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Image via Marvel Studios Ever since it was confirmed that Marvel Studios had decided to not recast Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the debate about whether it was the right decision hasn’t really died down. The sequel is days from debuting in theaters, yet many fans are still having a hard time digesting that the studio just wrapped up the storyline of T’Challa instead of bringing in another actor to continue his legacy. While fans keep stacking up the pros and cons of the decision, Marvel’s…

via Sony It’s been 15 whole years since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 was released, and yet we’re absolutely nowhere near reaching a consensus as to whether or not the conclusion to Tobey Maguire’s trilogy is an affront to the good name of superhero cinema, or a misunderstood masterpiece afflicted by issues outside of its control. In all honesty, the truth is somewhere in the middle, but don’t try and tell the internet that. Sure, Venom may have been forced into the story against Raimi’s wishes, but that doesn’t…

Nick Cave has said Blonde is his “favourite film of all time”, disregarding the largely damning critical response surrounding the new Marilyn Monroe biopic.The 65-year-old Australian singer worked alongside Warren Ellis to record the soundtrack for the Ana de Armas-led adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s novel of the same name. And despite “disgusted” viewers having already branded it “unwatchable” since its release on Netflix last month, Cave has proudly proclaimed it his “favourite” film.In the latest edition of the…

Image: A24 After David Cronenberg introduced the world to disgustingly horrific body horror in his early films, it has become a cult favorite subgenre with horror. As a result of technology advancing, body horror has lost a bit of its spark thanks to the decreased usage of prosthetics and practical effects. Thankfully, auteur director Alex Garland gave the world a brief glimpse into the subgenre again with the divisive film Men. Buoyed by leading woman Jessie Buckley, it’s very much been part of the new wave of…

Image via Lionsgate Films Rob Zombie‘s 2003 horror/comedy House of 1000 Corpses has become the topic of discussion over on Twitter, where fans are sharing their opinions on Zombie’s directorial debut. First and foremost, Rob Zombie is the founding member of the heavy metal band White Zombie, but he decided to try his hand at filmmaking, starting with House of 1000 Corpses, the controversial film that Zombie directed, wrote and co-scored in 2000 but wasn’t released until 2003. Reddit have mixed reviews on the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Whether it's holding back from telling a risqué joke, suppressing a comment that could be unintentionally rude or insensitive, or avoiding controversial topics altogether, self-censoring speech and conduct at work comes from a good place, research shows—but it could also leave employees feeling mentally fatigued.…

In May, Andrew Dominik – the director of Blonde, Netflix’s forthcoming biopic of Marilyn Monroe – predicted that the film would “offend everyone”.A few months on, and he has been proven right.The film isn’t even out yet (it’s scheduled for release on Netflix on 28 September) but the trailer, featuring No Time to Die and Knives Out star Ana de Armas as the late screen icon, has already divided opinion.The controversy is, in part, due to the fact that Blonde is the first film produced by Netflix to carry the rarely awarded…

In May, Andrew Dominik – the director of Blonde, Netflix’s forthcoming biopic of Marilyn Monroe – predicted that the film would “offend everyone”.A few months on, and he has been proven right.The film isn’t even out yet (it’s scheduled for release on Netflix on 28 September) but the trailer, featuring No Time to Die and Knives Out star Ana de Armas as the late screen icon, has already divided opinion.The controversy is, in part, due to the fact that Blonde is the first film produced by Netflix to carry the rarely awarded…

via Samuel Goldwyn Films It’s an accepted fact of life that critics and audiences are very rarely going to be in complete agreement on the merits of any movie, but that doesn’t make the case of last year’s dystopian sci-fi thriller Night Raiders any less interesting. On one hand, we have a motion picture that was Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after securing an 84 percent score, with the low budget genre tale additionally landing 11 nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture, Best…

via Lionsgate Gerard Butler has spent the last decade firmly establishing himself as one of the industry’s most prominent action heroes, but the Scotsman isn’t all about throat-punching and neck-snapping. Sure, running and gunning might be his stock in trade, but The Vanishing proved that he can more than hold his own when asked to do some dramatic heavy lifting for a change. The atmospheric psychological thriller flew largely under the radar during its initial release in early 2019, and we’d feel confident in…