years?
The much-derided film returns to cinemas for its 25th anniversary. Once a rare blot on the galactic landscape, these days it’s far from the only stinker in the canon
Ben Child
03, May, 2024 @10:41 AM
Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?
The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal fun
Ben Child
26, Apr, 2024 @9:39 AM
Can genre-buster Edgar Wright breathe new life into The Running Man?
The pun-packed, Arnie-starring original that strayed wildly from the Stephen King book, is one trashy 80s sci-fi romp that could actually benefit from a remake
Ben Child
19, Apr, 2024 @12:32 PM
Can Joker: Folie à Deux avoid becoming like any other comic book movie?
The musical sequel of the clownish and brutal underdog’s character study is likely to give us intriguing ideas for ways the genre can be propelled forward
Ben Child
12, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
Time to take the blue pill – do we really need a fifth Matrix film?
For every Prey or Blade Runner 2049 there are a dozen uninspired retreads of beloved old sci-fi franchises. So a Matrix reboot may not be the best news
Ben Child
05, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
Where can Marvel take Tom Holland’s fourth Spider-Man film?
The MCU’s wall-crawler is swinging into a fourth headline film, but trading multiverse madness for street-level antics could see your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man turn emo – again
Ben Child
29, Mar, 2024 @1:39 PM
Can Alien: Romulus return the space saga to its chestbursting glory years?
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story showed how to repair damage in a sci-fi franchise but Romulus director Fede Alvarez must bring his A-game
Ben Child
22, Mar, 2024 @1:11 PM
Can a super-grungy The Batman sequel take the DC universe somewhere even darker?
The 2022 film was an outlier, free from the usual superhero trappings and resolutely downbeat, and the follow-up should also go beyond the conventional
Ben Child
15, Mar, 2024 @12:04 PM
After the Madame Web disaster, where does Sony’s Spider-Verse go from here?
Rather than concentrate on niche side stories, perhaps Marvel should start making films about the webslinger himself once more
Ben Child
11, Mar, 2024 @10:12 AM
‘Completely unfilmable’: the Dune universe is about to get weird
While Dune: Part Two might currently be the world’s favourite movie, Frank Herbert’s books hint at stranger things on the horizon …
Ben Child
07, Mar, 2024 @7:34 PM
Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four movie is notoriously terrible – do we really want it resuscitated?
Calls are growing for the 1994 film to be freed from YouTube hell – but is it there because evil Hollywood execs tried to kill it, or is it just a really bad film?
Ben Child
01, Mar, 2024 @11:45 AM
With Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror sidelined, who will be Marvel’s new supervillain?
As the role played by Majors is set to be written out or recast, the studio is searching for another baddie to fill his boots
Ben Child
23, Feb, 2024 @1:27 PM
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