Author: Domonic Riley
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It’s Been a Bad First Quarter for Hollywood at the Domestic Box Office
The first three months of 2025 have seen Hollywood put out some big movies, but they’ve all failed to make an impact.
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This is Why the Live-Action Dwarfs Look So Bad in ‘Snow White’
One of the (many) controversies about the recent live-action adaptation of Snow White, is the decision to use computer generated dwarfs, rather than casting actual actors in the roles. This is made all the worse by the fact that the end product on screen looks absolutely horrific, a cross between…
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Is This Really What Marvel Should Be Doing?
The MCU will soon be welcoming the X-Men from the Fox movies, but is this really the direction Marvel should be taking the franchise if they want long-term success?
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The Full Cast List for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Revealed by Marvel
For most of the day on Wednesday 26th March, fans (and non-fans) of the MCU have been following the cast announcement for Avengers: Doomsday, which has been revealed through a five hour long live-stream, where the names of the cast are slowly revealed on the back of director’s chairs. It’s…
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The Most Anticipated Summer Movies of 2025
Ticket sales website Fandango has released a list of the top ten most anticipated summer movies of 2025, based on a poll of over 3,500 of its users, and there are some surprising entries on there. It’s been a bad year at the box office so far, with several big…
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‘Congo’ by Michael Crichton Book Review
After finishing The Lost World, I decided to check out more of Michael Crichton’s work, and settled on his 1980 adventure novel Congo. That might have been a mistake. Set in the 1979, the race is on to secure blue diamond deposits for use in computer chips. The Congo looks…
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Bad and Unfaithful Adaptations Do Matter
There’s an argument that goes around whenever there’s a bad adaptation, remake, or sequel to a beloved property, something like: “If you don’t like it, so what, the original is still there, go watch/read/play that instead.” That’s true, of course, the original is still there, but that doesn’t mean it’s…
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‘Borderlands’ (2024) Review: More Like BORED-erlands
I almost went to see this movie when it came out, but after I saw the reviews, it looked like I had a lucky escape, but now Borderlands is available for free on Prime, I decided to check it out, and I can say I’m eternally glad I didn’t pay…
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‘The Electric State’ Review: Everything’s A Trope
Netflix’s big budget sci-fi fails to make a mark with a plot that filled with tropes, and cardboard characters
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‘Dune’ (1984) An Odd Slice of ’80s Sci-Fi
I first saw David Lynch’s Dune several years ago, and let’s just say that I was unimpressed. But, after watching Dune: Part Two, I rewatched it, wondering if it was really as bad as I remembered. It was. It’s hard to know where this movie actually goes right, there’s just…
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