Category: Film

TV Review: Comic Book Heroes

Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Walker Ogden - 'Comic Book Heroes' (ABC TV)

A fascinating look at the rise of Gestalt Comics in a documentary that was two years, thousands of miles and some punched walls in the making. It is difficult to speak of an ‘Australian comic book industry’ per se, but the rise of comic culture in this country is undeniable. Australia’s attendance at comic book …

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Bryan Singer poses with life-sized Sentinel for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

Bryan Singer and a Sentinel

Serial Tweeter and director Bryan Singer has released our first look at a full-sized Sentinel from the forthcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. After teasing them via viral site trask-industries.com, this surprisingly practical version of some of the most famous mutant-killing robots in comics is  certainly not the work of CGI. The X-Men interquel will star Omar Sy, …

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New poster for ‘Thor: The Dark World’ revealed

Thor: The Dark World poster (Australia)

The first poster was released all the way back in April, and now Walt Disney Studios (Australia) has sent over has unveiled the second theatrical poster for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. This one gives us a look at the assembled cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and some other people up the back. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, …

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Photo: Behind the scenes with Dave Bautista as Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Guardians of the Galaxy - Behind the Scenes - Drax (Dave Bautista) underwater

Now that production is under way, photos from Guardians of the Galaxy are going to start coming out. A new one has just been released (via SuperHeroHype) featuring actor Dave Bautista looking decidedly green as Drax. He is submerged underwater and being ‘refuelled’ with oxygen. What could they be up to? Directed by James Gunn, …

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Watch ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ viral video online, plus new Sentinel photos

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Sentinels

The viral campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past is in full swing, as trask-industries.com gets a major update of photos and a video. According to the site: In 1973, Trask Industries introduced the first Sentinel production model, the Mark I. Bolivar Trask’s groundbreaking research in AI, robotics and autonomous ballistic systems laid the foundation …

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Box office: ‘The Wolverine’ opens to $141.1 million worldwide

The Wolverine: Hugh Jackman fights some guys in the snow

Despite a high number of positive reviews than its predecessor (including our own), The Wolverine has taken less than anticipated at the US box office but opened stronger internationally. Coming Soon indicates that the film still topped the charts and opened at an estimated $55 million in 3,924 theaters. This is lower than the estimated $75 …

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SDCC 2013: Marvel shows off ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Thor: The Dark World’ and ‘Captain America’ props

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014 Film) - Star-Lord's helmet

We know that there have been stack of photos of these props floating around the Interwebs since the last week. Now Marvel.com has released some hi-res looks at the props from the upcoming releases of Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Guardians of the Galaxy photos …

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Movie News: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, ‘X-Force’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-man 4’

Movie News

Following all the revelations at the Comic-Con International in San Diego last weekend, there has been no sign of the rumour mill slowing down. In fact, it is fair to say that it has increased in the last few days, with all of the the studios that current own Marvel properties giving us hints to their next …

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‘Man of Steel’ sequel will be titled ‘Superman vs. Batman’ or ‘Batman vs. Superman’

Superman vs Batman

During the, director Zack “Snack” Snyder dropped a bomb with a little help from actor Harry Lennix. In “summer” 2015, a Superman/Batman film will be released starring Henry Cavill and an as yet-to-be-cast Batman. There’s already an official logo. Writer David S. Goyer (he of such cinematic masterpieces as Blade: Trinity, The Unborn, Jumper and …

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Watch a clip from new Marvel One-Shot ‘Agent Carter’ online

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

 Marvel has released the first clip from the upcoming Marvel One-Shot, Agent Carter, a follow-up to Captain America: The First Avenger. The full film debuted at the Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday, and will release it wider as part of the Iron Man 3 DVD and Blu-ray in August/September around the world. The clip shows a post-Captain America Peggy Carter …

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First official posters from ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ revealed

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Magneto poster

 X marks the spot with the release of two new posters for one of the most anticipated superhero films of 2014. After the massive cast gatherings and footage reveals at Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend, Fox has released two new official posters for X-Men: Days of Future Past via x-menmovies.com. The two posters depict the …

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